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The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week.
They plan to use liposomes - tiny bubbles of fat which carry materials round the body - to release toxic drugs when their temperature is raised.
The "grenades" are intended to avoid side-effects by ensuring the drugs target only the tumour.
Experts said such technology, which has been effective in animal experiments, was the "holy grail of nanomedicine".
Cancer scientists are trying to harness the transporting abilities of these fatty spheres by getting them to carry toxic drugs to tumours.
"The difficulty is, how do you release them when they reach their target?" Prof Kostas Kostarelos, from the University of Manchester, told the BBC News website.
The Nanomedicine Lab in Manchester has designed liposomes that are water-tight at normal body temperature. But when the temperature increases to 42C they become leaky.
"The challenge for us is to try to develop liposomes in such a way that they will be very stable at 37C and not leak any cancer drug molecules and then abruptly release them at 42C," Prof Kostarelos added.
He suggests heat pads could be used to warm tumours on the body surface such as skin, head or neck cancers.
Probes can heat tumours inside the body, and there is also discussion about using ultra sound to warm tumours.
In early tests on mice with melanoma there was "greater uptake" of drugs in tumours using the thermal grenades. And that resulted in a "moderate improvement" in survival rates.
Prof Kostarelos said similar techniques were being trialled in patients and this "is not a fantasy."
Prof Charles Swanton, the chairman of the conference, said targeted liposomes were a "holy grail of nanomedicine".
He added: "These studies demonstrate for the first time how they can be built to include a temperature control, which could open up a range of new treatment avenues.
"This is still early work but these liposomes could be an effective way of targeting treatment towards cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed."
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Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.
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Two men in their 20s entered a convenience store in Brixton and one of them, armed with a pellet gun, shot at a 44-year-old man behind the counter.
Some of the pellets lodged in the victim's eyes and face.
The second man stole the cash register and they both ran off. Met Police have released CCTV footage of the "vicious attack" in a bid to catch the robbers.
The offenders are described as being of medium build and were seen wearing hooded tops and running off in the direction of Thornbury Road in Brixton.
The robbery happened at about 20:35 GMT on 25 October at the Phambra Foodstore, in Lyham Road.
Det Con Ben Turner said: "This was a vicious attack that could have left a man blinded.
"We desperately want to find the men responsible for this crime. They used gratuitous violence to carry out this robbery and are clearly dangerous."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police.
One convenience store worker is seriously injured during robberies or attempted robberies about every six months in mainland UK, The Association of Convenience Stores spokesman said.
There are more than 50,000 convenience stores in the mainland UK and tens of thousands of newsagents and other specialist food stores.
"Serious incidents are thankfully still quite rare, but around half of all convenience store workers, especially in the smaller stores, report facing verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis," the spokesman said.
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Surgeons are trying to save the sight of a shop worker who was shot in the face during a robbery in south London.
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The People's Bank of China said that the new reserve requirement would take effect from Monday.
The aim is to stimulate more lending into the nation's slowing economy.
The move allows banks to lend out more money, with Chinese state media saying the cut will release 1.2 trillion yuan ($194bn; £130bn) into the world's second-largest economy.
China's economy grew by 7% in the first quarter of the year, a large figure by Western standards, but the lowest for the country since the financial crisis of 2009.
Last year its growth slowed to its weakest in 24 years, expanding 7.4% in 2014 from 7.7% in 2013.
It meant growth in the nation's economy missed its official annual growth target of 7.5% for the first time in 15 years.
As part of the new measures the Central Bank has also said it will provide various further cuts to reserve requirements for banks providing agricultural financing.
The bank had previously cut its reserve requirement two months ago.
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China's central bank is to cut its bank reserve requirement ratio by one percentage point.
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As a musician, he was known for his impact on the rumba and soukous genres. His vibrant performances made him highly respected in world music circles.
Music was his life. It made him connect with his audience, and the way he narrated his life through his music meant so much to fans.
He made love songs; he made catchy, energetic songs that came with a dance. Dance is at the heart of much Congolese music, with the artist singing out instructions and the crowd responding and dancing together.
His unique voice, with the ability to hit high-pitched notes, made his music unmistakable.
The ability to sing in different languages helped his music travel and be heard across Swahili-speaking countries like Kenya. Rail On is a good example of such a track sung in Swahili.
As a fashion icon, he encouraged young men to dress elegantly regardless of their background through what became known as the Sapeurs movement.
The Sapeurs consider Wemba a god of fashion. He in turn helped to promote the movement by wearing expensive clothes on stage, becoming one of their biggest supporters.
Koffi Olomide just is one of the artists who benefited from Wemba's patronage, writing songs for him and playing in his bands.
Wemba helped to open up Congolese music to Europe where he appeared often, gracing many festival stages with his band and dancers.
During one visit, he was accused of smuggling illegal immigrants. He served time in jail and claimed to have undergone a spiritual conversion.
While he recorded over 40 albums and performed around the world, influencing culture and setting trends, his music has always stayed true to his roots.
Fans and well wishers have been gathering at his home in Congo to pay their respects to a man who helped bring Congolese culture to the world.
We have lost a golden voice, a musical legend and a fashion icon. RIP Papa Wemba.
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Papa Wemba died on stage doing what he loved the most - making music.
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Prince Philip carried out his final solo engagement on 2 August, when he attended a parade to mark a fundraising challenge by the Royal Marines.
Buckingham Palace said the 96-year-old would join the Queen to open the Queensferry Crossing on 4 September.
Officials have said the duke's decision to retire was not medically related.
The 1.7-mile long Queensferry Crossing, costing £1.35bn, will replace the Forth Road Bridge as the main road route between Edinburgh and Fife.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will also attend the event, while there will be a blessing by the Moderator of the Church of Scotland.
Prince Philip announced his retirement in May, after decades of supporting the Queen, as well as attending events for his own charities and organisations.
A spokesman at the time said he "may still choose to attend certain public events from time to time".
When he retired, the duke had carried out 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.
He had made 637 solo overseas visits, including 229 visits to 67 Commonwealth countries, and 408 visits to 76 other countries.
The new Queensferry Crossing will open to traffic on 30 August, before temporarily closing to give the public the chance to walk over it on 2 and 3 September.
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With holders Germany already out, Sampson's side were favourites to win their first major trophy but struggled against the hosts, who will now face Denmark in Sunday's final.
"They've shed a lot of tears," said Sampson after Thursday's match.
"I made some mistakes. I'll go away and reflect and do a better job next time."
Arsenal pair Vivianne Miedema and Danielle van de Donk put the Dutch in control before England defender Millie Bright scored a stoppage-time own goal.
England forward Ellen White had a strong penalty appeal turned down at the end of the first half when she was barged by Desiree van Lunteren, while Lucy Bronze and Jodie Taylor both also had claims for a spot-kick rejected.
Jade Moore headed against a post and substitute Toni Duggan had an effort cleared off the line, but England struggled to keep possession for long periods.
"They've given their all, they couldn't have given anything more. I am very proud of the team," added Sampson, who is the first England boss since Sir Alf Ramsey to reach two major tournament semi-finals following the men's triumph at the 1966 World Cup and then their run to the last four of the 1968 European Championship.
"Over the last year, they have given absolutely everything to try and help us win this tournament and they can look themselves in the mirror, go and see their family and friends and give them a good hug and tell them that they love them.
"We knew it would be difficult. We were up against the host nation, big crowd, excellent team, very motivated.
"Congratulations to them, they deserve their place in the final and we wish them all the best. The supporters made it a special night for women's football.
"If there are more games like that then women's football will be in a fantastic place.
"We didn't get the decisions. Sometimes you don't get the rub of the green. The performance and the attitude was there."
Several England players were in tears on the pitch at full-time, before the squad and staff gathered in a huddle.
Forward Fran Kirby revealed that plans have already turned to success at the 2019 World Cup in France.
"We had chances and could have had a few penalties - we are bitterly disappointed," Kirby told BBC Radio 5 live.
"We did great to get this far. We have put so much hard work in but fell short. In the team huddle we said let's go and win the World Cup in France."
BBC Radio 5 live commentator Jonathan Pearce: "I don't think the Dutch were three goals better.
"England will look at the penalty decision in the first half. They had two cleared off the line. They had chances but overall they did not pass the ball well enough to deserve a place in the final, the Dutch did.
"Danielle van de Donk was the outstanding player on the night. They had outstanding performers and have been so good throughout the tournament."
Former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis: "The Netherlands are deserved winners. They have been explosive at times, and played to their strengths.
"England were not allowed to get going. England were favourites but they were negated. Jodie Taylor was very isolated and England just couldn't generate any momentum."
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Opposition parties have severely criticised the government for letting the team, which includes a Pakistani intelligence officer, visit the area.
India has accused Pakistan-based group Jaish-e-Mohammad of carrying out the assault.
Seven Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in the attack.
Pakistan has said it has arrested several members of Jaish-e-Mohammad.
The investigation team left in bullet-proof cars from Amritsar, in Punjab, for Pathankot on Tuesday morning, Indian media reports said.
Authorities have said the visitors will have "limited access" to the base and that they will be taken to the area where the attackers fought a gun-battle with the security forces on 2 January.
Some sensitive areas on the base have been barricaded and would be out of bounds for the Pakistanis, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.
Meanwhile, small groups of demonstrators have held protests outside the base, demanding that the Pakistani team should not be allowed in since Pakistanis were thought to be involved in the deadly attack.
This is the first time that Pakistani intelligence and police officials have travelled to India to investigate a militant attack.
In February, police in Pakistan registered a complaint against "unknown persons" over the Pathankot attack.
An official of the interior ministry of Pakistan had filed the complaint, which mentioned some Pakistani mobile numbers provided by Indian authorities.
The United Jihad Council (UJC) - a coalition of more than a dozen militant groups fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir - said they carried out the attack.
But the claim was met with scepticism - the UJC is not known to have carried out attacks outside Indian-administered Kashmir - and India instead blamed Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Started by Masood Azhar, the Islamist militant group has been blamed for attacks on Indian soil in the past, including one in 2001 on the Indian parliament which took the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war.
Security arrangements have been reviewed for the two-day event and organisers said revellers would show the world Birmingham's "true spirit of love, unity and support".
The festival's Carnival Parade in Victoria Square will began after the silence at midday.
Police have reassured people an on-going operation is in place.
Salman Abedi, a British-born Muslim from a Libyan family, blew himself up, killing 22 men, women and children, as people were leaving an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
A total of 66 people remain in hospital, with 23 in critical care.
Assistant Chief Constable Alex Murray, of West Midlands Police, said he understood people may feel "nervous" but there was a full operation in place for the city.
"I appreciate that people planning to attend may feel a sense of nervousness - I would like to take this opportunity to give you some reassurance that a full policing operation is in place and is subject to ongoing reviews," he said.
"We will have a large number of police officers, specials and police staff on hand to keep the public safe - this isn't only for the Pride event, but also for anyone visiting the city to enjoy all it has to offer."
Lawrence Barton, festival director, said: "Following the tragic events in Manchester, we have been overwhelmed by all your messages of support - and are truly humbled that you are coming out in large numbers to show your love and pride this weekend.
"Birmingham is a great city, and like Manchester, we shall be showing the world our true spirit of love, unity, and support for one another whilst honouring the victims of Monday night's attack."
The man, identified as Robert Kelvin Ellis, 60, was found with his hands tied in a ditch near a paddy field between the towns of Ubud and Kuta.
Indonesian police told the BBC Mr Ellis's wife had confessed to having "ordered the killing".
The BBC understands that Mr Ellis had been living in Bali for some time.
Officers said he had been living in the Sanur area, on the island's south coast. His wife had recently reported him missing.
A BBC correspondent in Indonesia, Alice Budisatrijo, said police had told her that Mr Ellis's wife had confessed during later questioning.
A man suspected to have carried out the murder has been arrested and police are understood to be looking for four others.
Detective Wisnu Wardana said Mr Ellis's body had been wrapped in a plastic sheet and a blanket. It was found by villagers.
Ida Bagus Putu Alit, head of forensics at Bali's Sanglah Hospital, told the AFP news agency the man suffered "three gashes on the neck" caused by a "sharp weapon".
A spokesman at the British embassy in Jakarta said: "We were notified of the death of a British national in Bali.
"We stand ready to provide consular assistance."
Companies are still digesting the impact of the referendum decision, but there is general agreement that a prolonged period of uncertainty will damage the UK economy. Here's some reaction from UK plc.
The CBI's director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said the decision was "momentous", but she was confident business would adapt.
"The urgent priority now is to reassure the markets," she said. "We need strong and calm leadership from the government, working with the Bank of England, to shore up confidence and stability in the economy.
"This is not a time for rushed decisions."
For the EEF manufacturers organisation, the terms on which government negotiates an EU exit will be key.
EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler said: "The government must tread carefully, keeping if we can a trading relationship with the single market, avoiding dramatic overnight changes and not becoming bogged down to the detriment of making long-awaited and much-needed decisions on projects vital to our future economic prosperity."
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents many of the UK's smaller firms, called for a clear and detailed plan from the government on how to support the economy during the transition from EU membership.
Dr Adam Marshall, BCC acting director-general, said: "All companies will expect swift, decisive, and co-ordinated action from the government and the Bank of England to stabilise markets if trading conditions or the availability of capital change dramatically.
"Businesses need action to maintain economic stability, a timeline for exit, and answers to their many practical, real-world questions about doing business during and after this historic transition. The health of the economy must be the number one priority - not the Westminster political post-mortem."
Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India's Tata Group, insisted it would be "business as usual". A spokesman said: "We are a British business with a strong manufacturing base in this country, we call Britain home and we remain committed to all our manufacturing sites and investment decisions.
"We respect the views of the British people and in line with all other businesses, JLR will manage the long-term impact and implications of this decision: nothing will change for us, or the automotive industry, overnight."
However, luxury sportscar maker Aston Martin warned that additional "productivity and efficiency" gains might be needed at the company.
Chief executive Andy Palmer said: "Aston Martin will now orientate its business to deliver our mid-term plan in the context of the exit and the market volatility that may exist during the period of transition.
However, he added that a weaker pound should "partially offset" the increased instability because it makes exports cheaper.
Germany's BMW, which owns Mini, said there would be "no immediate change" to its UK operations, but would not comment on any longer-term implications.
"Today, we know that many of the relevant conditions for supplying the European market will have to be renegotiated, but of course we cannot say what this means for our UK operations until those future regulatory and legislative arrangements are agreed," a spokeswoman said.
A sector already under pressure is the steel industry, as Tata considers selling its UK operations. Gareth Stace, director of trade body UK Steel, said the decision to leave would send "shockwaves" across the industry.
He said: "Our sector is well versed in having challenges thrust upon it, but it's clear that this is like no other. It is now more essential than ever to create the right business conditions in the UK that allow the steel industry to survive, invest and thrive.
"Government now needs to fully and finally tackle head on the uncompetitive electricity and policy costs that have historically hindered the growth of steel producers and seen thousands of high-skilled jobs lost over the last year."
Shares in airlines collapsed in early trading. There's been much talk about the consequences for airline fares and the impact on Europe-wide aviation agreements, but Ryanair took an upbeat view of the situation.
A Ryanair spokesman said: "It's a good job we're better at running an airline than political campaigns. Britons are booking our £9.99 seats in record numbers in what will be the last big seat sale of its kind, as they look to flee a country which will be run by Boris, Gove and Farage."
Meanwhile, the owner of British Airways and Iberia, IAG, said the Leave decision could trim profits. The group said: "Following the outcome of the referendum, and given current market volatility, while IAG continues to expect a significant increase in operating profit this year, it no longer expects to generate an absolute operating profit increase similar to 2015."
At rival Easyjet, chief executive Carolyn McCall said the government must "accelerate discussions" with EU governments and regulators to ensure that the UK remains part of the single aviation market.
"This would enable EU airlines to fly freely within the UK and between the UK and EU, allow UK airlines to fly freely across Europe and would ensure that consumers continue to benefit from low fares."
Banking shares have tumbled, but the head of the sector's trade body said "careful deliberation" was needed now. Anthony Browne, chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, said: "The government should have time to plan the UK's approach to any Exit Treaty and lay the ground for an effective negotiation with EU partners."
And for those people worried about access to money, he said: "Customers should rest assured their banking services will continue as normal. People will be able to take money out of cash machines, exchange currency and have full access to their banking services."
The organisation that speaks for the huge industry looking after pension funds and other investments predicts "challenges ahead" - but is unsure what they will be at the moment.
The Investment Association said: "Today, the UK remains a member of the EU and the rules and regulations governing asset management remain unchanged, and the protections that were in place for clients yesterday remain in place today.
"The focus in the short term will be on how markets respond, but it is important that we adopt a collective long-term focus on how the UK can preserve the pre-eminence of its financial services sector including our highly successful £5.5tn asset management industry - the second largest industry of its kind in the world."
However, one of the City's big investment firms was clear that the referendum decision would damage the economy.
Piers Hillier, chief investment officer at Royal London Asset Management, said: "We expect the UK will fall into a recession. Unfortunately I see unstable market conditions lasting for between three and five years whilst new trade agreements are drawn up.
"It is our view that the UK government will be left with no choice but to stimulate the economy through fiscal and monetary means, flooding the system with liquidity if necessary."
Investment first Hermes looked at the global implications. Chief executive Saker Nusseibeh said: "Besides a sharp sell-off in risk and in sterling, as well as a recession in the UK - which is expected - our fear is that this may trigger political uncertainty within Europe which in turn may lead to a severe global market correction."
He added: "We know that we are now in an even more prolonged super-low interest rate environment outside of the UK, with the US likely to delay its decision to raise interest rates even further out."
Economists predicted a Leave vote would hit the economy in the short term, but were divided about the long-term impact.
Martin Beck, senior economic adviser to the EY Item Club, said the UK was now in "unchartered territory".
He said: "The short-term economic impact is more likely to come down to the effect on confidence and expectations. Uncertainty over the UK's future trading relationship with the EU could continue to hold back investment in some industries.
"And there is a risk that firms in sectors where an EU domicile is important for business, notably international finance, may choose to move activity out of the UK to guard against the possibility of no deal being agreed."
Although Capital Economics' chief European economist Jonathan Loynes agreed that the vote had produced "shockwaves", he thought the long-term impact would be milder than many people predicted.
"We maintain the view that the ultimate damage will be rather smaller than some of the more pessimistic projections have suggested. After all, the UK will remain inside the EU for at least two years and possibly longer. This will allow time to clear up some uncertainties, not least over the UK's future trading relationship with the remainder of the EU and rest of the world."
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Many Afghans have turned to the internet to voice their frustration with the sentences given to her attackers.
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The Huguenot Museum in the High Street was opened by Princess Alexandra following a £1.5m development project.
The top two floors of the former French Hospital have been dedicated to the 250,000 protestants who fled France in the 17th and 18th Century.
The centre, includes three exhibitions telling the story of the Huguenot's persecution and fleeing from France.
There is also an archive and research centre in the building.
Between 60,000 to 80,000 of the group of Huguenots, who fled religious persecution in France, settled in England, mainly in the South East in places such as London, Canterbury and Sandwich.
Their legacy can be found in crafts such as silk weaving, silversmithing and furniture-making, together with banking and insurance.
In 1685, King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had granted Protestants in mainly Catholic France the freedom to worship in specified areas
Facing severe persecution, many Huguenots fled the country
In 1681, Charles II of England offered sanctuary to the French Protestants
Between 40,000 and 50,000 Huguenots sought refuge in England from 1670 to 1710, an estimated half of them settling in London
The French Hospital, founded in 1718, provides accommodation for elderly people who are of Huguenot heritage in about 60 apartments.
On display is a collection of paintings, engravings, furniture, silverware, and memorabilia, including a Bible that had been baked in a bread loaf.
Liverpool City Council approved plans to sell the building on Dale Street, which has been the authority's home for more than 150 years.
About 640 employees will move to other council sites, while the One Stop Shop will be relocated to St John's Market.
The council has used the building since the 1860s.
But it was declared "surplus to requirements" due to it being "a very costly building to run and maintain", with the authority "no longer having the staff numbers to justify retaining it".
Staff will begin moving out in the next few weeks and it will be put up for sale over a six-week period.
There have already been about 12 expressions of interest from across the country, a spokesperson said.
Councillor Malcolm Kennedy, cabinet member for regeneration, added: "This is a listed building and I want to reassure people that it will be protected and we will ensure that its future use protects its unique architectural features."
It will cost about £1.7m to relocate staff and refurbish other locations for them to move into, which will be funded from £1.2m in council reserves and £0.5m from the sale.
Discussions are ongoing about the future of another city centre council building, Venture Place in Sir Thomas Street.
Andrew Tomlinson, 48, and his wife Faye Tomlinson, 54, along with Mandy Deere, 54, were run over and killed on Sutton Road, in the Askern area.
Mrs Deere's husband, John Deere, 57, was left critically ill in hospital.
Ricky Hepworth was remanded in custody at Sheffield Crown Court until 11 April, when he is due to be sentenced.
He admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving, one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing a death while driving uninsured and unlicensed and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
South Yorkshire Police said he had been driving at 50mph in a 20mph zone.
The Crown Prosecution Service is not proceeding with three counts of aggravated vehicle-taking.
Hepworth, 24, of Newmarche Drive, Askern, was driving a blue Volvo S60 when he struck the four pedestrians.
Sgt Donna Roden said: "A huge hole has been left in the lives of those affected by Hepworth's incredibly irresponsible actions which saw him driving a car without permission, a licence or any insurance.
"I hope in some small part that today's conviction will help the families of those killed and seriously injured begin to rebuild their lives."
On 18 August 1960, they set out for Little Ross island off Kirkcudbright in the family dinghy to explore the bay.
They would end up finding the body of a lighthouse keeper who had been killed by his colleague in a case which is still part of local folklore.
No wonder he is watching the current efforts to sell the island with more interest than most.
"I think it means a lot to everybody in Kirkcudbright, really, because we think of it as our island - we don't own it but it is our view," he said.
"It sits at the mouth of the bay in a very commanding position.
"In good weather it looks very tempting and in bad weather it's a shelter for visiting vessels and anybody entering the bay that anchors behind it.
"So it is important on a whole lot of different levels."
However, the island is particularly significant to Mr Collin whose memories of his visit 57 years ago remained crystal clear while making another trip this week.
"There was a lot less wind on that day, we really just drifted down to the island dodging between sunny spells and the occasional shower," he recalled.
"My father was a banker in Kirkcudbright, he wasn't an experienced sailor - I was boat-daft and my father respected that and understood it so he eventually succumbed to pressure and bought a small family sailing dinghy.
"My father was never a seaman really. He wanted, however, to come to the Ross so I was essentially taking my father out."
It was his father's day off and with a decent weather forecast they set off on their expedition.
When they arrived on the island, things immediately felt a little bit different from previous trips.
"Both of us were surprised that there were no people in evidence, there were no keepers," said Mr Collin.
"Usually you saw the keepers somewhere but we thought perhaps they were asleep after being on watch half the night so we didn't pay too much attention."
They went up to the lighthouse tower to introduce themselves but got no answer and went for their picnic.
Later they heard a phone ringing which went unanswered, but it was only when it was almost time to leave that they checked the cottages.
"My father eventually plucked up courage and went into one of the houses, in fact we both went into the house on the right, the principal keeper's house," said the retired architect.
"Everything was spick and span, neat, clean, tidy, beautiful - a budgie singing in its cage - no sign of anybody.
"My father went into the second house - I didn't go in - but he quickly came running out and said: 'Get help if you can, there is a man ill in his bed'."
Mr Collin ran to the east quay where he knew two people were lobster fishing - one of them came ashore and all three went into the room.
"We found an elderly man lying in his bed...he was tucked up in his pyjamas and there was a towel beside his head, partially covering his head," he said.
"We didn't disturb him at all but we kind of got the impression he was dead, but we didn't really know and we didn't have medical expertise so we were fairly cautious."
His father phoned the police and the doctor in Kirkcudbright and they then waited for help to come.
"It never crossed our mind that we had discovered a murder - you don't think of murder on an August day on a remote island, it's the last thing that would enter your head," said Mr Collin.
"We thought that the man had perhaps fallen, perhaps taken ill and been put to bed by his fellow keeper.
"I think it was 16:00 we phoned the police and it was about 19:00 before anybody got to the island.
"We felt, chiefly, just sad that somebody had apparently died but we weren't apprehensive and we didn't see any evidence that led us to think there had been a murder."
It quickly emerged, however, that the lighthouse keeper had been killed.
"We were very shocked - as I think everybody in Kirkcudbright was - we just found it difficult to reconcile with what we had found," explained Mr Collin.
"In fact, the relief keeper Hugh Clark had been shot by the assistant keeper Robert Dickson at very close range with a .22 rifle.
"There was no sign of an entry wound and, since we didn't turn him over, we didn't see the exit wound."
Dickson had fled the island but he was later arrested in Yorkshire and came to trial at the High Court in Dumfries.
The murder and subsequent court case grabbed the attention of the national media, generating lurid headlines and much misinformed speculation.
"We saw nothing gory or macabre - there were some bloodstains on the towel but nothing like the stories people in Kirkcudbright tell you," said Mr Collin.
"I have been reliably informed he was stabbed seven times in the chest, his throat was cut from ear to ear and that his face had been blown away by a shotgun.
"All of this is complete, total nonsense - fabrication - but these stories caught everybody's attention and still do to this day."
Despite the experience, the 76-year-old said it had not put him off coming to an island he first visited when he was 15.
"My memory of that day is perhaps more of the principal keeper's beautiful little house - his friendly dog, his budgie in the cage, the neatness and tidiness that prevailed," he said.
"The Northern Lighthouse Board keepers were required to keep everything spick and span. Everything that could be polished was polished, everything was neat and tidy, they never knew when they were going to be inspected.
"Inspections reflected very badly on their future promotion prospects if they hadn't kept everything smart."
He was more troubled by the trial where, despite a defence plea of insanity, Dickson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to hang.
"I sat through the whole court proceedings and whereas there was no doubt of the guilt of the accused equally, in my mind, and I think a great many other people's minds, there was no doubt he suffered from some form of mental illness," he said.
"He had a history of mental illness and the defence was insanity but the judge's direction to the jury, on legal grounds, was that he was guilty.
"I felt more troubled by seeing a young man sentenced to death in Dumfries surrounded by people that I knew, fellow witnesses and so on.
"I was far more troubled by that than actually finding the unfortunate victim which really wasn't that distressing - it was sad but not distressing.
"What permanently haunts me is having witnessed somebody sentenced to death, I found that horrific."
That death penalty was later commuted to life in prison but Dickson took his own life in jail.
And, after so many years, what would Mr Collin like to see happen to the island which selling agents Galbraith have described as a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity?
"I'd like to see it find a caring owner who wouldn't alter very much," he said.
In the meantime, he will carry on visiting an island which holds a special place in his affections.
"I always feel sad when I leave it," he said. "There is something about arrivals and departures - arrivals are happy, departures are nearly always sad.
"But I always look forward to the next time and there will be many next times I'm sure."
De Oliveria, 19, was raised in a nearby favela but despite receiving ear-splitting support he was beaten 21-8 19-21 21-8 by the 28-year-old Irishman.
Evans ripped off his shirt and celebrated wildly after his win much to the displeasure of the home crowd.
"I'll definitely never forget tonight," said the Dubliner.
"I knew that the crowd would be crazy tonight but it beat all my expectations.
"Of course the crowd was against me and I understand that, but to play in that kind of atmosphere, it's something really special."
On Friday, Evans became the first Irishman to win a badminton game at an Olympics as he beat German Marc Zwiebler and his victory on Saturday guaranteed his progress to the knock-out stages.
De Oliveira, raised by a badminton-loving father, soaked up the attention after fulfilling his dream of competing at his home Games.
"It was just fantastic," added the Brazilian youngster after he was cheered incessantly by about 200 badminton-playing children and fans from his neighbourhood of Chacrinha.
"In the beginning I was nervous but the people helped me to get up.
"In the second game, it was fantastic I could play my best. In the third set, I think I lost my mind and he played well. But I played my best."
De Oliveira's loss eliminated him from the tournament but he is sure of more vocal support in his dead rubber against German Zwiebler.
His father Sebastiao Dias introduced the genteel sport into Chacrinha by building a court next to his home.
Hoping to get local kids off the street, he began offering training as a social project but had to overcome some initial scepticism.
Introducing samba music into training sessions proved a master-stroke and the school now has about 200 local children training there.
Badminton is a mystery to many Brazilians but De Oliveira has risen to a world ranking of 64, a remarkable achievement given the lack of top coaches and elite compatriots to train with.
Another player from the school, 20-year-old Lohaynny Vicente, also competed at Rio, losing her second pool match earlier on Saturday to be eliminated despite similar deafening barracking.
Matt Coulter, known as the Kangaroo Kid, was performing in the main ring on Monday when he fell off.
Kate Williams, from Royal Welsh Show, said he did not suffer serious injuries and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
His performance scheduled for Monday evening was cancelled.
Mr Coulter, from Australia, holds numerous Guinness World Records on his quad bike, including jumping over 14 jeeps.
St John Cymru said its volunteers positioned in the main show ring attended the patient who had sustained a shoulder, rib and leg injuries.
He was then airlifted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
They had been expected to close early this year, with calls being transferred to a new control room in Dundee.
An inquiry into the deaths of two people in a car accident on the M9 in July last year delayed that move until later this year.
The force has now said that Aberdeen will close in March next year, with Inverness following three months later.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland will oversee the process, Police Scotland said.
A national manhunt started after video footage broadcast on Kenyan TV appeared to show an unidentified man assaulting an unconscious woman on a clinic bed.
Mugo wa Wairimu has denied the allegations and said the report was an evil plot by his enemies.
Kenya's Medical Practitioners' Board says he is not a registered doctor.
The accused man was arrested on Thursday at a hotel outside Nairobi after members of the public called the police.
They accused him of operating a number of clinics in Nairobi without a valid licence.
He was taken to court to be charged but the prosecution said investigations were not complete.
Mr Wairimu will be detained for two weeks while police carry out further enquiries.
The BBC's Odhiambo Joseph in Nairobi says the court was told that releasing Mr Wairimu might endanger his life because of growing public outrage, something his lawyers did not oppose.
Mr Warimu was not asked to enter a plea.
Four women have lodged official complaints with the police so far over claims of sexual abuse.
Citizen TV said on their report, which was broadcast on Sunday, that they do not know the identity of the woman in the video, which was filmed by a suspicious staff member, or if she is aware of the alleged assault.
Bishop Pat Storey said the invitation to a "female, northern Protestant to speak at a Catholic, republican commemoration" was "courageous and generous".
Among those at the annual commemoration were Irish President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Bishop Storey said the decade of historic commemorations, a year before the centenary of the Easter Rising, was an "opportunity for not only remembering the past but creating and shaping the future".
She told the Arbour Hill commemoration on Wednesday that while the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland was "not a part of my story," she wanted and needed to try to understand it.
"I need to walk in your shoes generously," she said.
"That means listening when I would rather speak; hearing your story when I would rather tell mine; relating to the commemorations of your community when I would rather remember wrongs done to mine."
The bishop, who grew up in Belfast and was a rector in Londonderry before she was elected, added: "Could we, together, commit to walking in each other's shoes for a time? Could we vow to be generous when we commemorate?
"It would take personal sacrifice, especially when you have endured personal loss, but perhaps this is the time to mend, and the time for generosity."
Bishop Storey, who was elected in 2013 by the Church of Ireland as Bishop of Meath and Kildare in the Republic of Ireland, said reflecting on history was a time for mending broken and wounded relationships.
"If Ireland is about anything, it is about relationships ... yet how often we have specialised in welcoming the tourist and the outsider, and deeply wounded one another," she said.
The 1916 Easter Rising saw Irish rebels attempt to seize the capital from British imperial forces.
British troops put down the rebellion and a number of its leaders were captured and executed.
Adrian Evans, 44, from Tipton, West Midlands, died along with his father, 78-year-old Patrick Evans and nephew Joel Richards, 19, from Wednesbury.
Mr Richards's 16-year-old brother Owen is reported to have survived the attack.
Sandwell Council Leader Darren Cooper said colleagues of Mr Evans, a gas manager, were in a "state of shock".
At least 30 Britons were among 38 killed when a Tunisian student opened fire on a beach on Friday.
Mr Evans had worked for the local authority for the last 30 years and was "very, very popular", Mr Cooper said.
"I've had staff on the phone in tears," he said.
The three men were big fans of Walsall FC and a spokesperson for the club said their thoughts were with their family.
Fellow fans have been asked to show their support by laying scarves outside the main entrance on Monday morning.
Mr Richards was a local football referee and student at the University of Worcester.
A spokesperson for the local FA described him as "talented", with "the world at his feet".
University of Worcester Vice Chancellor Prof David Green said: "It's a real tragedy, we're all deeply affected. Joel was a particularly popular and outgoing student."
Flowers and other tributes had already started appearing at the Malvern Gate, on the St John's campus, according to the university.
Teachers and fellow students have posted dozens of comments on the university's Facebook page.
Sports psychology lecturer Dr Andrea Faull wrote: "Joel was one of my most wonderful students. Words cannot express how I feel but I have so much love and sympathy at this time."
Sue Davey, 44, from Tamworth, and her partner Scott Chalkley, 42, from Derby, were also among those killed in the attack.
Ms Davey's son Conor Fulford told BBC WM on Saturday he was searching for news of her, but later took to Twitter to confirm she was among the dead.
He said his mother was a "strong" woman, adding: "Love you always Mom, I've got my teddy bear you got me tonight, Rest easy."
Both Ms Davey and Mr Chalkley worked for Severn Trent. The water firm tweeted: "We are immensely saddened by the news of Sue and Scott. They were much loved by colleagues."
Mr Chalkley's son Ross Naylor said he had discovered on Saturday afternoon the pair were among those killed.
He said his fears had increased after hotel staff told him his father and partner were on the beach and had found some of their bags on the sand.
Some families of holidaymakers said they had struggled to get information from Tunisia.
Simon Boon, from Felixstowe in Suffolk, said his sister, Alison Heathcote, 48, was badly injured, while there was no update about her husband Philip, 53.
"Alison was on most news channels, being stretchered off on a sunbed," Mr Boon said.
Mrs Heathcote underwent surgery to remove a kidney on Saturday and her brother said she was now "critical, heavily sedated". Her son is planning to travel to Tunisia later.
"We've received very little information from the Foreign Office. All the information is what we've sourced ourselves from phoning the four hospitals around Sousse," he said.
Home Secretary Theresa May suggested British officials were also facing difficulties.
As the attack took place on the beach, few of the victims had been carrying passports or other means of identification, she said.
Ms May added that some of those injured were being moved between hospitals in Tunisia.
Relatives of many of the Britons have turned to social media in a desperate bid to track them down.
Adam Fisher, from Redhill, Surrey, said he had not spoken to his parents since they left for their holiday.
He told the BBC he felt "powerless".
Danny Clifford said initial information that his parents-in-law Denis and Elaine Thwaites, from Blackpool, were in hospital turned out to be wrong.
"We are now back to square one and fearing the worst," he said.
Another person awaiting news is Cheryl Mellor, from Bodmin in Cornwall.
Father Graham Minors, the vicar of St Petroc's Church, told BBC Radio Cornwall he had been informed on Friday night that she and her husband Stephen were caught up in the shooting.
He said he understood Mrs Mellor had been shot in her arm, but had heard no news of her husband.
"She's had no official confirmation, but is fearing the worst," he said.
Father Minors said the last thing Mrs Mellor remembered was seeing her husband shot while trying to protect her.
Graphic designer, photographer and blogger Carly Lovett was among the first named dead after the attack, while her fiancee is understood to be travelling back home.
The 24-year-old, from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, was a graduate of Lincoln University. Ex-students joined friends to pay tribute on social media.
Some described it as a "waste of a young life", while another described Carly as "a lovely colleague", who was "always making us laugh".
Lincolnshire Police said they had appointed a family liaison officer to support Miss Lovett's family.
Claire Windass, from Hull, also died in the attack, her family have confirmed.
A neighbour of the 54-year-old described her as a "lovely lady who would do anything for anyone".
Mrs Windass was on the beach with her husband, who survived and is reported to have returned to Hull.
In nearby Goole, the family of Bruce Wilkinson paid tribute to the 72-year-old grandfather.
They described him as a "loving family man".
"He was fun-loving and will be deeply missed by friends and family alike," his family said in a statement.
Grandmother Lisa Burbidge, from Whickham, Gateshead, has also been named locally as one of those killed.
Her granddaughter, Chloe Thompson, posted a tribute online, describing her as "my best friend".
One of Mrs Burbidge's daughters is believed to have been on holiday with her in Tunisia, according to neighbours.
"It's been a massive shock to the whole street. It'll be a massive shock to anyone from Whickham," one neighbour said.
She told BBC Look North Mrs Burbidge had been killed almost exactly 10 years after the death of her husband.
The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to warn further terrorist attacks in Tunisia are possible and urged people to be "especially vigilant".
Thousands of tourists are believed to have flown back to the UK from Tunisia on Sunday as part of efforts by holiday companies.
The 4.92m total is about 370,000 ahead of the target set before the project's controversial 31 May launch.
The company said it was also set to surpass revenue targets by 3%.
Edinburgh Trams has a fleet of 27 and employs 130 staff including drivers, ticketing assistants, control centre operators and maintenance engineers.
Its 8.7-mile (14km) route between Edinburgh's New Town and Edinburgh Airport was built at a final cost of £776m.
The service had been dogged by controversy over building delays, traffic disruption and spiralling costs.
An inquiry into the project was commissioned by Scottish ministers in June 2014 and will be headed by Lord Hardie.
Tom Norris, director and general manager of Edinburgh Trams, said the company had beaten targets and was "on the right path".
He added: "We were absolutely delighted with the initial surge of interest when we launched, but even more grateful that the local and visiting public have continued to give us their support.
"We have developed the service over the first year and we'll continue to improve and adapt to keep our passengers happy, whilst being ready to take advantage of opportunities that come our way.
"The airport is growing, TFE [Transport for Edinburgh] is developing well, a new tram stop will link us to the Fife line and our city is going from strength to strength.
"We're ready to be at the centre of that development and part of the continued success of Edinburgh."
Edinburgh Trams said highlights of the first year included major spikes in passenger numbers heading to Murrayfield Stadium for the One Direction concert, Celtic FC's Champions League qualifying matches and Scotland Rugby's Six Nations games.
There were also "significantly increased passenger numbers" during Edinburgh's summer and winter festivals.
Councillor Lesley Hinds, chairwoman of Transport for Edinburgh, said: "To have had nearly five million passengers on board the trams since their launch is a massive achievement, and it's thanks to the support of the public that we've had such a successful first year.
"Credit must also go to the team, whose efforts and professionalism ensure Edinburgh Trams provides an excellent service to passengers every day.
"As it continues to develop as a key element of the city's transport offering we now look forward to its future as part of the city's modern, integrated transport system."
There were 14 minutes added on at the end of the first half after Pilgrims defender Jordon Forster was taken off on a stretcher with a head injury.
Argyle came closest before the break, Reuben Reid firing wide and James Pearson heading an effort off the line.
Yiadom netted on the turn after a forceful John Akinde run, making it just one loss in eight for the Bees.
Barnet remain 15th in League Two while the Pilgrims host Oxford, who leapfrogged them into second, on Saturday.
Speaking after the match, Plymouth boss Derek Adams revealed first indications say Forster has a broken jaw while striker Ryan Brunt, who was also forced off, has a suspected cruciate ligament injury.
Barnet manager Martin Allen told BBC Radio London:
"I think they played quite well in the first half and we didn't actually make our mark on the game.
"At half-time I encouraged our players to show some more self-belief, a bit more tenacity and some more courage.
"It was a very, very good second-half performance - I'd say up there with the best."
The award is presented for excellence in poetry, with previous recipients including WH Auden, John Betjeman and Philip Larkin.
Agard, who writes for both adults and children, moved to the UK from Guyana in 1977.
He said he was "touched" to be the winner of an award which had been won by such illustrious names in the past.
He has been recognised for his most recent work Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems, as well as his book of children's poems, Goldilocks on CCTV.
"When told the news out of the blue by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, I couldn't believe my ears and it took a little time to sink in," he said.
"I am delighted, as well as touched, to be in the company of such names as Charles Causley, Norman MacCaig, Gillian Clark, Stevie Smith, Derek Walcott."
The Medal was first presented in 1933 by King George V. Recommendations are put forward by the poet laureate and chosen by a committee.
Duffy said: "John Agard has always made people sit up and listen. He has done this with intelligence, humour and generosity.
"He has the ability to temper anger with wit, and difficult truths with kindness."
She added: "In performance he is electrifying - compelling, funny, moving and thought-provoking. His work in education over the years has changed the way that readers, writers and teachers think about poetry,"
Agard was born in Georgetown, Guyana, moving to the UK in the '70s where he worked in London as a touring speaker for the Commonwealth Institute, and for the National Maritime Museum. He now lives in Lewes, East Sussex.
Tests were scheduled across India but those at Kamptee, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Ahmedabad, Goa and Kirkee have now been delayed.
More than 300 candidates are being questioned in connection with the leak, officials said.
In addition, 18 other people have been arrested in Maharashtra and Goa states.
An internal investigation has been ordered, army officials say.
Some reports suggest tests at other centres are likely to be cancelled.
Police said the students were allegedly given the question papers in advance by people connected to coaching institutes.
The exams were for lower-level posts in the Indian army such as soldier-tradesman and soldier-clerk.
In June, the trunks of two pines were drilled up to 15 times in West Cliff Green, Bournemouth, Dorset, close to the former St George's Hotel site.
A third pine was damaged the following month and a "crystal-like" substance was discovered on its bark.
Tests showed the substance was the herbicide glyphosate, the borough council said.
Nick Colledge, from Bournemouth Borough Council, said the samples from all three trees "tested positive for very high levels of the herbicide glyphosate".
"This would seem to remove any doubt that the holes were drilled with the sole purpose of administering a toxin with the intention of destroying the trees," he said.
The authority now hopes to install CCTV cameras in the area in a bid to prevent further tree attacks.
Dorset Police is investigating the damage, but no arrests have been made.
The three-page message urges voters to consider their Christian heritage and "obligations to future generations".
It also calls on politicians to "renew and re-imagine" the UK's shared values amid divisions of recent years.
There needs to be "serious solutions" to home-building and a "flourishing" health service, the letter says.
In the pastoral letter to parishes and chaplaincies, the Church of England's most senior clergymen -the Most Reverend Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Most Reverend John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York - allude to the UK's negotiations with the EU over Brexit.
The letter says the election "is being contested against the backdrop of deep and profound questions of identity.
"Opportunities to renew and re-imagine our shared values as a country and a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland only come around every few generations...
"If our shared British values are to carry the weight of where we now stand and the challenges ahead of us, they must have at their core, cohesion, courage and stability."
The letter refers to the benefits of "education for all, the need for urgent and serious solutions to our housing challenges, the importance of creating communities as well as buildings, and a confident and flourishing health service that gives support to all - especially the vulnerable - not least at the beginning and end of life".
The archbishops go on to call for a "just economy" - one not over-reliant on debt that "risks crushing those who take on too much".
They add: "Courage also demands a radical approach to education, so that the historic failures of technical training and the over-emphasis on purely academic subjects are rebalanced."
The Church leaders also say that refugees and migrants should be given a "generous and hospitable" welcome but politicians should not be "deaf to the legitimate concerns" of communities.
And they say the religious faith of election candidates "should not be treated by opponents as a vulnerability to be exploited".
A letter to parishioners published in the run-up to the 2015 general electionattracted criticism and claims of pro-Labour bias after it called for a review of the UK's nuclear weapons.
The 22-year-old was part of the England Under-21 side that reached the semi-finals of the European Championships in Poland last month.
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The 2010 US Open winner dropped shots at three consecutive holes on his front nine and ended the day seven shots behind leader Webb Simpson of the USA.
McDowell, 37, had been two off the lead overnight after rounds of 66 and 70.
England's Paul Casey, without a win on the PGA Tour since 2009, is two shots behind Webb after a 68.
The strikes, which witnesses say came from the air, came hours after Syria declared a week-old US-Russia brokered cessation of hostilities at an end.
Russia and Syria have both insisted that their forces were not involved.
But UN chief Ban Ki-moon launched a stinging attack on the Syrian government, saying it had killed the most civilians in the civil war.
In unusually blunt language, Mr Ban said "powerful patrons... feeding the war machine, also have blood on their hands".
US Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking alongside his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, insisted the ceasefire deal was "not dead", following talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on New York on Tuesday.
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura also said there was still hope but said delegates from the Syria Support Group had agreed the truce deal was in danger.
The attack at Urum al-Kubra destroyed 18 of 31 lorries and killed about 20 civilians, including a senior local official of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, named as Omar Barakat.
The UN would not confirm what type of attack took place, saying "we are not in a position to determine whether these were in fact air strikes".
Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that after studying video taken at the scene they "did not find any signs of munitions hitting the convoy".
"Everything shown in the video is the direct result of a fire which mysteriously began at the same time as a large scale rebel attack on Aleppo," he said.
The Syrian military, quoted by state media, said there was "no truth" to reports that the army had targeted the convoy.
The Syrian opposition, meanwhile, hit out at the international community for not taking action against the Syrian government for ending the ceasefire.
Riad Hijab, general co-ordinator of the main umbrella group the High Negotiation Committee, said the opposition had proof Russia and Syria were behind the convoy attack, but did not give details.
A media activist who witnessed the attack told the BBC Arabic service that Russian reconnaissance planes had been spotted, apparently filming the passage of the convoy.
He said the first strike came at about 19:00 local time on Monday, when a helicopter dropped several barrel bombs. This was followed by rocket and machine-gun fire from aircraft, he said.
Just a day ago, aid workers in Geneva were "almost celebrating" one said, because all the necessary permits had been received, all the warring parties had been notified, and a convoy was finally going to Aleppo province.
The 31 lorries were carrying supplies for 78,000 people in Urum al-Kubra. But this morning, the optimistic mood had changed.
Aid workers familiar with some of the world's most brutal conflicts were in shock, some close to tears, others expressed disgust. Vitamins and blankets, books and pencils for children, medicines to treat burns or diabetes have all been destroyed.
The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent's office in Urum was killed, dying of his injuries as he waited hours to be evacuated. Now the UN and the Red Cross have suspended aid deliveries. Millions of Syrians who had hoped the brief ceasefire might bring some relief will, a Red Cross spokesman said, go on suffering, "and they have been for years".
Ban Ki-moon, in his final address as UN Secretary-General to the UN General Assembly in New York, said many groups had killed innocents in Syria "but none more so than the government of Syria, which continues to barrel-bomb neighbourhoods and systematically torture thousands of detainees".
He called the attack on the aid convoy "sickening, savage and apparently deliberate" and called for those responsible to be held to account.
A UN spokesman said earlier that the convoy had received proper permits, and all warring parties - including Russia and the US - had been notified.
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, denounced the attack as a "flagrant violation of international humanitarian law" and said it could amount to a war crime.
Syrian Red Crescent President Abdulrahman Attar said: "It is totally unacceptable that our staff and volunteers continue to pay such a high price because of the ongoing fighting."
The US expressed "outrage" over the attack. Washington said it would "reassess the future prospects for co-operation" with Russia - an ally of Syria's government.
Aid deliveries to besieged areas had been a key part of the cessation of hostilities deal brokered last week.
The convoy was being unloaded at a Red Crescent warehouse when the attack began. The warehouse and a nearby health clinic were also badly damaged.
The Syrian military and rebels have accused each other of widespread violations.
It is understood that three parties are interested in buying Wanderers from current owner Eddie Davies.
Banker Roger Tamraz, Bolton Wanderers Supporters Trust and a consortium led by Dean Holdsworth are in the running.
The Championship club are scheduled to appear in the High Court on Monday over an unpaid tax bill of around £3m.
Bolton could face the threat of a winding-up order from Revenue & Customs if they fail to pay their tax bill, but avoided an immediate order in January before their case was adjourned until 22 February.
The Trotters are £172.9m in debt and currently under a transfer embargo for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
Many of us hanker after the very latest cars, TVs, computers and the like, but there's a growing realisation that there are not enough raw materials in the world for us all to have them.
Unchecked consumerism, quite simply, is incompatible with a world of finite resources and an exploding global population.
Something has to give, and as supply becomes ever-more constrained, demand must be moderated, at least in the rich industrialised countries that account for the vast majority of global consumption.
There is no one solution to this most complex of issues, but a growing number of businesses are at the forefront of a movement that may go some way to addressing the problem.
It's a simple concept - instead of buying products, you rent or share them. The obstacles may appear entrenched, not least mankind's seemingly innate obsession with accumulating material possessions.
But the benefits to consumers are clear - you only pay for what you need, when you need it, and you don't have to worry about owning obsolete technology or outdated objects.
The success of some of these start-ups suggests businesses can also flourish under this model. Of course most of these companies were not set up to help tackle the problem of resource depletion, but to make money. And many of them are doing rather well.
Take Zipcar, the car-sharing service. The number of cars in the world is expected to double by 2030, with grave consequences for both resources and CO2 emissions. What better way, then, to share a car rather than buy one, reducing at a stroke demand for these energy-intensive products?
Zipcar leases cars from major manufacturers, then makes them available to its members, who pay an annual fee and an hourly rate for using the car. Compared with buying a car, maintaining, insuring and taxing it, the average member saves more than £3,000 a year, according to the company. And every car shared takes 20 vehicles off the road, it says.
The company is coy about its profitability, but it must be doing something right - more than 750,000 people have joined up. By 2030, there will 30 million members of similar schemes across the world, according to consultancy Frost & Sullivan. It is this growth potential that persuaded global car hire giant Avis to buy out Zipcar for $500m (£318m) earlier this year.
This simple business model can be applied to all manner of products, and has been embraced by a number of small companies. Girlmeetsdress.com, fashionhire.co.uk and handbagsfromheaven.co.uk, for example, offer access to designer fashions.
Not only can you wear a different dress every night, but you can wear a top designer you may not otherwise be able to afford. Better still, you're not lumbered with a piece that's outdated
Other companies have taken the concept a step further. Rather than buying products to rent out, they simply allow people to share their own possessions.
Whipcar, for example, effectively allows you to rent someone else's car. You pay a membership fee, find someone in your local area who has put their car on the site, and agree a time for you drive it. Insurance and breakdown cover are included.
Research by Frost & Sullivan suggests there are 24 similar schemes across Europe, with more than 100,000 members. By 2020, it estimates there will be almost 750,000 people renting each other's cars.
Parkatmyhouse takes the same principle and applies it to parking rather than driving.
But perhaps the most successful company to embrace this business model is Airbnb, which offers users the opportunity to rent rooms or homes in almost 200 countries across the world at a price considerably cheaper than the equivalent hotel. You simply join up, find a place to suit you and get in touch with the property owner.
And by taking a commission on the rent, Airbnb is able to generate serious amounts of cash - one US analyst recently forecast that annual revenues for the company of $1bn were perfectly possible. With very few overheads, that would translate into quite some profit.
The applications of the sharing model are almost endless. Zopa, for example, allows people to borrow money from one another, rather than the bank. The UK-based company has 500,000 members and has facilitated almost £270m in loans. It makes money by charging lenders a flat 1% annual fee on the money they lend. And it's not alone - there are about 35 similar so-called peer-to-peer lending schemes around the world.
There are even businesses that allow you to bypass the need for the services of a professional company altogether. Odesk.com, freelancer.com and guru.com, for example, allow you to hire people to do any job you so wish or, conversely, to pitch for jobs you want to do yourself. Again, the company takes a commission on the rate paid - in the case of Odesk, 10%.
Sources: McKinsey, WWF, WSP
But it's not just start-ups in the service sector that can benefit from a sharing or rental business model, says David Symons at consultancy WSP.
"As resources become more scarce, keeping ownership [of the resources] and leasing them out keeps costs down, while the rising price of raw materials [and production] makes renting even more attractive," he says.
For these reasons, more companies are looking at the benefits of renting, he says, for example manufacturers of air conditioning units, lifts and various white goods.
"If you're providing a service, then you're aligning your own interests with those of your customers, which makes for a longer-term relationship," says Mr Symons. Not to mention the fact that profit margins in the service industry tend to be higher than those in manufacturing.
This would inevitably lead to a more service orientated economy, but this is no bad thing, says Mr Symons - as consumers spend less on owning goods, they have more money to spend elsewhere.
"It just means money is circulating in services rather than products."
It's early days, but these companies are pioneering a move towards an entirely different way of doing business.
As Rajesh Makwana, director of Share The World's Resources, says: "Even though the business potential of the sharing economy is significant, there are still only relatively small numbers of people participating in this emerging sector".
If the success of Airbnb and Zipcar is anything to go by, this won't be the case for long. Just how long depends somewhat on our willingness to give up what we have for so long been programmed to desire.
Change is already afoot. "The younger generation are leading the way - they see sharing as a way of life and are not so keen on owning things," says Sarwant Singh at Frost & Sullivan.
Some argue that ownership was never the real issue, but access. The internet and social media has allowed the instant communication needed to put those who want in touch with those who have, and vice versa. Without it, sharing on a grand scale would not be possible.
What is certain is that this new business model is here to stay - the physical limitations of planet Earth demand it.
"It may not be the magic bullet, but it's one way we can use resources more efficiently," says Mr Symons.
So as the global population, and more importantly the middle class, continues to mushroom, we all better get used to the idea of sharing a little more, or at least of owning a little less stuff.
Lynn Stallard was detained after Louis Spires was found dead at an address in Eastfield Road, Louth, on Friday.
Ms Stallard, 66, of Eastfield Road, has been charged with murder and is due to appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Information about the cause of the 68-year-old's death has not been released by Lincolnshire Police
On Tuesday afternoon a large part of the building collapsed ahead of a planned demolition.
The Revd Hannah Reynolds of St Peter's Church, Didcot, said: "It's weighing very heavily on the community. It's a feeling of agony of not knowing."
A search operation is still under way at the site as rescuers try to locate the missing workers.
The exact cause of the collapse which claimed the life of Michael Collings, 53, from East Cleveland, area is still unknown.
Revd Hannah Reynolds, who also led prayers for the rescue workers at a service earlier, said: "It's been very shocking.
"We've had a number of things happen in Didcot in recent years and it's another tragedy that we're facing so there's almost an unbelief about it."
A book of condolence has also been opened at the town's Civic Hall.
The operation to recover the missing workers has involved sniffer dogs, listening devices and a thermal imaging drone.
Roisin Upton and Anna O'Flanagan both scored hat-tricks, with Naomi Carroll, Rebecca Barry, Nicci Daly and Katie Mullan also netting for Ireland.
Ireland had beaten Kazakhstan 12-0, hosts Malaysia 2-1 and Hong Kong 10-0 to win Pool B and reach the last eight.
The Irish will face Wales or Kazakhstan in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Ireland built up a 5-0 half-time lead over Singapore in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday and continued to dominate in the second half.
The tournament is Ireland's first round of qualification for the 2018 World Cup and they want a top-two finish to qualify for World League 3, where they could play in either Belgium (21 June-2 July) or South Africa (8-23 July) depending on rankings.
Ireland are the second highest ranked team in the tournament as they sit 16th, with only Italy, 15th, ranked above them.
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Anderson, 31, has been charged with misconduct following the alleged incident during the drawn first Test.
"It's probably a bit of a tactic by India," Cook said. "We are surprised, but we can't let it be a distraction."
Jadeja, 25, has also been charged with an offence under the International Cricket Council's code of conduct.
In my eyes, he has never gone over the top on the field
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has sent a level two counter-allegation against Jadeja to the ICC.
A level two offence carries a fine of 50-100% of the player's match fee and/or a potential ban of one Test or two one-day internationals.
Anderson is clear to play in the second Test at Lord's as his case will not be heard before the match begins on Thursday.
However, he faces a potential four-Test ban when he becomes the first England cricketer to go before an ICC judicial commission for his level three charge.
Asked if he thought India were trying to get Anderson banned, Cook said: "I think so. I think that's pretty much where it's come from."
An ECB statement said Lancashire's Anderson "categorically denies the accusations".
Cook said: "No-one knew about it until after the game. It does seem a bit of a surprise that I got a text message and a phone call on Monday afternoon. I literally hadn't heard anything about it."
Cook added he would be "extremely surprised" if Anderson, second in the list of all-time England Test wicket-takers, was banned.
"In my eyes, he has never gone over the top on the field," he said. "He's an aggressive bowler who uses a bit of verbal to get him going and to make batting as uncomfortable as possible.
"Jimmy might have had one or two little minor incidents but, on the whole, he has been fantastic and I like to see that competitive edge."
India captain Mahendra Dhoni dismissed the suggestion the complaint against Anderson had been tactical.
"You can be aggressive, you can be vocal, but there are certain guidelines and we should be following them," he said.
The pitch for the first Test at Trent Bridge was criticised for being too slow and unhelpful to the bowlers.
Only 29 wickets fell in five days as Anderson and England team-mate Joe Root set a new 10th-wicket world record with a partnership of 198.
Asked for his early impressions of the Lord's wicket, Cook said: "It looks good. It has a nice cover of grass on.
"But it looked very similar 24 hours out from last month's Sri Lanka game and turned out to be pretty flat.
"We're hoping for a pitch that has a bit more bounce so we can have a bit more exciting cricket than Trent Bridge produced."
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A new pitch has been laid at Berlin's Olympic Stadium to replace the damaged surface after the Irish band performed a concert there on 12 July.
And a spokesperson for the stadium has confirmed to BBC Sport that U2 have paid about 90,000 euros (£80,000) towards the total cost of 130,000 euros (£116,000).
Hertha host Liverpool on Saturday, 29 July in a friendly to mark both clubs' 125th anniversaries.
"The pitch will be in perfect condition for the game," Olympic Stadium spokesperson Christoph Meyer said.
"We've done this a lot of times, sometimes even one day before a match."
The 23-year-old Scot, who was seeded sixth, beat Germany's Fabienne Deprez 21-17 21-9 in the final.
It is a first major title for the Commonwealth Games and European silver medallist since October 2015.
Having recovered from knee surgery, Gilmour was playing in her first international event since last summer's Rio Olympics.
"It feels really great to be back on top of that podium," she said.
"This tournament went exactly to plan and I've managed to achieve some of the smaller goals that I set myself from the outset, too.
"Working with Tat Meng [Scotland's new head coach] is great so far. He's quite relaxed and calm behind the court. It will be interesting to see how we go forward in training from here."
The key entries on the Commons agenda are now those for consideration of Lords amendments to an impressive array of government bills which have been mangled by peers.
After a week which saw six government defeats in the Upper House, with the potential for plenty more, expect the fabled Parliamentary ping-pong, which sees bills bouncing back and forth between the Lords and Commons to dominate events.
Ministers will want to overturn Lords amendments to the Immigration Bill, the Trade Union Bill, the Housing and Planning Bill, the Enterprise Bill and the Energy Bill, or at least negotiate compromises. And the clock is now ticking.
As usual, the date for the prorogation of Parliament is left unspecified, but the State Opening, which signals the start of the 2016-17 session, is now inked into the Royal diary for 18 May - which means there's about a month left to get the outstanding legislation through its remaining stages of consideration and any disagreements between the two Houses reconciled.
That's not impossible, but the government could find itself having to make concessions to buy off opposition on issues where peers are disinclined to surrender to the will of the Commons, because if a bill is not passed when time runs out, it falls.
Imagine a Victorian-gothic High Noon, involving people in knee breeches, snatches of Norman French, parliamentarians sitting through the night, and increasingly tetchy negotiations in panelled offices, and you begin to get the picture. But with big issues to be resolved, it's a very high-stakes game. So aside from the outcome of actual votes in the Lords, watch how long the debates take - because the time factor becomes increasingly crucial at this time of year.
Here's my rundown of the week ahead.
The Commons opens (2.30pm) with Defence questions - and that is followed by Backbench Business Committee debates. First Labour's Siobhain McDonagh raises the introduction of the National Living Wage and related changes to employee contracts - she is worried that some employers are cutting overall remuneration packages to offset the cost of its introduction, leaving thousands of low-paid employees significantly worse off.
She has already highlighted the case of workers being forced to sign new contracts with cuts in Sunday and bank holiday pay, bonuses abolished, and London weighting hugely cut.
The second debate, on educational attainment in Yorkshire and the Humber is led by Labour's Jo Cox, Conservative Martin Vickers and the Lib Dem, Greg Mulholland. The motion calls for the government to address the underlying reasons for the under-performance in the region.
The adjournment debate, led by Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick, is on the Metropolitan Police Special Enquiry Team investigation into electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets. Last year, the Election Court voided the election of Lutfur Rahman as Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2014, and barred him from standing for public office for five years.
Mr Fitzpatrick is concerned that the police and the Crown Prosecution Service now say they will be taking no further action in this case. He says the people who challenged the election are owed their costs.
In Westminster Hall (4.30pm) MPs will debate E-petition 105660 on funding for research into brain tumours.
In the Lords (2.30pm), questions to ministers cover additional runway capacity at London's airports, the extent to which general road traffic laws are enforced on cyclists, and the effect of EU withdrawal on the UK tourism and hospitality industries.
Then, peers continue with the report stage of the Housing and Planning Bill - where the key issues are concerned with "pay to stay" and secure tenancies. Having taken some stinging defeats, Labour sources say the government now realises it needs to make concessions on the detail of the bill - so it is not yet clear whether they plan to force any of their amendments to a vote.
The Commons sits at 11.30am for Treasury questions, after which the Conservative Anne Main will present a ten minute rule bill to require farm produce to be labelled to show its country of origin and whether it meets animal welfare standards.
The day's main legislating is on the Bank of England and Financial Services Bill (report and third reading). The bill makes a series of detailed technical changes to the internal governance and oversight of the Bank, its senior managers' regulatory regime, pensions guidance and advice; and the rules on bank notes issued by banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The adjournment debate, led by the Conservative Robert Jenrick, is on the treatment of UK citizens returning from fighting against so-called Islamic State, or Daesh/ISIL - he believes hundreds of UK citizens have volunteered to fight with Kurdish forces against IS, or Daesh, including some vulnerable people and many are ex-servicemen, and he is concerned that the government appears to have no policy on how it regards them. Should they be seen as allies or are they suspected terrorists? Mr Jenrick has a constituent, Aidan Aslin of Newark, who was arrested on his return and spent weeks waiting to see if he would be charged with any offence.
In Westminster Hall, the day's debates cover unaccompanied children (9.30am); children's homes (2.30pm) and regional variations in the rate of teenage pregnancy (4.30pm).
In the Lords, peers will be dealing with the latest round of Commons amendments to the Enterprise Bill - where ministers have now accepted Labour's amendment which asks the pubs code adjudicator to ensure PubCos do not "game" the code. They have now deleted the Lib Dem peer, Lord Teverson's Green Investment Bank amendment, but have implemented it in practice by creating a special share structure that maintains the bank's focus on environmental issues.
After that the House moves to day two of report stage consideration of the Trade Union Bill, where a series of issues are likely to be pushed to a vote.
There's an amendment on retaining the "check-off" system allowing payroll deduction of union subscriptions, on the powers of the Certification Officer for Trade Unions, and the implementation date for the facility time and check-off clauses of the bill.
The Commons meets at 11.30am for Northern Ireland questions, followed by Prime Minister's questions, at noon.
Next comes a Ten Minute Rule Bill on Forensic Linguistics (Standards) - from the SNP MP Roger Mullin. He wants to bring in a professional register to guarantee the standards of practitioners of a new discipline that can, for example, identify that an apparently innocuous conversation online is, in fact, aimed at sexual grooming of young people or terrorist recruitment.
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Evidence from forensic linguists is accepted in American and other foreign courts, but not in the UK - although it is used in law enforcement. A register would help the courts to accept evidence of properly-qualified specialists, Mr Mullen argues.
After that, it's ping-pong time - as MPs react to Lords amendments to the Energy Bill - the government has lost several votes in the Lords on onshore wind generating stations and the remit of the new Oil and Gas Authority.
Then there are two debates chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, on recognition of genocide by Daesh (IS) against Yazidis, Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities and on record copies of Acts - this is a move to overturn the decision to abandon the centuries-old practice of printing acts of parliament on vellum, scraped goat's skin.
Vellum is known to last for centuries, and the parliamentary archives included original documents personally signed by Tudor monarchs. There was a move to save money by switching to printing them on special archive paper, but the break with tradition has met strong opposition in the Commons - and the House authorities are not planning to resist it, after government ministers announced they would meet the cost of continuing to use vellum.
In Westminster Hall, there are debates led by backbench MPs on the effect of aircraft noise on local communities (9.30am); the future of the Cardiff coal exchange (11am); the UK dairy sector (2.30pm); government policy on the trade in small weapons (4pm) and Western Sahara and self-determination (4.30pm).
In the Lords. the day's main legislation is the continuation of the marathon report stage of the Housing and Planning Bill - where peers will focus on the sections dealing with client money protection and local plans.
They may also move onto other planning issues, if time allows. Dinner break business is on progress towards the introduction of the Horseracing Betting Right, the proposal to replace the existing horserace betting levy with a new charge administered directly by the racing industry.
The Commons meets at 9.30am for questions to the Culture, Media and Sport department, the House of Commons Commission (the Commons administrative arm) and questions to the Leader of the House, Chris Grayling. He then remains at the despatch box to deliver the weekly Business Statement on the future agenda of the Commons.
The day's main event will be a debate on "An humble Address to mark the occasion of her Majesty the Queen's 90th Birthday", with the PM and the Leader of the Opposition opening proceedings.
And the Lords begin their day (11am) with a parallel debate on their own Humble Address.
Then, after half an hour of questions to ministers, peers turn to the detail of the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill - where the main issues are tackling paramilitarism and balanced budgets.
There will also be a short debate on the report of the Lords Communications Committee on BBC Charter Review: Reith not revolution.
The Commons is not sitting.
The Lords (at 10am) continues its work on private members' bills, rubber-stamping a couple of uncontroversial measures - the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill and the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill before moving onto the (still not very controversial) House of Commons (Members' Fund) (No.2) Bill.
The main action will be on the committee stage debate on the day's final measure, the Council Tax Valuation Bands Bill, from the Conservative peer, Lord Marlesford who argues that it is "not acceptable in today's world that the most expensive property pays only three times the amount of the humblest and cheapest property", and proposes a series on new valuation bands:
The valuation would be based on sale price after April 2000 - and homes not sold since that date would keep their old council tax valuation.
This is, to put it mildly, a sensitive issue - the Coalition government promised a revaluation of properties for council tax but never actually started the process - and the current valuations date from the 1990s.
But any move to revalue would push up bills and possibly trigger furious protests.
Four workers died when the boiler house at the Didcot A plant partially collapsed on 23 February.
The Home Office and Ministry of Defence (MoD) has now approved the deployment of military aid to support the work, Thames Valley Police said.
The force said the MoD would provide equipment and personnel which it claimed would speed-up the recovery.
The MoD said it had provided a remote-controlled vehicle and trained military operators "to assist in clearing hazards and taking the remaining structure down safely".
Site-owner RWE Npower previously announced plans to bring down the rest of the "unstable" building by a controlled explosive demolition, but said a plan was still being worked on.
Meanwhile, work to recover the men's bodies has been halted because contractors have reached a 50m (164 ft) exclusion zone.
The length of time it is taking to recover the bodies of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, has previously been criticised by some family members.
Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also branded it a "national scandal".
Thames Valley Police said: "Our absolute priority remains the recovery of the missing men so they can be returned to their families and to understand what caused this tragic incident."
The force added specialist officers were continuing to support the families and were "providing them with daily updates on the progress on this work".
The decommissioned Didcot A plant closed in 2013 and demolition work was taking place when it collapsed.
The cause is being investigated jointly by police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The body of Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, has already been recovered from the site.
The club claimed Suffolk Police "unlawfully" charged it £200,000 for policing between 2008 and 2013.
It said the force should not have charged it for keeping order on the streets around the ground.
But the High Court said Suffolk Police was entitled to recover the costs of policing the ground outside the club.
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Farrell headed a clutch of new faces promoted to the 32-man elite squad, while interim head coach Stuart Lancaster discarded a host of veterans.
Also included are Scarlets number eight Ben Morgan and Northampton trio Calum Clark, Phil Dowson and Lee Dickson.
Mike Tindall, Mark Cueto, Nick Easter, Shontayne Hape and Riki Flutey all failed to make the cut.
The retirement of several of the team's stalwarts and a string of injuries forced some changes, while others were always likely following a dismal World Cup campaign that ended in quarter-final defeat by France.
World Cup winners Jonny Wilkinson, former skipper Lewis Moody and hooker Steve Thompson all announced their retirements after returning from New Zealand.
If anyone had been in any doubt, the old England regime - damaged and discredited by what happened on and off the pitch in New Zealand last autumn - has gone for good. In new boys Owen Farrell, Brad Barritt, Lee Dickson and Calum Clark, interim coach Stuart Lancaster has picked what he hopes will form the basis of England's team at the next World Cup. This is a fresh look designed for a fresh start
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Among the short-term injured are fly-half Toby Flood, centre Manu Tuilagi and lock Courtney Lawes, while prop Andrew Sheridan, lock Louis Deacon and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth are out for the tournament.
Farrell's midfield partner at Saracens, Brad Barritt, also made Lancaster's first squad, as did prop Joe Marler and centre Jordan Turner-Hall (both of Harlequins) and Wasps hooker Rob Webber.
Flankers Tom Wood and Chris Robshaw are widely considered to be vying for the captaincy but Lancaster said he would make that decision nearer the first match, against Scotland at Murrayfield on 4 February.
Four members of the Saxons squad will join the elite squad as temporary injury cover - second rows Dave Atwood of Bath and Geoff Parling of Leicester, Saracens full-back Alex Goode and Gloucester centre Henry Trinder, the last three all uncapped.
Lancaster said: "We've picked a side which is exciting, talented and committed to get us back to where we want to be - at the top of the game.
"I've spoken to those not selected and told them the door is not closed.
"But I want to use this Six Nations as an opportunity to develop the next players in those positions and develop a leadership group that is strong and wants to be the best.
"We think it's a tremendous opportunity to build a squad that has potential for now and for the future.
"We trust the players we have selected - a lot have been involved for a while and have been to the World Cup.
"They have been on the cusp of it for a while. Now they deserve their chance after proving themselves in big games for their clubs."
While Lancaster has yet to decide on his captain, he challenged senior players, including Northampton's Wood, Harlequins' Robshaw, Flood and his Leicester half-back partner Ben Youngs, to make their case.
He added: "The most important thing is to get the leadership group right. We need to develop a new group of leaders. From there, natural leaders will emerge."
Farrell began last season playing for Bedford Blues, as part of a dual registration with Saracens, but was given a chance back at his parent club following injuries at fly-half.
He has since emerged as a key figure for Premiership champions Saracens and will now join his coach and father Andy in the England set-up.
With Flood injured for the first two games, Farrell, 20, could form a midfield partnership with Saracens fly-half Charlie Hodgson, although Barritt has made the Sarries number 12 jersey his own this season.
Morgan is included after declaring his allegiance for his native country. The Bristol-born 22-year-old also had the option of playing for Wales after qualifying under the three-year residency rule.
With Danny Care suspended after his drink-driving charge and Wigglesworth among those on the injured list, scrum-half Dickson's inclusion was widely expected after some fine displays in the Aviva Premiership this season.
Dowson, 30, has been on the fringes of the England senior squad for several years now, while his Saints back-row partner Clark, 22, is perhaps the boldest selection.
While back-row James Haskell is unavailable as he enjoys a sabbatical in Japan, Lancaster included Stade Francais lock Tom Palmer as an exception to the Rugby Football Union's stated intention to only pick home-based players.
England's 32-man Elite Player Squad for the Six Nations Championship:
Forwards: Props: A Corbisiero (London Irish), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), J Marler (Harlequins), M Stevens (Saracens), D Wilson (Bath Rugby); Hookers: D Hartley (Northampton Saints), L Mears (Bath Rugby), R Webber (London Wasps); Locks: M Botha (Saracens), L Deacon (Leicester Tigers), C Lawes (Northampton Saints), T Palmer (Stade Francais). Back-rows: C Clark (Northampton Saints), T Croft (Leicester Tigers), P Dowson (Northampton Saints), B Morgan (Scarlets), C Robshaw (Harlequins), T Wood (Northampton Saints).
Backs:Full-backs: M Brown (Harlequins), B Foden (Northampton Saints), Wings: C Ashton (Northampton Saints), C Sharples (Gloucester Rugby), D Strettle (Saracens); Centres: B Barritt (Saracens), O Farrell (Saracens), M Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), J Turner-Hall (Harlequins); Fly-halves: T Flood (Leicester Tigers), C Hodgson (Saracens); Scrum-halves: L Dickson (Northampton Saints), J Simpson (London Wasps), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
England Saxons 32-man squad for fixtures against the Ireland Wolfhounds and Scotland A:
Forwards: Props: P Doran Jones (Northampton Saints),M Mullan (Worcester Warriors), H Thomas (Sale Sharks), N Wood (Gloucester Rugby); Hookers: C Brooker (Harlequins), J Gray (Harlequins), D Paice (London Irish); Locks: *D Attwood (Bath Rugby), *G Parling (Leicester Tigers), M Garvey (London Irish), G Robson (Harlequins), Back-rows: J Gaskell (Sale Sharks), J Gibson (London Irish), T Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), J Launchbury (London Wasps), A Saull (Saracens), T Waldrom (Leicester Tigers).
Backs: Full-backs: N Abendanon (Bath Rugby), D Armitage (London Irish), *A Goode (Saracens); Wings: M Banahan (Bath Rugby), J Joseph (London Irish),U Monye (Harlequins); Centres: A Allen (Leicester Tigers), J May (Gloucester Rugby), *H Trinder (Gloucester Rugby), B Twelvetrees (Leicester Tigers); Fly-halves: F Burns (Gloucester Rugby), R Lamb (Northampton Saints); Scrum-halves: K Dickson (Harlequins), M Young (Leicester Tigers).
*denotes players who are providing temporary injury cover in the elite squad.
The Grand Tour presenter was admitted to hospital on Friday after falling ill while on a family holiday in Majorca.
The 57-year-old posted a message on social media saying: "To keep you up to date, I'll be out of action for quite some time apparently."
He said it was "really annoying" as he had never had a day off work.
Clarkson also thanked fans for "all the good wishes".
On Sunday, it was confirmed the former Top Gear host was being treated in a hospital on the Spanish island.
Clarkson shared a photograph of tubes in his arm and his hospital identity tags around his wrist, writing: "Not the sort of bangles I usually choose on holiday."
He had been due to return to filming his new Amazon Prime series next week.
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Clarkson is the second Grand Tour host to be admitted to hospital this year.
In June, Hammond, 47, was flown to hospital in Switzerland after crashing an electric super car in Switzerland.
The car, which was being filmed for the latest series of The Grand Tour, burst into flames after Hammond escaped the wreckage.
The presenter said he thought he was going to die during the incident, during which he became airborne and crashed after completing the Hemberg Hill Climb in Switzerland.
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Clarkson made light of the situation on social media, saying the show's third co-presenter, James May, was now the only "functioning member" of the Grand Tour team, adding: "God help us."
Clarkson was sacked from the BBC's Top Gear in 2015 after punching producer Oisin Tymon in an expletive-laden exchange.
Co-presenters Hammond and James May also left the show and followed Clarkson to Amazon Prime.
Clarkson apologised to Mr Tymon for the "unprovoked physical and verbal attack".
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If they beat Notts County at a sold out Rodney Parade on Saturday, they will avoid relegation from the Football League four years after re-emerging from the football wilderness of the non-leagues.
Not bad for a side 11 points adrift of safety in League Two before caretaker boss Mike Flynn took over in March.
They might not even need to win. If title-chasing Doncaster win at Hartlepool it does not matter what County do, but supporters can expect those fingernails nibbled close to the quick on a monumental afternoon for club football in Wales.
For those long-associated with Newport football this weekend has a familiar feel.
Forty years ago, in 1977, Newport were staring down the barrel of losing their Football League status before executing their original incredible escape.
For Flynn this time, back then read Colin Addison, who took over in the January as manager with County eight points from safety at the bottom of the League pyramid.
Then it took five wins on the bounce, culminating in a 1-0 win home victory over Workington, to save the club.
This time the stakes are even higher.
Back in 1977, Newport would have applied for re-election to the League. This time, for Flynn and his men, failure on Saturday and the National League yawns wide and very unwelcome.
Addison, now 76, recalls the dramatic end to that 1976-77 season and has some words of advice for the man looking to follow in his footsteps.
"When I took over in the January, we were rock bottom, we had it all to do. We looked doomed," Addison told BBC Wales Sport.
"But it was a massive effort from all at the club. We just kept going, the lads saw it through, it became known as 'the great escape' and right now I want to see Mike Flynn do the same.
"Since Mike has taken over he's done a superb job. There's going to be a big crowd and a great atmosphere and, hopefully, Newport will finish the job.
"There were plenty of words (before the Workington game), but the big one was motivation. That's the important one to any manager at any level.
"But the lads were superb, they responded to me, they responded to my words. I looked to them to be bold and brave. Be positive and make things happen and Mike will be doing all that now.
"I'm quietly confident they will do it. And I will be there."
Also amongst what looks likely to be a record crowd for a football game at Rodney Parade will be one of the men on the pitch in that massive Workington clash, former defender John Relish who also went on to manage Newport.
"I think it is actually the biggest game in the club's history, they've just got to get that result," said Relish.
"To be honest I am getting a bit nervous. Obviously I remember the game against Workington which we had to win.
"I thought County were down and out when they were 11 points adrift and that's why I say there are parallels.
"In 1977 Colin Addison came in and he was just like a breath of fresh air and Michael Flynn's done something similar this time around. That rings bells with me from all those years ago."
And Relish too has every faith in Flynn this weekend, after all, he has known the 36-year-old County caretaker boss a rather long time.
"I remember Michael when he was 14 when he came to the club's academy, which I was running then," he added.
"He stood out then. He was a chirpy, confident lad. He had real character and a bounce about him.
"You knew he was going to make a career as a footballer and even then it was not a stretch to think he would go on and be a coach and manager. He just wanted to know everything.
"I'm delighted, he's a first class lad and Newport through and through."
There have been plenty of kind words said and written about Flynn ahead of this epic encounter and, if The Great Escape II is achieved this weekend, one more will surely be added to him at his hometown club.
And that word is legend.
The UK prime minister, currently on a trade visit to the country, initially confused users as his account had not been verified by officials.
But the embassy in Beijing later confirmed its authenticity, stating: "Big boss has come to Weibo!"
One user asked if China's President Xi Jinping would also open an account.
Mr Cameron is visiting the country with more than 100 UK business leaders and is hoping to help smooth the way towards a free trade agreement between China and the European Union.
He launched his own microblog account on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, which has more than 300 million users, last Friday, according to BBC Monitoring.
By 12:00 GMT on Monday his offerings, written in Mandarin, had gathered almost 159,000 followers.
However, soon after the account started, users doubted whether it was real until the British embassy re-tweeted the prime minister's opening message, along with the "big boss" moniker.
This appeared to excite many Chinese, who sent in their questions.
Some wondered why China's own political leaders had so far chosen to stay away from social media platforms, with one asking: "When will President Xi open a Weibo account?"
Several inquired about whether the visa application for entry to the UK could be simplified.
Many users asked Mr Cameron, who must return to London by Thursday for Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement on the economy, to let them on the plane with him.
"I beg you to take me away. We don't have universal free medical care here," said Quanqiuremen.
Mr Cameron's visit has also brought back some bitter memories of British imperialism from the past two centuries.
"Mr prime minister, are you bringing opium with you?" asked "Yongmian", referring to the Opium Wars in the 19th Century.
"When will you compensate us for the Old Summer Palace?" asked Glorious Ming, in a rebuke to British and French forces for burning down the Chinese imperial garden in 1860.
The more contemporary clash between the two countries over China's human rights record, particularly in Tibet, has also featured prominently in the online discussions.
Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama a year ago, which angered Chinese leaders and led to a freeze in top-level contacts, was mentioned.
"Dalai's friend has come to China for our silver," said Wuyanliuju.
But some users accused Mr Cameron of not doing enough to promote human rights. One, West Sea Fisherman, urged him to "go back" if he did not mention the issue at high-level intergovernmental meetings.
"We do not welcome foreign leaders who care nothing about human rights in our country," he added.
Mr Cameron's UK Twitter account has more than 500,000 followers.
Conservation charity WWF says almost half of the world's 200 designated natural heritage sites are "plagued" by wildlife criminals.
These include the last refuges for critically endangered javan rhinos and wild tigers.
The authors say more co-ordination is needed to target the whole crime chain.
From the Great Barrier Reef to the Galapagos Islands and at many other locations across the globe, Unesco has designated around 200 natural World Heritage sites as being of outstanding international importance and deserving of the highest levels of protections.
WWF looked at the threats to species that are already protected under the Convention on the International Trades in Endangered Species (CITES).
The authors found that these threatened animals and plants are poached or illegally harvested in 45% of natural World Heritage sites.
Many of the parks in the study are home to critically endangered creatures - including Ujung National Park in Indonesia, which is the last stand for around 60 javan rhinos.
The Okavango Delta World Heritage site in Botswana is a key location for elephants in the north of the country, which make up almost a third of all remaining African elephants.
"You have got the world's most cherished species on the one hand, and on the other the world's most cherished sites, they are inextricably linked," said Dr Colman O'Criodain from WWF.
"Of course there's the economic value of these sites, but these are special places, they give you a lump in your throat when you see them and if we really want to cherish these we all have to step up."
Between 1970 and 2012 global wildlife populations declined by almost 60% on average.
According to the report, what's going on here is not just unsustainable practices in fishing and logging, but criminality.
The illegal trade in species is said to be worth around £15bn ($19bn) a year, with the unlicensed timber trade said to be responsible for up to 90% of deforestation in major tropical countries.
Over a two year period, the illegal rosewood trade in Madagascar has cost locals up to $200m in lost income.
Like many other locations, simply designating an important site as part of world heritage, isn't enough by itself to stall the criminals.
"In the case of Madagascar there is a lot of corruption and weakness of government on their side and there is complicity among highly placed people in what is going on but support from importing countries and the wider international communities will help a lot," said Dr O'Criodain.
The report points out that the illegal trade in species at natural heritage sites is having a significant impact on people's livelihoods as the disappearance of rare animals and plants can deter tourists. In Belize, for example, more than half of the entire population are supported by income generated through reef tourism and fisheries.
There is also a more direct and deadly human cost in terms of lives lost, with at least 595 park rangers killed protecting key sites between 2009 and 2016.
Current approaches to stemming illegal trade are just not working, the study concludes.
It suggests that rapidly increased co-operation between CITES and the World Heritage Convention could help turn the tide.
"This report provides a range of options to further enhance co-ordination between CITES and the World Heritage Convention, focused around World Heritage sites," said John Scanlon, Director General of the trade convention.
"It is essential that CITES is fully implemented and that these irreplaceable sites are fully protected. In doing so, we will benefit our heritage and our wildlife, provide security to people and places, and support national economies and the rural communities that depend on these sites for their livelihoods."
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The British Sugar plant on Boroughbridge Road closed in 2007 and the buildings were demolished.
The land's owners, Associated British Foods (ABF), said its development would include housing and public open spaces on the 104 acre (42 hectare) site.
David Mills, of ABF, said he wanted to hear the views of local people on the scheme.
York City Council is applying for government grants to make the housing energy and water efficient and to pay for green transport initiatives.
David Mills said the open space would be "equivalent to the size of Rowntree Park".
The plans are on public display in York over the next few days.
If planning permission is approved, work is expected to start within 12 months.
The embassy condemned the "deplorable behaviour" and said the staff member would be strongly disciplined.
Israel's ambassador was summoned by the Singapore government over the incident, local media report.
Singapore's foreign ministry said the "misuse" of its flag was considered a serious offence.
Images of the flag draped over a table at a party allegedly hosted by the diplomat were posted online on Monday by a user who said a police report had been filed.
He accused the foreign party host of having "no respect for our country and our flag".
In a press statement, the Israeli embassy said it "was appalled to learn of the deplorable behaviour displayed by one of its junior staff members and expresses its sincere apologies".
Almost 100 metres of paper were used to create the 3.7m long boat - which can carry one person at a time.
The boat was launched by school children on Southwark Park boating lake. Engineer Morwenna Wilson captained the maiden voyage.
She said: "I really want to show young people that this career can open doors to amazing opportunities and adventures."
The paper boat, designed by a group of engineers, was launched to promote The Big Bang Fair - a celebration of science and technology for young people which takes place at the NEC, Birmingham, from 11-14 March.
According to the figures, German exports climbed 1.2% to 1.2 trillion euros in 2016, while imports rose 0.6% to 954.6bn euros.
This left a surplus of 252.9bn euros, up from 244.3bn euros in 2015.
It comes days after Donald Trump's top trade advisor accused Germany of exploiting the euro to boost exports.
In an interview with the Financial Times last week, Peter Navarro alleged the euro was a German currency in disguise, and this gave Germany an unfair advantage over the US and other nations.
A low currency makes goods cheaper to sell abroad.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the claims, however, stressing it always been her country's policy that the European Central Bank should pursue an independent monetary policy.
The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said that the euro was in fact too weak for Germany.
"The reality is the euro is priced at a level that is a weighted average of all euro zone countries and that will always mean that for some countries that is a too competitive rate leading to a trade surplus and that is certainly the case with Germany."
More generally, Germany says it has tried to boost its levels of domestic demand - and thus boost imports - to offset its large trade surpluses.
Measures include introducing a national minimum wage in 2015 and increasing state spending on infrastructure, pensions and digital infrastructure.
Dele Alli tapped in inside the first two minutes after Christian Eriksen's low shot had been blocked.
Kane then stroked in the second from the spot after Alli, who came off with an illness at half-time, was fouled in trying to follow up Kane's saved shot.
He then fired his second of the night from 15 yards after Eriksen had dispossessed Martin Olsson.
The victory lifts Spurs up to third, above Arsenal on goal difference. Norwich could find themselves in the bottom three on Wednesday if Newcastle defeat Everton.
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Keegan-Toshack, Cole-Beardsley, Shearer-Sheringham - Kane and Alli just seem to have an understanding that some of the game's legendary link-ups possessed.
The wholesome twosome have formed a formidable attack at Spurs. Alli has had a hand in 10 goals in his last 13 Premier League games for Spurs, and Kane has scored eight in his last eight. They are a fantasy football player's dream combo.
Kane was his usual hungry self - snapping at the heels of the last defender. He should have got his reward for his doggedness when late in the game he stole the ball from Youssouf Mulumbu, surged towards goal but saw his shot rebound off the post.
However, with seconds remaining he did grab his second when he pounced on the loose ball after good work from Eriksen and fired past Declan Rudd.
As for Alli, he only played a cameo today, but it was a memorable one. The 19-year-old is both a threat outside the area and inside, as proved today. He anticipated brilliantly for the first, and repeated the trick when he won the penalty, which was conceded by Sebastian Bassong.
Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said he was brought off at half-time because he felt unwell. Spurs fans will be praying he is fit for Saturday's home clash against Watford.
The Canaries were the most active team in the transfer window, but have they made the right purchases?
One of their buys was Portuguese right-back Ivo Pinto. He made his debut in the 5-4 defeat against Liverpool, and followed that up with a truly awful first-half display against Spurs.
He allowed Christian Eriksen far too much space down that flank and was then put into a spin by Kane, who forced a good save from the impressive Declan Rudd.
At the other end, there was little bite. Tall forward Dieumerci Mbokani looked the most potent, and had his side's best chance - a low drive that keeper Hugo Lloris was equal to.
Another new signing Steven Naismith had a relatively quiet game, but perhaps the Scot, his team-mates and manager Alex Neil will have been slightly aggrieved that a penalty was not awarded when he fell under the challenge of defender Kevin Wimmer.
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Norwich manager Alex Neil: "Once you concede in the first minute and a half, we make it difficult for ourselves.
"The Spurs penalty is the softest penalty I've seen all season. We didn't get the fair share of the decisions and that cost us.
"If it was a clear penalty, I'd be the first to hold my hands up. The next game becomes huge for us now."
Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino: "The performance was very good. I'm happy with three points. The first half was fantastic.
"Dele felt unwell, but he's OK now.
"Harry is still very young and has big potential to improve."
Norwich face what you can call a relegation six-pointer against Villa at home on Saturday. Spurs are at home to Watford on the same day.
Match ends, Norwich City 0, Tottenham Hotspur 3.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 0, Tottenham Hotspur 3.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela replaces Christian Eriksen.
Goal! Norwich City 0, Tottenham Hotspur 3. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).
Jonny Howson (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Youssouf Mulumbu (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.
Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur).
Timm Klose (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Norwich City).
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Sebastien Bassong.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martin Olsson (Norwich City).
Substitution, Norwich City. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe replaces Steven Naismith.
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dieumerci Mbokani (Norwich City).
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dieumerci Mbokani (Norwich City).
Attempt blocked. Youssouf Mulumbu (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastien Bassong with a headed pass.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Mousa Dembélé.
Substitution, Norwich City. Cameron Jerome replaces Matthew Jarvis.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Tom Carroll replaces Son Heung-Min.
Attempt blocked. Jonny Howson (Norwich City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivo Pinto.
Attempt missed. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dieumerci Mbokani with a headed pass.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Ivo Pinto.
Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur).
Steven Naismith (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Martin Olsson.
Offside, Norwich City. Steven Naismith tries a through ball, but Dieumerci Mbokani is caught offside.
Offside, Norwich City. Steven Naismith tries a through ball, but Sebastien Bassong is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Attempt saved. Steven Naismith (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Dieumerci Mbokani with a headed pass.
Crimea's leader says he will apply to join Russia on Monday. Russia's Vladimir Putin has said he will respect the Crimean people's wishes.
Many Crimeans loyal to Kiev boycotted the referendum, and the EU and US condemned it as illegal.
Pro-Russian forces took control of Crimea in February.
They moved in after Ukraine's pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted after street protests.
Mr Putin and US President Barack Obama spoke over the phone earlier, with the Kremlin and the White House later releasing contrasting accounts of the conversation.
By Chris MorrisBBC News, Kiev
Kiev seeks West response
The Kremlin said both men agreed to seek a way to stabilise Ukraine, and that Mr Putin had stressed that the Kiev government had failed to curb "rampant violence by ultra-nationalists".
The White House said Mr Obama had insisted that the referendum was illegal and would never be accepted, and called for Moscow to support an international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine.
The EU said in a statement that the vote was "illegal and illegitimate and its outcome will not be recognised".
EU foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday and are expected to consider imposing sanctions on Russian officials.
Sergei Aksyonov, Crimea's leader installed last month after the Russian takeover, celebrated the referendum on stage in Simferopol.
Backed by the Russian national anthem, Russian flags, and the personnel of Russia's Black Sea fleet, he told supporters that Crimea was "going home".
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Mr Aksyonov said Crimea's parliament, which was disbanded by the government in Kiev last week, would send a formal request to Moscow to join Russia on Monday.
Some 58% of people in Crimea are ethnic Russian, with the rest made up of Ukrainians and Tatars.
Most of the Tatars that the BBC spoke to said they had boycotted the vote, and felt that life under the Kremlin would be worse.
Refat Chubarov, leader of the Tatars' unofficial parliament, said the referendum was illegal, and held in a hasty manner under the control of Russian troops.
"The fate of our motherland cannot be decided in such a referendum under the shadows of the guns of soldiers," he told the BBC.
The Tatars were deported to Central Asia by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. They were only able to return with the fall of the Soviet Union and many want to remain in Ukraine.
But the referendum did not have an option for those who wanted the constitutional arrangements to remain unchanged.
Voters were asked whether they wanted to join Russia, or have greater autonomy within Ukraine.
Away from the Crimea region, unrest continued in the south-east Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
Pro-Russian protesters stormed the prosecutor's building shouting "Donetsk is a Russian city", and then broke into the local security services headquarters for the second time in two days.
They later dispersed but promised to return on Monday.
In a continuation of December's Santa rally, blue chip stocks rose by 14.18 points to close at a record 7,120.26.
Randgold Resources and Fresnillo led the FTSE 100 climbers for a second day, each rising by more than 4%.
Stocks were lifted by gold prices which grew 1.5% to $1,158.1 an ounce.
Investors boosted gold as the yield on 10-year US bonds fell while the dollar fell to a 15-day low against the yen. Sterling rose against the dollar at $1.2250.
Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst at London Capital Group, said: "The dollar fall was mostly due to renewed doubts about the US recovery after pending home sales dropped in November."
Recent data revealed that US pending home sales fell by 2.5% in November, compared to economists' expectations of a 0.5% rise.
Ashtead Group was the day's biggest faller in London, down 2.3%.
Industrial equipment hire company Ashtead is traditionally a strong performer in December, according to the Harriman Stock Market Almanac, and over the month its share price is still up by 4%.
Smiths Group, another industrial stock, was also one of the biggest fallers, losing 1.67%.
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Froome, 30, leads the race but has had to defend himself against accusations of using performance-enhancing drugs.
On Sunday, a commentator on French TV questioned his dominant Stage 10 win.
"We thought we'd give people concrete numbers and facts," said Brailsford.
On Tuesday - the race's second rest day - Brailsford invited Team Sky's head of performance Tim Kerrison to reveal the real numbers behind Froome's display at La Pierre-Saint-Martin.
It took place on 14 July and saw Froome launch a devastating attack with 6.4km left that culminated with the Team Sky rider winning the stage and also taking significant time out of all his major rivals.
Team Sky's unprecedented decision to release the data - likened to a Formula 1 team allowing rivals to examine its cars - comes after French TV had suggested the amount of power generated by Froome on his climb was "abnormally high".
Froome, who has a lead of three minutes and 10 seconds with five stages remaining, has previously described critics on social media who try to interpret power data as "clowns", adding that it means nothing without context.
"From a public relations point of view it has probably been the right response to release the information," said Bob Howden, president of British Cycling.
"But it could be challenging for Team Sky if it gives further oxygen to conspiracy theorists who might not appreciate the context and the content of the data being put before them.
"You cannot prove that you are doing nothing, all you can do is create a culture where people develop trust in what you are doing."
Froome is unsure whether the release of the data will convince sceptics, but welcomes the team's desire for transparency.
"I'm not sure if numbers are going to fix everything," said Froome. "Certainly I feel as a team and myself, we're definitely trying to be as open and transparent as possible.
"We've been asked more questions than any other team. I've been asked more questions than any other general classification contender. I'd like to think we're answering those questions.
"I really am focused on the racing side of things. I've worked too long to let anything throw me off. That's all just happening on the side."
Froome's Tour rivals have defended the Briton, criticising the lack of respect being shown and complaining he is being tarnished by previous doping scandals in the sport.
Nairo Quintana, Movistar: "There are always good and bad comments, there are always fanatics in one way or another, rivalries between countries - for that reason you get certain comments.
"For me, there's been a little bit of lack of respect for the sportsmen and if anyone should judge, it's the testers."
Tejay van Garderen, BMC: "I think it's pretty unfair for him. He's definitely dealing with the aftermath of what other people have done before him.
"I think he's a talented rider who definitely pays close attention to detail. I don't think his ride on Saint-Martin [stage 10] was out of this world like some people said.
"If I look at the numbers that I did and the time he did, it's clear he dealt with the heat and dealt with the rest day better than other people did."
Alejandro Valverde, Movistar: "It's not a surprise that he's leading the Tour - he's already won a lot in his career.
"It's a lynching. He's a great rider with a strong head, but I don't know if he's paying for all this pressure he's enduring."
BBC Sport's Matt Slater in France: "Team Sky's decision to release the performance data for the climb that may end up winning this race is a bit like Mercedes F1 letting the rest of paddock have a good look under the bonnet or an NFL team posting its playbook online.
"This is the intellectual property that Team Sky believe sets them apart from the rest, and they have only previously shared it with the anti-doping authorities.
"They have done it out of frustration at how the low-level sniping Froome has faced in recent years has opened up into an all-out assault.
"Will it work? Probably not: there is no agreed formula for a Tour champion and sports scientists like an argument as much as the rest of the us.
"But Team Sky felt they had to address the false picture portrayed on French television on Sunday when Sir Dave Brailsford was ambushed by an "expert" wielding guesstimates.
"It might have made for good TV but it was decidedly iffy science."
The German carmaker did not reveal the exact amount it would pay dealers, but the Reuters news agency reported that it could be close to $1.2bn (£911m).
Last year, it was revealed that VW diesel cars were fitted with software that could disguise emissions levels.
The scandal hit sales of VW cars in the US, prompting 650 dealerships to start a class action against the company.
"We believe this agreement in principle with Volkswagen dealers is a very important step in our commitment to making things right for all our stakeholders in the United States," said Hinrich Woebcken, chief executive of VW's North American region.
Last year, US regulators discovered software had been installed in diesel engines to detect when they were being tested, and so improve test results.
Sales of VW cars in the US fell by 14.6% in the first six months of 2016 compared with the same period a year earlier.
Steve Berman, a lawyer representing the dealers, said that VW franchise owners who had invested millions in their businesses had been "financially hurt" by the scandal. He told a court in Seattle that the agreement would have a "therapeutic effect" to help heal VW's relationship with its dealers and its customers.
The deal still needs official court approval, and the settlement does not end VW's legal struggles.
The company still has to decide if it is going to pay to fix or buy-back 3-litre diesel engine cars affected by the scandal.
In June, the company reached a deal with the US government to buy back 500,000 2-litre vehicles at their pre-scandal value.
VW is also facing several civil lawsuits launched by owners of the affected vehicles.
Attorneys General in states including New York and Maryland have launched their own legal action alleging VW executives took steps to hide the use of the software.
Outside the US, VW still faces multiple investigations by regulators.
John McGinn, 56, saved the girl, whom he knew, from a fire at her house in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, in 1994.
The now-retired firefighter later raped her and threatened to kill her mother if she told anyone.
The girl, now aged 30, later contacted police. An investigation of McGinn's past led to him being convicted of six charges against the girl and others.
McGinn was back at the High Court in Glasgow for sentencing having been convicted of the charges in June.
The case, however, was adjourned until later this month.
Earlier, the court heard that McGinn denied raping the young girl after he was arrested by police.
He told detectives: "It's a downright lie - it did not happen. No chance. For her to come out with that is ridiculous. I would rather put a bullet in my own head than be a paedophile."
He added: "Hanging is too good for a paedophile."
McGinn, from Bellshill, claimed the victim had previously tried to blackmail him as she knew he had a lucrative fire brigade pension.
He claimed the rape allegation was payback for not giving her money.
The jury heard, however, that McGinn had assaulted another young girl and given her sweets and juice to keep her quiet.
The court also heard from a woman, aged 50, who had lived with McGinn in the Bellshill area, in the 1980s.
She said she had suffered years of sexual and physical violence from him and described McGinn as "monster".
The woman told the court that she was repeatedly raped by McGinn and had eventually snapped and chased him with a knife after he tied her to a bed and sexually assaulted her.
The BBC profiles some of the leading activists who, despite the consequences, have chosen to speak out.
Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist known as the "barefoot lawyer", clashed with the authorities over the enforcement of China's one-child policy.
He defended women whom he said were being forced into late-term abortions and being sterilised by over-zealous health officials in Linyi city, Shandong Province.
He served four years in jail on charges of damaging property and disrupting traffic.
The sentence drew international criticism, with campaigners and supporters claiming that the prosecution was politically motivated.
Mr Chen was released in September 2010 and said in a secretly shot video in February 2011 that he and his wife were unable to leave their home.
A BBC team who tried to visit him in his home village in November 2011 were prevented from doing so.
On 27 April he arrived in Beijing, having escaped from house arrest. A few hours later, a video of Mr Chen appeared on the internet in which he said he was free.
He took refuge in the US embassy but left it after six days on 2 May, of his own volition, according to the state news agency Xinhua.
He then spent time in hospital for medical treatment but then said that he wanted to go to the US because he feared for his safety.
Amid a diplomatic crisis between the US and China over his fate, Mr Chen was offered a place to study law at New York University after Beijing said he would be allowed to apply to study abroad.
He and his family flew to the US on 19 May.
China's Chen Guangcheng: Isolated but not forgotten
Liu Xiaobo, 54, was a key leader in the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
On Christmas Day 2009 he received an 11-year sentence for "inciting subversion" after drafting Charter 08 - which called for multi-party democracy and respect for human rights in China.
Announcing their decision to award him the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2010, the Nobel committee described Mr Liu as "the foremost symbol" of the human rights struggle in China.
His wife, Liu Xia, has been under house arrest since the award was announced, and friends and supporters have been prevented from leaving China.
Liu Xiaobo: 20 years of activism
Hu Jia, a prominent environmentalist and Aids activist, was released in June 2011 after serving a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for "inciting subversion" - the same charge as Liu Xiaobo.
The state-owned Xinhua news agency reported that Mr Hu wrote articles criticising the Chinese political system, and accepted interviews with foreign journalists.
Human rights groups say the Chinese authorities put Mr Hu in prison to silence him ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and that his jail term was a warning to opponents of the Communist Party.
His wife, Zeng Jinyan, herself an activist, has been under effective house arrest, with their young child, since Mr Hu's detention in 2008.
In April 2012, Mr Jia told the BBC he had met fellow dissident Chen Guangcheng at the US embassy following the latter's escape from house arrest.
Profile: Hu Jia
Gao Zhisheng, a writer and self-taught lawyer, became known in China for defending citizens against the state.
His pro-bono work has included cases for evicted homeowners, human rights activists, victims of medical malpractice and members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement.
He published a book, A China More Just, detailing his experiences of confronting China's legal and political system.
In August 2006, Mr Gao was arrested for "inciting subversion" through his writing.
He was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2006 but the jail term was suspended for five years. Mr Gao says he was tortured on several occasions while in detention.
He was also reportedly the target of an assassination attempt.
He went missing in February 2009, reappeared briefly a year later to say he was giving up campaigning for the sake of his family, and went missing again in the western province of Xinjiang in April 2010.
In December 2011 state media reported that Mr Gao had been sent back to jail for three years, having "seriously violated probation rules".
His brother Gao Zhiyi was allowed to visit him at the Shaya County jail in Xinjiang's Aksu prefecture for 30 minutes in March.
Gao Zhiyi told journalists that he met Gao Zhisheng, but it was "not convenient" for him to elaborate further.
Mr Gao's wife and two children sought asylum in the United States in early 2009 and are now living in California.
Gao Zhisheng sent back to prison
In her 80s, Gao Yaojie, a celebrated doctor, is one of China's oldest and most famous dissidents.
Known as Grandma Gao, she travelled across the country treating HIV/Aids patients, often at her own expense.
She refused to keep quiet about what she found. She believes the vast majority of people infected with HIV in China caught the virus as a result of selling their blood for money.
She wrote about China's blood-selling epidemic of the 1990s in three books, overcoming a climate of secrecy to end the practice and draw attention to the scandal.
The authorities were initially lenient with her, but Beijing grew uncomfortable with her criticism of provincial Communist leaders.
Fearing for her freedom, she fled the country in 2009, and lives in exile in New York.
Interview with Gao Yaojie
In the late 1980s, Bao Tong was one of the most powerful men in China, as adviser to the then-Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang.
Both men opposed the brutal crackdown on students during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and both suffered for their stance.
Within weeks, Mr Zhao was ousted and Mr Bao jailed for seven years.
He has been under house arrest since his release in 1997, but still managed to sign the Charter 08 manifesto and reportedly smuggle out audiotapes made by Mr Zhao to Hong Kong, where they formed the basis of a memoir published after his death.
Interview with Bao Tong
Ni Yulan is best known as a campaigner for the rights of people evicted from their homes to make way for Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics.
A former lawyer, Ms Ni was jailed, beaten and disbarred, and her own home was bulldozed by authorities after a six-year battle in 2008.
She was first detained by police in 2002 for filming the forced demolition of a client's home, and was beaten so badly that she is unable to walk without the aid of crutches, human rights groups say.
She went on trial in December 2011 along with her husband Dong Jiqin, accused of fraud, libel and causing a disturbance.
She had been sentenced to two years and eight months, while Dong Jiqin was given two years
An appeals court dismissed her fraud conviction in 27 July, reducing her jail time by two months. She remains in jail because of the public disturbance conviction.
China activist Ni Yulan and her husband go on trial
Shi Tao, who worked for the Contemporary Business News in China, was jailed for 10 years in 2005 for "divulging state secrets" - a charge commonly used to prosecute dissidents and pro-democracy activists.
Mr Shi was jailed for sending on to foreign websites an e-mail from the ruling Communist Party warning journalists not to cover the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 2004.
His case has become a cause celebre for free speech campaigners - not least because internet firm Yahoo was accused of informing on him.
The US-based web giant passed on details of his whereabouts to the authorities, and has since apologised to Shi Tao's mother.
Ding Zilin's teenage son was shot in the back by soldiers during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Along with other bereaved parents, she formed a group called the Tiananmen Mothers, which has spent the past two decades pushing for a full account of what happened that night in Beijing.
The former philosophy professor and her husband are believed to be under house arrest.
Liu Xiaobo has said in the past that the Tiananmen Mothers should win the Nobel Peace Prize for their work.
Interview with Ding Zilin
Just days after completing a 12-year jail term for subversion, Qin Yongmin vowed to advance human rights and democracy in China.
Mr Qin was sentenced to prison in 1998 after he and other activists tried to officially register the China Democracy Party.
Previously, Mr Qin was jailed from 1981-1989 as a "counter-revolutionary" following China's "democracy wall" period of political openness.
In 1993, he was sentenced to two years in a labour camp for drafting the "Peace Charter," a manifesto that called for a re-evaluation of the 1989 Tiananmen protests and the release of political prisoners.
"As a democrat, this is my life. One day, the China Democracy Party will be legal in China, but this will take time," he said in a phone interview with AFP from his home in Wuhan.
Since the end of June cars have been banned from going through Nelson Mandela Place, near Queen Street Station, for much of the day.
Drivers who break the restriction are given a minimum £30 penalty charge - rising to £60 if unpaid within 14 days.
By 1 September, at least 28,000 drivers had gone through the bus gate. So far, £477,000 in fines has been paid.
The Nelson Mandela Place bus gate has earned Glasgow City Council roughly the same amount in two months as Edinburgh and Aberdeen Councils receive from all bus lane transgressions in a year.
Glasgow City Council strongly denies that it sees the bus gate as a source of income and stresses that the gate was put in place after consultation in order to improve the environment and the flow of traffic.
It accepts that the number of transgressions is unusually high and plans to look at improving the signage in the area to help ensure drivers get the message.
One advantage of the bus gate is that it can improve journey times for buses and taxis. Another is that it could reduce the number of cars in George Square and improve the local environment.
Last year Edinburgh City Council received £718,000 from bus lane fines while Aberdeen City Council received £896,000.
Glasgow - Scotland's largest city - received a total of £3,283,776.
Although council budgets are under severe pressure, these amounts are a small proportion of each council's income.
The majority of Scottish councils do not have bus lanes or do not receive any income from transgressions as they are not responsible for enforcement.
The Glasgow Restaurant Association wants the city council to reconsider the Nelson Mandela Place restriction as it fears it is doing more harm than good.
The council says the bus gate will remain but hopes to reduce the number of cars going through it.
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The middleweight, 23, was told last Thursday he had failed a test due to an "adverse analytical" finding.
He was suspended, and will not now contest that decision.
In a statement handed to Irish broadcaster RTE, O'Reilly said he unintentionally took a supplement that may have contained a banned substance.
It added he was given it "by someone unrelated to his team or association".
Olympic chiefs announced on Thursday an Irish boxer had failed a test, but would not confirm which member of the team it was.
The middleweight was tested before Brazil, and said he disclosed at the time that he had taken the substance.
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It comes in the same week Irish boxer Paddy Barnes, who won bronze medals in London and Beijing, suffered a shock defeat by Spain's Samuel Carmona.
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The Holey Artisan Bakery welcomed its first customers on Tuesday after opening in a "more secure" location.
The smaller cafe, in a shopping mall, is just a few blocks from the building where five armed men took dozens of diners hostage on 1 July last year.
The attack, claimed by so-called Islamic State, left 18 foreigners and four Bangladeshis dead.
The victims included nine Italians, seven Japanese, a US citizen and one Indian.
The country's authorities have said the attack was carried out by a local Islamist group and not IS.
The 10-hour siege, during which victims were shot or hacked to death, was seen by some as the culmination of a three-year long campaign of murders by Islamist extremists whose targets included foreigners, rights activists and members of religious minorities.
In its wake, a large number of Dhaka's small ex-pat community fled.
But those who stayed welcomed the cafe's reopening, with more than 1,200 people liking the announcement of Holey Artisan Bakery's return on Facebook.
"Feels like a tiny life renewal for Dhaka," posted expat Marilyn Watson, calling it a "joyful welcoming place".
The cafe's owners - who plan to turn the former lakeside building into a home for themselves - said they had received "overwhelming" support in reopening the cafe.
"We've reopened as we don't want to be held back by fear. The people's support has been overwhelming," Ali Arsalan told AFP.
Since the deadly assault, security forces have killed around 50 Islamist militants, including a man the police described as the siege mastermind, who died in a raid in August.
The 20-year-old Frenchman joined the club in July 2016 on a two-year deal, but did not play for the first team.
He spent a period of the 2016-17 season on loan at National League North club Bishop's Stortford.
Meanwhile, midfielder Rob Sinclair, who has made more than 100 appearances for the club, is among three other players who have been told they can leave.
Frenchman Fabien Robert and striker Rhys Murphy have also not been given squad numbers and will train with Forest Green's academy while they look for new clubs.
Esslemont and Macintosh - affectionately known simply as E&Ms - in Union Street closed in 2007.
Proposals could have seen the property converted into a 98-bedroom hotel, with a four-storey glass extension.
The store, established in 1873, closed with the loss of 100 jobs after receivers were called in.
Thomas Mair gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain", when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Mrs Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday.
Members of her family visited the scene on Saturday to read floral tributes and thank gathered crowds for their support.
Speaking in the village's market square Kim Leadbeater, Mrs Cox's sister, described the MP as "perfect".
Ms Leadbeater said the tributes paid to her sister had "genuinely made a difference" and helped the family through some "dark times".
"I could not watch the overwhelming outpouring of love without speaking on behalf of Jo," she said.
"Jo would want us to focus on that which unites us not which divides us. She will live on through good people in the world."
Mrs Cox, who was married with two children, was about to attend a constituency surgery when she was killed.
A 77-year-old man, who came to her aid, was also injured and remains in a stable condition in hospital.
Mr Mair, 52, faces charges of murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon.
The defendant, who was wearing a grey tracksuit, refused to give his correct name and did not reply when asked to confirm his address and date of birth in court earlier.
He did not enter a plea and is next due to appear for a bail application hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday.
His lawyer, Keith Allen, told the court legal aid had been applied for.
The venue chosen for Thomas Mair's first court appearance was the most important magistrates' court in London. Deputy Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot was sitting.
Reporters from the broadcasters and Sunday newspapers and from overseas packed the press seats at the back.
As is almost always the case, the hearing was brief, but it had a key moment of drama - the moment the man in the dock was asked his name.
He stood, as asked, for what is normally one of the most mundane parts of the proceedings. Not this time.
"My name is death to traitors, freedom for Britain," he said.
Asked to repeat it, he said the same thing. Then he fell silent until he was taken from the dock and driven off to prison.
Vigils were held across the country on Friday evening in memory of Mrs Cox. Earlier in the day, David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn visited Mrs Cox's Batley and Spen constituency.
The prime minister said the country was "rightly shocked" by her death, while the Labour leader described the former aid worker as "an exceptional, wonderful, very talented woman."
Parliament will be recalled on Monday to allow MPs to pay further tributes.
A fundraising campaign started on Friday by friends and family of Mrs Cox has already raised more than £500,000.
The funds will support three causes her husband, Brendan Cox, said were close to her heart, including the The Royal Voluntary Service, HOPE not hate and The White Helmets.
Mr Carter said he would start his radiation treatment later on Thursday.
Mr Carter, 90, was recently treated for liver cancer, after which it was discovered the disease had spread.
He said he would "cut back fairly dramatically" on public works. "It is in the hands of God and I am prepared for anything that comes," he said.
A Democrat from Georgia, Mr Carter was a relative unknown in the US political world when he was elected president in 1976. He served from 1977 to 1981.
Mr Carter told a press conference on Thursday he had at first thought the cancer was confined to his liver and that an operation this month had completely removed it.
But an MRI scan the same afternoon showed four spots of melanoma on the brain.
"I just thought I had a few weeks left, but I was surprisingly at ease. I've had a wonderful life," he said.
"I have got thousands of friends and I have had an exciting and adventurous and gratifying existence."
Mr Carter said it was likely doctors would find cancer elsewhere in his body as his treatment continued.
But he said: "I feel very good. I have had no pain or debility."
Source: American Cancer Society
Since leaving the White House in 1981, Mr Carter has remained active, carrying out humanitarian work with his Carter Center in recent years.
Mr Carter's health has been closely watched this year.
In May, he returned early from a trip to observe elections in Guyana because he was "not feeling well".
Mr Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
The New Zealander, 32, will miss three matches, including a European Champions Cup trip to his former club Leinster.
Gopperth will also miss his side's next two home games, against Gloucester in the Premiership this Sunday and Toulon.
Wasps have already appealed against the length of Gopperth's suspension.
Gopperth caught Tait on the side of the head with a rabbit punch as he chased his own up and under in the 54th minute.
He did come back on the pitch again briefly after his time in the bin, but was replaced for the final 10 minutes by Alex Lozowski.
Gopperth was initially yellow-carded by referee Tim Wigglesworth on Sunday, before being summoned to appear before a three-man Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel at a Coventry hotel on Tuesday evening, for 'punching or striking, contrary to law 10.4(a)', to which he pleaded guilty.
The appeal hearing will be held on Thursday, before which the club are unable to make any further comment.
The former Junior All Black is in his second stint in the Premiership, having first left New Zealand in 2009 to sign for Newcastle, where he spent four years before moving to Leinster in 2013.
The game between Manchester United and Bournemouth was called off after the item was discovered close to kick-off.
A controlled explosion was carried out on the device, which police said was accidentally left by a private firm.
Greater Manchester Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd called for a full inquiry into the "fiasco".
He also told BBC Sport that United "need to apologise very, very seriously" to supporters of both clubs who were at Old Trafford.
Bomb disposal experts were called to the 75,000-seat stadium on Sunday after the replica device was found in a toilet.
The Premier League match has been rearranged for Tuesday at 20:00 BST and will be screened live by Sky Sports.
Lloyd called the situation "unacceptable" and demanded an inquiry to discover "how this happened, why it happened and who will be held accountable".
He added that "this fiasco" had:
Security Search Management & Solutions Ltd (SSMS) was the firm hired by Deacons Canines to test its sniffer dogs using fake bombs, the BBC understands.
Managing director Chris Reid said: "It is a very unfortunate situation and the consequences obviously were that a lot of people were inconvenienced.
"Fortunately, everybody was fine which is the most important thing."
The Premier League praised the way the incident was dealt with.
A statement read: "We would like to thank Manchester United's staff, the police and other emergency services for all their efforts today as well as rearranging the match for this coming Tuesday.
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"Both Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth's management has been extremely helpful in reaching a swift resolution, which is the best possible given today's events."
United will refund all tickets and allow ticket holders from both clubs to watch Tuesday's re-arranged game for free, while Manchester United season ticket holders will also be given a credit.
It is a gesture that is estimated will cost United around £3m.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, are offering free coach travel to the match for fans with a valid ticket.
Club chairman Jeff Mostyn told BBC South Today: "They make sacrifices every single week and go to great expense travelling away."
The Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End were evacuated and sniffer dogs brought in.
Kick-off was delayed initially and shortly afterwards the match was abandoned on police advice.
A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) statement read: "Shortly before today's planned football fixture, staff from the Manchester United ground alerted police to a suspicious item that had been found in the toilets within the North West Quadrant, between the Sir Alex Ferguson stand and the Stretford End.
"Police quickly attended and explosive experts were called in to assess the item, which has been described as an incredibly realistic-looking explosive device."
A bomb disposal team carried out the explosion at about 16:30 BST.
Assistant chief constable John O'Hare said: "I am grateful to the Manchester United and Bournemouth supporters for their support and assistance today.
"Following today's controlled explosion, we have since found out that the item was a training device which had accidentally been left by a private company following a training exercise involving explosive search dogs.
"While this item did not turn out to be a viable explosive, on appearance this device was as real as could be, and the decision to evacuate the stadium was the right thing to do, until we could be sure that people were not at risk."
Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said: "The club takes security very seriously and staff are regularly trained with the police and emergency services to identify and deal with these incidents.
"We will investigate the incident to inform future actions and decisions."
Cherries chairman Mostyn said the incident had left the players "immensely disappointed and despondent".
He added: "They had trained really hard throughout the week to play in one of the greatest sporting theatres in the world."
Just under two hours before the controlled explosion was carried out, an "operation red code" alert was issued over the public address system.
Fans were then advised that, because of the discovery of a suspect package in the north-west quadrant of the ground, the match was "abandoned" on police advice.
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Supporters who were still in the ground were advised to stay in their seats while the forecourt was cleared of fans who had been in the two evacuated stands.
United players were seen leaving the ground shortly after 16:30 BST.
BBC commentator Conor McNamara said he saw Bournemouth players and staff boarding their team bus outside Old Trafford around an hour later, before flying back to the south coast later.
Manchester United had started the day with an outside chance of qualifying for next season's Champions League by finishing fourth in the Premier League.
However, Manchester City's draw against Swansea in their final game means United are effectively out of the running. City are three points clear of their neighbouring rivals and possess a goal difference that is 18 better.
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By Phil McNulty, BBC Sport chief football writer at Old Trafford:
"The first indications that all was not well at Old Trafford came when stewards swung into action and fans were evacuated from the Stretford End.
"Thousands of supporters were already inside the stadium when, in a well-organised drill, supporters in the giant Sir Alex Ferguson Stand were also moved out as a 'Red Code' operation was announced over the public address system.
"Those in the Sir Bobby Charlton Stand, where some had already gathered in the directors' box, and the East Stand, where the Bournemouth supporters were assembled, were told to stay calm and remain in their seats.
"Bournemouth's players had started their warm-up but they left the pitch swiftly once it became clear a security operation was under way as police moved in and a helicopter flew above the ground.
"Some Bournemouth fans were unhappy at the regular announcements to remain in their seats, especially after word had swept around Old Trafford that the game had been called off, but safety was understandably paramount.
"Once the official announcement was made to those still inside the stadium, there was an orderly exit, although roads around the ground remained cordoned off by police and stewards as fans were shepherded away from the area where police were carrying out an inspection of the suspect package."
Labour peer Lord Carter's report found nearly one in 10 beds was taken by someone medically fit to be released.
It said it was a "major problem" causing operations to be cancelled and resulting in the NHS paying private hospitals to see patients.
Union Unison said cuts to social care were a major cause of "bed-blocking".
Lord Carter identified the issue in a wider look at how £5bn could be saved by 2020.
His proposals called for better procurement and staff management, and savings to the drugs bill.
But delayed discharges are likely to be prove a more intractable problem as it is largely not down to the actions of hospitals.
Vulnerable and frail patients cannot be released if there is not the support in the community from home care workers or district nursing staff or a place in a care home.
While official statistics suggest about 5,500 patients a day are affected, the report said information provided by trusts estimates as many as 8,500 beds in acute trusts were being blocked.
It said if you take into account how much staffing and running a bed costs this works out at £900m a year.
But the true cost could be even higher. The report highlighted the growing trend to pay private hospitals to do NHS work, such as knee and hip operations, as a consequence of this.
Last year the NHS spent £11bn in the private sector - a rise of 11% on the previous year. Lord Carter said delayed discharges was likely to be a "contributory factor" in this.
Delayed discharges have also been blamed as one of the causes of growing waiting times in A&E as doctors struggle to find beds for patients who need to be admitted.
Meanwhile, Lord Carter said hospitals across England must end "stark" differences in spending and productivity, Lord Carter added.
He found the average cost of an inpatient treatment is £3,500 but said there was 20% variation between the most expensive trusts and the least expensive.
Lord Carter said: "My experience of the NHS and hospitals internationally is that high-quality patient care and sound financial management go hand in hand."
Hospitals consume £55bn of health spending - about half the annual budget. So a £5bn efficiency target is very ambitious.
But as a sign of the mountain the health service has to climb in the coming years, consider this: it doesn't even go a quarter of the way to achieving the overall savings the health service is aiming for.
In return for the extra £8bn it is getting this Parliament, the NHS has pledged to save £22bn.
It means the rest will have to come from people improving their lifestyles (and so preventing ill-health), moving care out of hospitals and into the community (which is cheaper) and keeping tight control on salaries. It promises to be a tough few years.
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Lord Carter, who published an interim report in the summer, identified the following savings:
Each hospital has been set its own individual savings targets. These are not being released publicly although the progress trusts make will be monitored.
Ministers said they expected the savings to be made.
Christina McAnea, head of health for Unison, which represents many NHS workers including nurses, paramedics and administrative staff, said the report contained many good ideas.
However, she said the report failed to address the lack of social care in the community that was the "main reason why people can't be discharged".
"On average social care has been cut by around 25% and that has an almost immediate knock on effect in the NHS, because you can't discharge patients unless you've got the infrastructure back in the community to support them," she said.
"And that's where we've seen massive cuts, so it's about care workers, some community nursing, it's about health visitors."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "This ground-breaking review will help hospitals care for patients, making sure every penny possible is spent on front line patient care and bureaucracy is slashed so doctors and nurses can concentrate on caring."
Shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said: "This report is absolutely right to highlight the huge financial pressures that delayed discharges are placing on the NHS. However, ministers cannot shy away from the fact that this is a crisis in care that has happened on their watch."
Many religious leaders in Africa are regarded as superstars.
Take the pastors of Nigeria's mega-churches, for example. Their meetings pack stadiums across the continent. Their books are bestsellers in a society that is frequently accused of having a poor reading culture.
And in a country that lays claim to a huge percentage of Africa's most acclaimed moguls, entertainment personalities and intellectuals, the Facebook and Twitter pages with some of the highest number of followers are those of pastors.
A 2010 survey by the US-based Pew Research Center shows that "the vast majority of people in many of Africa's nations are deeply committed to the practices and major tenets of Christianity and Islam". Some 87% of Nigerians surveyed said religion was very important in their lives - compared with 19% in the UK.
Heads of State and other top government officials seek audiences with prominent clerics - referred to as "men of god" - sometimes circulating photographs of these encounters possibly as evidence of divine validation.
Hawkers peddle pirated DVDs of their sermons alongside Hollywood blockbusters and the massively popular Nollywood films.
Telecommunications companies offer ringtones in the form of prayers recorded in their voices. At one time or another, some pastors have taken steps to distance themselves from bulk text messages sent out in their names.
Text message instructions from renowned clerics are usually taken seriously in Nigeria, often going viral. They could be anything from a call to communal prayer at a specific time, or an injunction against retaliatory violence.
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I sometimes joke that if the leaders of Nigeria's five largest churches merely hint that no-one should have anything further to do with Chinua Achebe, the author's fan base and book sales in his home country would instantly, unquestionably plunge and his works would eventually be struck off the national curriculum, regardless of how widely acclaimed he is around the world.
The pastors are sometimes accused of making themselves into gods.
But the matter may be largely out of their hands. One might as well castigate Michael Jackson or Oprah Winfrey or The Beatles for being worshipped by their fans.
Some observers view the power and popularity of religious leaders as a problem.
A 2005 BBC Who Runs Your World? survey found that Africans trusted religious leaders above other leaders.
Charlatans, who exist in every occupation, could take emotional and fiscal advantage of naive followers.
And one ill-timed word from a trusted pastor or imam could easily spur violence.
However, in many cases, religious leaders use their influence for good. They have been instrumental in mobilising lethargic citizens to the polls.
Back in 2007 when many Nigerians were convinced that their votes wouldn't count in the forthcoming general elections, I know people who queued for hours to register, simply because their pastors enjoined them to do so.
They play key roles in the battles against polio, HIV and sickle cell disease, with some religious organisations making it compulsory for couples to undergo genotype testing before marriage, thereby forcing them to face, in advance, the risk of giving birth to a child terminally ill with sickle cell anaemia.
Religious leaders also played key roles in tackling the recent Ebola outbreak in Nigeria by passing on relevant information and stressing the urgency of the situation from their pulpits.
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, one of Nigeria's most influential Muslim leaders, set up an Emirate Council committee to provide information on the disease to local government heads, imams and similar bodies in northern Kano State.
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The Roman Catholic Church nationwide altered its established pattern of administering the Eucharist, in order to reduce person-to-person contact with saliva and other bodily fluids as a way of combating Ebola.
Some in the secular West might be tempted to ridicule religious leaders, but in Africa they could accomplish greater good if their immense influence was harnessed in more structured and focused ways.
International organisations and other world leaders could collaborate with them to achieve development goals and to tackle crisis situations such as terrorism.
Take for example the Adamawa Peace Initiative (API), launched in 2012 by the American University of Nigeria in Yola, the capital of Adamawa, one of the states in north-eastern Nigeria badly affected by the insurgency waged by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The API comprises local religious, academic and community leaders who are committed to peace and harmony. Yola has so far escaped the violence plaguing much of the region.
Religious leaders, as long as they harbour no hatred towards any particular group, could also intervene in situations where politicians and diplomats may not be trusted, especially as their appeal tends to cut across ethnic and language groups - a very rare quality amongst African leaders.
The BBC survey showed that most Africans place religion above other factors, like ethnicity, when distinguishing their identities.
Regardless of anyone else's opinion of religious leaders, a significant number of Africans have clearly chosen to revere them, and that choice deserves to be respected.
Religion could turn out to be one of Africa's greatest assets.
Adnan, who is also a school teacher, says he knew this was something different when he saw how high the aircraft were flying and then went to see the destruction caused by the explosions.
"It was very frightening, the attack was so powerful and the casualties were so many," he says.
He is convinced these were Russian air strikes and while it's not possible to independently verify his account, it does tally with other reports.
Videos apparently from the town show collapsed buildings and people desperately pulling the dead and injured from the rubble.
Talbiseh - which lies on a vital road running from the capital Damascus to the northern city of Aleppo - has been in rebel hands since 2012.
The rebels are mostly locals, and Adnan says they are affiliated to the Free Syrian Army.
The jihadist group Ahrar al-Sham is also known to have a presence in the town, but it is a bitter enemy of Islamic State and a powerful force fighting to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime.
"They (the Russians) attacked us because we are against the regime," says Adnan, "now everyone is afraid of the warplanes and afraid of more attacks."
Many of those who died in Wednesday's air strikes were inside the post office building which is being used to distribute bread to the population, activists say.
According to Adnan, the field hospital - which already lacked medicine and blood supplies - was overwhelmed by the number of casualties.
And now the people of Talbiseh await the next attack, either from Russian planes or the Syrian army.
The rumour in Talbiseh is that the air strikes could be a prelude to a new ground offensive by Syrian troops with the aim of finally regaining control of the rebel town and the strategic highway running north to Hama and Aleppo.
Alan Ryan, 32, was shot several times at Grange Lodge Avenue in Clongriffin at about 15:30 BST. A second man was also shot and sustained leg injuries.
In 2000, Ryan had been jailed over the discovery of a Real IRA training camp.
RTE's crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds, said he was shot in the head in a "planned, targeted killing".
He said the Dubliner was "very well known in criminal and republican circles both north and south of the border".
Mr Reynolds said the two men were walking along the street in north Dublin city when they were approached by a gunman who opened fire on Ryan first.
"He collapsed and then the gunman walked over and shot him in the head as he lay on the ground. He died instantly," he added.
The man who was with Ryan, believed to be from Sligo, was shot in the leg.
Two men believed to have been involved in the attack escaped in a silver Volvo car which was later found burnt out in a nearby graveyard.
Mr Reynolds said Ryan first came to the attention of Irish police in 1999, when they uncovered a Real IRA training camp in a underground bunker at Stamullen, County Meath.
Ryan was one of 10 people arrested in the raid.
Six months later he pleaded guilty to receiving training in the use of firearms at the camp and was sentenced to four years in prison.
The RTE correspondent said that after Ryan left prison, he became "involved in extortion, extorting money from businesses and from publicans" and "threats on drug dealers".
He said Ryan's faction within the Real IRA in Dublin had been feuding with major gangland criminals for some time.
He added that at the time of his death, Ryan was facing a charge of "demanding money with menaces from a Dublin publican in the north inner city" and had also served time for possession of a firearm in a separate case.
Mr Reynolds said: "Gardai are worried about the fact the republican groups don't tend to forget when members of their organisation have been shot and killed particularly by drug gangs or violent gangland criminals."
Mr Reynolds said there were increased police patrols in the area close to murder scene.
Irish police believe that at least two gunmen were involved in the shooting.
A 47-year-old was hurt after allegedly being deliberately hit by a car outside the Shell Garage on Great Western Road at 23:20 on 17 November.
Police appealed for witnesses at the time and said they believed the man had been involved in a row with the driver of the car beforehand.
They have now arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the incident.
The deal, which also includes helping island-based coaches and young players, came about through City's Guernsey-based chairman Steve Lansdown.
Guernsey FC boss Tony Vance has had talks with City manager Lee Johnson about the possibility of bringing in players to his side.
"It will benefit Guernsey football, which I'm excited about," Vance said.
Guernsey FC are just four points off the relegation places in the Isthmian League Division One South and often face problems being able to get enough players together to form a competitive side for away games.
They have gone almost a year since their last away victory.
The club has never used loan players before, with the rules of the team being that players must be based in Guernsey in order to qualify to play for the club.
"It's a realistic thing to do, all the other clubs do it in our league," Vance told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"We're a Guernsey football club, there's no doubt about that, and I've emphasised that so much that I'm looking at the pathway of our players.
"It won't be any way detrimental to our pathway, it will enhance us.
"It's well documented that we struggle away from home with getting players, so they're only a phone call away.
"Somebody from Bristol City might be boosting our numbers, which will be much needed when I've looked at every resource possible in Guernsey."
A total of 39 suspects were apprehended in Europe and South America, following action by the Spanish National Police, Europol and Interpol.
Spanish investigators discovered dark web sites directing users to private WhatsApp groups last year.
Researchers then verified these groups were used to share illegal images.
House searches conducted during the arrests had led to the seizure of "hundreds of devices containing several terabytes of child sexual exploitation material", according to Europol.
Spanish police have added that this included more than 360,000 files.
Operation Tantalio involved co-ordinated action in Germany, Spain and Portugal as well as several South American countries including Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.
Interpol has said that "hundreds" of the images and videos discovered have been entered into its international child sexual exploitation (ICSE) database.
It allows investigators to compare such material and make connections between victims, abusers and locations by "analysing the digital, visual and audio content".
Efforts are now being made by police to identify any child victims.
"These offenders are pushing the boundaries of modern technologies to try to avoid being caught by law enforcement," said Rob Wainwright, director of Europol.
"This case is an excellent example of global law enforcement cooperation, led by the Spanish National Police.
"We need to continue to combine our joint resources and skills to tackle this threat to our children and bring these offenders to justice."
A spokesperson for WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said: "Child exploitation has no place on WhatsApp. When we're made aware of these accounts, we investigate, disable users that violate our terms, and assist with law enforcement as they track down and prosecute criminals."
Wilson was injured during Stoke City's FA Cup match against Crystal Palace and it could make the 28-year-old a doubt for the Euro 2016 finals in France.
"Marc looks like he has got a bad injury," said Stoke boss Mark Hughes.
"The physio thinks he's got medial ligament damage so he is going to be out for a period of maybe 10-12 weeks."
Stoke expect to have a clearer idea on the extent of the injury on Monday.
Hughes added: "Marc is down at the moment, which you would expect.
"He is looking forward to the European Championship which is what he wants to be involved in at the end of the season.
"I am not sure if this injury will make him a doubt for that, we hope not."
Sandy has flooded subway and road tunnels in much of Lower Manhattan.
Beyond New York City, public transport has been halted in several eastern US cities, and thousands of flights have been grounded.
And US stock markets have had to close again on Tuesday, the longest period since 9/11.
It is also the first time the weather has shut them for two consecutive days since 1888. The estimate of damage comes from disaster risk modelling firm Eqecat.
Both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq exchanges plan to reopen on Wednesday. NYSE said that its famed trading floor - based close to the major flooding in Lower Manhattan - remained undamaged.
Wednesday is a key trading day because it is the last day of the month, when traders price their portfolios.
Sandy threatens an 800-mile (1,290-km) swathe of the US, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes in the Mid-West and killed 66 people in the Caribbean last week before pounding the East Coast of the US.
The storm has closed thousands businesses and severely affected the infrastructure of the nation.
The closure of public transport along the US East Coast means millions of people are unable to get to work.
Air traffic to and from the region has also been severely disrupted and nearly 14,000 flights were cancelled, potentially hurting airlines that were already struggling in the weak economy.
Amtrak has suspended passenger train services across the north-east.
The UN headquarters in New York is also to stay closed, while public transport was suspended in Washington DC, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston.
Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, said that depending on how long flooding lasts, the hurricane could maybe shave one tenth of US output during the quarter.
"But you have to remember that the hurricane generates extra activity too, in terms of the clean-up and rebuilding," he told the BBC.
"In theory, it could even be a positive for the economy."
Peter Morici, an economist and professor at the University of Maryland, estimated that some $15bn to $20bn will likely be spent on rebuilding after the storm, which could create as much as $36bn in an "economy with high unemployment and underused construction resources".
"When government authorities facilitate quick and effective rebuilding, the process of economic renewal can leave communities better off than before in many tangible ways."
Roan Kirby, a farmer in Hope, New Jersey, told the BBC he has had to shut his farm down during the storm.
"I see no mention of the impact on farmers," he said.
"It is easy to forget livestock, stored crops and buildings that are at great risk. If trucks cannot get through to pick up milk at the farms and if the processing plants are affected, milk supply will surely be affected. Milk will have to be disposed of on the farm if it cannot be collected, which will mean a huge loss of income."
In New York, the US financial capital, an explosion at a sub-station caused power outages and darkened most of downtown Manhattan as well as Westchester County and affected more than 650,000 customers, power company Consolidated Edison said.
"This is the largest storm-related outage in our history," said John Miksad, Con Ed's senior vice president for electric operations.
Six million homes are currently without power.
"It will be days before we can know the full extent of the damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy in New York City and the rest of the state," Rob Lillpopp, a spokesperson for the Business Council of New York State, told the BBC.
"We are just a year removed from Hurricane Irene, and what we learned from that devastating storm is that small and large businesses can and will pull together to recover."
In Europe, shares in Swiss Re rose 1.3% and Munich Re shares were also higher. The two companies are reinsurers - they insure insurers, who will have to pay out a large amount to businesses and individuals affected by Sandy.
The fixture has been arranged as part of the agreement which saw the teams meet in Copenhagen in February 2011.
England will also face Chile and Germany in Wembley friendlies in November as part of their preparations for next summer's World Cup in Brazil.
England have played Denmark 18 times in international football, winning 11, drawing four and losing three.
The last time the teams met competitively was in the 2002 World Cup. Goals from Thomas Sorensen (og), Emile Heskey and Michael Owen helped England to a 3-0 win in the last 16 match between the sides in Niigata.
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Denmark did not qualify for November's World Cup play-offs despite finishing second to Italy in Group B.
Morten Olsen's side missed out on a berth as they finished with the weakest record of the nine group runners-up.
England beat Denmark 2-1 in the 2011 friendly in the Parken Stadium thanks to goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent.
Roy Hodgson's team, who beat Poland 2-0 last Tuesday to qualify for Brazil 2014, will face Chile on 15 November before meeting three-time World Cup winners Germany four days later.
Both Germany and Chile have also qualified for next summer's tournament.
Derek Serpell-Morris disappeared in July prompting high-profile campaigns by his family to find him.
Police confirmed on Wednesday remains found near Cribbs Causeway were that of the missing pensioner.
Artist Stewy said he chose to paint portraits of the the DJ around the city as he "symbolised multiculturalism and something positive about Bristol".
His final print of DJ Derek artwork will now be given to the family.
Stewy's first portrait of Derek Serpell-Morris was on the Star and Garter pub in July 2013, just before the DJ announced his retirement.
It has since been removed but there is another in Leonard Lane, painted in May.
The third, stencilled on a white gate in Richmond Avenue was made in February, when the DJ was still missing. Another tribute can be seen inside the St Werburgh's Farm pub.
Stewy said: "He symbolised something positive in Bristol, in embracing black music which people in his generation might have dismissed."
Stewy said there are no plans to create any more portraits of the popular DJ, as he did not want to profit from his death.
Instead, he is supporting local fundraising efforts to create a memorial mural of Mr Serpell-Morris which will be painted by the artist Inky.
DJ Derek, a former accountant, was known to thousands of music fans and played hundreds of sets at local clubs and pubs, as well as at the Glastonbury festival.
He was a resident of St Pauls in Bristol since 1978 and also appeared at gigs across the UK including the Big Chill, worked with Massive Attack and appeared in a Dizzee Rascal video.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) suspended Russia from the Rio Games starting on 7 September because of state-sponsored doping.
Cas then rejected a Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) appeal against the ban earlier this week.
At least 266 Russian competitors are expected to now lodge individual cases.
The RPC's appeal, launched in the Swiss Federal Court, will be held on Monday.
Only Russian track and field athletes were banned from the Olympic Games, with individual sports' governing bodies deciding if they could compete, but the Paralympics ban includes all of the country's competitors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the IPC's ban was "outside the bounds of law, morality and humanity".
Raphael Bargiel, 40, met the women, who lived in London and were also Polish, through internet dating sites where he posed as a wealthy 'sugar daddy.'
St Albans Crown Court heard Bargiel filmed their ordeals for his own perverted pleasure.
The minimum term he will serve before he can be considered for parole is eight years.
Prosecutor Simon Ash said: "The defendant told the women he was doing what he was doing to teach a lesson to women like them."
In the first attack he raped a 19-year-old woman in his car after driving her into a field near Hemel Hempstead late at night.
The woman said he filmed the incident. He was arrested following the attack and, after being charged, was given bail.
Five months later, while still on bail for the first attack, he raped another young woman in a hotel room after making contact with her through an internet dating site.
She told the court he took her to a room, ordered her to strip, tied her up and then took out a knife and forced her to have sex.
Bargiel was again held in custody and a jury later found him guilty of rape.
Sentencing him to life imprisonment, Judge Andrew Bright said: "You subjected them to the most degrading acts. At times they were in fear of losing their lives."
The court heard Bargiel had been convicted in Poland of raping a young woman he met through an internet dating site in 2011.
He had driven his victim to a secluded spot where he attacked her.
The following year he travelled to the UK where he got work as a lorry driver using the name Tomasz Puchalski.
The 29-year-old is yet to be capped by the Wallabies and is returning to his homeland to further his chances of an international call-up.
He made 89 appearances in three seasons at Bath, having won the Super 15 title with the Reds in 2011.
"This has been an incredibly difficult decision for me - I have loved every minute of playing for Bath," he said.
"Getting the opportunity to represent my country has always been an ambition of mine, and getting the chance to realise that is the only reason that I would even consider leaving Bath."
The Somerset side are still looking for a new head coach after parting company with Mike Ford earlier this month.
Barrie McKay's goal and a stoppage-time Joe Garner header earned the Ibrox men three Premiership points after Kris Doolan's opener for Thistle.
Caixinha admitted the performance was "disorientated" but felt his players showed they are fighting for him.
"If we were not together as a group I don't think the players would celebrate like that at the end," Caixinha said.
"I really like the way the players understood and were committed. There were a lot of moments I really felt the passion from the players."
The result secured a top-four finish and European football for Rangers next season, but for much of the match they were second best to Alan Archibald's side.
Caixinha made a series of system and personnel changes, with substitute McKay making a big difference, but for long spells the Ibrox men struggled to get into any sort of rhythm.
The manager, however, defended his changes as his side responded to back-to-back Old Firm defeats.
"Today was really important for us to show a reaction," he added. "We showed it in the second half and I need to be happy with that.
"We needed to change the course of the game and we managed it.
"My passion and dedication to this sport is that I would rather die trying it rather than be alive to see what happens. And that is what the players did."
Jags boss Archibald was left to explain another late collapse against Rangers. In November at Firhill the Jags had taken the lead only for a late Joe Dodoo double to win it for the Ibrox men.
"It's a sore one," he said. "We put a lot into that first-half performance. We created a number of good opportunities - that was the only negative, not adding to our 1-0 lead.
"We weren't outdone by tactics or anything like that. It's one long ball that outdoes us.
"You feel guilty about having a go but we've got to learn from it. We've got to move on. We want to be a top-six side, we want to stay away from the bottom end of the league. You've got to see games out and manage them and learn from it.
"Once we lost the goal we didn't react in the right way. We didn't do the basics.
"With 30 seconds to go, you've got to go and defend your box as if your life depends on it."
It comes as figures reveal that early intervention schemes to help young mental health patients have been reduced over the past 12 months.
Mental health trusts are being asked to save almost 20% more from next year's budgets than hospitals.
NHS England says it has put procedures in place to ensure mental and physical health are treated equally in future.
The Mental Health Foundation, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and the Centre for Mental Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have released a letter on Wednesday warning that planned cuts for next year will put lives at risk as the system is already underfunded.
One charity says half of early intervention programmes aimed at young people have been cut in the past year.
Early intervention schemes are intended to reduce suicide rates, prevent patients from becoming more ill and to keep patients out of hospital and in work, and were praised last week by the chief medical officer for England.
Sean Duggan, chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, said early intervention programmes were "very good value for money" and the prospect of budget cuts was "very worrying".
"Early Intervention in Psychosis services are known to be highly effective in helping young people to negotiate their first episode of psychosis", he said.
"They offer hope of a brighter future by helping young people to stay in education, to get and keep work, and to support their physical health."
He described the cuts as a "false economy".
"They save the NHS £9 and the wider economy another £9 for every £1 invested in them."
He added that the cuts meant young people are now facing delays in getting help.
A separate report from the charity Mind shows that mental health patients are losing social care support in greater numbers than elderly or physically-disabled people.
The charity points to research by the London School of Economics which suggests 30,000 people with mental health problems have lost their social care support since 2005, following a £90m shortfall in funding.
It also found that one in three local authorities in England halved the number of people with mental health problems receiving social care support.
In a statement, NHS England said it had been "working solidly in its first year now to ensure that mental health no longer inhabits the silo that existed in the old system but is fully embedded in all the work we're doing to deliver outcomes and high quality care".
The eight acrobats plummeted about 10m (32ft) after the scaffolding structure holding them collapsed.
A circus spokesman said the performers were in the middle of a hair-hanging and motorbike high-wire act.
Officials say they have launched an investigation into the accident.
The accident occurred on Sunday morning during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus show in Providence. A dancer on the ground was among those hurt.
Eleven people were taken to Rhode Island Trauma Center, where a spokesperson told the BBC that one person was in a critical condition.
The acrobats were hanging from their hair, suspended in a "human chandelier" formation when the apparatus supporting them suddenly collapsed, sending them crashing to the floor below, says the BBC's Beth McLeod in Washington.
"All performers in the act received immediate medical attention and were transported to a local hospital for further care," the circus company said in a statement.
The collapse was reported to police about 45 minutes into the show. One eyewitness, 14-year-old Sydney Bragg, told the Associated Press that she thought at first it was part of the act.
"It just went crashing down. Everyone was freaking out. We heard this huge clatter and then we just heard the girls scream," she said.
According to the circus website, the eight performers, known as "hairialists", feature in a "larger-than-life act... spinning, hanging from hoops, and rolling down wrapped silks all while being suspended 35ft in the air by their hair alone".
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The 57-year-old will co-chair the Sports Business Council with sports minister Tracey Crouch.
The newly established group will aim to support growth for the sports sector and improve access to finance.
Scudamore oversaw a record £5.136bn deal for Premier League TV rights in 2015.
He was chief executive of the Premier League between 1999 and 2014 before becoming its executive chairman.
"I am looking forward to helping shape policies that will cement and further enhance the UK's reputation for sporting excellence, as well as attracting the investment that makes this all possible," Scudamore said.
A week before the first Test at Eden Park, the Lions beat the Maori All Blacks 32-10 in Rotorua.
But ex-Wales and Lions wing Williams says the tourists wasted opportunities.
"It frustrates us all, because you've got the likes of Ben Te'o getting over the gain line for fun at the moment, but players aren't getting on his shoulder," said Williams, 40.
"I don't think the Lions are playing that expansively, it's a bit disjointed the way they're attacking and that's why players like wings Anthony Watson and George North aren't playing big parts.
"We've got potent attackers in the team but at the moment we're just not using them.
"You'd like to think that's going to come, but it will be frustrating because line breaks are being made but the tries aren't being scored.
"Three points here and there against the All Blacks isn't going to win, you have to score tries."
However, former wing Williams, Wales' record try score with 58 from 87 appearances, said the comfortable win over the Maori was a welcome result for Warren Gatland's squad, with just Tuesday's game against the Chiefs to come before the three-Test series begins.
"The lads played well in patches and job done really," added Williams, who played in 2005 the last time the Lions toured New Zealand, as well as in 2009 and 2013.
"A few issues keep cropping up, the same problems: discipline and perhaps too many turnovers than you'd like to have, especially against the All Blacks.
"However, second half they tightened it up a little bit, came away with two tries - perhaps should have scored others - but a win's a win."
One aspect of the Lions' play that particularly pleased Williams was the dominance shown by the forwards.
"I remember speaking to Gatland when they selected the squad and he said he wanted a big front row that could try and dominate the All Blacks," Williams said.
"That certainly was the case in Rotorua, that's probably as close to the [Test] front row as you're going to get, perhaps hopefully getting Ken Owens in there at hooker with the likes of Tadhg Furlong and Mako Vunipola.
"They dominated up front in the scrum, the line-out was very effective and when players like Ken and Jack McGrath came on they kept the dominance.
"There are a lot of positives to take out of the game, the minuses they just have to work on a little bit... but they have a short space of time to do it."
The Board of Community Health Councils in Wales said it was not consulted over changes to the Paediatric Intensive Care retrieval service.
Some NHS staff have told BBC Wales that longer journey times could be harmful.
The Welsh NHS said it was offering "an even better and more robust service" for children in need of intensive care.
Under the new system taking effect on Tuesday, a unified team based in Bristol now looks after all transfers of children in mid and south Wales from a district hospital to a paediatric intensive care unit, as well as serving hospitals in south west England.
The NHS said all journey times will be within the three-hour standard, including trips between Bristol and hospitals in Aberystwyth and Haverfordwest.
It said the Bristol site was chosen because of "practical considerations of cost, clinical support and pragmatism".
Daniel Phillips, from the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, said: "We are coming together as one team to offer an even better and more robust service for children who are in need of intensive care.
"All major hospitals in Wales have staff trained to stabilise critically ill children and care for the sick child until the team arrive."
Tony Rucinski, chief executive of the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales, said: "We are disappointed we weren't consulted.
"We feel this is potentially a change to patient service and we will monitor its impact.
"We will be watching very carefully to ensure there is no reduction in service to this vulnerable group of patients."
The Paediatric Intensive Care Society welcomed the new system as an improvement, saying the team would only deal with transfers rather than other hospital commitments.
The BBC has learned that despite having "direct oversight" of Network Rail, and pledging extra electrification in the election campaign, ministers were kept in the dark about the rail operator's plans.
Sources at the Department for Transport said a Network Rail minute revealing a decision would have to be taken soon after polling day was not sent to the government until 22 May.
The sources said neither ministers nor officials were informed.
It means Conservatives made a rail manifesto pledge to electrify rail routes in ignorance of Network Rail's plans.
However, Labour insisted the news showed ministers must have known rail electrification projects would be paused in June, and that they had misled voters.
The Conservatives pledged to electrify rail routes in their manifesto, only to put plans for electrifying two lines on hold shortly after polling day.
Minutes of a Network Rail board meeting from March show the board agreed to a plan that included making "decisions required jointly with the DfT re enhancement deferrals from June".
"Enhancement" is industry jargon for upgrade. "Enhancement deferral" refers to delaying upgrades.
It is understood rail executives had judged that taking any longer to pause struggling projects would incur extra costs.
The government has had "direct oversight" of Network Rail since September last year.
One senior rail executive has told me further delays are expected of major projects in the north of England.
Network Rail's plans there had become a "standing joke" the executive said.
Rail schemes were at the heart of George Osborne's election promise to create a "northern powerhouse".
Shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher said: "This revelation shows ministers must have known before the general election that vital rail electrification projects would be shelved.
"It is becoming increasingly apparent ministers deliberately decided to cynically mislead people during the general election campaign that key rail lines would be electrified in the Midlands and the North, knowing full well that they would then renege on these commitments after the election. "
Minutes from Network Rail board meetings as early as November reveal there were concerns about the "deliverability" and affordability of upgrades.
The vessel passed close to Triton Island in the Paracel Islands, a statement said.
China, one of the countries claiming the islands, responded by accusing the US of violating its laws.
China and several other nations have rival claims in the South China Sea, which is rich in resources.
The US says it does not take sides on such territorial disputes but wants to safeguard access to the important shipping route.
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The mission aimed at countering "excessive maritime claims of parties that claim the Paracel Islands", the Pentagon said.
"This operation challenged attempts by the three claimants - China, Taiwan and Vietnam - to restrict navigation rights and freedoms," around the islands, said spokesman Capt Jeff Davis.
According to the statement, the USS Curtis Wilbur destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island. No Chinese vessels were in the area at the time, the Pentagon said.
But a Chinese foreign ministry accused the US of violating Chinese law "by entering Chinese territorial waters without prior permission".
The US admitted it had not notified any of the claimants prior to the mission but this was "consistent with our normal process and international law".
In a previous "freedom of navigation" operation, the US sailed a destroyer close to the disputed Spratly Islands last year, an incident that also sparked a protest from China.
The 20-year-old graduated from the Daggers' academy and made an appearance in League Two against Northampton in September 2014.
He left in August 2015 before spells at Chelmsford, Grays, and Brentwood.
Dagenham boss John Still said: "We will be loaning him back out to Aveley, but we will look to him as one for the future."
Bloomfield was just 17 when he came on as a substitute against Northampton and had played in a youth-team game earlier that day.
He has featured in several behind-closed-door friendlies for Dagenham this season after impressing for Aveley.
Still told the club's website: "The person who recommended him to the club was actually the person who told us about Dwight Gayle and we brought Dwight in the same way as Mason."
He is the second striker to join Dagenham this week, after they paid an undisclosed fee for Eastbourne Borough forward Elliott Romain.
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Prince Oniangue, making his Bastia debut following a loan move from Wolves, put the hosts ahead from 16 yards out.
Arnaud Souquet levelled when he headed in Wylan Cyprien's corner.
And Bastia ended with 10 men as Yannick Cahuzac was sent off, his eighth Ligue 1 dismissal since 2013-14 - twice as many as any other player.
Monaco will go back to the top of the table if they draw with lowly Lorient on Sunday (14:00 GMT).
Match ends, Bastia 1, Nice 1.
Second Half ends, Bastia 1, Nice 1.
Offside, Nice. Remi Walter tries a through ball, but Alassane Pléa is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Mario Balotelli (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia).
Offside, Nice. Vincent Koziello tries a through ball, but Alassane Pléa is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Florian Raspentino (Bastia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gilles Cioni with a cross.
Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Mehdi Mostefa (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Arnaud Souquet (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Balotelli.
Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Florian Raspentino (Bastia).
Offside, Nice. Patrick Burner tries a through ball, but Mario Balotelli is caught offside.
Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lenny Nangis (Bastia).
Substitution, Bastia. Lenny Nangis replaces Gaël Danic.
Foul by Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Lindsay Rose (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Remi Walter (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Balotelli.
Substitution, Bastia. Florian Raspentino replaces Sadio Diallo.
Attempt missed. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
Mario Balotelli (Nice) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexander Djiku (Bastia).
Attempt blocked. Malang Sarr (Nice) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien with a cross.
Corner, Nice. Conceded by Lindsay Rose.
Attempt blocked. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Burner.
Mario Balotelli (Nice).
Jean-Louis Leca (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
Gilles Cioni (Bastia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second yellow card to Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia) for a bad foul.
Wylan Cyprien (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yannick Cahuzac (Bastia).
Alassane Pléa (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lindsay Rose (Bastia).
Arnaud Souquet (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sadio Diallo (Bastia).
Foul by Vincent Koziello (Nice).
A spokesperson for leftist Catalans behind the protests said today's model of mass tourism was impoverishing working-class people.
Leftist Basques plan to stage an anti-tourism march on 17 August in San Sebastian, during a major festival.
Semana Grande (Big Week) is a week-long celebration of Basque culture.
Regional officials say the protests are isolated - and insist that tourists are welcome. They deplore the acts of vandalism, and stress that tourism is a vital industry for Spain.
A record 75.6 million tourists visited Spain in 2016 - and Catalonia hosted 18 million of them, making it the most popular region.
There has been some anti-tourist vandalism in Barcelona and Majorca - both Catalan-speaking - and most recently in San Sebastian, a tourist magnet in the Basque Country.
In one dramatic incident, several masked assailants attacked a tourist bus in Barcelona, near the football stadium.
The slogan "tourism is killing neighbourhoods" was daubed on the bus and one of its tyres was punctured. None of the passengers were injured.
The attack was claimed by Arran Jovent, a leftist youth movement linked to Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), an anti-capitalist party campaigning for Catalan independence.
CUP tweeted a photo of the vandalised bus, with the message: "We show support for the youth organisation @Arran_jovent, we must combat the murder of barrios [neighbourhoods] with all means."
End of Twitter post by @CUPBarcelona
On its Facebook site, Arran has posted anti-tourism videos. One shows activists in Majorca holding a big banner next to yachts in a marina, letting off smoke bombs and throwing confetti inside a restaurant where customers are eating.
Elsewhere, the tyres of some tourists' rental bikes have been slashed.
Arran says it opposes a model of mass tourism that "wants us as slaves" and that "turns the country into an amusement park that only benefits the bourgeoisie and capital!"
The anti-tourism campaign has also sparked a heated debate on Twitter, under the hashtag #touristgohome.
An Arran spokesperson told the BBC that "we are anti-capitalist, we want to destroy the system - and the tourist industry is part of that system".
"Today's model of tourism expels people from their neighbourhoods and harms the environment - we've seen that all along the coast, with buildings everywhere.
He said Arran's protests were "not vandalism, but self-defence".
"Having to sign poor work contracts - that's violence - as is having to leave your neighbourhood and your support networks, because of tourism."
In the Basque Country, Ernai is a leftist youth movement acting in solidarity with Arran. Ernai emerged in 2013 from Basque nationalist groups who have campaigned for years on behalf of Eta prisoners.
Eta is disarming, after decades spent fighting the Spanish state, but Madrid refuses to negotiate with what it calls a "terrorist" group.
The Arran spokesperson said his group and Ernai were both "revolutionary movements" acting against "an oppressor Spanish state".
Arran has about 500 activists throughout Catalonia, and its campaign is attracting new members, he said.
In both regions the anti-tourism campaign is certainly coloured by nationalism.
There is resentment over tourism pushing up prices - especially apartment rents - for locals. But it is also about asserting national identity and fighting globalisation.
Catalans and Basques have a long history of struggle against Spanish political domination, going back to the Franco dictatorship and civil war.
A tweet from Katu Arkonada in San Sebastian showed the slogan "tourist go home" daubed on a restaurant.
End of Twitter post by @KatuArkonada
Basque tourism has grown since Eta violence subsided. San Sebastian is now a gastronomic capital, with a winning combination of beaches, Basque cuisine and local colour.
Neighbouring Catalonia is in the tense run-up to a controversial referendum on independence in October.
The region's ruling coalition has vowed to declare independence immediately if a majority of voters back it. Opinion polls suggest a narrow majority wants to remain part of Spain.
Catalan leaders seek abrupt Spain split
Cruise tourists overwhelm Europe's ancient resorts
Taking back Barcelona's apartments
Tourism is the number one problem for Barcelona residents, according to an opinion poll published by the municipality in June.
Despite Spain's stubbornly high unemployment, tourism was the top concern of residents (19%), ahead of unemployment (12.4%) and transport (7%). It is the first time tourism has come top in the regular poll.
Temporary mayor Gerardo Pisarello dismissed talk of "touristophobia". "I don't believe that Barcelona's residents reject tourism - rather they want it regulated," he said.
Loose regulation is blamed for the proliferation of cheap holiday accommodation in the city, such as Airbnb apartments.
Carol Olona, a BBC journalist from Barcelona, says the drive to cash in on tourism has pushed up prices in the city centre.
Many young Spaniards earn no more than €1,000 (£902; $1,176) a month, yet an ordinary apartment in central Barcelona can cost €800 or more in monthly rent.
Spain's El Periodico newspaper reports that many apartment rents in central Barcelona rose more than 10% in 2014-2016.
Ms Olona says many residents "have been struggling to find affordable rents, and moving to small places on the outskirts".
"But Barcelona doesn't have much space to grow - there is sea on one side, mountains on the other and the city is surrounded by urban areas."
In summer the daily influx of tourists from cruise ships has also fuelled resentment, she said.
Yes, some. But it is tempered by exhortations to keep welcoming tourists, because of their economic value.
Arran wants a freeze on new hotel construction, more regulation of tourism and a model that "really respects the dignity of working people".
In Majorca, Balearics Deputy Prime Minister Biel Barceló said he shared the concerns about today's mass tourism and the "unbalanced" model. But he condemned Arran's methods.
A leading Basque tourism official, Denis Itxaso, said "concentrations of tourists" were inevitable in some places, but stressed that tourism was a vital source of income.
"Mind you don't play around with the hen that lays the golden eggs," he warned.
Ernai then mocked him in a tweet, showing him as a hen, with the message "Your golden eggs are the misery of young people!"
End of Twitter post by @ernaigazte
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England are a point behind Group Seven leaders Belgium with a game in hand.
Victory in Stara Pazova on Tuesday would move Mark Sampson's side above Belgium at the top of the table and secure a runners-up spot at least for next year's finals in the Netherlands.
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Wales are third in their qualifying group after four consecutive draws, four points behind leaders Serbia with five games remaining.
On Thursday manager Chris Coleman will name his squad for the qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade on 11 June.
"It goes without saying how important it is," the West Bromwich Albion forward Robson-Kanu said.
"We'll come together, be ready and try and get the result which we know we can.
"In every competitive international game to have to try and get points and the one in the summer will be no different."
Wales will hold a training camp at the Vale do Lobo resort in Portugal ahead of the qualifier in Serbia.
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale and Aston Villa defender Neil Taylor are suspended for the game.
Liverpool youngsters Ben Woodburn and Harry Wilson are set to be included in the senior squad after being omitted from the Wales Under-20 squad at the Toulon Tournament.
Everton defender Gethin Jones, who spent the second half of the 2016-17 season on loan at Championship side Barnsley, could also be named in the squad.
The 21-year-old was born in Perth, Australia, and the Socceroos have been keen to bring the Porthmadog-raised youngster on board.
Jones, who has captained Wales sides at various levels including the Under-21 side, turned down an invitation to join Australia's development squad camp in Spain in March.
Up to 50 jobs are set to be lost as the titles become online-only, but the company said 12 new digital roles will be created.
The Reading Post, getreading and The Wokingham and Bracknell Times will close in Berkshire in December.
The Surrey Herald, Surrey Times and Wokingham Informer will also close as well as the Harrow Observer in west London.
Simon Edgley, managing director of Trinity Mirror Southern, said it was a "bold" move to focus on their websites and a digital-only operation.
"Decisions that impact our staff are never easy to make but they are absolutely necessary if we are to continue our transformation into a modern multiplatform publishing operation," he said.
In Berkshire, about 17 editorial, three administrative and six commercial roles will be lost and about 10 new digital editorial roles and two digital commercial roles will be created.
In Surrey and west London there will be a reduction of about 24 roles across its editorial and commercial departments.
Mr Edgley said: "This is a bold digital-only publishing transformation that will re-establish us as a growing media business that delivers the best quality journalism to our digital-savvy audience.
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The draft Modern Slavery Bill aims to increase the maximum custodial sentence for offenders from 14 years to life.
The draft bill would also create a new post of anti-slavery commissioner to hold law enforcement and other organisations to account.
The plans were first unveiled by Home Secretary Theresa May in August.
In an article for the Times newspaper, she said then that it was "scarcely believable" there was slavery in Britain, but the "harsh reality" was that there were people in the UK "forced to exist in appalling conditions, often against their will".
The Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010, which established an annual anti-slavery day to raise awareness of the issue, described slavery as including:
The Modern Slavery Bill aims to consolidate the offences used to prosecute those who enslave others into a single act.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, current legislation contains a range of criminal offences related to human trafficking including:
The new bill would also provide for automatic life sentences for offenders with prior convictions for very serious sexual or violent offences.
One person who has experienced modern slavery, who gave his name as Mark, told BBC Newsnight he was offered work and a place to stay by a man who saw him leaving a soup kitchen.
Mark said he worked long hours, often getting up at 04:00 and labouring until as late as 23:00 with no breaks.
"I was paid nothing at all for the whole time I was working and that was standard," he said.
"There were people who had been here for a very, very long time - 10 or 15 years - and they had never seen a penny in that whole time."
He said workers were punished for behaviour like not working fast enough or dropping things - and punishments included beatings and even being hit with pickaxes and shovels.
Alongside the draft legislation, a review into modern slavery commissioned by the Home Office and carried out by Labour MP Frank Field will also be published.
Mr Field estimates that there are 10,000 victims of slavery in the UK.
But Mrs May told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The honest position is that we don't know whether that is the right figure, or whether there are fewer or indeed more victims in the UK.
"What we do know is that we have seen more referrals to what is called the national referral mechanism, where people are able to refer people who they think have been trafficked, who they think are the victims of modern slavery, into a central mechanism.
"The number of referrals has been increasing, and it's on that basis that we believe that we have seen an increase in this absolutely horrendous and appalling crime."
The founder of human trafficking charity Hope for Justice, Ben Cooley, welcomed the proposals.
"We've learnt from experience that victim welfare is inextricably linked to the prosecution of perpetrators," he said.
"This bill is a critical step towards ending slavery in our country but going forwards we must all ensure that victims are supported so they don't disappear on the other side of initial after-care provision just to be re-trafficked."
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said there was cross-party support for the Bill but it should include legal protection for child victims. She said two thirds of children rescued from trafficking in Britain went missing again after being found by the original gang.
"You would have a legal guardian for those children, so someone is responsible for them, see the whole of their case, make sure the care they got was expert, that it was far away from their abuser, understand that they are still at risk and still need protection," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Chloe Setter from the children's rights charity ECPAT UK also said she feared the focus of the bill was too narrow.
"There appears to be very little in regards to victim protection for adults or children which is something that we believe is crucial and should be at the heart of any bill trying to tackle slavery and trafficking."
The bill will also include Trafficking Prevention Orders to restrict the activity and movement of convicted traffickers and stop them from committing further offences.
The bill - which the Home Office says will be the first of its kind in Europe - will only apply specifically to England and Wales but ministers said they wanted it to have the "broadest UK-wide effect".
A consultation will be held in Northern Ireland on the way forward while the UK and Scottish governments have agreed to work together while ensuring Scotland's "distinctive approach" to the issue is maintained.
Mohammad Akhlaq was beaten to death by a group of men in Dadri in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Eighteen people are on trial for his murder.
The slaughter of cows, considered sacred by Hindus, is banned in many Indian states.
The court in Gautam Buddh Nagar, near the Indian capital, Delhi, gave the order after hearing a petition filed by one of Mr Akhlaq's neighbours.
Mohammad Danish, Mr Akhlaq's son, said he "hoped a fresh investigation will bring out the truth".
"I am hoping for a fair probe. The real facts will be revealed then," he told the CNN-IBN news channel.
A lab test cited widely in the aftermath of the killing in September had said that the meat allegedly found in his refrigerator was mutton and not beef.
However, a new lab report, revealed in June by the lawyers of 18 people on trial for his murder, said that the meat in question was, in fact, beef.
Later, it was also revealed that the meat was never in his house, but found inside a bin near his home.
Although police have said that the type of meat is irrelevant to the murder case, the defence team has been using the new test results to demand the release of the 18 suspects on the grounds that they were "provoked" into attacking Mr Akhlaq.
Uttar Pradesh is one of the 10 Indian states where the slaughter of cow, calf, bull and bullock is completely banned.
However, the slaughter of buffaloes and the sale and consumption of its meat is permitted.
Studying data from the Kepler telescope, the team, led by the University of Birmingham, found a star orbited by five planets similar in size to Earth.
The system, 117 light-years away, is the oldest known of its kind, formed 11.2 billion years ago.
Dr Tiago Campante said it could provide a clue to "the existence of ancient life in the galaxy".
"By the time the Earth formed, the planets in this system were already older than our planet is today," he said.
"This discovery may now help to pinpoint the beginning of what we might call the era of planet formation."
The work is published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Researchers said the star, named Kepler-444, and its planets were two and a half times older than earth and dated back to the "dawn of the galaxy".
Planets ranging in size from Mercury to Venus orbit the star within the equivalent of 10 of our days.
While the proximity of the planets to the star ruled out the possibility of life, Dr Campante said the discovery showed planets of an Earth-like size, capable of supporting life, could exist around a similarly ancient star.
"There may be civilisations out there with a head-start of a few billion years. Imagine the level of technology," he said.
Nasa's Kepler mission has so far found hundreds of new worlds since it launched in 2009.
Scientists have studied the occasional dips in light as planets pass in front of their host stars.
Scientists studied the natural resonance of Kepler-444, caused by the sound trapped within it, allowing them to measure its diameter, mass and age.
Dr David Gregory-Kumar, BBC Midlands Today
Planet-hunting is one of the most exciting areas of astronomy. What was once thought of as science fiction is now a reality.
But what makes today's discovery by the University of Birmingham so interesting is that the astronomers have found ancient planets that are similar to those in our own Solar System.
It means Earth-like planets have been around for much of the 13.8-billion-year history of the Universe.
This expands what we know about the early formation of planets and could even have implications for the potential for ancient alien life in our galaxy.
Meanwhile a new generation of planet-hunting telescopes, including one led by the University of Warwick, are just coming online.
Some 33 bodies have been identified, including victims from Finland, Korea and Guatemala.
Crews suspended body-recovery work for several hours due to fears that a damaged wall could collapse.
It is thought 50-100 people were in the venue, known as the Ghost Ship, when the fire broke out late on Friday.
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said on Monday that her office has has not yet determined whether a crime occurred.
But she said charges could range from murder to involuntary manslaughter.
US President Barack Obama paid tribute, saying: "Oakland is one of the most diverse and creative cities in our country, and as families and residents pull together in the wake of this awful tragedy, they will have the unwavering support of the American people."
Officials believe they have located the section of the building where the fire was started, but its cause is not yet known.
About 70% of the building has been searched already, Oakland Police tweeted on Monday morning, but investigators had not been able to access the site since late Sunday night.
The city of Oakland has been disclosing the identities of those killed, though withheld the name of the youngest, a 17-year-old.
Cash Askew, 22
David Clines, 35
Nick Gomez-Hall, 25
Sara Hoda, 30
Travis Hough, 35
Donna Kellogg, 32
Brandon Chase Wittenauer, 32
Peter Wadsworth
Riley Fritz, 29
Most of the victims were located in the centre of the warehouse structure, police said.
"We have 36 families not only grieving for their lost ones, but also they want to have answers. And we as a city collectively are working to find those answers," said Oakland police's Johnna Watson.
The blaze caused the roof to collapse on to the second floor, part of which then fell through to the ground floor.
The opening of a criminal investigation allows authorities to preserve evidence and see if there was any criminal responsibility, whether through arson or negligence.
The building was used to house artists in improvised studios but several reports say people were illegally living there too.
Neighbours had complained to the city about rubbish piling up on the street outside, and about the illegal tenants.
"That place was just a death trap,'' former resident Shelley Mack told the Associated Press. "I didn't think it was going to last this long before it went up or somebody shut it down.''
Families of loved ones were asked to gather things like toothbrushes and combs to aid with DNA identification.
Media in Oakland named Derick Ion Almena as the co-operator of the collective with his partner, Micah Allison.
A Facebook post by him lamenting the loss of his belongings but saying he was "blessed that my children and Micah were at a hotel safe and sound" drew a barrage of criticism online.
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Dermot McDonnell said he believes 23 of his flock are buried underneath and with more rain forecast he is worried tonnes of rock and soil could slip further onto the public road and property below.
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By the end of November, the stock of eurozone government bonds that carried negative yields had risen to more than €1.9 trillion (£1.36tn; $2.05tn).
The bond prices are so high that investors will not get their money back on maturity, and the interest rates are not high enough to make up for it.
The BIS blames the European Central Bank's recent comments.
It said that other major government bond markets, including Japan and the UK, had not gone down this path.
Some economists believe quantitative easing (QE) by the European Central Bank (ECB), a programme by which it purchases bonds in secondary markets, has triggered the move by so many euro area bonds into negative territory.
The BIS said in its latest quarterly review that speeches by ECB officials from late October onwards were interpreted "as signals for an expansion in monetary accommodation in early December" and that subsequently "yields continued to fall".
In early December, ECB chairman Mario Draghi did in fact extend the bank's monthly €60bn stimulus programme by six months to March 2017.
He said the QE programme was working, but that an extension was needed to tackle prolonged low inflation.
The analysis by UKactive, which represents the leisure industry, found 13 of the 15 local authorities where people were the most inactive were in the most deprived parts of the country.
Between 35% and 40% of adults in these areas are classed as inactive - that is exercising less than 30 minutes a week.
That compares with a figure of 28% nationally.
Where inactivity levels were at their highest, early deaths also peaked, according to the analysis based on the Active People Survey, which is commissioned by Sport England.
In the 15 most inactive local authorities, there was an average of 342 premature deaths per 100,000 people per year, compared with 242 in those where people exercised the most. The only areas in the 15 most inactive not to be in the most deprived areas of England were Slough and Dudley.
The report urged councils, which took on responsibility for public health last year, to use more of their budgets to promote physical activity.
Data obtained from 85 out of 129 councils under the Freedom of Information Act showed they spent just 2% of their public health budgets on physical activity promotion and investment.
This was in "stark contrast" to the 38% spent on sexual health and 12% on alcohol misuse, the report said.
Researchers also found that the most inactive local authorities have, on average, a third fewer leisure facilities than the least inactive areas.
Cutting physical inactivity by just 1% a year over a five-year period would save the UK economy just under £1.2bn in health and economic gains, the report said.
Fred Turok, chairman of Ukactive, said: "It's no longer acceptable that physical inactivity remains the forgotten cause of death in the UK.
"More deprived areas are faring worse in a physical inactivity pandemic - with no national strategy to improve our fitness levels."
Lord Sebastian Coe, who is backing the report, said: "There is no doubt that the issue requires immediate national attention and urgent action."
But Prof Kevin Fenton, of Public Health England, said his organisation and local government were "committed" to increasing physical activity levels.
"Physical activity is undertaken across communities in a range of ways, from walking and cycling, through fitness, leisure and play to structured amateur and elite sport.
"We need to embrace and support this diversity through cross-sector collaboration and action to embed physical activity within daily life," he added.
Eliza Adamson-Hopper wrote to Durham Chief Constable Mike Barton asking why the force only used dogs.
Now the force has created a cartoon cat based on Eliza's pet Mittens.
Mittens will front the force's Mini Police programme, a youth club which gives children a behind-the-scenes look at Durham Police.
Mr Barton said: "We thought Eliza's idea to have a police cat was a great idea.
"We wanted to recognise Eliza's fantastic suggestion, so what better way than to transform her own cat into our mascot?"
Eliza said: "I love the cartoon of Mittens, I think it's great that Mittens is now famous."
Her mother, Cheryl Adamson, said she was "blown away" by Durham Police's response.
She said: "I would never have dreamed in a million years that when Eliza wrote to the chief constable this would be the end result."
Eliza, from Burnopfield, was made an honorary member of the Mini Police and was given a special print of Mittens.
The mascot will be used as an educational tool in schools across County Durham.
Eliza's original letter read: "A police cat would be good as they have good ears and can listen out for danger.
"Cats are good at finding their way home and could show policemen the way.
"Cats are good at climbing trees and hunting and could rescue people that are stuck."
BBC Radio 4's You & Yours has spoken to people cold-called by Liverpool-based salesmen and persuaded to "unlock" their frozen pensions, with promises of cash upfront, and high returns.
But the BBC has heard support staff were encouraged to lie repeatedly to worried scheme members.
These sales companies are no longer trading, but former bosses deny wrongdoing.
More than five hundred people were persuaded to transfer more than £20m into the two schemes - Henley Retirement Benefit Scheme and Capita Oak.
Henley promised a tax free lump of 25% on the member's 55th birthday, while Capita Oak offered up to 15% cash upfront - regardless of age.
Both schemes promised a guaranteed return by investing the money in Lancashire storage company, Store First Ltd, part of Group First.
But many have struggled for months to receive payments, or get any details of where their pensions are and whether the promised return has been added.
The Liverpool-based sales companies - including Sanderson Clarke Ltd and Jackson Francis Ltd - have now ceased trading, leaving clients with no contact details.
In the case of Henley Retirement Benefit Scheme, BBC Radio 4's You and Yours has learned of at least 150 people who transferred more than £9 million.
Jane Parker from Kidderminster was first contacted by a sales agent in early 2012.
"I had a cold call from a company called Sanderson Clarke, a gentlemen called Dominic, about unlocking frozen pensions, and I agreed to look into it," she says.
"Once they looked into my pensions and said yes, they can be unlocked, they sent a chap called Ian round to have a chat with me.
"He said he was an independent financial adviser, but he only explained about this company called Group First, and that I'd get this 8% return.
"It sounded very good and very believable."
Jane says one of her frozen pensions - worth £30,000 - was transferred into the scheme.
"The letter from Henley Retirement Benefit Scheme looked very legitimate," Jane says, "with a registered number, with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs written on it."
She has since heard nothing from either Sanderson Clarke or Henley Retirement Benefit Scheme.
"I was getting concerned I hadn't heard anything so I tried to ring but nobody ever got back to me."
Eventually the line went dead, Jane says. Now she has no contact details at all.
"I have nothing, no paperwork whatsoever. This is my little pot of money for when I retire, so what I'd like to do is take all that money and put it into a legitimate scheme"
Steve Lomas, from Swinton in Greater Manchester, had a similar experience.
He was persuaded to transfer his £60,000 local authority frozen pension pot into the Henley scheme in the spring of 2013.
He was told he would receive a 25% tax free lump sum after his 55th birthday later that year.
Nothing happened. For a year he called and emailed Sanderson Clarke repeatedly - but they did not phone back.
He did eventually receive his lump sum, after the BBC made enquiries. He is still unsure where his remaining money is.
Graham Williams from Cardiff was persuaded by the Liverpool sales agents to transfer his £117,000 frozen pension into the Capita Oak scheme.
Unlike the Henley scheme members, he received 15% cash up front, almost immediately, although he was only 48, and payments before 55 are illegal.
He, too, has since heard nothing about where the rest of his pension is.
A former employee of the Liverpool sales companies told Shari Vahl from "You & Yours" that staff were frequently told to fob off pension members - many of whom became increasingly desperate.
"Basically I was getting told to lie to them," the employee said.
"It just got too much just listening to grown men crying, literally breaking down on the phone.
"It was not nice at all."
The former employee claims managers lied to clients "millions of times".
It was "things like, I'll follow up the call , I'll give you a call back, I'm writing it into my diary right now"
"They weren't writing anything into their diary, they didn't even have a diary."
The former boss of the sales companies, Stuart Chapman Clark, denies these allegations.
Another person who transferred their pension to Henley - Tony Helps - became so angry he chained himself to building of the Liverpool sales companies and contacted the media.
His gesture largely worked, and his pension was transferred out of the scheme minus £4,000 - which no-one can explain.
The BBC investigation has discovered a web of companies behind the schemes.
The deal to invest Henley Retirement Benefit Scheme money into Store First was brokered by Stuart Chapman Clark, who ran the Liverpool sales companies, and who has denied any wrong-doing.
The BBC did speak to the man who runs the storage company, Store First Ltd, Toby Whittaker.
He confirmed Stuart Chapman Clark came to him with a third of the £9m transferred into the Henley pension scheme, about £3.5m.
Mr Whittaker said that money was invested in Store First.
Mr Whittaker said he paid the guaranteed return - 16% - as promised, up front, on day one.
But he claims he paid it to a company based in Gibraltar, Transeuro Worldwide Holdings Ltd.
The BBC has tried and failed to make contact with that company.
Millions of pounds remain unaccounted for.
Experts say the case highlights the dangers of responding to cold calls, and allowing your pension to be invested in unregulated investments sold by unregulated advisers.
"Always, always check that the people you are dealing with are authorised by the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority," says Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"If they aren't regulated don't deal with them however plausible they seem or enticing the deal they're offering.
"Don't deal with unregulated advisers and don't put your money into unregulated investments; remember, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is."
You can hear the special edition of You and Yours here and there will be a special report on BBC Wales X-ray.programme at 19:30
Staff across all services, including centrally employed teachers, are being offered voluntary redundancy by Calderdale Council.
The authority said it was facing "significant" financial challenges and has made £56m in savings since 2010.
Councillor Geraldine Carter said they wanted to "minimise the need for redundancies".
The council is made up of 25 Labour councillors, 19 Conservatives, six Liberal Democrats and one independent but is under Conservative minority control after Labour was ousted in a no confidence vote in July.
It had recommended that children have no screen time before the age of two.
But it now says children aged over 18 months can use video chat with family, and 18-month to five-year-olds can watch "high quality" programmes with parents.
However, it also says physical activity and face-to-face interaction should be prioritised.
It named programmes such as Sesame Street as examples of appropriate TV shows.
"Families should proactively think about their children's media use and talk with children about it, because too much media use can mean that children don't have enough time during the day to play, study, talk, or sleep," said Jenny Radesky, the lead author of the AAP report Media and Young Minds.
"What's most important is that parents be their child's 'media mentors'. That means teaching them how to use it as a tool to create, connect and learn."
The AAP has launched a tool to help families create a media plan to monitor screen use.
Two- to five-year-olds should be limited to one hour of screen time a day, and "media free times" should be created by carers, the guidelines add.
It also recommends installing "media free locations" in the home, such as bedrooms, for children including over-fives.
Dr Catherine Steiner-Adair, clinical psychologist and Harvard research associate, told the BBC that while she welcomed the new guidelines, they needed more explanation.
"There is a need for paediatricians to be very clear about what the content is, how much is to be co-viewed and what co-viewing is," she said.
"When you watch a video with a 24-month-old you want to be repeating the words over and over, pushing the pause button, the same way we do when we read to a child.
"Not two people sitting side-by-side watching in silence."
Dr Steiner-Adair also called for more research into the benefits of educational apps, describing them as an "unregulated" industry.
"I haven't seen who is developing the measures of learning for young children - what is actually going on?" she said.
"What we do know is the toddler brain lights up for learning language the most when they are being spoken to in real life, face-to-face, by a caring adult.
"I would like to see more of how they assess the actual learning that goes on between 18-24 months [via screens] and how they compare it to learning from being read to by an adult from a real book."
Mikhail Hardzeichuk scored the opener with a spectacular strike in the first half, while Maksim Valadzko drove home the second after the interval.
Burnley defender Stephen Ward pulled one back with a well-struck shot but the Republic were unable to force an equaliser.
It was only a second defeat in 14 games for Martin O'Neill's side
O'Neill suffered a setback before kick-off when Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter was ruled out of the Euro finals with a thigh problem sustained in training on Monday.
Arter had made a strong case for inclusion in the squad with a lively performance in the 1-1 draw with the Netherlands in Dublin on Friday night.
Robbie Keane missed the game because of a calf muscle injury, while James McCarthy, recovering from a thigh problem, also sat out the match.
Both were subsequently deemed fit enough to be included in the 23-man squad announced by O'Neill after the game.
The contest represented a final opportunity for players to force their way into the squad, with a number of tight calls anticipated.
Midfielder Darron Gibson and winger Aiden McGeady, both out of favour at Everton, were handed starting roles, along with versatile Hull City player David Meyler, in a team which showed 11 changes from the side that drew with the Dutch.
Gibson was not named in O'Neill's squad for the finals later in the evening, but Meyler impressed enough to ensure that he will travel to France.
The Irish open their Group E campaign against Sweden on Monday, 13 June.
Belgium will be their next opponents on 18 June, with their final group game against Italy on 22 June.
Having lost 3-0 to Northern Ireland in Belfast four days ago, Belarus belied the fact that they lie 46 places behind their opponents in the Fifa rankings by scoring their first goal in five games in the 20th minute.
Hardzeichuk unleashed a sweet long-range right-foot shot into the top corner for his fourth goal in his 12th international appearance.
The visitors, who failed to qualify for Euro 2016, looked the livelier side throughout the opening half and almost made the Republic pay further for their lack of urgency when Shay Given was forced into a fine save from Valadzko.
The hosts looked livelier after the interval as an unmarked Daryl Murphy headed over from McGeady's right-wing cross and Ciaran Clark went close with another header.
Clark saw a further headed effort palmed away by Syarhey Chernik, with the Belarusian goalkeeper then denying Jeff Hendrick from the rebound.
Valadzko turned inside Cyrus Christie to fire home a right-foot shot on 63 minutes, before Ward's left-foot drive for his third international goal in the 72nd reduced the deficit.
The Baggies turned down four bids from Tottenham for the 22-year-old striker, including two on 1 September.
He went on Twitter to indicate he would never play for Albion again but he came on against Southampton on Saturday.
"The lads have given him some stick. Sometimes it's the best way because it takes away the tension," Fletcher said.
"When somebody comes in and there is a little bit of banter, I'm sure he feels like one of the lads again."
Scotland midfielder Fletcher, who is not on Twitter, said: "It's about emotions really.
"You can do silly things and when you're on Twitter it allows you to voice your opinions. If he had sat quietly for 48 hours he wouldn't have done it."
Acclaimed bass player Kyle Eastwood and his band will play at the Gardyne Theatre on the opening night of the five-day event.
Organisers said the audience should expect "slick modern jazz, blending swing, bop, and soulful funk".
The festival runs from 18-22 November with gigs at a variety of venues in the city.
Other performers during the week include the Red Stripe Band, Ian Siegal and the East Coast of Scotland young jazz musicians.
Mr Eastwood is a double and electric bass player who has had a 17-year career in the music industry.
The festival said he had released seven critically acclaimed albums and was also a composer and arranger.
He has worked on several of his father's films, including Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino and Letters From Iwo Jima.
Rose became the first English winner of the US Open for 43 years in 2013.
The 36-year-old could have doubled his major tally at the Masters in April but lost out in a play-off to Ryder Cup team-mate Sergio Garcia.
"I've played very well at weekends in majors since 2010 and maybe just need to position myself better," he said.
"Then see where we go from there. Hopefully we can get our head around the course.
"Attitude starts earlier on venues that some guys grumble about. Even at Merion in 2013, people weren't delighted with it.
"It's a different type of golf course and the USGA obviously aren't scared to go to different venues, so you've got to accept it and play.
"That's what pulled through for me in 2013; I remember being incredibly patient all week and also not buying into the score.
"I set my strategy up by how I saw the course but I never pressed because and ultimately that's what paid off for me, that patience."
Since his US Open victory, Rose has recorded five top-10 finishes in major championships, three of them coming in a remarkable season in 2015.
The Englishman shot 14 under par in both the Masters and the US PGA, but won neither.
And in this year's Masters, Rose was two shots clear with five to play at Augusta before Spain's Garcia triumphed in the play-off to take his first major title.
"I can only say from the Olympics and the Masters, that was the calmest I've felt on a golf course in recent times," Rose added.
"When I need it the most I can get into that mindset - it's almost a survival mechanism for me. I know I can't afford to get frustrated and lose my head.
"The big situation forces me to stay a little bit more patient because I know how important it is. I have more incentive to be my best in those big events."
The deserted Wiltshire village of Imber was cleared during World War Two and later taken over by the military.
Vintage Routemaster buses have been used to take passengers to the village, for one day each year, since 2009.
The area is normally closed to civilians as it sits in the middle of a Ministry of Defence training zone.
Villagers were given a few weeks' notice to pack their bags and leave before the community was abandoned in December 1943.
It was needed by the army to provide an exercise area for US troops preparing to invade Europe.
In the 1970s, several empty houses were built for use by UK soldiers taking part in training exercises.
St Giles Church, the only original building left intact, was also opened to visitors for the weekend.
Taylor scored 154 off 97 balls in a thrilling 24-run win over Somerset to help Notts progress to the last four.
The former Zimbabwe captain told BBC Radio Nottingham: "We want to field first before the beers kick in.
"But whatever we do we will have to do it very, very well. If we are not on it 110% we can be found out for sure."
Notts last won the trophy in its previous format as a 40-over competition in 2013, beating Glamorgan by 87 runs in the final at Lord's.
The 21-year-old victim suffered leg, arm and head injuries when he was hit in Guildford by the van driven by Raymond Harms.
Harms pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, damaging property and dangerous driving at an earlier Guildford Crown Court hearing.
He was jailed for a total of six years and four months.
Harms, of Yew Tree Drive, Guildford, was also banned from driving for eight years and two months.
Two other men from Guildford were also sentenced for their involvement in the attack in Bowers Farm Drive, Burpham on 12 May.
Ian Vase, 29, of Pond Meadow, who pleaded guilty to affray, was jailed for six months.
Shaun Ritson, 31, of Lime Grove, who admitted threatening behaviour, was given a 12-month community order including 120 hours' unpaid work.
The charges also related to incidents that took place in Lawrence Close the same evening.
Mr Cuomo led a delegation of business executives from New York state to the island where he held talks with the Cuban minister for external trade.
He said that the isolation of Cuba had not worked.
Relations between the US and Cuba have improved since the announcement in December that the two countries would work towards restoring diplomatic ties.
US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, met earlier this month at a regional summit in Panama.
Days after the meeting, President Obama recommended that Cuba should be removed from the list of states the US government considers to be sponsors of terrorism.
A number of US officials and politicians have visited the Communist-run island since the thaw in relations was announced on 17 December, but Mr Cuomo is the first state governor to do so.
He travelled with a delegation of New York-based companies which he said he hoped would become some of the first to operate in Cuba.
Mr Cuomo also said engagement and full relationships were the best way "to have a dialogue on the issues that we agree with and the issues that we disagree about".
The BBC's Will Grant in Havana says US politicians are keen to be seen in a country that was until very recently off-limits and to show their support for the move to normalise ties.
Just 8.3 seconds after San Marino kicked off their World Cup qualifier with England on 17 November 1993, Stuart Pearce's under-hit backpass allowed Gualtieri to nip in and prod the minnows into the most unlikely of leads.
"I will never forget that moment," Gualtieri told BBC Sport. "I had dreamt about it but I never thought it would happen. It was so hard for us to score against anybody, let alone a team as big as England."
"The stage is set for England's last and decisive match in this World Cup qualifying group. England in red, San Marino in blue, England needing to win by a seven-goal margin and hope that Poland can do them a favour in Poznan against Holland. [Whistle sounds to start game.] I'm sure you're aware now what's at stake. And Nicola Bacciocchi the number nine picks the ball up straight away and San Marino launch the first attack, oh and a mistake by Stuart Pearce and San Marino have scored. I don't believe this."
When I spoke to him this week, Taylor could not remember the name of the player who inflicted on him the final ignominy of his time as national manager, but he did not need reminding that the goal remains the fastest scored in a World Cup match - qualifiers or finals.
With for the first meeting between the two nations since, I felt slightly guilty asking Taylor to relive some of the agony it involved - although it clearly hurt him a lot more at the time.
Taylor told me: "When the ball went into the net, I looked up towards the sky and just said quietly to myself 'god, please tell me what I have done wrong'.
"I can laugh about it now because that is a true story. Normally I would accept responsibility for every result, and every goal but, I mean, we were eight seconds into the game. I knew we would go on and win but you think to yourself 'what the hell is happening here?'
"His name hasn't stuck in my memory but I can picture the goal as I'm talking to you now. I can see Stuart and David Seaman and the San Marino player slipping in and putting it into the net. I can see it happening, but I still can't stop it!
"Good luck to the guy, though. I wish him well."
England went on to win 7-1 in what was Taylor's last game in charge, with Ian Wright scoring four goals. But it was a hollow victory.
To reach USA '94, England had been left needing to win their final game of a calamitous campaign by seven goals and hope Poland beat the Netherlands. The score at half-time in Poznan was 1-1 but Dennis Bergkamp put the Dutch ahead before the hour mark and Ronald de Boer's late goal extinguished all hope.
Back in Bologna's Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, where San Marino played their home games, England were by now well on their way to a one-sided victory but the mood was bleak.
"Nearly everyone in the ground was following what was going on in Holland's match," Taylor added. "In fact, it was difficult to stop people telling you what was happening.
"So there wasn't any enjoyment to be had from our game. We had beaten San Marino 6-0 at Wembley so we put 13 goals past them in total but we had still only done what people expected and, of course, we knew the Dutch had won too so we were out no matter how many we scored.
"It was a very hard trip and one of the worst aspects of it was that we flew back to Luton Airport and had to fight our way through the press and photographers.
"We had no security and no-one to meet us and we had to get our luggage and fight our way to our cars on our own. You wouldn't have that now - it's a completely different world.
"I was pushing against the photographers who were deliberately getting in the way of the trolley in the hope I would stop, but I kept pushing. I think I caught a few shins that day but, to tell you the truth, I was quite happy to because cameras were being shoved pretty much into my face."
Taylor resigned six days later. Things were turning out rather more happily for Gualtieri, meanwhile, who got Pearce's shirt as a souvenir at the final whistle but did not speak to any of the England players because "they were all a bit angry".
Gualtieri did not find out his goal was a world record until journalists told him after the game, and he did not realise he had made the front page of several British newspapers until he was sent a copy of the Daily Mirror, with the headline "End of the world" and his picture on it.
England team: David Seaman; Lee Dixon, Gary Pallister, Des Walker, Stuart Pearce; Stuart Ripley, Paul Ince, David Platt, Andy Sinton; Ian Wright, Les Ferdinand.
England scorers: Ince (21 mins), Wright (34), Ferdinand (38), Wright (46), Ince (63), Wright (78), Wright (90).
He has had plenty of attention since then, too, including more than 270,000 views of his goal on YouTube. Gualtieri, who also owns a video of the game, last watched it about six months ago but he is expecting it to get plenty more viewings this week.
Now 41 and a computer salesman in San Marino with a lot less hair than he had in 1993, he does not speak any English but, with his wife Caterina translating, I asked him how he became aware of what turned out to be an enduring fame - and a particular popularity with Scotland supporters.
Tales that Scottish fans paid for his drinks on a night out when they came over for a European Championship qualifier against San Marino a couple of years later turned out to be an invention, but Gualtieri's brother did benefit from some Caledonian hospitality.
"Over here, nobody really knew what was going on but in England there was a big fuss," Gualtieri explained.
"Even now, some fans from around the world are always coming into my shop with pictures of me and shirts for me to sign.
"And, when my brother went to Scotland on holiday, they found out who he was and bought him drinks and a meal too. But that was my brother, not me."
When I ask him which player he used to compare himself to, Gualtieri describes himself with a laugh as "a poor man's Roberto Baggio". But, despite only ever being a part-time player, he is a full-time member of footballing folklore, and will stay that way even if his record is eventually broken.
Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said the prize was highly politicised and "a challenge to China's judicial system".
Diplomats in Oslo said China's embassy had sent letters implicitly warning them not to attend the prize-giving.
Liu was jailed in December for subversion after calling for sweeping political reform in China.
China angrily condemned the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the dissident. It has said the award was tantamount to "encouraging crime".
"The choice before some European countries and others is clear and simple: do they want to be part of the political game to challenge China's judicial system or do they want to develop a true friendly relationship with the Chinese government and people?" Cui Tiankai said.
"What image do they want to leave for ordinary Chinese people? So, in my view, they are facing such a choice. They have to make the choice according to their own judgement," Mr Cui said.
"If they make the wrong choice, they have to bear the consequences."
A commentary published in Friday in the People's Daily, the Communist
Party's flagship newspaper, described the prize as a Western political tool used to attack a rising China.
The newspaper said the Nobel Prize has become wrapped up in ideology since the end of the Cold War and had become "a tool for Western countries to impose peaceful evolution on powers which do not meet their standards".
Ambassadors in the city normally attend the ceremony, to be held on 10 December in Oslo City Hall.
"We have received a letter which explains the Chinese position and which asks us not to do anything which could destabilise China," Olof Huldtgren, the deputy head of mission at the Swedish embassy in Oslo, told AFP.
Mr Huldtgren said the letter did not explicitly warn against attending the ceremony, but that "the message is clear".
A spokesman for the Foreign Office in London acknowledged the Chinese "have raised the issue with us". But the spokesman stressed: "It is the normal practice of the British ambassador to Norway to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The ambassador intends to attend this year."
The Dutch foreign ministry said it had "taken note of China's concerns", but had told Beijing that the ambassador would be attending.
It is not known who will pick up Mr Liu's Nobel prize on his behalf.
In her first in-depth interview, Paris told Rolling Stone she was convinced Jackson's 2009 death was "a setup".
The singer died from an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol. His doctor Conrad Murray was later found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
But Paris believes there is more to the story. "He would drop hints about people being out to get him," she said.
"And at some point he was like, 'They're gonna kill me one day.'"
Asked by interviewer Brian Hiatt if she thought her father was murdered, the 18-year-old replied: "Absolutely".
"Because it's obvious. All arrows point to that. It sounds like a total conspiracy theory... but all real fans and everybody in the family knows it. It was a setup."
She went on to say "a lot of people" wanted her father dead, and that she was playing a "chess game" to bring them to justice. The teenager did not name specific people, and did not implicate Conrad Murray in her accusations.
The youngster recently hit headlines for complaining about a Sky Arts comedy drama series, in which her father was played by white actor Joseph Fiennes.
Writing on Twitter, she said she was "incredibly offended" by the show, and that the episode made her "want to vomit". Sky subsequently pulled the show.
In her Rolling Stone interview, Paris spoke glowingly of Jackson's parenting techniques - describing him as a "kick ass cook" who "cussed like a sailor" - and dismissed speculation that he was not her biological father.
"He is my father," she said. "He will always be my father. He never wasn't, and he never will not be. People that knew him really well say they see him in me, that it's almost scary.
"I consider myself black," she continued, adding that her father would "look me in the eyes and he'd point his finger at me and he'd be like, 'You're black. Be proud of your roots.'"
Paris was just 11 when Jackson died on 25 June, 2009. She told Rolling Stone she still wore an African bracelet her nanny had retrieved from his body that day.
"It still smells like him," she said.
Paris also revealed she had been sexually assaulted by a "complete stranger" as a teenager, and spoke openly about depression and her 2013 suicide attempt.
"I was crazy," she said. "I was actually crazy. I was going through a lot of, like, teen angst. And I was also dealing with my depression and my anxiety without any help."
After a spell in hospital, she is now sober and only smokes menthol cigarettes (which carry their own health risks). She is pursuing parallel careers in modelling and acting, and says she shares her father's passion for environmental activism.
Since the interview was published on Tuesday, Paris has taken to social media to ask for privacy.
"I will not be answering any press regarding the Rolling Stone article whatsoever," she wrote on Twitter. "If you have questions then read it, it's crystal clear."
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The 24-year-old was the subject of a bid from Aberdeen before Neil replaced Simon Grayson at Deepdale.
May's career was derailed by a serious knee injury in November 2015 but Neil wants to keep the player he has worked with before.
"I know the form he can get himself into - and we want him to get back to those levels," Neil told BBC Scotland.
"He's had a horrendous time with injury and we're hoping to get him fit and firing.
"He didn't get a lot of game time last season and I've already had a chat with Stevie. I want him to stay and fight for his place."
Neil was a team-mate of May's when the striker was on loan at Hamilton Accies in season 2012-13, scoring 25 goals in 33 games.
May, who has a year of his contract to run, suffered a knee ligament injury after eight appearances for Preston following his move from Sheffield Wednesday.
He was sidelined until last February and scored once in five outings this term, starting just twice.
"It will take a lot of hard work because he's been out for a long time but I believe we can get him there," added former Norwich boss Neil.
"He's not a player I want to lose. We'll see how pre-season goes and give it a crack and see if he can force his way into our plans."
Initially priced at $20 a share, they closed at $29.68.
The company, which makes wristbands that track your calories and footsteps, raised $732m (£460m) from the share sale.
Fitbit plans to use the money raised for research and development and possible acquisitions.
Unlike many technology companies to list, the company is already profitable, making $131.8m in net income in 2014 with sales of 10.9 million devices last year.
Fitbit's Woody Scal told the BBC that the company was just at the beginning of its journey.
"There's tremendous innovation ahead in hardware and in what sensors can say about what the body is doing," said Mr Scal.
"And then it's about taking that information and helping motivate people. The next step is guiding them to what they can do with that information."
It is currently the market leader in the industry, according to the research firm IDC.
However IDC, and others, warn that it faces stiff competition in the the form of Apple's newly-launched watch, as well as from Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, which makes the Mi-Band.
"Demand from emerging markets is on the rise and vendors are eager to meet these new opportunities," said Ramon Llamas from IDC in a research note.
"What remains to be seen is how Apple's arrival will change the landscape," he added.
"The Apple Watch will likely become the device that other wearables will be measured against, fairly or not. This will force the competition to up their game in order to stay on the leading edge of the market."
Julie Ask, mobile analyst at Forrester believes that Fitbit still needs to work out a way of generating sustainable revenue from services connected to its devices.
"This battle will be won or lost by the company that can provide services that motivates the consumer to change their behaviour. It's not just the hardware that counts," she said.
Fitbit is also facing two lawsuits from its rival Jawbone, which accuse Fitbit of stealing data and patents. It denies the accusations.
The 18-year-old was attacked near Malvern Road and Beeston Road in Leeds at about 22:40 GMT on Friday.
She was dragged into a garden and raped, suffering head injuries and a suspected broken hip in the assault.
Police said they are looking for an Asian man in his early 20s with a slim build and dark receding hair, in connection with the attack.
Det Ch Insp Elizabeth Belton of West Yorkshire Police said: "We believe this woman was standing at the bus stop close to Malvern Road, when she was attacked by the suspect.
"She was approached by an unknown male from behind who assaulted her and dragged her into a garden close to the bus stop and subjected her to a serious sexual assault.
"It has been a very nasty attack that has been sustained over some time.
"The nature of her injuries are that she has suffered facial and head injuries and also a suspected broken hip.
"We are now treating this as an attempted murder because she has been left there for dead."
Appealing for witnesses, the officer added: "I think it is possible that someone will know [the attacker] as there was a considerable amount of blood that was at the scene.
"It's possible that the person responsible will have had blood on their hands and possibly blood on their clothing."
The victim has been taken to hospital to undergo surgery.
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.4% compared with the same period a year ago, Andrei Klepach said.
The government has forecast the economy to expand by 4% this year.
But Mr Klepach said the fresh data meant Russia would "be reconsidering the [2010] forecast for both industrial output and GDP upwards".
"Economic growth continues, but it has not yet become investment oriented," he added.
"The factors of growth remain fairly fragile with the exception of consumer demand."
Russia was one of the countries hit hard by the global crisis, and its economy fell by 7.9% in 2009.
First quarter growth in 2010 was 2.9% year-on-year.
In the second quarter the economy grew by 1.1% from the January-March period, Mr Klepach said.
Russia's statistical agency, Rosstat, will issue the official growth data in August.
The US Department of Justice said it would seize more than $1bn (£761m) in assets allegedly bought with funds diverted from the state fund and alleged that "Malaysian official 1" received hundreds of millions of dollars from 1MDB.
The individual, who was not named but was referenced 32 times, was described as a "high-ranking official in the Malaysian government".
Many Malaysians believe that the reference is to Prime Minister Najib Razak and the term started being used as a replacement for his name on social media. Mr Najib has always denied all wrongdoing.
#MalaysianOfficial1 quickly became the most trending topic on the Twitter in Malaysia on Thursday with thousands chiming in.
Elsewhere, #1MDB, #Najib, Wolf of Wall Street and Jho Low, which were all linked to 1MDB, were all trending on Twitter.
In this cartoon, a woman is seen asking a man, drawn in the likeness of Mr Najib if he wants to eat curry, with him replying that he doesn't want it as it's too spicy.
In Malay, curry is commonly spelt as Kari, which also happen to be the acronyms for the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative (KARI), the name of a US unit established to curb high-level public corruption around the world.
The 1MDB scandal has been described by the US government as the largest single action ever brought under KARI.
Other users made light of the scandal in other ways.
The Hollywood film Wolf of Wall Street was produced by a production firm co-founded by Mr Najib's stepson Riza Aziz, who has been named in the court papers
While others implied there was another film going on closer to home that was much more interesting.
References to pop culture lyrics were also involved.
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, known more commonly as Zunar, used a cartoon to make his thoughts known on the issue.
The cartoonist was last year charged with nine counts of sedition and faces up to 43 years in prison. He says his cartoons are directed towards "fighting the tyranny and corruption of the Malaysian government".
The cartoon shows a "domino effect" of the 1MDB scandal, according to Zunar.
"The two cartoon characters below show [a] police chief and the public accounts committee chief," Zunar told the BBC. "They are supposed to take action, but instead they choose to be a bunch of lackeys. When things get worse, they run."
"Even though the [Department of Justice] action only affects Riza and Jho Low, in my opinion, the domino effect will come to Najib and Rosmah [Mr Najib's wife], either legally or politically," he added.
The 1MDB incident did not feature in the country's newspapers on Thursday, with The Star online, a local newspaper with a large online presence, running a story about organised crime as their headline.
Bernama, which is the country's official news agency, reproduced a statement on their website by Malaysia's communications and multimedia minister in which he called 1MDB the subject of "unprecedented politically-motivated attacks" and said and that the law suit "has nothing to do with the Prime Minister".
Users on Twitter were quick to pick up the apparent lack of news.
In 2015, Malaysia blocked news websites and shutdown newspapers that had run articles on the corruption allegations surrounding PM Najib Razak.
It also issued an arrest warrant for the editor of the Sarawak Report website who accused the country of "silencing free media".
First year student De'Andre Johnson, 19, was initially suspended but was dropped from the team on Monday after prosecutors released the video.
He was charged with misdemeanour battery after the incident on 24 June at a Tallahassee bar.
The 21-year-old woman suffered bruising and swelling to her face, police said.
Mr Johnson, a quarterback nicknamed "Mr Football", was a standout player at First Coast High School.
He graduated early to play for Florida State, although he was not expected to become the starting quarterback in the coming season.
Florida State has one of the top university football programmes in the US. Former quarterback Jameis Winston was the number one pick in April's National Football League draft.
The security camera footage shows Mr Johnson and the woman arguing in a crowded bar. After the woman strikes Mr Johnson with her hand, he punches her in the face, throwing her off balance.
Mr Johnson remains a student at Florida State.
His family has hired Jose Baez, a prominent Florida defence lawyer.
"While it is clear from the video that De'Andre Johnson was not the initial aggressor, his family wants to take the lead in helping him learn and grow from this experience," Mr Baez said.
This year, perhaps more than ever, the ceremony will be about who says what as much as who wins what and who wears what.
Five weeks on from President Trump's inauguration, with the nation divided over the US president and his policies, many Hollywood stars will feel the need to take a stand on the biggest stage of all.
Meryl Streep got the ball rolling at the Golden Globes seven weeks ago. That made her even more of a hero in Hollywood, pretty much secured her an Oscar nomination and gave other actors licence to speak out too.
It's likely that most of those who want to make a point won't mention Mr Trump by name, but will instead make thinly veiled references to him by talking about tolerance and inclusion.
But Hollywood has a dilemma. The country is split, and Trump supporters already see celebrities - most of whom lined up behind Hillary Clinton - as an out-of-touch elite.
In a recent Hollywood Reporter poll, two thirds of Trump supporters said they had switched off an awards show when the winners got political.
Will making big political or moral pronouncements from the podium change anybody's minds? Or will they just make them turn off?
If she could, she surely would. But she's the outsider to win best actress for Florence Foster Jenkins.
The favourite is La La Land's Emma Stone, who said in November that Trump's election was a "chance for us to all unite and do the very, very best we can to speak out and be brave."
Stone has shied away from speaking out much since, mostly limiting herself to saying how "the positive gift of creativity" can transcend borders in divisive times.
Also in contention is Natalie Portman, who has also made her opposition clear.
If she wins, perhaps she will repeat a speech she gave to a Women's March in January, in which she thanked Mr Trump for starting "the revolution".
This was a reference to the fact he has galvanised a new movement demanding greater respect and opportunities for women.
The Moonlight star and best supporting actor-elect delivered a powerful speech at the Screen Actors Guild Awards recently, first explaining how his film demonstrates what can happen when people are persecuted.
Against the backdrop of Trump's travel ban, he went on to reveal that he converted to Islam 17 years ago and that his mother is a Christian minister - but that they put aside the differences in their beliefs, which are "not that important".
Fellow nominee Dev Patel has said flying into the US in the midst of the travel ban uproar felt like "entering into a nightmare". Jeff Bridges has been more sanguine than most, urging Americans to "work together to make the most beautiful existence that we can".
He's certainly more sanguine than Michael Shannon, a surprise nominee for Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals.
Some think Oscar voters picked him partly because of his vitriolic statements about the President - like he "is going to destroy civilisation as we know it, and the earth", and that "if you're voting for Trump, it's time for the urn."
Davis, who presented Meryl Streep with her honorary award at the Golden Globes, is going to win the best supporting actress Oscar - if you believe the pundits.
It would be no surprise if the Fences star sends a strong message from the stage, although it may not be directly directed at Donald Trump. Backstage at the Globes, she said the identity crisis facing America was "bigger than him".
Talking about "the true meaning of what it means to pursue the American dream", she said: "I think that we've fallen short a lot because there is no way that we can have anyone in office that is not an extension of our own belief system. So then what does that say about us?"
Speaking at the Bafta Film Awards earlier this month, the best actor contender said he had spoken to Streep and praised her for her speech.
"I told her how much her speech at the Golden Globes meant to all of us and how grateful I was that she did it and kicked in the door a little bit."
The speech, he went on, "said it's okay to talk about these things and said it doesn't matter if we are actors, we have been given a microphone and we can speak out."
His main challenger for the best actor award, Denzel Washington, was the victim of "fake news" when it was reported he was supporting Mr Trump during the election campaign.
He denied it - though the experience seems to have made him more angry with the media for recycling such stories than with Trump himself.
It is the Oscar host's duty to deliver an opening monologue that gently mocks the assembled glitterati while making humorous references to topical events. So expect there to be a lot of Trump in the opening address by Kimmel.
Like every other talk show host, Kimmel has had a field day aiming barbs at Mr Trump on his nightly ABC programme.
The Iranian director's A Separation won the best foreign film Oscar in 2012, and he is nominated again this time for The Salesman.
But he has said he will boycott the ceremony in protest at Mr Trump's attempt to ban travel from Iran and six other countries - even if he is able to attend.
Explaining his decision in a statement, he drew a parallel between "hard-liners" in the US and Iran who both frame the world through an "us and them" mentality.
Voters could well make a point by giving his film the statuette - and it's likely you'll hear his name mentioned from the podium by other winners.
Aside from the prospect of alienating half the country, there's another reason the winners may not get political. They only have 45 seconds each to deliver their speeches before the orchestra strikes up and drowns them out.
That's barely enough time to thank your mom, dad, agent, all the other wonderful nominees who are much more deserving of this award and God - never mind make a profound political point that is going to heal the nation.
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It follows concerns last year over staffing levels in the region, which meant some appliances in the north east of Scotland could not be used.
The thirteen men and three women have spent the past 14 weeks training at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service College in Portlethen.
They will now be deployed to stations throughout Aberdeen.
The Easter Road boss remains adamant his side should have been awarded a penalty in the 2-2 draw with Falkirk.
They need to win at Falkirk in Friday's second leg, but Stubbs says that would have been their approach regardless.
"We all know it was a penalty, but it's gone, there's nothing we can do about it now," said Stubbs.
"What we can do is put another performance in and get the result.
"Anyone who thinks it wasn't a penalty makes themselves look a bit silly. But as far as we're all concerned, we move on. It's not going to be an excuse.
"We've got another 90 minutes, potentially 120 minutes, to get the result, irrespective of what happened the other night.
"Even if we were taking a lead into the game, our approach would be to go there and win. We know we're playing well and we know that we can create chances.
"It's going to be a very difficult game, Falkirk have done great this season, they're well organised, have a very good team spirit and individual players who can hurt you."
Across five meetings this season, the sides have drawn four times, with Hibs edging the only victory by a single goal.
Despite a hectic run of fixtures, Stubbs has no new injury concerns ahead of the return fixture. Midfielder Marvin Bartley, who missed the first leg with a leg injury, also returns to the squad.
Stubbs dismissed speculation linking him to the managerial vacancy at Blackburn, and insists he is relishing the pressure of the play-off games and Scottish Cup final, which could see Hibs play four games in the next 13 days.
If Hibs prevail on Friday, they would face Kilmarnock in the first leg of the play-off final on Tuesday, 17 May, with the second leg the following Wednesday, 25 May, with the cup final against Rangers sandwiched in between.
"Nothing will distract me," Stubbs said. "We've got, potentially, a huge 13 days left.
"It could be a great 13 days and no matter if I'm getting linked with someone or the players are getting linked with someone, we're not going to lose our focus or lose sight of what we've wanted to achieve all season.
"It's fantastic: cup final, chance of promotion, it doesn't get any better. How can I not be looking forward to that?
"The players have responded magnificently and the play-offs have helped because they've taken our mind off the cup final. Nobody's thought about the cup final, and it's only 10 days away."
Hibs' on-loan Celtic striker Anthony Stokes says coping with the pressure of the play-off games will be the same as dealing with an Old Firm match.
"I always remember Neil Lennon saying to me after an Old Firm game, just focus on the football, not the occasion. It's the same with this," Stokes says.
"Everybody knows what's on the line, but you've got to treat it as another game of football.
"You need to keep your composure, be focused and not be nervous going into the game.
"But it comes down to quality. The better football team wins nine times out of 10.
"You can say what you want, you can have your talk off the pitch, but it comes down to who takes their chances on the night and who keeps their nerve."
The 26-year-old from Teesside won the race in 6.50 seconds, ahead of fellow Briton Theo Etienne, who clocked a personal best of 6.56.
Only Jamaica's Asafa Powell (6.49secs) has run faster than Kilty in 2016.
Kilty will not defend his World Indoor title this month in order to focus on preparations for the Olympics.
Andrew Robertson has been handed the second 60m spot alongside James Dasaolu, after he recorded a lifetime best 6.54s at the British trials last week.
The 25-year-old from Manchester was picked ahead of Sean Safo-Antwi.
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The move comes after a suicide bomber killed 22 people - including children - and injured 64 at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday.
Police said they have also increased patrols in wake of the attack.
More than 40,000 people are expected to travel to the Isle of Man over the next few weeks for the annual TT races.
A traffic lane at the airport has been closed with all pick-ups and drop-offs done in Ronaldsway's car parks.
A spokesman said additional resources are being deployed to offer "reassurance and enhance security".
Ferry passengers have been urged to carry identification and check in early for sailings in response to enhanced security measures at UK ports.
A spokesman said vehicle searches will also be increased.
Chief Executive Mark Woodward said: "We were given very little notice of the new police requirements at Heysham.
"We are fully cooperating and have been working with Lancashire Constabulary and our passengers to minimise disruption.
"It is a fast-developing situation which could soon affect other ports we sail from and we do not know how long the enhanced security measures will be in place."
Mr Woodward said whilst the Steam Packet don't require the ID, third parties such as the police may.
A government spokesman said a minute's silence will be observed at 11:00 BST as a "mark of respect for those who lost their lives".
The Scot hopes she will gain the necessary experience as vice-captain to Annika Sorenstam to emerge as the successor in front of her home fans.
"Obviously I'll learn a lot this week from Anneka and being vice-captain," the 47-year-old told BBC Scotland.
"And I'll put my name forward for the captaincy and see what happens."
Matthew had hoped to be competing in the Solheim Cup for a ninth time despite dropping to 98th in the world rankings.
But she wasn't one of Sorenstam's wild card picks to face the United States in Des Moines, Iowa, and does not expect to in the running to play in the event when it next comes to Scotland.
"I think this was probably my last chance of getting in," she said.
"You obviously always have that hope, but I haven't played particularly well this year.
"At the moment, I am concentrating on Des Moines and my vice-captaincy there, but I probably don't see myself playing in the team in 2019."
Matthew had always expected to miss out on playing at Gleneagles and instead had targeted some kind of behind-the-scenes role.
Now she has admitted that she will be eyeing the captaincy after learning from Sorenstam.
"It's obviously a different role, but I'm looking forward to it and hopefully I'll learn a lot about what happens behind the scenes," said Matthew, who expects to be involved in mentoring some of Europe's rookies and helping with team selection.
"It is my favourite week of the year and to be involved in it in any way is always great fun."
With Matthew missing out on selection along with Carly Booth, Kylie Henry and Pamela Prestwell, Scotland do not have a representative in the 12-strong European team.
"This is the first Solheim Cup that hasn't had a Scot in the team, which is quite a feat for us being such a small country," said the team vice-captain.
"It is a worry that there is no-one coming through at the moment really.
"Obviously, we've had Carly, Kylie and Pamela who've all done well in Europe and then just never quite made it to the next level.
"From what I hear, we've got a few good juniors, so hopefully one of them will make that transition to the top level."
The USA won back the cup with the narrowest winning margin in history two years ago in Germany and Matthew admits that, "on paper", the home side will be favourites.
"Their world rankings are certainly averaging out higher than our ones, but match play is very different from stroke-play and, of all the ones I've played in, it all comes down to sometimes who holes the crucial putt at the right time to create momentum," she added.
"The Solheim has grown in each one I've played in since '98. it's got bigger and bigger and it's definitely an advantage in playing at home as the crowds certainly get behind their home team.
"It was a tough loss in Germany after taking a big lead into the singles and then losing, so we are all up for taking it back."
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Daniel Devereux, 30, of no fixed abode, is accused of hacking into the website of the Norfolk and Norwich hospital in September 2015.
He is also charged with accessing the external website of Norwich Airport two months later.
Mr Devereux will appear before magistrates in Norwich on Thursday.
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In November 2015, a man contacted BBC Radio Norfolk saying he had hacked into Norwich Airport's website.
Identifying himself only as "His Royal Gingerness", the man claimed he wanted to expose how vulnerable the airport was.
A police investigation was then launched.
Mr Devereux is facing two charges under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act, which relates to unauthorised access to computer material.
I mean, it's not as though I entirely revile fantasy narratives. When younger, I roamed happily through Gormenghast and Middle Earth.
And yet the tale of Dorothy tends to leave me cold or puzzled or both. Not so, it seems, Nick Clegg - he who would be kingmaker-in-chief for the next Westminster Parliament.
Clearly delving into Oz imagery, Mr Clegg said that he would provide the Tories with a heart and Labour with a brain. Which, of course, only leaves courage. Who, one wonders, will supply that to our tribunes?
Polls continue to suggest that the Liberal Democrats will be decidedly fortunate to hold what they have, especially in terms of Scottish seats.
Given that, it is understandable that Mr Clegg's pitch was one of political realism. He knows he is not going to be Prime Minister. That honour would fall to David Cameron or to Ed Miliband.
Mr Clegg's role would be to act as guiding shepherd, shunning what he characterised as the borrowing excesses of Labour on the one hand and the zeal for spending cuts of the Tories on the other.
A more apposite metaphor for Mr Clegg's approach might be to see him as Cerberus, the ferocious janny of Hades, energetically supervising ingress. (You think Cerberus is tough: you should have seen the janitor at my primary school in Dundee……)
Certainly, he will need a multi-headed approach to achieve the various defensive objectives he has set himself.
Beyond steering Labour and the Tories, he says the Lib Dems will prevent Alex Salmond from wielding any influence on UK governance and will keep Nigel Farage remote from Downing Street.
Why Alex Salmond, rather than Nicola Sturgeon? Because, Mr Clegg explained, he is the potential MP, not her.
Other possible reasons? Mr Salmond is challenging the Lib Dems in one of their Scottish seats. And Ms Sturgeon seemingly won chums in England with her debate performance, leaving her an unlikely hate figure.
In essence, then, he is offering a coalition or a confidence and supply deal with either the Tories or Labour - pre-empting the need for them to rely upon the SNP or UKIP.
It is, by definition, a limited ambition - driven by recent history and those polls.
And the offer? The LibDems have deliberately narrowed their core pitch. Increase the personal tax allowance to £12,500 - trying to garner credit for a further amplification of a policy they drove in the coalition with the Tories.
Spend more on education and the NHS in England, with comparable increases in Scotland.
Comparable importance attached to mental and physical health. Protect the environment with new green laws. Balance the structural deficit in the current budget - current, note - by 2017/18.
And West Lothian? The Lib Dems back the planned new powers for Holyrood. Like the Tories, they favour an English only stage to Commons consideration of matters which solely affect England.
However, the Lib Dems say the entire UK constitution needs consideration by a convention.
UKIP, who also launched their manifesto today, would probably regard such consultation as unwarranted dithering. They favour English Votes on English Laws, full stop.
They are equally blunt on the European Union. It is a bad thing: there should be an early referendum with the objective of taking Britain out.
On immigration, they favour curbs. And they are, similarly, less than enthusiastic about the Barnett Formula which varies annually the amount of public spending devoted to Scotland, by comparison with comparable English spending departments.
UKIP would dump it, seeking thus to relieve Scotland of billions of pounds. Other parties, they say, are too worried about upsetting the Scots. UKIP are, seemingly, sanguine about Caledonian ire.
Their manifesto, of course, contains much more. Low taxation. More money for the NHS in England. A boost for defence spending.
Their leader Nigel Farage previously said that his party's manifesto for 2010 was "drivel".
To be clear, Mr Farage was not responsible for that.
Launching the new version, he said UKIP had changed immeasurably from the party of five years back. This election will presumably reflect how much voters appreciate that.
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But the officer and three soldiers will still face lesser charges.
The army had said the suspects were members of a drug gang and died in a gun battle near the village of San Pedro Limon in Mexico state in 2014.
The judge ruled there was evidence to continue the trials of three soldiers who allegedly carried out the killings.
The four soldiers against whom the main charges were dropped will also face military charges connected to violating the rules of engagement and so will remain in prison for the time being.
The government human rights commission said that the bodies of 15 of the 22 people who died in the confrontation with the army had shown signs that they were apparently shot after they surrendered.
Several of the victims had defensive wounds, suggesting they were shot while unarmed.
Witnesses in the case said they had been threatened and tortured to try to get them to change their versions and seven state police officers were accused by the authorities of torturing three witnesses.
The Ayrshire club, which is hosting this year's Open, shares its facilities with Ladies' Golf Club Troon but both have separate clubhouses.
Troon captain Martin Cheyne said the club had written to its 800 members to "understand their views and feelings on the issue".
Royal Troon and Muirfield are the only two Open hosts to still exclude women.
Last month, golf's governing body the R&A said the issue was "a matter for the club" to decide on.
Troon was formed in 1878 and Cheyne added: "We care very much for the reputation of Royal Troon Golf Club and it is important that the club, much like the wider game, reflects the modern society in which we exist."
Golf will feature at the Olympics in Rio this summer after a 112-year absence and the sport's oldest institutions have taken steps to modernise since its return to the Games was confirmed.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews opened its membership to women in 2014 for the first time in 260 years, while Royal St George's in Kent lifted its ban on women last year.
Hogg, 24, has scored 11 tries in 45 Tests for his country and toured with the British and Irish Lions in 2013.
Retaining this year's Six Nations Player of the Tournament is a coup for Scottish Rugby given the financial clout of French and English clubs.
"Glasgow Warriors is such a big part of my life - I love this club," Hogg said.
"I've played for the Warriors for five years and it was an easy decision to sign for another two seasons.
"My wife enjoys living in Glasgow and with a young boy and another baby on the way there is nowhere else I'd rather be.
"There is still a lot of rugby to be played this season and then next season I'm looking forward to working with [new Warriors head coach] Dave Rennie when he takes over.
"It means a lot to me that the club and Scottish Rugby want me to stay and I'm very happy that I'm going to be continuing my career in Scotland."
Hogg has helped Glasgow reach the Pro12 play-offs for each of the last five seasons since his debut in 2011, including lifting the title in 2015.
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The youngest member of the Lions squad in Australia in 2013, he is a strong contender for a place on next year's tour to New Zealand.
"Stuart works extremely hard in training every day to improve himself and he gets real joy from playing the game," said Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend, who will succeed Vern Cotter in the Scotland job next summer.
"He is entering the best years of his career, as he is in great physical shape and he has become one of our most experienced players.
"The fact he wants to continue to play his rugby in Scotland is a massive boost for the development of the club and it's exciting for our supporters.
"I firmly believe that we can compete with the best teams in Europe and having Stuart on board for another two seasons will certainly help."
Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson hailed retaining Hogg as "a really important signing for Glasgow Warriors and Scottish Rugby".
"It is our intention to keep as many of our best players in Scotland as we can and despite the sharply increased costs of professional rugby we are delighted to have secured Stuart for the next two seasons," he said.
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The Welsh club rejected an initial bid of £6.2m for the winger but the Premier League champions included add-ons, taking the fee to £8m.
Sinclair, 23, recently played in the Olympics for Great Britain and could now be in Roberto Mancini's squad to face Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
"I'm just glad everything is settled and I'm now a City player... I can't wait to get started," Sinclair said.
"There were times when I thought it might not happen so I'm relieved that I'm here.
"Playing alongside some of the best players in the world is exciting for me. When you see two Champions League fixtures against Real Madrid on the horizon, it brings it all home."
Swansea boss Michael Laudrup said: "Scott is going to a huge club with a lot of great players. He has a lot of quality but he will have to fight for his place in the first XI."
Sinclair is a former England Under-21 international and began his career at Bristol Rovers before joining Chelsea.
But he struggled to make many first team appearances at Stamford Bridge, moving on loan to Plymouth, QPR, Charlton, Crystal Palace, Birmingham and Wigan before Swansea paid £500,000 for his services in August 2010.
Sinclair made 82 league appearances for the Swans, scoring 28 goals.
He scored within four minutes of coming on as a substitute during Swansea's 5-0 win at QPR on the opening day of the Premier League season.
The British number three won their second-round encounter 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
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And Evans recalled how Tomic's father, John, said in Miami last year that his son would not practise with him.
"I was there playing qualifiers," said Evans, 23. "His dad said I wasn't good enough to practise with him."
He added: "We went to practise, it was all booked, I got to the practice hut. His dad said: 'No, no, he's a qualifier, I'm not hitting with you'.
"So it was one of those. A bit embarrassing, but hey."
Evans has known Bernard Tomic since junior days and said: "I don't think it was his doing. He wasn't there."
The 20-year-old Australian could do little to contain a rampant Evans after the first set on Thursday, and the man from Birmingham said afterwards it was the best win of his career.
A fourth-round meeting with Roger Federer is a tantalising prospect, but Evans' next opponent will take a lot of wearing down first. Tommy Robredo recovered from two-sets-to-love down three times in a row at this year's French Open.
"That's probably the best I've had to fight back," said the world number 179. "In the Davis Cup, I've always been pretty much up when I've won the matches."
Evans has guaranteed himself £60,000 for reaching the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, and he will next face Spanish 19th seed Tommy Robredo.
The Briton's rapid ascent in recent months was given a stamp of approval by Roger Federer on Wednesday, when the five-time US Open champion chose to practise with him. They could yet meet for real in the fourth round.
"It was amazing to hit with someone so good," said Evans. "I really enjoyed it, actually had a really good hit.
"It was a very good experience. He's a nice guy, was interested in what I did. It was good."
And Evans admitted that the only downside to his victory on Thursday was the fact that he needed his nipples taped at one stage, in full view of the watching world.
"I don't know what it was, it was just agony," he said. "The stick I'm going to get back home is devastating."
Tomic, ranked 52nd, said he knew the match would be a test after Evans beat 11th seed Kei Nishikori in the first round.
"It shows you anybody can play in the top 250," he said. "A lot of guys can play. It's just a matter of consistency. The guys in the top 100 and top 50 are more consistent.
"He's playing well for the first time. This is his best result. He played very well against Kei. I knew if he beat Kei it was going to be difficult.
"I think I started well but just lost the concentration, lost my energy level. I couldn't execute my shots, go after my shots, and from then he took over."
The Australian says he was struck during stage 10 on Tuesday as Froome won to take a lead of two minutes 52 seconds, an advantage which remains.
Froome, the 2013 winner, has been under scrutiny due to his superiority and has had to deny claims of cheating.
"I was [punched] in the last 3km. I got a full-on punch," Porte, 30, said.
"It was the same atmosphere on Alpe d'Huez two years ago."
Britain's Froome currently leads second-placed Tejay van Garderen after 13 of 21 stages.
After he eked out a lead with a stunning performance on Tuesday, he insisted he was a "clean rider" but said he understood why there were doubts because of the history of the sport.
Former Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was stripped of seven titles after he admitted doping.
Porte told The Telegraph Cycling Podcast: "They are so anti-whatever we are. Do I deserve to be booed? Does Chris Froome deserve all this? I don't think so.
"Maybe in 10 years' time they're going to see that these victories are legitimate.
"It's a disgrace how some of these people carry on."
Porte approached spectators earlier this week after being abused.
"It's a disgrace they say the same thing to Chris Froome," Porte added. "Just because this team has got its act together.
"We do everything right. Look at the Tour we are having. You can't question that we are getting stuck in for Froomey.
"Seven of us at the bottom for him. No other team had that. It's because we are organised and committed."
Despite claims made about Team Sky, Porte said Froome has a relaxed attitude.
Porte said: "When they were giving him abuse I heard him laugh about it. He's got a thick skin and you need that in the yellow jersey."
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The Italian cited both Manchester clubs after Man Utd spent a world-record £89m on midfielder Paul Pogba and Man City spent £47.5m on defender John Stones.
Chelsea are top, four points clear of Tottenham and have an 11-point lead over City and 12 points over United with six games remaining.
"It's important to understand it's not always who spends more wins," he said.
"This season isn't the only season both Manchester clubs have spent a lot of money. Look at the past."
The Blues were third in Premier League spending summer after spending £123m on players including midfielder N'Golo Kante and defender David Luiz. Manchester City topped the list on £175m, while Manchester United parted with around £150m. Tottenham were fourth after spending around £70m.
Conte described the market as "crazy" after the Premier League transfer spending record was broken with six days of the summer transfer window remaining.
He says his approach is about evolution, rather than revolution, adding: "(We want) to build, also, slowly slowly to become a real power."
Chelsea are also chasing a league and FA Cup double in his first season in charge - the Blues will play Arsenal in the showpiece final at Wembley on 27 May.
Asked if clinching the Premier League would be his best achievement, Conte, who led Italian side Juventus to three successive Serie A titles, said: "Yes, for sure. For me, for the players, for the club.
"To win in England these days is not easy. Now, it's a good season. To become a great or fantastic season there is only one way: to try to win."
Conte also rejected Cesc Fabregas' call for Eden Hazard to be more selfish, after the midfielder said his team-mate could reach the level of Lionel Messi if he was "selfish" and showed greater "killer instinct".
"In my team, I don't want selfish players. I prefer to lose a game than to have a selfish player," the Italian said.
"The first target for every great champion is to play for the team and to put your talent into the team. The best players in the world don't exist without a team. I don't think Messi is a selfish player.
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"For me, it's sad to listen to this. I don't want my club to buy me a selfish player one day. Never. No."
Chelsea, who have suffered two defeats in four Premier League matches, will face Southampton at home on Tuesday night.
Defender Gary Cahill is Chelsea's only doubt after he missed the cup semi-final with gastroenteritis, but Conte said the England international has returned to training and could feature.
The University of Nottingham appealed to the public for help in finding Jeremy, who was found in London, another "lefty" to mate with.
As a result of the plea, the mollusc has been matched to another in Ipswich and one that has escaped "the pot" at a snail farm in Majorca.
Jeremy has been meeting his new suitor in Suffolk.
Dr Angus Davison, from the university's school of life sciences, made his appeal in October to find another snail with an anticlockwise spiralling shell.
"We've got very lucky," he said.
"In the end, we found not one but two other rare lefty snails, one in Suffolk and another in Tomeu in Spain.
"Both of the finders must have very keen eyes in spotting what is a very rare condition."
Jade Sanchez Melton, a snail lover from Suffolk, who found her "lefty" snail crawling up a tree, said: "There were good signs last night of some potential flirting.
"I am going to be fascinated to see whether breeding these two snails will result in more lefties."
The two snails will be observed for two weeks to see whether they mate.
Signs of a "pairing" will be the presence of "love darts" - sharp spikes made of calcium which the snails stab into each other's bodies during the mating process.
There is a serious scientific aim to Dr Davison's work and he recently discovered a gene that determines whether a snail's shell twists in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.
He said the same gene affects body asymmetry in other animals, possibly including humans, which could help understand how organs are placed in the body.
Some customers said homes were sold unfinished, and reported plumbing and electrical faults in new properties.
Bovis has already set aside £7m to cover the issue and said the extra provision was to ensure it was "fully resourced" to complete work quickly.
It added it had made "good progress" addressing problems and was confident all legacy issues had been identified.
In February, Bovis said it would put in place a number of measures to correct the faults, including having more staff to deal with complaints, creating a homebuyers' panel and an improved quality check process.
The company also said it would slow down the pace of building throughout 2017. As a result it will build between 10-15% fewer homes this year.
Bovis added that its profitability in the first half of the year had been affected by higher building costs and an increased level of investment to address legacy issues.
However, it said demand for new homes remained strong, and the average selling price of its homes rose 9% to £277,000.
Earlier this year, Bovis was a takeover target for two rivals - Galliford Try and Redrow. However, Bovis rejected both of their bids and eventually the two suitors abandoned their takeover attempts.
The AS350 helicopter and C152 plane crossed about 200ft (60m) apart in Wycombe airspace on 19 January.
The helicopter pilot left the wrong runway at Denham, Buckinghamshire, and started flying south of her planned route.
That put her directly in the path of the light aircraft, an Airprox Board said.
The risk was classed as Category A, the most serious, meaning there was a high risk of collision given that the helicopter pilot "had not seen the other aircraft at all".
"Chance had played a major part" in the near-miss, the report said.
The aircraft pilot was told by Wycombe tower that a helicopter was crossing from south to north in front of it, but the plane's instructor did not take evasive action as they only spotted it at the closest point of approach.
The helicopter pilot was "probably rattled by her earlier mistake", one which she apologised for and was told she was not the first to have made that error, the board found.
"She was shaken by the event," the report said, and it "may have been wiser to land again at Denham, compose herself and then start the flight again".
The report concluded the incident "should serve as a reminder to all pilots to ensure that they were in the correct frame of mind to conduct their flight".
The boys, who attended a private school in Yulin City, in the Guangxi Zhuang region, died later in hospital, Xinhua news agency says.
A male employee reportedly hit the boys, causing critical injuries.
This comes a day after a man killed two before slashing six children at a school in Shanghai on Thursday.
Police in Yulin have detained the male employee and are investigating the case. The boys were in the fifth grade, which generally has children aged between 10-12.
China has seen a number of attacks at primary schools in recent years.
On 14 December 2012, 22 young children were wounded by a man wielding a knife at a primary school in Henan province.
In 2010, a series of knife attacks in schools were also reported.
Police were called to a property on Broughton Lane in Salford, Greater Manchester, at 00:55 BST on Friday following a report of an assault.
A 26-year-old man was taken into custody for questioning and has been bailed pending further enquiries, Greater Manchester Police said.
A spokesperson for Everton said the club "condemns unreservedly any form of abuse."
"In this case, we understand an investigation is under way to establish the facts," they added.
Harriet Millar-Mills returns to the second row to replace Abbie Scott, who sustained a knee injury in the 20-13 victory over Wales.
The winner of the match at Stade de la Rabine will be crowned champions, while victory for England would also secure them the Grand Slam.
England lead coach Scott Bemand said he expected a "hard" and "physical" match.
France have won their last nine home games in the tournament since England beat them in Paris in 2012.
"We set a high bar for ourselves and we are where we wanted to be at this point in the tournament," Bemand said.
"Our ambition is to go to France and win. France will step up their physicality. We're ready for that but remember, they've got to deal with us."
England: Katie Mason, Lydia Thompson, Lauren Cattell, Ceri Large, Lotte Clapp, Amber Reed, La Toya Mason, Rochelle Clark, Emma Croker, Vickii Cornborough, Emily Braund, Tamara Taylor, Harriet Millar-Mills, Izzy Noel-Smith, Sarah Hunter
Replacements: Amy Cokayne, Heather Kerr, Bianca Dawson, Poppy Leitch, Poppy Cleall, Bianca Blackburn, Leanne Riley, Ruth Laybourn
The striker took his tally to the season to nine with a goal in each half as the Robins went a fourth game without a win.
Gregory looked dangerous from the off and it took him just 10 minutes to open the scoring, bamboozling Swindon defenders before firing home from a tough angle.
That woke Swindon up but Sean Murray's shot fell easily into Jordan Archer's arms, before Michael Doughty blazed over the home side's bar.
At the other end Gregory fizzed a shot just over before Shaun Hutchinson's goal-bound header from a corner was hooked clear by Robins defender Raphael Rossi Branco after half an hour.
The Lions continued to press but could not add a second before half-time, and should have been made to pay on the hour only for Swindon's Luke Norris to flash an effort wide with just Archer to beat.
And Gregory showed Norris how it was done five minutes later, volleying home Steve Morison's chip from close range.
The closest Swindon came to a goal was with two minutes remaining when Branco headed a Darnell Furlong cross over the bar.
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Match ends, Millwall 2, Swindon Town 0.
Second Half ends, Millwall 2, Swindon Town 0.
Substitution, Millwall. Callum Butcher replaces Aiden O'Brien.
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Attempt missed. Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Ben Thompson (Millwall).
Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Thompson (Millwall).
Luke Norris (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Millwall. David Worrall replaces Lee Gregory.
Attempt saved. Tony Craig (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.
Attempt saved. Shaun Hutchinson (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Nathan Thompson.
Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nathan Thompson (Swindon Town).
Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Murray (Swindon Town).
Attempt missed. Fred Onyedinma (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darnell Furlong (Swindon Town).
Foul by Aiden O'Brien (Millwall).
Nathan Thompson (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
Lee Gregory (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Steve Morison.
Attempt missed. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Goal! Millwall 2, Swindon Town 0. Lee Gregory (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Steve Morison.
Shaun Cummings (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jermaine Hylton (Swindon Town).
Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Lloyd Jones.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Nathan Thompson.
Attempt missed. Luke Norris (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Tony Craig (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The driver said he drove over a ramp, and this led him to crash into the house in Kwamakhutha township, it said.
He escaped injury, while a person sleeping in a room next to the one where the car landed was also unhurt, ER24 added.
"It's really kind of miraculous," ER24 spokesman Pieter Rossouw told the BBC.
South Africa has a high fatality rate from road accidents caused mainly by bad driving and alcohol abuse.
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For the first time, it could form part of a ruling coalition, as many voters remain bitter about the 2008 financial crisis and the perceived arrogance of an elite class. Icelandic journalist Hjortur Gudmundsson explains what is at stake.
Launched in 2012, they were inspired by the Swedish Pirate Party, which wants more freedom from copyright restrictions on the internet, more political transparency and more protection of citizens' data.
The Pirates have been the main channel for distrust in mainstream politics in Iceland, which has just over 330,000 people.
The Pirates' election manifesto says the party aims to "ensure that the wealth generated by Iceland's natural resources is justly distributed".
They also want free healthcare for all Icelanders and "active public participation and supervision of those in power".
It is a rather loose alliance of people who are mainly united in their opposition to traditional politics and the system. Their rise in the polls has also attracted people who eye a possibility to advance their own careers by joining them.
They may become the first Pirate Party in the world to enter government. A similar backlash against establishment politicians has taken various forms elsewhere.
The US has Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, who revolutionised presidential election politics. Greece elected left-wing Syriza and Spain has left-wing Podemos.
They have three MPs in the 63-seat Althing (parliament).
Support for the Pirates has slipped in recent opinion polls but they are preparing for coalition government. They have already suggested a candidate for prime minister, and invited other opposition parties to coalition talks - before voters have had their say.
The early election was triggered by the shock resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson in April. He was a casualty of the leaked Panama Papers, which revealed offshore assets held by him and dozens of other high-profile figures.
Most polls put the Pirates as either Iceland's second-largest party or the largest, along with the conservative Independence Party. The Pirates are on about 20%, which is very good compared to the 2013 elections, when they got only 5.1%.
Still, several months back the Pirates enjoyed almost twice their current level of support in the polls.
There have been repeated internal disputes in the party. They have no formal leader but many consider MP Birgitta Jonsdottir, the party's founder, as its "de facto" leader. She has been accused by some party members of using the leadership vacuum to grab power.
The disputes even saw Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, another of the Pirates' three MPs, compare relations within the party to a violent relationship where no one dared to speak their mind, for fear of the consequences.
In response, the Pirates hired a workplace psychologist to help the three MPs to better understand each other, which has reportedly helped very much.
The Pirates initially attracted people from all over the political spectrum but have apparently shifted towards the left recently. Libertarians were accused by Ms Jonsdottir of plotting a takeover to turn the Pirates into a libertarian party, which would prioritise individual rights.
Similar disputes have torn other Pirate parties apart. Whether that happens with the Icelandic version remains to be seen.
Currently a centre-left coalition involving the Pirates and three, or perhaps four, other parties seems the most likely outcome of the election. It is unclear how such a government would fare.
Historically no Icelandic coalition government formed by more than two parties has survived a full four-year term.
Doubts have been raised as to whether the Pirates can function in government. Some also fear the elections might result in a full-blown cabinet crisis. Whatever happens, this election looks set to make history.
Hjortur Gudmundsson writes for Iceland Monitor, specialising in politics and international affairs
The accident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, near Glendale Gardens in Leigh-on-Sea, after the car failed to stop for police.
The 17-year-old boy, a passenger in the car, died in hospital on Wednesday. Another passenger, also 17, died at the scene.
A 16-year-old was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
The Great Wakering youth was also charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing death by driving without a driving licence and causing death by driving without insurance.
He was due to appear at Chelmsford Youth Court on Wednesday.
A Shoebury 17-year-old arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs has been released on bail until 14 January.
Essex Police said the Escort was being followed by a marked police car.
The case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Essex Police have not named the victims.
William MacKenzie was part of a masked gang that targeted security guards as they delivered cash to an ATM at a Spar store in Drumgelloch, Airdrie.
He was identified from CCTV footage and jailed for seven years in 2011.
The Scottish Prison Service said MacKenzie's family had been told that he died at Addiewell Prison in West Lothian on Wednesday.
Police have been informed and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
A fatal accident inquiry will be held in due course.
Indonesia's Sri Wahyuni Agustiani took silver with 192kg and Japan's Hiromi Miyake, who was second four years ago, claimed bronze by lifting 188kg.
Tanasan, 21, managed 92kg in the snatch and 108kg in the clean and jerk.
Pre-tournament favourite Hou Zhihui of China pulled out five days before the start of the event because of a knee injury.
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The 1998 work features an unmade bed and a floor littered with empty vodka bottles, cigarette butts and condoms.
The work, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Turner Prize, had been put up for sale by millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi who bought it for £150,000 in 2000.
It went under the hammer with a guide price of between £800,000 and £1.2m.
The piece gives a snapshot of Emin's life after a traumatic relationship breakdown.
The artist, from Margate, was in the packed auction room as the work was sold, to applause from the crowd.
My Bed, one of the key works of the Young British Artist movement, was auctioned to support the work of the Saatchi Gallery Foundation.
Christie's said that, with buyer's premium, My Bed went for £2,546,500, which is a world record for Emin at auction.
The auction house was unable to immediately reveal who bought the work.
Other works sold in the Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction included Francis Bacon's Study For Head Of Lucian Freud, which fetched a hammer price of £10.2m.
Emin, 50, who was made a CBE in the New Year Honours list in 2012, smiled as she left the auction after her piece - which was lot 19 - was sold.
She first made an impression outside the art world in 1997 with a drunken appearance on a television discussion show about the Turner Prize which ended with her pulling off her microphone and telling the audience "I've had a really good night out".
Two years later, she was shortlisted for the prize and exhibited My Bed at the Tate Gallery. It divided the critics but began the process of making her one of the country's most famous living artists.
Speaking at Christie's in central London last week ahead of the sale she said she still stood by her work which "changed people's perceptions of art".
He was last seen trying to defend the woman with his skateboard.
After several days waiting for information, his brother and two sisters said he was dead.
"We want to see and be with Ignacio's body," his sister Ana said. "It seems we won't be able to be with his body before Friday at the earliest."
His other sister, Isabel, went on social media to praise his heroism and said he would never be forgotten.
"My brother Ignacio tried to stop the terrorists and lost his life trying to save others," she said.
As the number of people killed by the attackers on 3 June rose to eight, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy praised the Spanish victim's "heroic and exemplary act" and said he had recommended that he be awarded posthumously an order of civil merit.
The foreign ministry in Madrid said he was a model of solidarity for everyone. "His bravery in standing up for a defenceless person is a reminder of the need to remain united in the face of the scourge of terrorism."
For days, the family heard nothing of Ignacio Echevarría's fate. Spain's Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido described the identification process as strange and "inhumane" for the family.
Aged 39 and from Madrid, Ignacio Echevarría had been working for HSBC in London as part of the bank's team fighting money laundering.
As the three London Bridge attackers went on the rampage, his family said he was returning from an evening of skateboarding in a nearby park with friends.
He jumped off his bike and used his skateboard to hit one of the attackers who was stabbing a woman. The two others then attacked him from behind and he was last seen lying on the ground, the family said.
The polls had been expected in December, but the election board said they would now be held around mid-2017.
Opinion polls have suggested the government of President Nicolas Maduro would fare badly in the elections.
He recently said that economic recovery and not elections were the priority for the country.
Venezuela has seen three years of deep recession, with inflation expected to top 700% this year. There are huge shortages of food and medicines, and looting is widespread.
Mr Maduro, who replaced the late Hugo Chavez in 2013, has seen his approval ratings plummet to just over 20%.
His term runs until 2019 but the opposition is seeking to end it early by securing enough signatures to trigger a recall referendum.
Announcing the delay, National Election Board head, Tibisay Lucena, gave no reason for it.
Government officials quoted by Reuters have said exceptional measures are needed to counter what they describe as a US-led economic war against the nation.
The opposition Democratic Unity coalition denounced the election delay, saying: "This decision by the election board is part of a dangerous trend by a regime clearly acting outside the constitution."
Opposition parties won control of the legislature last year in a landslide.
Mr Maduro said on Tuesday opposition parties would have to re-register with the electoral board to be eligible for the delayed polls.
"If they flout the law... then the governor elections will come and we will participate [alone]... It's a real, possible, probable scenario," he said.
His supporters staged a rally in the capital, Caracas, on Tuesday
Key Maduro aide Diosdado Cabello told them: "Nicolas Maduro was elected president and he must finish his term."
The 17-year-old from Dewsbury was questioned in April on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
The North East Counter Terrorism Unit confirmed he will not face any charges under section 5 of the Terrorism Act.
Hassan Munshi and Talha Asmal, both 17, are feared to have travelled to Syria to join Islamic State.
West Yorkshire Police and counter-terrorism officers are investigating.
Speaking at the time of their disappearance in March, the boys' families said they were praying for the safe return of the "ordinary Yorkshire lads".
Hassan's brother, Hammaad Munshi, was arrested in 2006 at the age of 16 after police found a guide to making napalm on his computer.
He became the youngest person to be convicted under the Terrorism Act.
Lightning were 66-45 victors over Bath, as they look to become the first table-toppers to go on and take the title.
Runners-up Wasps, the only new franchise to make the play-offs, beat Thunder 63-48 in the second semi-final.
Last year's beaten finalists Thunder will take on Bath for third place in Birmingham before the title-decider.
Tamsin Greenway's Wasps side were the only team to beat Lightning in the regular season, but they will have to keep the league's best shooter Peace Proscovia at bay.
Wasps were one of three new franchises to join the league before the season as the top division of British netball was expanded to 10 teams.
One of the four crew of the Louisa was rescued by a lifeboat after swimming for shore and then clinging to rocks.
Two men were found dead and the fourth, who also swam for shore, is missing.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch's examination of the incident is ongoing, while further searches for the missing man are under review.
The boat, which was used for crab fishing, was understood to have taken on water, forcing the crew to abandon ship.
Ch Insp Gordon Macleod from Police Scotland said: "Our thoughts are very much with the families at this time. It is tragic accident for the community to deal with but primarily for the families that are affected. We have officers working with them and keeping them up-to-date with inquiries as they go on.
"We are obviously wanting to establish what has happened here and we are working very closely with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
"We will be looking at the safety around the boat and looking to establish what happened that led to this tragic accident."
Finlay MacLeod, superintendent of the Fishermen's Mission in Stornoway, said: "The four crewmen ended up in the water but with the cold and the exposure, hypothermia started to set in and two of them decided to swim to the shore, which they could see.
"During that swimming one of them drifted away from the other and he was lost whilst the other one made it to the shore."
The colourful motion graphics will illuminate the iconic building's sails to help launch the Vivid Sydney light festival.
"Each creature represents a different emotion," says Ash Bolland, a music video and TV advert director who conceived the display.
"It's based on the idea of turning the opera house into a living, breathing entity."
Bolland's mesmerising spectacle, Audio Creatures, will be set to electronic music by a Brazilian producer, Amon Tobin.
As with previous years, crowds are expected to pack the harbour-side setting and other locations for the popular winter festival.
To create the artwork, Bolland sketched his ideas and concept art on a computer. The motion graphics were then completed by an animation company.
"I've got friends who are mixed up in the world of image projection," the New Zealand-raised Australian says.
"The stuff that is successful for me is when you modify or transform the building. My plan with the Audio Creatures is to tell a story that is thrilling, exciting and feels like an old '80s sci-fi film."
Vivid Sydney features art and music installations from 26 May to 17 June.
When the festival began nine years ago, it drew 200,000 people. Last year there were 2.3 million attendees, injecting A$110m (£63m; $82m) into the local economy.
Event organisers also credit it with attracting interstate and international tourists.
This year, other installations include a street art mural in the city centre and sculptures of giant sunflowers in the Royal Botanic Garden.
At Sydney's Taronga Zoo, oversized lanterns shaped like Tasmanian devils and crocodiles will entertain visitors, as will a 20m (65ft) walk-through shark.
Elsewhere, an optical illusion featuring a giant sinkhole will mimic the Aurora Australis.
"For me, it's just bringing people together. I can bring my kids down and be amazed by the nightlife," Bolland says.
"In a city that is well known for its summer, it's an event that lights up the night during winter."
Cleveland Pools in Bath, claimed to be Britain's only surviving Georgian lido, has been redundant since 1984.
A community trust is now working to bring the crescent-shaped lido back into public use and wants to raise a total of £3m to make that a reality.
Former Olympian Sharron Davies has given her backing to a fundraising appeal which was launched earlier.
The restoration plans include a heated pool, children's pool, cafe and access by boat via the River Avon which runs alongside the lido.
They have been drawn up by the Cleveland Pools Trust (CPT) which is working in partnership with the Prince's Regeneration Trust (PRT), English Heritage and Bath & North East Somerset Council.
The CPT will need to raise at least 10% of the £3m to show potential funders, such as the Heritage Lottery Fund, that it is serious about the project.
Ros Kerslake, chief executive of the PRT, said: "If you love the idea of having this reopened and having it for families, tourism and sport, you need to actively support it.
"This is the opportunity for people to step forward and say 'yes I will buy into that', because they [the CPT] won't get there without it."
An English Heritage conservation newsletter from last year described the pools as "a Georgian gem" but said they had "suffered a great deal from decay and neglect".
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act requires peers and MPs to be tax resident and domiciled in order to remain in Parliament.
Lord Ashcroft, a Conservative deputy chairman, revealed in March he was a non-dom so did not have to pay UK taxes on most of his overseas earnings.
Five peers are now known to have quit the Lords seats to keep non-dom status.
The latest to announce the move is architect Lord Foster, who was ennobled in 1999.
The others are Conservatives Lord Bagri, Lord McAlpine and Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, and cross-bencher Baroness Dunn.
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act passed through Parliament earlier this year with cross-party support.
A three-month period during which peers could instead permanently exclude themselves from the Lords expires on Wednesday.
Labour donor Lord Paul has, like Lord Ashcroft, said he will give up his non-dom status to keep his seat.
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board said a section of the cladding on Singleton Hospital in Swansea will be removed and inspected as a precaution.
But it stressed the cladding was not combustible and not the same product used on the Kensington tower.
It said it would take "immediate action" if experts raise any concerns.
The health board confirmed Reynobond PE, the cladding material that was in Grenfell Tower, had not been used in any of its buildings.
It added: "All our buildings conform to fire and safety regulations and have been signed off by building control and the fire authority."
Singleton Hospital underwent a £3m facelift between 2010 and 2012, which included cladding the building with external insulated panels.
The cladding was aimed at saving energy and cutting annual heating bills by about £10,000.
Meanwhile, Hywel Dda health board said it had "undertaken an urgent review of all our buildings with cladding as part of our estates fire risk assessment".
Joe Teape, the health board's director of operations, added: "In line with those findings, we are reviewing our fire safety procedures and reporting fully to Welsh Government."
BBC Wales has also asked the other five health boards if any of their buildings have exterior cladding and insulation, and if they have carried out tests, or plan to do so.
They are yet to respond.
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Leanne Wood told a live BBC TV election special the party was "very clear" in its opposition to nuclear weapons.
But she said in terms of jobs on Anglesey, the nation had "put all our eggs in the nuclear basket" with 6,000 people working at Wylfa power station.
Ms Wood said if a replacement for Wylfa did not go ahead, an alternative source of jobs would have to be found.
Speaking on BBC Wales TV's Ask the Leader programme in Aberystwyth, she said: "Plaid Cymru is opposed to Trident and we've been very clear on the case of opposing nuclear weapons.
"On the case of nuclear power that's a little bit more difficult for us, I will be honest with you. This has not been a straight forward question for Plaid Cymru.
"I'm not personally convinced that nuclear power is the answer and I'm not convinced that it stacks up financially.
"I would prefer us to take more of a renewables-based approach. We've got in our manifesto an aim to meet all the electricity needs in as far as we can in Wales… renewably by 2035."
Plans are being made for a new power station called Wylfa Newydd to be built next to the old Wylfa plant, which is being decommissioned.
Horizon Nuclear Power, owned by the Japanese giant Hitachi, is still in the process of drawing up detailed plans, which will be submitted by 2017.
Ms Wood denied that Plaid only opposed nuclear power in new locations because it wanted to retain its seat for Ynys Mon, where thousands of jobs are at stake with the replacement of Wylfa.
"It is a difficult issue on Ynys Mon, and the reason is because there have been 6,000 people employed on fairly decent wages.
"Those jobs are going to come to an end, and there has been no plan in place to replace those jobs. We've put all our eggs in the nuclear basket.
"There was a report out just last week that suggested that Wylfa Newydd may never go ahead… if it doesn't go ahead, what happens to those people on the island who will then be out of work?"
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Opposing nuclear power is difficult for Plaid Cymru, its leader has said, because of the jobs which depend on it.
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The Sir Richard Hotham scheme for Bognor Regis, spread across three sites including the Regis Centre, was turned down by Arun District Council.
It is the latest chapter in a long-running saga to redevelop the area.
The council said it had responded to local people's wishes but critics said it was a wasted opportunity.
Councillors rejected the planning application because of concerns over the lack of affordable housing, the impact of extra traffic and the scheme's viability and design.
The Sir Richard Hotham Project said the company was disappointed and surprised and would take legal advice before deciding whether to appeal or to submit a modified planning application.
The Conservative-led council said in a statement it remained committed to creating new jobs in Bognor and increasing visitor numbers.
Lib Dem councillor Francis Oppler said the redevelopment had not moved forward in 10 years.
"We have no plan, no developer and we have had 10 years of wasted opportunities," he said.
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Among the results were very high levels of sugar - higher than most modern dessert wine - and traces of arsenic.
168 bottles were found 50m beneath the Baltic Sea in July 2010, several of them unusually well-preserved due to the stable, cold and dark conditions.
Some of them sold at auction in 2011 for tens of thousands of euros.
The new study, published in the journal PNAS, reports "chemical and sensory analysis" of the historic liquid. It was led by Prof Philippe Jeandet, from the University of Reims in Champagne-Ardenne, France.
Prof Jeandet and his colleagues used various types of chemical analysis to compare the make-up of three bottles from the shipwreck, made by Veuve Clicquot, with bottles made recently by the same champagne house.
He told the BBC he only got to taste 0.1ml of the wine, as part of working with experts and winemakers at Veuve Clicquot to conduct the analysis.
"It was impossible to smell," Prof Jeandet said, because of the tiny quantity. "But it was fabulous - just tasting 100 microlitres."
He remembers flavours of tobacco and leather, he said. "The taste remained for two or three hours."
As part of their analysis, Prof Jeandet's team found the wine's composition was surprisingly similar to the modern samples, with some notable differences.
For one thing, there weren't many bubbles left. "The CO2 remaining was less than 2g per litre. If you compare to normal champagne - the CO2 in a bottle is around 10-11g per litre," Prof Jeandet said.
This was probably because the gas gradually escaped through the corks, he added.
Apart from that loss of fizz, the conditions under the sea - a stable temperature of 2-4C, relatively low salinity, low levels of light and high pressure - served the wine remarkably well.
"What was most surprising... was to see that the aromas and chemical features were preserved during the time the wine spent at the bottom of the sea," Prof Jeandet said.
Andrew Waterhouse, an oenologist at the University of California Davis, told the BBC the research was "very interesting" - making particular mention of the high sugar content the researchers reported.
"This is a type of wine we still drink today. So it's not an ancient relic, it's part of our current history - we do drink champagne these days.
"But this champagne is very different, especially with regard to sugar level."
At more than 14%, the sugar content was "astonishingly high", Prof Waterhouse said - higher than most dessert wines today. But it appears to have been sold, much as it is today, to be drunk at receptions and celebrations.
"It points out how different the tastes were back then."
Consumers in the UK and the US, particularly, have driven the sugar content down over the years. Even in the 19th Century, Prof Jeandet said, tastes on the continent were much sweeter - and these Baltic bottles were probably typical.
Prof Waterhouse also pointed out the traces of arsenic the researchers spotted, which may indicate the use of arsenic salts to control pests in the vineyard, as well as surprisingly high levels of lead and iron.
These metals probably came from the barrels used before the wine was bottled, he added. These may have had iron fittings and brass valves, containing lead.
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The pair, named in court as Gillian Phillips and David Oakes, were discovered in Bentfield Gardens, Stansted Mountfitchet, at 23:00 BST on Wednesday.
Investigations suggested they had been stabbed, Essex Police said.
Brett Rogers, of Bentfield Gardens, appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court earlier.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on 27 July.
Post-mortem examinations are due to take place on the bodies of the man and woman, who were not related.
Detectives are still searching for a murder weapon and said the cordon around the property would remain in place "for the next few days".
Last year, more than 1,000 schools across the UK took part in this diversity award-winning project.
Students reported on a range of issues, from social media addiction to why dancing is not just for girls and how Muslim women can wear the hijab. Some even interviewed leading politicians.
Using lesson plans and materials from this website, teachers help their pupils develop students' journalistic skills so they can report on the stories that matter to them and make their voices heard.
The project culminates on School Report News Day - this year to be held on Thursday 10 March 2016 - where all schools taking part produce stories and publish them on their school websites.
There are four Practice News Days - the last one will be on Tuesday 9 February (also Safer Internet Day) - for schools that wish to have a trial run.
Practice News Days are a great opportunity to get your team together and have a go at reporting. Why not take a look at our News Day lesson plan!
The BBC links to each school webpage, providing a real audience for the reports. Some schools will also get the chance to work with BBC staff and see their work appear on television, radio or the BBC website.
This year is BBC School Report's 10th anniversary, so why not make 2015/16 the year for your school to take part in the project?
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The lender's third quarter cash profit for the three months to the end of March was about 2.2bn Australian dollars ($1.74bn; £1.15bn).
CBA said the flat result was due to higher regulatory costs.
But analysts said the bank may still deliver a record full-year cash profit.
The lender's net profit for its third quarter was also approximately $A2.2bn.
Many Australian banks use a cash profit result rather than net profit as their preferred performance measure. The cash profit numbers strip out one-off items, including those that may introduce distortions to a bank's performance in a given period.
CBA's first-half cash profits posted earlier this year came in at 4.62bn Australian dollars, 8% up from the same period a year earlier.
CBA's figures were unaudited and came with limited information, but they follow disappointing half-year figures from rival Westpac.
They also follow half-year results from ANZ, which were described by analysts as a welcome relief after the disappointing Westpac numbers.
National Australia Bank, which is the country's number one lender by assets, is also expected to file its half-year results this week.
National Australia Bank, Westpac, ANZ and CBA make up the so-called big four lenders in Australia.
They are regarded as highly profitable and came out of the global financial crisis relatively unhurt.
However, there are concerns that Australia's big lenders rely too heavily on their home lending businesses.
In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, CBA said its home lending volume growth "continued to track slightly below system", but that growth in household deposits was "particularly strong" in the quarter.
The country's big lenders are also facing increased regulatory controls amid rising property prices.
In a report published last year, Australian lenders were told they needed to hold more capital to be able to survive future financial crises.
The Financial System Inquiry report singled out bank competition, increased capital levels and inefficient taxes for reform.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the country's central bank, cut its key interest rate on Tuesday by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 2%, with rising property prices in Australia's biggest city, Sydney, one of the reasons for the cut.
A strong currency and a drop in iron ore prices were also among the reasons for the cut, which is the second this year, following a previous 25 basis point cut in February.
There were 464,824 new car registrations, a rise of 17.7% on a year earlier.
The sales figure was also the second-highest on record since the introduction of twice-yearly car registrations in 1999.
In the three months to March car sales rose 13.7% to 688,122, the SMMT added.
March is typically the busiest month in the year - accounting for almost a fifth of all car sales annually.
The month also saw the biggest-ever rise in sales of alternatively-fuelled vehicles, with sales soaring 63.8% compared with a year earlier, to 8,713.
Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said the "surprisingly strong level of growth" in sales was a reflection of intensifying consumer confidence.
"Given the past six years of subdued economic performance across the UK, there is still a substantial margin of pent-up demand that is contributing to a strong new and used car market," he added.
"We expect the market to continue to perform positively for the rest of the year, albeit at a more modest rate."
And Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said the March sales figures were "extremely good news for the car industry".
He said they gave a "significant boost" to the UK's overall economic growth prospects for the first three months of the year.
Nicola Sturgeon told a gathering of party faithful in Glasgow that a shake-up was needed to bring positive change.
She also said it was time to abolish the House of Lords where members are paid "£300 a day for just showing up".
Voters throughout the UK go to the polls on 7 May to decide who will be their next MP.
The latest polls indicate the SNP is on course to winning most of Scotland's 59 Westminster seats and that Labour and Conservative would fail to win an overall majority in the House of Commons.
This has led to suggestions the nationalist could play a power broker's role in the event of a hung parliament.
Ms Sturgeon said in her keynote address to the SNP's spring conference: "I think I can safely say that we do still want Scotland to be independent.
"But at this general election - with the power of the big parties weaker than ever before - I say this to people of progressive opinion all across the UK.
"As long as Scotland remains part of the Westminster system, we will be your allies in seeking to shake up and reform that outdated and discredited system once and for all.
"Westminster needs to change. To be more responsive to the needs and demands of ordinary people, wherever they are in the UK.
"So to people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, I make this promise. The SNP stands ready to work with you in making that positive change for all of us."
The politician pledged that if there were a hung parliament, SNP MPs would vote to "stop a Tory government even getting off the ground".
Ms Sturgeon then set a challenge to Labour to "match" her pledge and "join forces with a vote of confidence to "lock David Cameron out of Downing Street".
She went on: "If Labour fails to make that commitment, the only conclusion people will draw is that Labour would rather have the Tories back in power than work with the SNP.
"And that will be the final nail in the political coffin of Scottish Labour.
"So I challenge Labour today to join us in opposing austerity - not in words, but in their spending plans.
"And if they won't, I serve notice now that we will use our influence in the House of Commons to force them to abandon the needless pain of Tory cuts."
Despite the SNP's good showing in the polls, Ms Sturgeon reminded those gathered that the party's biggest success at a general election was in 1974 when it won 11 seats.
She said: "So the next time you read the polls, remember this - any seat we manage to win beyond 11 will be record breaking for the SNP.
"But just as we will take nothing for granted, nor will we set any limit on our ambition.
"The more seats we win for the SNP, the louder Scotland's voice is going to be."
Elsewhere in the conference speech, the MSP and first minister of Scotland pledged to;
A 2010 report found £135m must be spent annually on defences by 2035 just to maintain the current level of risk.
Councils across Wales are now planning for a "managed retreat".
Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said it was not currently part of Welsh government policy.
But BBC Wales' Week In Week Out has found local authorities around Wales are already making preparations.
Fairbourne, in Gwynedd, is expected to enter into managed retreat in 2025. It is one of around 50 communities listed as being in such areas in the next 45 years.
More than 400 homes are expected to be abandoned in the village by 2055 as part of that policy.
Resident Sonia Norton, 83, said: "Ten years will probably see me out and it's not good for the future, for Fairbourne as a thriving community, because it will stop people buying in here.
"The people already here will probably just last it out."
Murray Dods, who runs Fairbourne Railway, said: "Any kind of policy that declares that there is a cut-off point is inevitably going to make house values in the area drop.
"Who'd buy a house in a place that they know isn't going to be there in 20 years' time? At some stage somebody's going to make themselves very unpopular by saying 'no more'."
The advice to retreat from some communities comes from Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs), which draw up a future strategy based on the state of existing defences, the economic importance of the area and information on sea level rises.
Gwynedd council adopted its SMP last year and has accepted that in the long term it cannot continue to defend Fairbourne.
"The plan is trying to sustain the position in the short term, but in the long term we will have to have that managed retreat," Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards said.
"I recognise that people are going to be in a very, very difficult position. We cannot leave them on their own, we have to support them in the future," he added.
One of the main factors leading to the decision is the rise of sea levels.
Mike Phillips, professor of coastal geomorphology at University of Wales Trinity St David, said science was against low-lying villages such as Fairbourne.
"Sea levels are rising. It means the cost of defending this place will be too high," he said.
"As a coastal scientist, I think it is right to consider managed retreat as an option because we cannot afford to continually defend our coastline."
But Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies insisted the Welsh government was not considering managed retreat at present.
"At the moment managed retreat is not actually a part of our policy approach," he said.
"But your basic point that you can't do everything, everywhere and you can't fund everything, everywhere is absolutely correct."
A 2010 report by Natural Resources Wales' predecessor body, Environment Agency Wales, found £135m needed to be spent annually on flood and coastal defences by 2035 just to maintain the current level of risk.
Building more defences, in order to take people out of flood risk areas, would increase that spending to £170m a year by 2035, the report said.
Civil engineer Jaap Flikweert advised the US Army Corps of Engineers on safer defences for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
He said it was important to plan ahead of potential disasters to avoid putting people's lives at risk in the future.
"If you see it coming, take the time - use the time - of a generation to make that change," he said.
Week in Week Out is on BBC One Wales, Tuesday, 11 February at 22:35 GMT
But as with much that has taken place over the past two and a half months, Mr Sanchez's plea is essentially mere choreography as he has only managed to do a deal with the centrist Ciudadanos party, while alienating the anti-austerity, left-wing Podemos.
The Socialist Party (PSOE) came second to the conservative Popular Party (PP) in December's inconclusive elections.
Alone, neither of the two new parties in parliament can give the PSOE an absolute majority, although Podemos offered a glimmer of hope of cobbling together a workable minority government with smaller left-wing groups and the acquiescence of Basque and Catalan nationalists.
There is no hope that Mr Sanchez will be assisted by the PP, which still has the rudder of the country in its possession until a new government can be formed.
Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy points to the fact that he won December's elections and it is Mr Sanchez who is refusing to negotiate a triple alliance of the PP, the PSOE and Ciudadanos that would keep the conservative leader in power.
Partido Popular (Popular Party, PP): Centre-right party of Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in power since December 2011 but lost its majority in 2015
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE): Centre-left party, led by Pedro Sanchez, in power alternately with PP since 1982
Podemos: Left-wing party founded in 2014 by university professor Pablo Iglesias
Ciudadanos (Citizens): Centrist party formed in Catalonia in 2006 opposing Catalan independence before going national in 2013, led by Albert Rivera
Mr Sanchez's speech felt like the start of what could be a long electoral campaign, until the possible ballot date of 26 June comes around.
The Socialist reeled off the potential benefits of "change" - the key word in his speech - according to the manifesto for government signed by the PSOE and Ciudadanos, including:
"All of these things can be set in motion next week," Mr Sanchez repeated on several occasions, looking at Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias. "The parties of change" must come together, he added.
The message was the Socialists have understood the urgent need for reform in a country wracked by 21% unemployment and a political system plagued by corruption and they have been prepared to negotiate a better deal with political adversaries.
According to Mr Sanchez, the inflexibility of Podemos, which broke off talks with the PSOE when its accord with Ciudadanos was announced last week, means the legislature may last only until the deadline of 3 May.
"Real dialogue means taking the risk of being convinced," Mr Sanchez said, ending his address by saying that, win or lose, he was proud to have tried to unblock the political impasse.
Sitting in Spain's Congress, under a painting called The Embrace, last Wednesday, Mr Sanchez and Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera explained the basis of an agreement some commentators described as beautiful but useless.
Both sides have ceded ground:
While its 200 proposals are often short on specifics, the "embrace agreement" is clearly an attempt to occupy a large swathe of the political spectrum, from the centre to the centre-left.
This leaves Podemos exposed as a stubbornly radical group not prepared to ease up on its demands for a massive tax-and-spend campaign to tackle poverty and a referendum on independence in Catalonia.
Mr Sanchez, who faces a possible leadership challenge in party primaries this spring, has chosen to embrace a party of moderation rather than succumb to a bear hug from the pony-tailed Mr Iglesias, who brought Podemos to within a whisker of overtaking the PSOE in December and has said he does not fear fresh elections.
As no-one finds the solution to Spain's fragmentation, the blame game has begun in earnest.
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They had been awaiting the document from the Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers.
It is understood the government has now increased its offer of financial assistance to £2bn, a mixture of loans and cash.
The talks on welfare reform, the past, flags and parades have lasted 11 weeks.
The BBC's Northern Ireland political editor, Mark Devenport, said it was expected that any agreement would focus mainly on financial issues, welfare reform and dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.
Sinn Fein MP Conor Murphy confirmed on Tuesday the parties had received an improved offer but that they would take some time to assess it.
"The paper was received at 12pm, we have another round-table meeting now and we will continue to tease out the contents of the paper with both governments as the afternoon goes on," he said.
He said Sinn Féin's initial "encouraging" impression was that the financial package being offered had improved, "but we have to work out what is new money and what is recycled".
Overnight, it became clear that while the UK government had improved its financial offer, it was not keen to write off more than £200m in fines, imposed by the Treasury due to the delay in implementing welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
The five Northern Ireland executive parties and the UK and Irish governments have been involved in weeks of negotiations at Stormont Castle but the talks have intensified over the past few days.
A Stormont source has told the BBC that while the financial aspect of the talks might change marginally, the main point of contention appeared to be related to the legacy of the Troubles.
In particular, disagreements have continued over the remit of new agencies being created to deal with legacy issues.
There is also believed to be disagreement over whether outstanding inquests into contentious killings are held in court or subsumed into what will be known as the Historic Investigations Unit.
Alliance leader David Ford told the BBC: "It has been well reported that we have made significant progress around budget, especially welfare issues, although there may be one or two loose ends to tie up there.
"The key issue that we really have to do something about is dealing with the past, to provide some comfort to victims who have waited for so long for something to be agreed, and to deal with the issues that are currently causing major problems for the justice system."
Elsewhere, the terms of a new financial package proposed by David Cameron have also been a focus of the talks.
Last week, the five executive parties asked the government for £2bn in loans and extra funding over a 10-year period. The government later made a £1.5bn offer.
First Minister Peter Robinson said he believed that there was "real money on the table" from Westminster, but Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said: "I have to caution that most of that is loans."
Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said progress had been made but the "devil was in the detail".
The Northern Ireland executive still owes more than £214m to the Treasury after Northern Ireland failed to implement welfare reforms passed by Westminster in February 2013.
The figure is the amount the benefits budget in Northern Ireland should have fallen by, if welfare reforms had been implemented.
The Northern Ireland executive parties want this written off and Stormont sources said this issue is still under discussion.
Part of Hatch Farm Dairies in Winnersh, Berkshire, was submerged under 3ft of water during last year's storms.
Residents fear the development on the site near the flood-prone River Loddon will encroach on floodplain land.
But Wokingham council said any flooding issues had been "addressed" and the development met criteria set out by the Environment Agency.
The plan for 433 homes, a primary school and a link road on the site was highlighted by the Flood Protection Association (FPA) as an example of a lack of thought in where to build houses.
It stated development on floodplains should be an "absolute last resort".
Phiala Mehring from the Loddon Valley Residents Association said: "Everyone knows we have a flooding problem locally, so I think it would now be a sensible point to put a line in the sand and say 'okay, why don't we have a look at ways we can manage our current situation before we do anything at all that could potentially increase the flooding risk'".
Developer Bovis Homes said its "engineering operations" would help alleviate historical flooding issues in the area.
It added that only the link road would be constructed within a "flooding zone", not the houses and school, and that "adequate compensatory excavation will be provided... to ensure that there will be no loss of floodplain storage capacity".
The 27-year-old told the New York Times last week she had been in London preparing for a potential role and was "nervous but excited".
Mamet's play, which first opened on Broadway in 1988 starring Madonna, satirises the Hollywood film industry.
It will run at the Playhouse Theatre from 24 September to 29 November.
Lohan will play the role of Karen, a temporary secretary who puts the relationship of two Hollywood producers under strain.
It will be directed by Lindsay Posner, who previously directed other Mamet plays including Oleanna, A Life in the Theatre and Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
The West End production is being brought to the stage by Theatre Royal Bath, which was also behind recent West End productions Relative Values, Relatively Speaking and Fences.
Further casting will be announced later.
Speed-the Plow's first Broadway run was nominated for two Tony awards.
The role of Karen was later portrayed by Clueless star Alicia Silverstone in a 2006 revival and by Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss in 2008.
Its most recent London production was at the Old Vic in 2008 starring the theatre's artistic director Kevin Spacey as Hollywood executive Fox opposite Laura Michelle Kelly as Karen.
Lohan made her film debut in 1998's The Parent Trap before going on to star in Freaky Friday (2003), Mean Girls (2004) and Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005).
She also released two albums - Speak and Raw - in 2004 and 2005.
Her career floundered after spending much of 2010 to 2013 in either rehabilitation clinics or entangled in legal problems after a number of arrests and probation violations.
In 2012 she starred as Elizabeth Taylor in TV biopic Liz and Dick, and last year appeared in Paul Schrader's The Canyons.
A group of at least four whales were seen north of Hunstanton during the afternoon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said.
An RNLI spokeswoman said its hovercraft had taken marine life experts to assess the whale which was still stuck in water with a depth of about 6ft (2m).
She said: "It looks quite injured and is in difficulty."
Gary Pearson, who lives in Dersingham, saw the whales at about 16:00 GMT and said he was told they had been there for a couple of hours.
"Two had already got out to deeper water, but two were still in trouble and one got away when I was there," he said.
"The remaining one was thrashing around and in distress. It looks like an adult sperm whale to me and I wouldn't be surprised if it was 40ft [12m] long.
"It's probably stuck between these boulders covered in algae which you can see exposed at low tide."
Two years ago, schools were required to join the fight against radicalisation under the so-called Prevent duty.
The first detailed report into the response of teachers and college staff found concerns about increased stigmatisation of Muslim students.
But teachers are more confident about reporting cases to the authorities.
The Prevent programme was criticised by some in the wake of the recent London Bridge attack.
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The research involved 70 education staff across 14 schools and colleges in West Yorkshire and London and a further 225 who took part in a national survey.
It looked at professional experiences of implementing Prevent and found little evidence of widespread opposition among educationalists.
But the study by Coventry, Huddersfield and Durham universities, found there were concerns about Muslim students becoming stigmatised.
One of the researchers, Dr Joel Busher, from Coventry University, said: "Widespread and sometimes acute concerns about possible feelings of stigmatisation among Muslim students highlight an urgent need for systematic evaluation of how, if at all, the duty has impacted on student experiences."
The teaching of fundamental British values was also questioned and, in particular, the labelling of these values as "British".
"Linking the duty to the promotion of 'fundamental British values' - and, in particular, the pressure on schools and colleges to emphasise the 'Britishness' of these values - is often seen as more problematic, both hampering effective curriculum work around shared values and democratic citizenship," the report said.
But school and college staff had also developed strategies to try to counter any possible "chilling effect" on free speech in schools and colleges, the report says.
However, researchers say schools and colleges now see Prevent as an extension of their role to keep pupils safe.
And there has been a "dramatic" increase in the number of referrals by school and college staff.
The Prevent duty, introduced in July 2015, required "specified authorities" such as schools, colleges, prisons and NHS Trusts to have "due regard to the need to have to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism".
When concerns are raised about an individual, their case is assessed by a local panel and when appropriate, referred to a support programme known as Channel.
Channel then works by trying to divert people away from extremist activities.
According to the latest Home Office statement, roughly a third of referrals now relate to concerns about far-right activity.
Responding to the report, Security Minister Ben Wallace told the BBC that 150 people had been dissuaded from fighting in Syria because of Prevent.
He added that Prevent referrals had "gone up steadily".
"Before there was a duty it would have been very sporadic and the numbers would have been low in some parts of the country and high in others," he said.
"We are trying to engage people and I'm really heartened that in the report teachers understand that it is not spying, it's actually just having a set of guidelines to make sure they safeguard the people they are responsible for," he added.
A Department for Education spokesperson said: "The Prevent duty is about helping to keep our children safe and equip them with the knowledge to question extremist and radical views.
"This report shows that not only is there widespread understanding of this but schools and colleges are confident about how to deliver it in the classroom.
The report, produced last month by academics at the request of the Belgian privacy commission, said that the site tracks people without their consent.
An annexe to that report, published last week, added details of Facebook's tracking and prompted fresh criticism.
Facebook said the report was "inaccurate" and complained that it was not contacted before its publication.
"This report contains factual inaccuracies," a spokesperson said.
"The authors have never contacted us, nor sought to clarify any assumptions upon which their report is based. Neither did they invite our comment on the report before making it public.
"However, we remain willing to engage with them and hope they will be prepared to update their work in due course."
The report's authors have said that they stick by their findings.
"To date, we have not been contacted by Facebook directly nor have we received any meeting request," Brendan Van Alsenoy and Gunes Acar said.
"We're not surprised that Facebook holds a different opinion as to what European data protection laws require.
"But if Facebook feels today's releases contain factual errors, we're happy to receive any specific remarks it would like to make."
Facebook is regulated by the Irish Data Commissioner and says it has passed two audits of its data protection policies.
On 27 March, the report's authors - who include researchers from KU Leuven university and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium - published a separate paper about Facebook's use of plug-ins to track people.
A plug-in, such as the follow button that Facebook provides to direct users to a company's Facebook page from its own website, can also act as a tracker, following the sites a person visits.
However, many online companies use plug-ins, as well as cookies, for tracking internet use.
Facebook was also criticised for not offering opt-outs on location data collations.
The authors said this may put Facebook in breach of EU laws that demand explicit consent from individuals for website tracking and the use of cookies.
Facebook updated its policies in January but the researchers said the changes were not significant.
"To be clear: the changes introduced in 2015 weren't all that drastic," they wrote in their original paper.
"Most of Facebook's 'new' policies and terms are simply old practices made more explicit."
The terms stated that Facebook could track its users across websites and devices, use pictures uploaded for commercial purposes and collate location data.
The report also claimed that the platform "places too much burden" on site members by presenting them with a "complicated web" of settings.
Facebook, however, has defended its approach.
"Cookies have been an industry standard for more than 15 years," said a spokesman.
If people want to opt out of seeing advertising based on the websites they visit and apps they use, they opt out through the EDAA [European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance], whose principles and opt out we and more than 100 other companies comply with.
"Facebook takes this commitment one step further: when you use the EDAA opt out, we opt you out on all devices you use and you won't see ads based on the websites and apps you use."
Chief Fire Officer Anne Millington said that was the "likely scenario" but there would be no firefighter redundancies or closure of stations.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said it believed the savings could be higher and has warned of job cuts.
The government grant for 2016-17 is due to be announced before Christmas.
Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority chairman Nick Chard said there was still uncertainty but the worst case scenario was as much as £18m.
Mark Simmons, from the FBU, said it would be difficult "to avoid compulsory redundancies" if this figure turned out to be correct.
The service is currently consulting on the plans.
The documents say the service has a natural turnover of 30 firefighters a year and they might not be replaced, and some fire engines might be crewed by three staff although the aim would be four.
Proposals also include moving fire engines to areas where it is harder to get staff cover and where there are high numbers of road crashes.
The plans are based on the service increasing its council tax share by just under 2%.
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said fatalities and injuries were down 30% and 55% over the last decade respectively.
"This means the service needs to adapt to meet new demands and to ensure it is continuing to work in the most efficient way."
Consultation runs until 16 January.
Striker Mandy Islacker angled just wide with Germany's best effort after half-time in a game of few chances.
Montpellier's Stina Blackstenius had Sweden's best chance, but her low shot from close range was well blocked by Wolfsburg keeper Almuth Schult.
Earlier on Monday in Rotterdam, Italy fell to a 2-1 loss against Russia.
Germany, bidding for a seventh consecutive European title, had won their past 11 competitive games against Sweden.
In a repeat of the 2016 Olympic final, which Germany won 2-1 in Rio, the Swedes frustrated the pre-tournament favourites for the Euros, and their Chelsea goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl rarely had a save to make.
In the first game in Group B, Russia led when Elena Danilova's low strike bounced past Chiara Marchitelli at her near post and Elena Morozova's header made it two before the break.
Fiorentina striker Ilaria Mauro poked in late on after Italy, who were finalists in 1993 and 1997, had been denied by fine saves from Russian keeper Tatyana Shcherbak either side of half-time.
In a frantic finish, Italy thought they had earned a dramatic equaliser but Elisa Bartoli was correctly adjudged to be offside, before Russia's Elvira Ziyastinova scrambled the ball off the line after the Azzurri had hit the bar in stoppage time.
But Russia held on to end their 16-game winless run at the European Championship finals.
At the previous Euros, they were eliminated by the drawing of lots with Denmark, but four years on they now top the group after their first match.
Next up for Germany is a meeting with Italy in Tilburg at 19:45 BST on Friday, after Sweden face Russia in Deventer at 17:00 on the same day.
Match ends, Germany 0, Sweden 0.
Second Half ends, Germany 0, Sweden 0.
Offside, Germany. Babett Peter tries a through ball, but Hasret Kayikci is caught offside.
Offside, Germany. Carolin Simon tries a through ball, but Hasret Kayikci is caught offside.
Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lotta Schelin (Sweden).
Attempt missed. Josephine Henning (Germany) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Carolin Simon with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Kosovare Asllani.
Substitution, Sweden. Magdalena Eriksson replaces Jonna Andersson.
Offside, Germany. Dzsenifer Marozsán tries a through ball, but Mandy Islacker is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Lina Magull (Germany) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sara Däbritz.
Attempt saved. Leonie Maier (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Carolin Simon.
Attempt missed. Babett Peter (Germany) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dzsenifer Marozsán with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Hedvig Lindahl.
Attempt saved. Mandy Islacker (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dzsenifer Marozsán.
Attempt missed. Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Leonie Maier (Germany).
Kosovare Asllani (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Germany. Sara Däbritz tries a through ball, but Leonie Maier is caught offside.
Offside, Germany. Almuth Schult tries a through ball, but Carolin Simon is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Lisa Dahlkvist (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Lina Magull (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lina Magull (Germany).
Elin Rubensson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Lotta Schelin (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kosovare Asllani.
Substitution, Germany. Leonie Maier replaces Anna Blässe.
Attempt missed. Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kristin Demann.
Attempt saved. Stina Blackstenius (Sweden) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonna Andersson.
Attempt blocked. Hasret Kayikci (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mandy Islacker.
Attempt missed. Mandy Islacker (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carolin Simon with a cross.
Substitution, Germany. Hasret Kayikci replaces Anja Mittag.
Attempt missed. Linda Sembrant (Sweden) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jessica Samuelsson with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Josephine Henning.
Lina Magull (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Caroline Seger (Sweden).
Foul by Sara Däbritz (Germany).
Kosovare Asllani (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Germany. Conceded by Caroline Seger.
Attempt blocked. Sara Däbritz (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Sweden. Stina Blackstenius replaces Fridolina Rolfö.
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, voted for Jeremy Corbyn, but was told his vote would not be counted.
Mr Serwotka has previously publicly criticised Labour's "move rightwards".
Labour said it would not comment on individual cases but said people "who don't share aims of values of the Labour party don't get a vote".
The PCS, which represents civil servants, is not affiliated to the Labour Party.
Mr Serwotka's wife Ruth tweeted about the vote saying: "Mark been prevented from voting in a Labour Movement election as an affiliated member. I'm very interested to hear the reasons. #LabourPurge".
In an interview with the New Statesman in 2011, he said he had voted for the Green Party in the 2010 election and added: "Growing up in Wales, it was Labour, Labour, Labour. But [since] its move rightwards and embrace of the markets, Labour doesn't speak for me."
Mr Serwotka is among 3,200 people who have been prevented from voting in the leadership election after signing up as affiliated members.
The 20-year-old has been involved in Killie's first team over the past four seasons, debuting at 16 in 2012.
He has also been capped at Under-21 level for Scotland.
"He is a player that fits the bill perfectly," Dundee manager Paul Hartley told his club website. "Mark is at the right age and is someone we think we can work with and develop."
O'Hara has made over 80 senior appearances and follows Dutch forward Yordi Teijsse in moving to Dens Park.
"He is versatile and at a young age has played a lot of games already," added Hartley on O'Hara. "He can play right-back but we want to develop him in the middle of the park.
"He had a year left on his contract at Killie so we are delighted to secure his signing."
The Welsh billionaire, who is chairman of Swansea Bay City Region, wants the UK government and Network Rail to give assurances the delay will be minimised.
It follows a Network Rail report which said work would not be done until 2019 and 2024.
The £2.8bn line from London to Cardiff would be delivered by March 2019.
"This is very disappointing news and creates a damaging air of uncertainty around efforts to advance the future prosperity of the Swansea Bay City Region," Sir Terry said.
"Speaking as an engineer it hardly evokes the finest traditions of Brunel."
During Chancellor George Osborne's spending review on Wednesday, the UK government reiterated it was pressing ahead with the Great Western electrification project as part of key UK infrastructure investment.
The Network Rail report was published following the spending review and contained the conclusions of its chairman Sir Peter Hendy, who had been asked to look at the "deliverability and affordability" of the project.
Sir Terry added: "I understand that large infrastructure projects can sometimes end up costing more and taking longer than initially planned.
"If a delay is inevitable we must have clarity on how this will be minimised with cast iron certainty regarding the timetable for delivery."
Last week, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report said Network Rail's severe planning and budgetary failures caused delays and could double the budget.
Between 2014 and 2015 the estimated cost increased from £1.6bn to £2.8bn, not including the extension to Swansea.
Network Rail said changes had now been been made to control costs.
The line from London to Oxford and Bristol Parkway was originally due to be electrified in 2016, to Cardiff in 2017 and Swansea in 2018.
Tickets for the final at Wembley on 21 May are £45, excluding concessions, while semi-final tickets have reverted to 2014 prices and begin at £30.
The FA said in a statement it was able to cut prices because of "a good financial position".
Liverpool recently scrapped their top-priced £77 tickets for next season after protests from fans.
The club's owners apologised for the "distress caused" by their pricing announcement in response to supporters walking out after 77 minutes of the 2-2 Premier League draw against Sunderland at Anfield on 6 February.
The FA statement read: "So far, this season's competition has seen attendances close to two million and £13m distributed to clubs across the football pyramid.
"Lowering the cost of these showpiece matches is in recognition of the strong, continued commitment from fans supporting the world's original cup competition."
The Quartet - the EU, UN, US, Russia - acted after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas submitted his bid to the UN for the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians stalled in September 2010.
The Palestinians walked out in protest at the building of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN the core of the conflict was not settlements but the refusal of the Palestinians to recognise Israel as a Jewish state.
"Within a month there will be a preparatory meeting between the parties to agree an agenda and method of proceeding in the negotiation," a Quartet statement said.
"At that meeting there will be a commitment by both sides that the objective of any negotiation is to reach an agreement within a timeframe agreed to by the parties but not longer than the end of 2012."
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The Quartet said that both Israel and the Palestinians should then produce "comprehensive proposals within three months on territory and security," and "substantial progress" should be achieved within six months.
An international conference to fine-tune all outstanding issues would be held in Moscow "at an appropriate time," the Middle East negotiators added.
They said that Israeli and Palestinian leaders were now studying the Quartet proposals.
EU foreign policy chief Baroness (Catherine) Ashton said she hoped both sides would react positively to the plan.
"If ever there was a time to resolve this conflict, it is now," Lady Ashton said.
"It is now because Israel worries about its security, because the people of Palestine have waited long for their country."
The Quartet unveiled its proposals shortly after Mr Abbas formally submitted the request for a Palestinian state to become a full member of the UN.
Addressing the General Assembly in New York, he urged the Security Council to back a state with pre-1967 borders.
"I call upon the distinguished members of the Security Council to vote in favour of our full membership," Mr Abbas told the General Assembly, in what was for him an unusually impassioned speech.
"I also appeal to the states that have not yet recognised the State of Palestine to do so," Mr Abbas said.
"The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland," he said.
He added that he hoped for swift backing. Many delegates gave him a standing ovation, and some were clapping and even whistling in support.
Hours after receiving it, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon transmitted the Palestinian request to the Security Council.
Nawaf Salam, Lebanon's ambassador to the UN and the current Security Council president, said the application would be discussed on Monday.
In order to pass, it would need the backing of nine out of 15 council members, with no vetoes from the permanent members, but it could take weeks to reach a vote.
Currently the Palestinians have observer status at the UN.
Israel and the US say a Palestinian state can only be achieved through talks with Israel - not through UN resolutions.
"I continue to hope that President Abbas will be my partner in peace," Mr Netanyahu said in his speech at the General Assembly.
"Let's meet here today in the United Nations. Who's there to stop us?" he added.
President Barack Obama told Mr Abbas earlier this week that the US would use its UN Security Council veto to block the Palestinian bid.
BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen says this is significant because the Palestinians may yet apply to the General Assembly for enhanced status if their Security Council bid fails.
A spokesman for the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, criticised Mr Abbas' speech.
Salah Bardawil said Mr Abbas had deviated from the aspirations of the Palestinian people by accepting the 1967 borders, which he said left 80% of Palestinian land inside Israel.
Meanwhile in the West Bank, crowds roared their approval as Mr Abbas demanded UN acceptance of a Palestinian state within pre-1967 borders.
"With our souls, with our blood, we will defend Palestine," they said.
He progressed through non-league with Burscough and Northwich Victoria before joining Barrow in January 2016.
The 24-year-old scored 12 goals for the National League outfit last season and had interested a number of EFL teams.
"He's someone we've been pursuing since the end of the season," boss Keith Hill told the club website.
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A design by Malcolm Robertson showing Scottish commanders William Wallace and Andrew de Moray shoulder-to-shoulder was selected.
The project is backed by the Guardians of Scotland Trust, which seeks to promote recognition of the two men and their role in Scottish history.
De Moray died later in the year of the battle of injuries he had sustained.
Trust chairman councillor Fergus Wood said: "The Trust aims to create an icon at Stirling Bridge which will bring together a glorious past and an exciting future for public art in Scotland.
"We are working in partnership with various organisations and companies to gives this important site its rightful place.
"In the future, visitors will come here and experience a sense of the site in Stirling and its significant place at the heart of Scotland's story."
Mr Robertson said: "I felt the need to steer away from conflict with this design, even though it is based around a battle.
"It's about building bridges and the common endeavour of the two men and the way they came together in order to get a job done.
"I also wanted to take advantage of the site's midway relationship to the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle by creating a figurative artwork that not only sits in the present, but looks back to the past and forward to the future at the same time."
The 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge is one of the most significant in Scottish history but has had no prominent marker on the site until now.
Setting up a monumental artwork to honour Wallace and de Moray was a central purpose of the Guardians of Scotland Trust.
It was established in 2011 and is backed by the Andrew de Moray Project and the Society of William Wallace.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge was part of the first war of Scottish independence.
Wallace and de Moray had been fighting a guerrilla war against English forces. Wallace largely in the south and de Moray mainly in the north of Scotland.
They came together on the north bank of the River Forth on 11 September 1297, to protect a crossing point on the river.
Lined up against them was an English force led by the Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham.
The Scots allowed part of the English force to cross the river by the bridge, then attacked while their opponents were divided by the river.
The battle was considered a decisive victory for the Scottish forces. Wallace and de Moray were appointed Guardians of Scotland in the absence of a legitimate king.
The 53-year-old, previously in charge of the R's between 2001 to 2006, has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract at Loftus Road.
Holloway, who led Blackpool and Crystal Palace to the Premier League, replaces Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who was sacked on Saturday after 11 months in charge.
He said he was "honoured, privileged and proud" to return to Rangers.
QPR are 17th in the table, six points above the relegation zone, after sacking former Chelsea and Netherlands striker Hasselbaink.
He oversaw just 13 wins from his 47 games in charge.
Holloway has been working as a television pundit since being sacked by Millwall in March 2015.
"It's a huge moment for me and I am delighted to be back here," said the former Bristol Rovers, Plymouth and Leicester boss.
"I feel like I'm back home now and I can't wait to get started.
"Does anyone know this club better than me? Probably not. Has it changed much? Maybe, but I know what it means to everyone out there.
"People would die for this club. My job is to try to help this squad improve and create an environment that the players can succeed in."
In his first spell in charge of QPR, Holloway led the club to promotion to the Championship in 2004 after missing out in the third-tier play-off final in the previous campaign.
He also had to contend with off-field issues at Loftus Road when Rangers were put into administration in April 2001.
Former midfielder Holloway, who spent five years at the club in the 1990s during his playing career, was suspended by then chairman Gianni Paladini in February 2006 because of speculation linking him to the Leicester job.
He joined Plymouth four months later after Rob Kelly became Leicester boss. Holloway eventually had a spell in charge of the Foxes in 2007-08 but the club were relegated to the third tier for the first time in their history.
Holloway will begin his second spell in charge of QPR at home to fifth-placed Norwich City on Saturday, 19 November.
Details of Holloway's backroom staff are yet to be announced.
Hasselbaink's assistant, Dave Oldfield, had been supervising first-team training since the Dutchman's departure.
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They slip 14 points behind thanks to on-loan Rangers midfielder Andy Murdoch's winner 11 minutes from time.
Queen of the South goalkeeper Robbie Thomson denied Jason Cummings, Anthony Stokes and John McGinn.
And, with 11 minutes to go, Murdoch found space inside the box and scored with a powerful shot.
With Rangers winning 2-0 at home to Raith Rovers, second-top Hibs look likely to have to settle for a place in the promotion play-offs.
Falkirk moved to within a point of Alan Stubbs' side with their 0-0 draw away to St Mirren.
Stubbs declared himself "baffled" by the outcome in Dumfries, the third time in seven days he felt his side "could easily have had three points".
"It is a sore one to take because we completely controlled the game," he told BBC Scotland. "We had chances but unfortunately we haven't taken them. I think they had one shot at goal.
"Obviously that makes it more difficult to go up automatically as champions now. But our ambition is still to go up and we still have a good chance of doing that.
"We still have a good chance in the cups as well, so all is far from lost."
The incident happened in a field at Llanfynydd, Wrexham, on Monday evening.
North Wales Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene and the coroner has been informed.
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating.
The Country Landowners and Business Association (CLA) also argued more emphasis should be placed by planning authorities on the economic benefits of converting rural buildings.
President Ross Murray said rural Wales was the Cinderella of the economy, "just waiting to be unleashed".
A study into helping rural communities in Wales was published in October.
Mr Murray told BBC Wales's Country Focus programme he had to work hard to make a success of the business centre he and his wife, Elizabeth, set up at their Llanover estate near Abergavenny.
He added his experiences with the planning process had given him a "particular focus" on rural Wales.
The centre is now home to around 20 different businesses, but some left in the early days because of a lack of connectivity, requiring an investment of around £20,000 to create a broadband network.
Former soldier Mr Murray, who retrained as a charted surveyor, said: "We have some traditional buildings which can no longer really serve modern agriculture - yet they are there serving a very limited purpose.
"What I'm an advocate of is showing what the alternative might be.
"All we need is that framework of investment, positive planning policy and connectivity and we can do wonderful things in Wales."
Mr Murray claimed building sustainable businesses in rural communities could stop young people "fleeing for the towns and cities".
"I would encourage the Welsh government to introduce a statutory duty for any [planning] decision to take into account the social and economic context of the community," he said.
"I think if that change to the legislation was brought in, it would open people's eyes to the possibilities."
A Welsh government spokesman said while telecommunications policy was a matter for the UK government, it was working with them, the mobile industry and Ofcom to secure improvements in mobile coverage across Wales.
"The UK government confirmed last year that Wales would benefit from the early phase roll-out of their Mobile Infrastructure Project. We expect the UK government to deliver on their commitment," he said.
The decision to reopen inquests into the 21 deaths helps the families' quest for truth, said Kevin Winters.
But it means they will experience a re-traumatising process, added the lawyer for five of the families.
Senior coroner Louise Hunt said on Wednesday new hearings would be held into the bombings in November 1974, believed to have been by the IRA.
Twenty one people died and 222 were injured when bombs went off in the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs.
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Six men were wrongly convicted for the attacks and spent 16 years in jail before their acquittals.
Inquests were opened days after the atrocity but were not continued after the men were jailed.
Mr Winters, senior partner at KRW Law LLP, said Wednesday's decision was a "significant and poignant day" for all involved.
But he said the "severely traumatised" families who had been fighting for new inquests now faced hearing some potentially uncomfortable evidence.
"The actual campaign process, the fight for justice, the fight for truth, the fight to get some sort of conduit to expose and put out into the open what actually happened - that is a re-traumatising process for many families," he said.
"Yesterday was a massively emotional occasion... so there's a lot of difficult days ahead... but, if I could put it like this, they are welcome difficulties and that is what the families and us on their behalf will embrace."
In confirming new inquests would be held, Ms Hunt said there was a "wealth of evidence that still has not been heard" about the attacks.
A hearing in Solihull was told there was evidence police had missed two potential warnings of the bomb attacks.
But West Midlands Police maintained there was "simply no evidential basis" for reopening the inquests and argued the coroner did not have the jurisdiction to hear the inquests, something Ms Hunt rejected.
The families, who have campaigned for many years for new hearings, said they were overwhelmed by the decision to help them get "truth, justice and accountability".
A preliminary hearing will be held later this year and it is thought full inquests will happen in 2017.
China's economy expanded by 7.4% last year, beating forecasts for 7.2%.
The figure marks the country's weakest growth rate in 24 years but investors were relieved that China's slowdown was not as severe as thought.
The Shanghai Composite index rallied by 1.8% to close at 3,173.05.
In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng index closed 0.9% higher at 23,951.16.
"With growth moderating in China, the next phase of the country's economic prosperity is being mapped out through fiscal regulation and sustained growth targets," said Evan Lucas, a market strategist at IG.
"Those ideas mean the central government is also looking to moderate rampant speculation, encourage sustained growth for domestic demand and ensure private enterprise becomes more self-sufficient."
In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 finished up 2.1% at 17,366.30 ahead of the end of the central bank's two-day policy meeting.
In South Korea, shares closed higher with the benchmark Kospi index rising 0.8% to 1,918.31.
However, Australia bucked the upward trend with the S&P/ASX 200 closing down 1.47 points at 5,307.67.
The benchmark index had fallen even further in early trade as energy stocks were hit by falling oil prices.
About 10,000 finds have been discovered, including writing tablets and good luck charms.
The area has been dubbed the "Pompeii of the north" due to the perfect preservation of organic artefacts such as leather and wood.
One expert said: "This is the site that we have been dreaming of for 20 years."
Archaeologists expect the finds, at the three-acre site, to provide the earliest foundation date for Roman London, currently AD 47.
The site will house media corporation Bloomberg's European headquarters.
It contains the bed of the Walbrook, one of the "lost" rivers of London, and features built-up soil waterfronts and timber structures, including a complex Roman drainage system used to discharge waste from industrial buildings.
Organic materials such as leather and wood were preserved in an anaerobic environment, due to the bed being waterlogged.
Museum of London archaeologists (MOLA), who led the excavation of the site, say it contains the largest collection of small finds ever recovered on a single site in London, covering a period from the AD 40s to the early 5th Century.
Sadie Watson, the site director for MOLA, said: "We have entire streets of Roman London in front of us."
At 40ft (12m), the site is believed to be one of the deepest archaeological digs in London, and the team have removed 3,500 tonnes of soil in six months.
More than 100 fragments of Roman writing tablets have been discovered. Some are thought to contain names and addresses, while others contain affectionate letters.
A wooden door, only the second to be found in London, is another prize find.
MOLA's Sophie Jackson said the site contains "layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents."
The site also includes a previously unexcavated section of the Temple of Mithras, a Roman cult, which was first unearthed in 1954.
The preserved timber means that tree ring samples will provide dendrochronological dating for Roman London, expected to be earlier than the current dating of AD 47.
The artefacts are to be transported back to the Museum of London to be freeze-dried and preserved by record, as the site will eventually become the entrance to the Waterloo and City line at Bank station.
Once Bloomberg Place is completed in 2016, the temple and finds from the excavation will become part of a public exhibition within Bloomberg's headquarters.
But the 75-year-old law professor has played a key role in the impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
Under Brazil's constitution, he became acting president after the Senate voted in favour of launching an impeachment trial against Ms Rousseff, suspending her.
Mr Temer is a discreet politician who seems always to be hovering around the centre of everything important, yet - up until now - never in the spotlight.
But recently he has come out of the shadows, as a skilled politician intent on ending the Rousseff presidency and beginning a new era in Brazil.
Mr Temer's most notable achievement as a politician has been to help the country's biggest political party - the PMDB - form coalitions with every president in the past two decades. He is currently party president.
He presided over Brazil's lower house of Congress during the years of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government (1995-2002), when Brazil underwent a liberal programme of privatisations and opening-up of the economy.
And under Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2002-10, known as Lula) and Ms Rousseff, he has played a key role in helping push forward their Workers' Party agenda of state-led investments.
But rather like his party, which has not held outright power for over two decades, Mr Temer has always been a kingmaker, but never king.
Both party and man avoid clear ideological positions, which leaves them in a comfortable position for negotiating their participation in coalitions of any political colour.
As Brazil's political crisis worsened and Ms Rousseff's Workers' Party bore most of the brunt for the many scandals in the country, the PMDB saw an opportunity to finally seize power.
For most of last year, as Ms Rousseff's situation deteriorated, Mr Temer kept a low profile.
But in December, things began to change.
The then-speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, also a PMDB politician, opened impeachment proceedings against Ms Rousseff for allegedly doctoring government public finances - an allegation the president denies.
A few days later, a bitter letter written by Mr Temer to Ms Rousseff was leaked to the press, in which he complained that he had been neglected in making key decisions in the coalition.
In March, the PMDB officially abandoned the coalition.
In April, the battle between Mr Temer and Ms Rousseff for Brazil's top job finally came out into the open.
Mr Temer sent a WhatsApp recording to a few MPs with a draft of the speech he had prepared in case Ms Rousseff lost the 17 April impeachment vote in the lower house.
In it, he outlined how Brazil needed a "government to save the country".
Mr Temer said the message was sent by mistake, but Ms Rousseff accused him of deliberately releasing his speech.
Furthermore she accused both Mr Temer and Mr Cunha of being "chief and vice-chief of a coup" against her.
Both men denied they were conspiring for Brazil's top job.
In the days leading to the 17 April vote, both Mr Temer and Ms Rousseff met dozens of lawmakers, with some accounts of tough negotiations of jobs and promises in exchange for votes in Congress from both sides.
So what could Brazilians expect now?
In October 2015, the PMDB launched a manifesto called Bridge to the Future, which outlined what policies they would defend within the coalition.
Most policies are popular with businesspeople and investors and would go a lot deeper into rebalancing Brazil's budget than President Rousseff has done so far - such as creating a minimum age for retirement, changing the scope of social programmes, opening up the oil sector, making labour laws more flexible and cutting mandatory spending in health and education.
However, many of those policies are likely to find a lot of resistance.
"It is the type of programme that even a government that was elected by the people with total legitimacy from the vote would have a very hard time approving in the middle of such a big crisis," says economist Laura Carvalho, from USP university.
"They will try to push that through and there's going to be a lot of resistance from social movements and labour unions."
Mr Temer has signalled he may approach the opposition PSDB party to secure a majority in Congress - but that would be a hard sell for many, as the majority of Brazilians rejected the party in the 2014 elections.
There are also questions of how Mr Temer would handle corruption investigations, as his party features prominently in many scandals, including the speakers of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, and the former speaker of the lower, Mr Cunha.
Mr Cunha was suspended from the post of lower house speaker earlier this month over allegations he tried to obstruct a corruption investigation against him.
So far Ms Rousseff has refrained from intervening in the Federal Police and court investigations into alleged corruption at state oil firm Petrobras - even when the scandal caused serious damage to her party.
Would Mr Temer do the same?
He is not under direct investigation, but Mr Cunha - a powerful ally who has led much of the impeachment process that may benefit Mr Temer in the end - is alleged to hold millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts. Mr Cunha denies the allegations.
There is a public outcry against Mr Cunha, so Mr Temer will be under pressure to turn against him and keep investigations independent.
During many occasions throughout the current crisis, Ms Rousseff has stressed that she was elected by 54.5 million Brazilians in 2014 and therefore has legitimacy to lead the country.
As her vice-president, Mr Temer indirectly received the same votes.
He will now lead the whole nation - even those who until a few weeks back did not even know who he was.
Harbour View Surgery in Burry Port shuts in July when the doctor retires.
A local councillor said the town's other surgery was unable to take on everyone from Harbour View which looks after about 1,400 patients.
Health bosses said they were committed to providing care for everyone in the area.
Town councillor Geraint Davies said: "I understand that there isn't much space in the other surgery, and so patients would be expected to travel to Kidwelly or Llanelli. That is too far, especially for elderly people in Burry Port."
Hywel Dda director Jill Paterson said the health board was working closely with local surgeries and the community council.
"Over the coming days patients will receive a letter telling them which surgery they can register with from 1 August onwards," she said.
Dr Philip Dixon pointed out head teachers, schools and councils have been taken to task over the last 10 years in a drive to improve standards.
But he said the focus should be on the Welsh Government's education department if the latest Pisa results are poor.
The Welsh Government said it was too early to speculate over Pisa.
Pisa assesses pupils' skills in maths, reading and science every three years and more than 70 countries were signed up to take part in the 2015 test.
The results are expected in December but in the last Pisa tests in 2012, Wales performed worse than the rest of the UK.
"We need some outside help," the former ATL Cymru director told BBC Wales' Sunday Politics Wales.
"I don't think there's anything wrong in saying 'we can't solve this on our own, we need to get some international world-leading help'."
He added: "As you would with a local authority, you set up a recovery board. So you get those who have got a track record in the other jurisdictions of the United Kingdom; from Northern Ireland, Scotland and, dare I say, England who can turn government departments around.
"You've got some world leading experts then as well and you've got some experts from Wales. But they wouldn't be the dominant ones. And they would be focused on delivery - how do you actually get these policies delivered on the ground?"
The Welsh Government said regardless of the Pisa results, it would "remain absolutely focussed" on following the "best international evidence in order to continue to drive up standards in our schools".
A spokesman added: "It is not good enough to limit our ambitions to simply looking across the border, we must strive to be up there with the best in the world.
"That's why the education secretary recently commissioned the highly respected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to provide support and challenge to the Welsh Government's work on education reforms to make sure they are on track."
Mr McKay stood down from the assembly in August over claims he coached a loyalist blogger to give evidence to a Stormont inquiry into Nama.
Nama is the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank", set up to deal with toxic loans after the 2008 property crash.
A Sinn Féin councillor and 17 party activists quit in protest at how Mr McKay had been treated.
In his first broadcast interview since his resignation, Mr McKay said he "regrets nothing".
"People always make mistakes," he told BBC Radio Foyle.
"I think that's important to realise but there's nobody out there who hasn't made a mistake in their work or life.
"I moved on from all this the day after I resigned and I think most of the public have moved on from this as well, so I don't dwell on it and I don't think there's any need to dwell on it."
A spokesperson for the party said: "Daithí McKay served as a Sinn Féin MLA from 2007 to 2016 and was a talented and respected public representative.
"He acknowledged that he made a serious error of judgement over his involvement with loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson and took the correct decision to stand down as an MLA.
"His membership of Sinn Féin was also suspended at this time.
"He has now decided to leave Sinn Féin and we wish him well in the future."
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Members of the Moranbong band unexpectedly turned up at Beijing's main airport just hours before their first concert and flew back to Pyongyang.
They were due to play three shows to help improve ties between China and North Korea.
It is not yet clear why the performances were cancelled.
Moranbong is one of North Korea's most popular bands. Its members were reportedly handpicked by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, himself.
It plays a mixture of Western and traditional Korean tunes, and has been happy to perform the theme from the film Rocky alongside patriot songs praising North Korea's communist rulers.
Its members play a range of instruments, including electronic violins.
In their morally conservative homeland, the Moranbong musicians are also known for wearing revealing outfits and sporting fashionable hairstyles.
The women were waved off for their first-ever foreign tour from Pyongyang railway station on Wednesday by senior leaders.
Dressed in military uniforms, they smiled and waved to fans when they came and went from their hotel after arriving in China.
There was no hint of trouble when they practised in Beijing's National Centre for Performing Arts on Friday.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman confirmed the performances were aimed at improving ties between China and North Korea. She also joked that she did not know where to get hold of a ticket for the concerts.
But on Saturday the band unexpectedly arrived at Beijing airport and boarded a plane back home - a scheduled flight whose departure was delayed for several hours.
The band's stage set was dismantled and its concerts were cancelled. Neither China nor North Korea has given an official reason for the abrupt end of the tour.
The two countries are allies. China's Chairman Mao once said they were as close as lips and teeth.
But they have not always seen eye-to-eye over recent years. China has been particularly angry at three nuclear tests carried out by North Korea, the last in 2013.
The Euclid telescope will look deep into the cosmos for clues to the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
These phenomena dominate the Universe, and yet scientists concede they know virtually nothing about them.
European Space Agency (Esa) member states made their decision at a meeting in Paris. Euclid should be ready for launch in 2020.
Esa nations had already selected the telescope as a preferred venture in October last year, but Tuesday's "adoption" by the Science Programme Committee (SPC) means the financing and the technical wherewithal is now in place to proceed.
The cost to Esa of building, launching and operating Euclid is expected to be just over 600m euros (£480m; $760m). Member states will provide Euclid's visible wavelength camera and a near-infrared camera/spectrometer, and its ground and data-handling elements, taking the likely cost of the whole endeavour beyond 800m euros.
The US has been offered, and will accept, a junior role in the mission valued at around 5%. The American space agency (Nasa) will pay for this by picking up the tab for the infrared detectors needed on Euclid. A memorandum of understanding to this effect will be signed between the agencies in due course.
"We have negotiated a detailed text with Nasa, which both parties consider final, and it is ready for signature," said Dr Fabio Favata, Esa's head of science planning.
"It will mean a small, commensurate number of US scientists will be welcomed into the Euclid Consortium," he told BBC News.
The consortium is the team that will have access to Euclid's data.
The adoption also will now trigger the release to industry of invitations to tender. Europe's two big space companies - Astrium and Thales Alenia Space - are certain to bid to build Euclid.
BBC Universe: Dark matter
BBC Universe: Dark energy
A key task of the telescope will be to map the distribution of dark matter, the matter that cannot be detected directly but which astronomers know to be there because of its gravitational effects on the matter we can see.
Galaxies, for example, could not hold their shape were it not for the presence of some additional "scaffolding". This is presumed to be dark matter - whatever that is.
Although this material cannot be seen directly, the telescope can plot its distribution by looking for the subtle way its mass distorts the light coming from distant galaxies. Hubble famously did this for a tiny patch on the sky - just two square degrees.
Euclid will do it across 15,000 square degrees of sky - a little over a third of the heavens.
Dark energy represents a very different problem, and is arguably one of the major outstanding issues facing 21st-Century science.
This mysterious force appears to be accelerating the expansion of the Universe. Recognition of its existence and effect in 1998 earned three scientists a Nobel Prize last year.
Euclid will investigate the phenomenon by mapping the three-dimensional distribution of galaxies.
The patterns in the great voids that exist between these objects can be used as a kind of "yardstick" to measure the expansion through time.
Again, ground-based surveys have done this for small volumes of the sky; Euclid however will measure the precise positions of some two billion galaxies out to about 10 billion light-years from Earth.
Euclid was selected as a "medium class" mission, meaning its cost to Esa should be close to 475m euros. The fact that member states are going 125m euros beyond this "guide price" gives an indication of just how highly this mission is regarded.
"Esa have realised this science is so compelling, they just have to do it," said Prof Bob Nichol from the University of Portsmouth, UK.
"They've got a great design and great team, and bravo to them for getting on with it. Every so often you do things that are revolutionary, and Euclid will be one of those transformational missions."
Flying Euclid will give Europe an important lead in a key area of astrophysics.
The Americans would dearly love to fly their own version of Euclid, but there is no money in the Nasa budget currently to make this happen.
The US agency was recently gifted two Hubble-class spy telescopes by the National Reconnaissance Office, but even with this donation Nasa is short of the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to turn one of them into a dark mission.
One key design difference between the US concept and Euclid would be the emphasis the American mission would place on using exploded stars, supernovas, as markers to measure the expansion rate of the Universe.
This was the approach used by the Nobel Prize winners (Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the US and Brian Schmidt of Australia). It is not a technique in the primary science of Euclid, but Prof Nichol said it could be deployed at some stage.
"That option is still there and is still being debated," he told me.
"It could be done at the end of the main mission, if we get an extension. We could also do some supernova work during the mission. If certain parts of the sky that we want to look at are not immediately amenable, we could go look for supernovas.
"I believe we could do a fantastic supernova survey, and the Nobel Prize winners are very much involved in how to build such a programme into Euclid. They're brilliant scientists and it would be awesome to have them on board."
British scientists and engineers will play a key role in Euclid.
The UK will lead the production of the telescope's optical digital camera - one of the largest such cameras ever put in space.
The instrument will produce pictures of the sky more than 100 times larger than Hubble can. This will minimise the amount of "stitching" of images required to build Euclid's maps, making it easier to trace some of the subtle effects astronomers are trying to detect.
When its investments in the Esa portion of the budget and the visible instrument are combined, the UK's total contribution to Euclid comes out at over 100 million euros (£80m).
Williams, the only recognised full-back in Wales' squad, made his comeback from injury in Scarlets' loss at Connacht on Saturday, coming through 61 minutes.
"I'd start Morgan. For Liam Williams, after one game, to go to Ireland away is a big ask," Thomas told Scrum V.
Injuries to Leigh Halfpenny and Gareth Anscombe have reduced Wales' options.
Morgan, 23, who can also play at fly-half, is set to leave Bristol for Cardiff Blues at the end of the season.
His future head coach, Danny Wilson, has previously backed calls for him to feature at 15, as has legendary former Wales wing Shane Williams.
But Scrum V pundit and former England international Jeremy Guscott believes Wales do not need to use Morgan at full-back.
"Liam Williams - I don't even think it's a gamble," Guscott said. "He's ready.
"He's got quick feet. He's an attacking-minded player."
Former Wales flanker Martyn Williams agreed, adding: "To start, I'd go with Liam Williams at 15.
"In a Test match, I think adrenalin will get him through fine."
On the wings, one of Alex Cuthbert (left), Tom James and Hallam Amos could start for Wales, with George North expected to play on the left wing.
The competition for a starting spot is "very open" but Thomas feels Blues' James should be selected.
"I'd go with Tom James. He's got a great left foot. We need to take some of the pressure off (fly-half) Dan Biggar," Thomas added on Scrum V.
"Hallam Amos - I'm a huge fan. And Alex Cuthbert has answered a lot of critics. But there's still a way to go.
"I hope in this Six Nations Wales will show an attacking threat. Sometimes Wales go out to defend a game, rather to go out there and win."
Thomas, Martyn Williams and Guscott all told Scrum V they believe Wales will win the upcoming championship, but Thomas warned against underestimating a wounded French side.
"A French team that is unpredictable and has the right to go out and play, is very dangerous," said Thomas.
"They've had a disappointing last few Six Nations and a disappointing World Cup.
"I truly believe the French players thrive on unpredictability."
France kick-off the Six Nations on Saturday when they host Italy in Paris, before Scotland host England and then Ireland and Wales meet in Dublin on 7 February.
The former star of sitcom Two And A Half Men will appear on NBC's Today show at lunchtime, UK time.
Sheen rose to fame in the 80s with hit films including Platoon and Wall Street and, in 2011, was the highest-paid actor on TV thanks to his sitcom role.
He has frequently struggled with drink and drug abuse.
An announcement on the NBC website said: "In a Today exclusive, Charlie Sheen will make a revealing personal announcement on Tuesday November 17 in a sit-down interview with Matt Lauer."
The announcement is expected to be made around 1230 GMT.
The star, who played a hedonistic bachelor in Two And A Half Men, was fired from the show in 2011 after a downward spiral in his personal life that was often played out in public.
Production had been suspended after he entered rehabilitation for reported drug and alcohol abuse.
The actor - the youngest son of West Wing star Martin Sheen and brother of actor Emilio Estevez - has also had a troubled personal life and has been married three times.
He first marriage was to Donna Peele in 1995 but they split up after a year. His second marriage was to former Bond girl Denise Richards, with whom he has two daughters. They divorced in 2006 and he married Brooke Mueller, with whom he has twin sons.
He was then due to marry adult film star Scottine Ross, but the wedding was called off.
The With Love From Liverpool event, at the Echo Arena on 19 September, will raise funds for the British Red Cross.
Among those performing will be local acts The Farm, OMD and John Power.
The event's co-host, BBC Radio 2 presenter Janice Long, said she had been "blown away" by the city's response to the crisis.
She said: "People across Liverpool have shown that they really care in hundreds of different ways, and they've come together to do what they can to ease this terrible situation."
Peter Hooton, lead singer of The Farm, said: "When we were approached to perform at the concert, we immediately said 'yes' - it was a no-brainer, no matter how short the notice was. We've all been moved by what is a humanitarian crisis and we've all got a role to play in supporting those in need. I just know Liverpool and its people will come out in force to support this concert - it's what we do, it's who we are."
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson said: "Liverpool's response to last week's horrifying revelations surrounding the ongoing refugee crisis has been nothing short of overwhelming. When it comes to reaching out and offering solidarity to the families whose homes have been ripped away from them, Liverpool is leading the way.
"Now, Liverpool is stepping up to the plate once more with the With Love From Liverpool concert. We're using our reputation for world-class music to now help save lives across the globe."
With the Olympics and football's European Championship, attention will be elsewhere and cricket may end up on the back-burner. It's up to the England team to make sure people do not take their eyes off them by winning and playing in an attractive, eye-catching manner.
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 beating 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.
Once again, the debate surrounding the England team concerns the batting, with the top order still unconvincing during the winter win in South Africa.
Many seemed to think Nick Compton would lose his place, but I was more surprised that Alex Hales was retained.
Before that South Africa series the old bowler in me could see his vulnerability outside the off stump and so it proved.
England rightly like to give players an extended run in the hope they can improve, iron out technical flaws and nail down a place in the side - there's nothing wrong with that. However, in the case of Hales, a terrific white-ball batsman, you wonder how much longer he will get if he does not register a big score or two in this series.
As for Compton, he ended the South Africa tour in a disappointing fashion - a wild drive in the second-innings collapse in the final Test - after starting so well in the win in Durban. I'm not sure if it was a gesture of bravado or anxiety.
There's a feeling that he can be a little high-maintenance, but this is a chance for him to knuckle down. I have reservations over him and Cook batting together - that seems a little old-fashioned now - but all he can do is play the way that he does and hope it comes off.
One selection that appears to have unanimous support is that of James Vince, who comes in at number five following the terribly sad retirement of James Taylor.
He has scored runs for Hampshire, led the Lions and I enjoyed what I saw of him at the World Twenty20. The selectors like players to go through the system and Vince has done just that. England were right to go for him over someone like Ian Bell, because this summer has to be about having an eye on the future.
Sri Lanka may be rebuilding following the retirement of batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, but they will be buoyed by fond memories of Headingley, where two years ago they secured a series victory in a remarkable last-over Test win.
In Angelo Mathews they have a seriously talented all-rounder and a ferociously competitive captain, and their bowling attack, which did very well here last time, is still decent.
However, their batting is inexperienced and, with some bad weather around, England would hope to roll them over if the tourists bat first in bleak conditions.
Sri Lanka's batsmen have not fired in the warm-up matches and Headingley under clouds can be a challenge, but Mathews will certainly ensure his men are up for the fight.
This series - and the one against Pakistan - will feature a new points system, similar to the Women's Ashes, where all of the Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s count towards an overall series winner.
I was all for it in the women's game and I would even like to see it used in series between the Associate nations like Ireland and Scotland, because it can add context. But I'm yet to be persuaded that it is a good idea for men's series played between Test nations - it seems to be yet another crutch for the ailing 50-over format.
The administrators might hope that the Test series is close to create tension around the white-ball games, but what if the Tests are one-sided?
It's hard to judge something until we've seen it in action, but my impression is that the 50-over game needs looking at in isolation, rather than tinkering with a Test format that is not broken.
Alastair Cook was always set to be England's highest Test runscorer - a feat achieved last summer - and then it was a case of how long he wanted to continue. With plenty of cricket left in him, the skipper stands 36 runs away from being the first England player - and 12th in all - to reach 10,000.
At 31 year and five months, he is set to become the youngest man to reach that mark, breaking the record of Indian great Sachin Tendulkar, who was 31 years and 10 months.
It would be lovely for him to reach the milestone at Headingley against Sri Lanka because on the same ground against the same opponents two years ago, the knives were out.
At that point, England were a mess, Cook was not scoring runs and he contemplated resigning, only to be talked out of it by his wife Alice. What a good job it is that she did.
Cook is one of the finest players that England have had, albeit one who plays in his own way. He's extremely disciplined in his own isolated world, fiercely stubborn and determined. He has cut through point, driven through mid-off, worked off his legs and played the occasional pull shot for 9,964 Test runs and that is exactly the way in which he will continue.
England's first objective is to win both Test series this summer in an appealing way, yet they must also have an eye on the future.
The schedule is yet to be finalised, but they could play as many as seven Test matches before Christmas in Bangladesh and India this winter, perhaps the toughest winter any England team has ever had.
That has the potential to be a very long, bruising period so they have to make sure that is not the case.
They will need a resilient, patient top order and spinners capable of bowling teams out in those conditions. A year ago Monty Panesar's England days looked done, but now he is back playing for Northants do not rule him out of the winter tours.
Then, a further year on, will be the defence of the Ashes in Australia. England have lost 5-0 on two of their past three trips down under. Now is the time when they should be identifying potential characters to defend the urn.
Win now, but build for the challenges to come.
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Jamie Vardy scored twice but missed out on a hat-trick by blazing a second penalty over the bar.
City's longest-serving player Andy King was also on the score-sheet with Kevin Mirallas netting Everton's consolation.
But this was almost a sideshow to the festivities for the Foxes' first top-flight title in their 132-year history.
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The celebrations included a pre-match performance from Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in front of a sold-out stadium bedecked in banners declaring the club's new status as champions of England.
And then, once the game had finished, came the moment all connected with the club had been waiting for - the lifting of the Premier League trophy.
It was held aloft by captain Wes Morgan and manager Claudio Ranieri to a rapturous response from those inside the King Power Stadium and thousands more who had gathered outside the ground.
Saturday afternoon was billed as a title party, but for most inside the stadium the celebrations have been ongoing since Tottenham's draw at Chelsea confirmed the Foxes as the most remarkable of Premier League winners.
The City players themselves only returned to training for this fixture on Thursday after being given an extra day off to revel in their stunning triumph and presumably to fully recover from a rowdy Monday night at Jamie Vardy's house.
From the moment they emerged for their pre-match warm-up, they were cheered to the rafters by supporters who had begun to mass in the stadium hours earlier to enjoy a beer on the club and revel in its greatest moment.
So keen were the home fans to show their appreciation to Ranieri and his side that the Italian was forced to quieten them for the performance of Nessun Dorma by compatriot Bocelli, who received a huge ovation when he removed his tracksuit top to reveal a Leicester shirt beneath bearing his name.
But despite the carnival atmosphere and a guard of honour from their opponents there was no complacency from the Foxes, who provided a fast-paced and committed finale befitting the side with the best home record in the division.
If the rumoured Hollywood film of Vardy's life does come to pass it now has a superb ending, although it came within a few yards of the perfect denouement.
Having missed the last two games through suspension, the 29-year-old England striker returned to the starting XI and made an instant impact, scoring with what was his first meaningful touch to steer in from King's chipped delivery.
A constant menace to the Everton defence, his second came from the spot after he had been tripped by Matthew Pennington.
But with a dream scenario beckoning after Darron Gibson had clattered into Jeffrey Schlupp in the box, Vardy blasted his hat-trick chance high over the Everton bar from the spot.
With 24 goals for the season, Vardy is now one behind Tottenham's Harry Kane in the race to be Premier League top-scorer, although he has now had a hand in more top-flight goals this season than any other player (30).
Midfielder King is a one-club man, the longest serving member of the Leicester squad and sole survivor of the side that won promotion from League One in 2009.
His 334th career appearance only came about because of Danny Drinkwater's suspension, but the 27-year-old illustrated the reasons for his Foxes longevity with a dynamic and influential display.
After setting up the opener he was perfectly placed to latch on to a loose ball, following Riyad Mahrez's mazy run down the right, and fire his side into a commanding lead.
The goal was significant for another reason, as it took Leicester's all-time league goal difference to +1 - an apt time to go into the black.
Given the context of the day Everton were always in danger of being totally overshadowed, especially as they have little left to play for this season.
But while the Toffees may not have needed Saturday's points, their under-pressure manager Roberto Martinez was in dire need of a proud and professional performance from his side.
However, they were far too accommodating of their opponents in the first half, essentially extending their pre-match guard of honour to allow City a match-winning hold on the game before the break.
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They rallied slightly early in the second half, with Oumar Niasse and Romelu Lukaku drawing good saves from Kaspar Schmeichel.
But when Mirallas scored a superb solo goal, which saw him run from the halfway line before beating Schmeichel in the 87th minute, many of the visiting side already seemed to be eyeing a swift exit to allow the Leicester party to get under way.
Leicester end their season with a trip to the team they have just deposed as Premier League champions, Chelsea.
Everton have two Premier League games remaining - away at Sunderland on Wednesday before a final-day home game against Norwich next Sunday.
Match ends, Leicester City 3, Everton 1.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 3, Everton 1.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Attempt saved. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by James McCarthy.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt blocked. Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Andy King (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by John Stones.
Goal! Leicester City 3, Everton 1. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darron Gibson.
Attempt missed. Andy King (Leicester City) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy King.
Offside, Leicester City. Kasper Schmeichel tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Andy King (Leicester City) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa following a corner.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by John Stones.
Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Everton).
Christian Fuchs (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Christian Fuchs.
Substitution, Everton. Leon Osman replaces Ross Barkley.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
Attempt blocked. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Andy King (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Matthew Pennington.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Matthew Pennington.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy King.
Attempt saved. Bryan Oviedo (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Mirallas.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot is too high. Jamie Vardy should be disappointed.
Darron Gibson (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Darron Gibson (Everton) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Leicester City. Jeffrey Schlupp draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Wes Morgan (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a cross.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Joel Robles.
Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Ann Maguire, 61, was stabbed to death by Will Cornick at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds, in April 2014.
A High Court judge has ruled against the call for a judicial review of the coroner's decision.
Her widower Don said the family were "disappointed, not surprised".
He added: "We've been pulled backwards and forwards through the proverbial hedge quite a few times in the last few years.
"We're still hopeful that somebody will examine the full circumstances surrounding the brutal and tragic murder of Ann and that proper lessons will be learned."
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The inquest is scheduled to begin at Wakefield Coroners' Court in November.
Dismissing the claim for a judicial review, judge Mr Justice Holroyde said: "I have much sympathy for the claimants, and I fully understand their reasons for wishing to pursue this line of inquiry.
"However, I am unable to accept the submission that the assistant coroner reached a decision which was so seriously flawed as to be unreasonable."
The request for a judicial review was opposed by others, including the sisters of Mrs Maguire.
One of them, Sheila Connor, also a teacher, said she was worried about students being questioned as to their actions, or lack of action, before the killing, and the possibility of attaching blame to them.
Her views were echoed by Dominic Kelly, the vice-principal of Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds, who said in 2016 that some of its pupils had expressed "concern that they could have prevented the tragedy" and "guilt that they had failed to protect their teacher".
In additional report in May, he added: "The risk of formally and publicly asking the students involved questions that they have been asking themselves for three years is far greater than any perceived benefit that could be gained."
The Maguire family had wished the coroner to call former pupils, especially those interviewed by the police.
Many of them heard Cornick make threats and claim to have knives in his bag on the day of the murder.
Most did not take his comments seriously but he threatened a fellow student who said he would report him.
Mr Justice Holroyde said those recorded police interviews should be sufficient for the assistant coroner to consider.
He said: "The assistant coroner was entitled to conclude that there was a clear risk of harm to former pupils in calling them to give evidence, but that there was little prospect of their oral evidence assisting materially in ascertaining the circumstances of Mrs Maguire's death or in learning lessons for the future."
Cornick, who was 15 at the time, was given a life sentence in 2014 after he admitted murdering Mrs Maguire, who had taught Spanish at Corpus Christi for more than 40 years.
In November 2016, a report by Leeds Safeguarding Children Board said no-one could have predicted or prevented Mrs Maguire's murder.
And now scientists think they can explain how so many of the animals came to be preserved in one location more than five million years ago.
It was the result of not one but four separate mass strandings, they report in a Royal Society journal.
The evidence strongly suggests the whales all ingested toxic algae.
The dead and dying mammals were then washed into an estuary and on to flat sands where they became buried over time.
It was well known that this area in Chile's Atacama Desert preserved whale fossils.
Their bones could be seen sticking out of rock faces, and the spot acquired the name Cerro Ballena ("whale hill") as a result.
But it was only when a cutting was made to widen the Pan-American Highway that US and Chilean researchers got an opportunity to fully study the fossil beds.
They were given just two weeks to complete their field work before the heavy plant returned to complete construction of the new road.
The team set about recording as much detail as possible, including making 3D digital models of the skeletal remains in situ and then removing bones for further study in the lab.
Identified in the beds were over 40 individual rorquals - the type of large cetacean that includes the modern blue, fin and minke whales.
Among them were other important marine predators and grazers.
"We found extinct creatures such as walrus whales - dolphins that evolved a walrus-like face. And then there were these bizarre aquatic sloths," recalls Nicholas Pyenson, a palaeontologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
"To me, it's amazing that in 240m of road-cut, we managed to sample all the superstars of the fossil marine-mammal world in South America in the Late Miocene. Just an incredibly dense accumulation of species," he told BBC News.
The team immediately noticed that the skeletons were nearly all complete, and that their death poses had clear commonalities. Many had come to rest facing in the same direction and upside down, for example.
This all pointed to the creatures succumbing to the same, sudden catastrophe; only, the different fossils levels indicated it was not one event but four separate episodes spread over a period of several thousand years.
The best explanation is that these animals were all poisoned by the toxins that can be generated in some algal blooms.
Such blooms are one of the prevalent causes for repeated mass strandings seen in today's marine animals.
If large quantities of contaminated prey are consumed, or the algae are simply inhaled - death can be rapid.
"All the creatures we found - whether whales, seals or billfishes - fed high up in marine food webs and that would have made them very susceptible to harmful algal blooms," said Dr Pyenson.
The researchers believe the configuration of the coastline at Cerro Ballena in the late Miocene Epoch worked to funnel carcases into a restricted area where they were lifted on to sand flats just above high tide, perhaps by storm waves.
This would have put the bodies beyond marine scavengers. And, being a desert region, there would have been very few land creatures about to steal bones either.
A lot of the fossils at Cerro Ballena are perfect but for a few nicks inflicted by foraging crabs.
The researchers are not in a position to say for sure that harmful algal blooms were responsible for the mass strandings. There were no distinct algal cell fragments in the sediments; such a presence could have amounted to a "smoking gun". What the team did find, however, were multiple grains encrusted in iron oxides that could hint at past algal activity.
"There are tiny spheres about 20 microns across - that's exactly the right size to be dinoflagellate cysts," said Dr Pyenson.
"They're found in algal-like mats all around the site. We can't say whether those were the killer algae, but they do not falsify the argument for harmful algal blooms being the cause in the way that the sedimentology falsifies tsunami being a potential cause."
Cerro Ballena is now regarded as one of the densest fossil sites in the world - certainly for whales and other extinct marine mammals. The scientists calculate there could be hundreds of specimens in the area still waiting to be unearthed and investigated.
The University of Chile in Santiago is currently working to establish a research station to carry this into effect.
To coincide with the publication of a scholarly paper in Proceedings B of the Royal Society, the Smithsonian has put much of its digital data, including 3D scans and maps, online at cerroballena.si.edu.
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Lucy Allan held on to her seat in Telford with the small majority over her nearest Labour rival - narrower than her 730 majority in 2015.
She said she would serve the people of Telford "to the best of my ability" after securing 21,777 votes.
Prominent Brexit campaigner Owen Paterson won a majority of 16,355 to retain the North Shropshire seat.
He said Theresa May was "justified" in calling the election.
Shropshire: Election results and reaction
After the election was called, the Green Party offered to support Labour by not fielding a candidate in the Telford constituency.
They turned that offer down and might regret that now because the Greens received 898 votes and the margin of victory for the Conservatives was just 720.
Kuldip Sahota, Labour's candidate, says a deal with the Greens could've helped him, but nationally his party didn't want it.
Mark Pritchard, who retained The Wrekin seat, thanked his new wife who he married during the election campaign.
Mr Pritchard, who secured 27,451 votes, joked he had swapped the Dordogne for Dudley for his honeymoon.
The re-elected Shrewsbury and Atcham Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski has backed Theresa May to continue as Prime Minister.
Mr Kawczynski saw his majority cut by about a third, with Labour's Dr Laura Davies picking up 7,000 more votes than she did two years ago.
He said: "I hope that she will stay on and continue to be our prime minister.
"I'm loyal to her as our party leader, I think she's doing a very good job in many areas and I very much hope she remains as our prime minister, but of course we have to learn lessons."
Meanwhile, Philip Dunne held Ludlow with a majority of 19,286. He secured 31,433 votes followed by Labour's Julia Buckley with 12,147 votes, Lib Dem Heather Kidd who secured 5,336 votes and Green candidate Hilary Wendt who received 1,054 votes.
Mr Dunne called the result for his party "very disappointing" but he was pleased to see Shropshire remain blue.
He added that at the time, Theresa May's decision to call the election seemed to be "the logical thing to do" because of the state of the opinion polls.
The money is aimed at consortia that want to start launching satellites - and even people - from British soil.
Previous feasibility work has already identified a number of aerodromes that might make suitable spaceports - from Cornwall to Scotland.
Ministers also intend to introduce supporting legislation.
As the law stands, the rocket planes and other launch systems currently in development around the world would not be able to operate out of the UK.
The legislation would put in place the necessary regulatory and licensing framework.
A Spaceflight Bill is likely to be tabled towards the end of the month.
To win grants, consortia will have to show how they will "develop spaceflight capabilities, such as building spaceport infrastructure or adapting launch vehicle technology for use in the UK".
Ministers have identified space as a key sector that can help rebalance the services-dominated British economy.
They regard satellites as one of the "eight great technologies" that will lead to significant growth opportunities.
And in recent years, the UK has made heavy investments into industry through the European Space Agency to support this strategy.
But satellites have to get into space to be useful and the business of launching them also has the potential to bring significant earnings - particularly now that low-cost launch systems are becoming available.
Announcing the new grants, Science Minister Jo Johnson said the commercial spaceflight market could be worth an estimated £25bn over the next 20 years.
"Spaceflight offers the UK the opportunity to build on our strengths in science, research and innovation," he said.
"It provides opportunities to expand into new markets, creating highly-skilled jobs and boosting local economies across the country. That is why it is one of the key pillars of our Industrial Strategy.
"We want to see the UK space sector flourish, that is why we are laying the groundwork needed for business to be able to access this lucrative global market."
A number of consortia are already pushing to use horizontal launch systems.
These would see rockets carried by planes to an altitude where they would then be released to make their way into orbit to deliver a satellite.
For safety reasons, this activity would be done somewhere over the ocean, but ministers have not ruled out the possibility that conventional vertical lift-off rockets could also be launched from the UK.
And although satellites are the focus of business leaders, it is conceivable that "tourist" flights on sub-orbital rocket planes could become part of the services being offered as well.
In 2014, the government identified eight coastal aerodromes that might become a spaceport.
At the time it was thought officials would pick a "winner" - as if it was a competition.
But ministers' views have changed. They now see the establishment of spaceports as a bottom-up process.
It is up to consortia to come forward with a realistic plan that includes a practical site and a committed launch provider.
Government's role is to be a regulatory facilitator and cheerleader; ministers are not interested in using substantial public funds to build spaceport infrastructure or to support launch operations.
There is also a deeper, more mature understanding of how spaceports should work, says Stuart McIntyre from Orbital Access.
His company, based at Prestwick Airport, is developing a satellite launch system based on a standard wide-body jet.
"We would fly a carrier aircraft with a launcher out over the ocean to conduct the launch operation," he told BBC News.
"So clearly we would need a diversionary site if for any reason we cannot land back at the runway from which we took off.
"We therefore envisage a system of collaborating spaceports and a system of operators whose needs will describe the capabilities that are required at those spaceports. So, I would say the government's approach has matured and it's matured in a sophisticated way."
Officers were called to reports of a fight in St Norbert Road, Brockley, south-east London, on Saturday afternoon.
The 17-year-old was in the car which had hit a lamp-post, but he died later in hospital.
Police believe group of people threw missiles at the vehicle as it sped off.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be multiple injuries, consistent with being in a road traffic collision.
The four arrested men, aged 19, 20, 21 and 23, have been released on police bail.
Two other men who were in the crashed car suffered minor cuts to their hands.
When a man in the US wrote to his local newspaper criticising women over the age of 20 for wearing yoga pants in public, it did not go down well.
Rhode Island resident Alan Sorrentino wrote the letter to the editor to say why he thought women should stop wearing yoga pants outside a yoga studio.
In his letter he wrote: "Yoga pants can be adorable on children and young women who have the benefit of nature's blessing of youth.
"However, on mature, adult women there is something bizarre and disturbing about the appearance they make in public."
One woman who read the letter, Jamie Burke, felt so strongly about its contents she began to organise a parade calling for women to wear their yoga pants.
"When I saw this about yoga pants, it was like a punch in the gut," says Jamie. "I was so upset by the entire letter and the fact that it was even published."
"For years men have been policing our clothes choices and I thought it was important that women had their say."
When Jamie posted the letter on her Facebook page, the response was immediate.
"Friends said we should do something like stage a protest or a parade. I'm originally from New Orleans, so a parade was a natural response for me.
"I wouldn't say I am a staunch feminist or activist but I just believe in women's rights."
Jamie galvanised support from family and friends and started a social media campaign and planned the parade in her local area.
"I saw the letter on Wednesday and the parade was on Sunday but I didn't know what to expect. As each day went by the event grew and grew. I think around 400 people turned up. I was really pleased."
Jamie also took the opportunity to use the event to highlight the issue of domestic violence.
"It's domestic violence month in Rhode Island and we used the day to donate to Sojourner House, a local advocacy supporting women coming out of domestic violence situations."
Kyle Silva from nearby East Providence also attended the event after hearing about it on social media.
"A friend of mine from Barrington shared information about the parade on Facebook and it sounded intriguing.
"I live about 10 minutes from where it was happening so I thought I'd head down to check it out.
"I'm all for a woman's right, or anyone's right really to choose what they want to wear without feeling like they're being critiqued or policed on their personal preference.
"It was fun, peaceful, and somewhat silly, but it also highlighted an issue that many people have to deal with that shouldn't have to, so I was glad to be a part of it."
Danielle Blasczak was at the parade after hearing about the story behind it from friends.
"I went along with my three-year-old daughter. I think there were 300 or 400 people there.
"The neighbours were happy about it and there were children handing out lemonade and water.
"We also donated goods like diapers [nappies], soap, etc to a domestic violence charity.
"At the end, a woman led a yoga session from a picnic table. Everyone was in good spirits."
Jamie says she was surprised by the response she received.
"I talked to so many people at the parade and how they felt the power of community. I am still receiving messages of thanks. People have told me how the parade touched them on a personal level.
"It has had a ripple effect and I'm excited to see what happens next."
By Andree Massiah, UGC & Social News team
According to the Daily Mail, a group of five-year-old children shot water at the postman as he made deliveries in Trebanog.
CCTV footage appears to show the postman taking the toy off a child and throwing it in his van.
The Royal Mail said his actions were "not acceptable behaviour".
Spokeswoman Sally Hopkins said: "We have apologised to the customer and will be sending her a cheque so she can buy her son a new toy.
"We are now dealing with this internally and this postman will not be delivering to this address until further notice."
The Welsh Refugee Council and the British Red Cross criticised plans for stricter timescales on allowances and accommodation for failed asylum seekers who have agreed to leave the UK.
Those who do not accept voluntary return are usually not given support.
The Home Office said it could not comment while consultation on the reforms is ongoing.
If a refused asylum seeker agrees to return to their country of origin, they are currently entitled to apply for a £35 weekly allowance and accommodation until they leave the UK.
If they do not agree, they are not entitled to work and are usually unable to access official support, meaning they are classed as destitute - living in what has been described as a "twilight limbo."
Proposed reforms included in the immigration bill, currently going through Parliament, are likely to impose stricter timescales even if people agree to leave the UK.
There are also proposals to remove the right to appeal when benefits are refused.
Chloe Marong, coordinator of the Trinity Centre and Cardiff Asylum Support Advocacy, said: "Once someone has a decision to refuse their asylum claim, or a tribunal decision to refuse asylum claim, they will become what we call appeal rights exhausted...a refused asylum seeker.
"At that point the Home Office would say, they have to return home… unfortunately it's not that simple, and often people are unable to return home even if they want to."
Many go underground, 'sofa-surfing' with friends while a minority end up living on the streets.
"They could in theory detain them at any moment or remove them back to their country - but the reality is that they don't, so they're left here destitute and homeless," said Ms Marong.
"They're in a sort of twilight limbo, essentially."
David Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth and a member of the Council for Europe, said: "I have no doubt there are individuals who have been left in limbo for years, and that's very, very unfortunate.
"I also think that it's going to be impossible for the government to turn around and say 'we'll just carry on giving large amounts of benefits to people even where their asylum case has been turned down, it doesn't matter we'll just carry on giving you money' because if we did that nobody would, frankly, ever go home."
The Home Office said: "We are driving increasing numbers of voluntary departures from the UK through proactive encouragement."
Alan Millar expected the usual single yolks as part of his ham, egg and chips meal when he ordered his lunch at The Gloucester Old Spot pub.
But pub owner Amy Devenish said her customer was "so excited" at what was placed before him.
Mr Millar shared his delight by buying all the staff a drink to celebrate.
Ms Devenish added: "The boys in the kitchen started frantically ringing the bell, so we went in to find out what was up.
"They said 'have a look at this, it's a triple yolker'. We couldn't believe it, we've never seen one of those before.
"I took a snap on my phone and then once the ham, egg and chips was plated up I took it out to the table.
"The old boy was so excited as he'd never seen one before."
"He was shouting over to his kids to tell them to come and have a look at it. He actually bought all the staff a drink later on."
The pictures were posted on the pub's Facebook on Sunday, attracting hundreds of likes.
The Cotswold Legbar blue eggs were from Le Chasse in Zeals, Wiltshire.
The Monmouth Literary Festival may not trip off the tongue in quite the same way, but as locals gear up for the second annual instalment, there are hopes it may one day rival its more illustrious neighbour.
It starts on Monday and is organised by local schoolchildren, who believe they are the youngest people to run such an event in the UK.
As well as raising over £10,000 to allow the week-long festival to go ahead, they have attracted big names, including poet laureate Dame Carol Ann Duffy and Abergavenny-raised former Welsh Book of the Year winner Owen Sheers.
While Hay was founded by friends around a kitchen table 28 years ago, Monmouth's equivalent can be traced to similarly humble beginnings- one of the town's classrooms, little over a year ago.
The idea of a 'mini Hay' was first suggested by the joint schools' council- set up to foster links between the town's comprehensive school, Monmouth School and Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls (HMSG).
In its first year, an array of poets, journalists and storytellers performed in front of over 1,000 pupils at 10 local primary and secondary schools.
While the 2014 edition was aimed at the area's schoolchildren, this year's offering will be for the whole town and is on an altogether different scale.
A committee was formed of two pupils from each of the secondary schools and they helped raise £10,000 to fund the event.
The Rotary Club of Monmouth and the town council gave a combined £5,500 after listening to presentations by the youngsters, while money was also gained from sponsorship and the 'friends' of both schools.
With the help of teachers and librarians, pupils then began approaching children's authors and well-known local writers.
Lucy Neil, 18, from Monmouth Comprehensive, said that the financial backing and the quality of the people they attracted, illustrates the potential of the festival to expand, adding: "It is important to expose young people to literature and the arts, as young people do not tend to read as in years gone by."
Former Monmouth School pupil, Welsh rugby international, journalist and BBC Wales sports commentator Eddie Butler said he had mistakenly believed he was part of "a rearguard" trying to keep the pastime of reading alive. But events such as this have helped change his opinion.
He will appear at the Blake Theatre, where he will talk about his novel The Head of Gonzo Davies, a fictional tale about an ex Welsh international rugby player who returns to his struggling village club.
"I am nearly tempted to say that I, not so very young, and the organising pupils, full of the enterprise of youth, are part of the same rearguard - a retreating effort to will people to carry on reading (and buying) books," he said.
"But I have found at various festivals and gatherings for Gonzo over the past nine months that the process may be less portentous (and less mercenary) than that. We have a chat and, with luck, a laugh or two, and... well, that's about it really."
It is this kind of simple enthusiasm for literature that rubbed off on school pupils and now they want to share it with the whole town, with many of them busy over the last few weeks distributing flyers and putting up posters.
Alice Reynolds, 17, of HMSG, said she wanted the festival to build on "the buzz" created through last year's event and was looking forward to the authors speaking, performing and working with students again.
"This year there are evening events being held in community locations which will enable the town to share the festival with the schools.
"Due to the range of these and selection of authors speaking, there will be something for everyone and all ages. We also hope that the festival will put Monmouth on the literary map," she added.
The programme includes comedy, music and discussions with different writers at the Blake and Savoy theatres as well as a meet the authors event with Julia Gregson, Abbie Ross and Christopher Wakling at Shire Hall.
While Charlie Walker, 14, from Monmouth School said it is "amazing" that so many well-known authors are taking part, a look up the road to what has happened in Hay proves what is possible.
Last year Monmouth put on an event for its school pupils, this year the whole of the town is invited. Who knows how many people will be welcomed to its literary festival in 2016.
Shawcross is out of contract at the end of next season, while Martins Indi spent last term on loan from FC Porto.
"He's been a great player for the club," chief executive Tony Scholes said of 29-year-old Shawcross.
On Martins Indi, 25, he added: "It's not just us, not just Bruno and his agent, there's Porto as well."
Next season will be English centre-back Shawcross' 11th at Stoke, having made 380 appearances since signing, initially on loan, from Manchester United in August 2007.
Scholes told BBC Radio Stoke the Chester-born defender has been "a huge part of what we've achieved over the years and we hope that remains the case for many years to come".
"When you've got important players, you want to do something sooner rather than later," he said.
Netherlands international Martins Indi did not miss a league game for Stoke in 2016-17 after making his debut in the 4-0 home defeat by Tottenham in early September.
"Everything has to fall into place before a deal gets done," said Scholes.
Stoke were 13th in the Premier League last season, their lowest finish since manager Mark Hughes took charge, after three successive ninth-place finishes.
Scholes has also confirmed Stoke's lack of interest in signing 31-year-old Manchester United and England forward Wayne Rooney.
The Potters were heavily linked in the national media, when bookmakers began slashing the odds on Rooney becoming a Stoke player. But Scholes insists there has not been any contact with Rooney or his representatives.
"Wayne Rooney has been one of the best of his generation," he added. "He has been and still is a great football player. But there's been no conversations whatsoever about Wayne Rooney coming to Stoke."
It's stopped politics in its tracks today, different party leaders putting their differences aside to show respect.
And the referendum campaign where respect has been scarce is still on hold.
Insults and exaggerations are never far from political exchanges.
But the referendum campaign has included astonishingly harsh attacks on both sides, emotional appeals to our identity that go way beyond the usual.
It is the biggest political decision we've been asked to make for decades, so it is not surprising that the campaign has been intense, but few in Westminster expected the debate over the EU to be so vicious.
But the MP's death hasn't just halted the contest, it's transformed the political mood in one moment.
And with the vote so soon, and the atmosphere so sombre, it's hard to imagine a full return to such confrontational campaigning before the country decides.
So when politicians are back on the trail next week, there's likely to be a kinder tone.
But in any campaign, pace and momentum matters. This pause could matter too.
Detainees say guards broke up a peaceful protest with excessive force two weeks ago, but Serco, the company which runs the Bedfordshire centre for the Home Office, denies this.
One guard involved with the incident has been suspended ahead of an inquiry.
The Home Office says its professional standards unit will investigate.
Bedfordshire police said their inquiry found no offence had taken place.
Officials from the independent HM Inspectorate of Prison, which is currently carrying out an inspection of Yarl's Wood, said their concerns arose from CCTV footage of the incident.
A lawyer for the detainees said a small group of women were staging a peaceful protest in a bedroom with a Kenyan asylum seeker, who was about to be deported. The facility houses up to 400 women under threat of deportation.
Detainees claim dozens of staff in riot gear dragged them out, and that one guard used the edge of his riot shield to hit them on their legs and feet.
Serco said staff had believed the women were armed with cutlery, so the guards had worn protective clothing.
Serco said there was a question over whether a guard had used his shield appropriately. He has now been suspended pending an investigation.
Two members of the facility's staff were suspended last month following allegations of abuse.
The flyers, featuring a gunman and the union jack, read: "All PSNI informers will be put out of this area."
The Alliance Party has condemned the leaflets and urged anyone with information to contact the police.
"Once again we see faceless people using the cover of darkness to make threats against the community," Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle said.
He urged people to continue to support the police.
"I would urge anyone with any information about the production and distribution of these leaflets to pass it to the police on the 101 number or anonymously to the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111," he added.
Because many of them did not need emergency care, this put unnecessary pressure on A&E departments and staff.
One leading GP and author said doctors would struggle to cope if everybody in London tried to register with a GP.
Health Minister Ben Gummer admitted there were not yet enough GPs to meet the government's ambitions.
Responses to Freedom of Information (FoI) requests submitted by BBC Radio London showed 153,564 patients who presented at A&E in London in 2014 were not GP-registered.
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The true figure is likely to be even higher, though, because not all NHS Trusts record the figures.
At Barts and the London hospital, 22,642 unregistered patients were seen, while 10% of attendees at Homerton in east London - which now employs Non-Clinical Navigators (NCNs) to help people sign up with a GP - were not registered.
NCN Faria Khattak said: "We tend to have a lot of fluid population, young professionals that move in and out of the area, so we get a lot of people [for whom] their first point of contact is coming to the hospital for care.
"We also get a fair share of immigrants who have no idea how the NHS works."
Health minister Ben Gummer told BBC Radio London: "We need more GPs and that's why the government at the election promised that we would deliver 5,000 more GPs over the course of this parliament, so by implication we don't have enough for the work we want to do.
"Part of which is delivering a seven-day NHS across the system and that is why we are promising to resource that promise with £10bn extra and part of that will be spent on additional GPs.
"So, we are responding precisely to the concerns that I know people have in London as they do across the country."
London-based GP Youssef El-Gingihy, who criticised the government in his book How To Dismantle The NHS In Ten Easy Steps, warned GPs could struggle with any increased demand.
"The proportion of the NHS budget going to general practice continues to drop at a time of rising demand," he said.
"There have been hundreds of GP closures and mergers across the country and a quarter of walk-in centres have closed since 2010."
The bras, signed by stars including Lorraine Kelly and the Bay City Rollers, will be sold at next month's Edinburgh Fashion Week.
They proceeds will go to cancer charity Walk The Walk, organisers of The MoonWalk Scotland.
Six bras are to be sold at a show on The Mound from 18:30 on 5 March.
The fashion show is being organised by Essential Edinburgh.
A selection of the bras will be unveiled in the windows of Jenners in Edinburgh from Wednesday before being showcased by models at the fashion show.
They will then be auctioned live on the night by Forth One DJ Mark Martin.
Tennis coach Judy Murray said: "It's lovely to be able to support such a wonderful cause - and in such an unusual way.
"I've had a lot of fun designing this tennis-themed bra for auction at Edinburgh Fashion Week and hope that it will not only raise even more money for Walk the Walk and The MoonWalk, but also help increase awareness for breast cancer."
Roddy Smith, chief executive of Essential Edinburgh, said: "We are really excited to be hosting a fashion show this year to raise money for Walk the Walk and are extremely grateful to the Scottish celebrities, designers and sports personalities who have given their time to get involved."
Nina Barough, founder and chief executive of Walk the Walk, said: "It is a great honour that in the 20th year of Walking the Walk we are the charity partner of Edinburgh Fashion Week.
"Being the organisers of The MoonWalk in Scotland, we are incredibly proud of not only what we have achieved but the support we receive from different sectors of the Scottish communities."
Tickets to Edinburgh Fashion Week's fashion show cost £25.
Jamar Walker died in hospital from injuries after he was found on Raglan Road, Smethwick, on 20 December.
West Midlands Police said the 33-year-old was arrested earlier and is being questioned. The 16-year-old was arrested on 15 January.
A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with Mr Walker's murder.
Police are urging witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
It was a devastating blow to a country still struggling to recover from another attack on tourists in the heart of its capital just three months earlier.
And it was claimed by Islamic State (IS), whose actions have spread fear throughout the region and beyond.
"We note that Tunisia faces an international movement," Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said shortly after Friday's attack. "It cannot respond alone to this."
While much remains unclear about the extent and nature of the threat within Tunisia that the events in Sousse may expose, observers have pointed once more to two specific risks.
First, the threat posed by neighbouring Libya, a fractured country with porous borders that has been awash with weapons since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, and where Islamic State now has an established presence.
And second, the apparently large number of Tunisians who have left to fight in Syria and Iraq, hundreds of whom are estimated to have returned home.
Other countries in the region also face cross-border threats, and it is hard to get a truly accurate idea of how many Tunisians have been radicalised fighting abroad.
But Tunisia appears to be more exposed than its neighbours to high-impact attacks against foreign civilians.
Neither Libya nor Algeria have mass tourism, and though Morocco does, it also has a pervasive security network and has been politically stable.
Tunisia, by contrast, has a "big, soft underbelly", said Geoff Porter, the head of North Africa Risk Consulting.
"I don't think Tunisia does have a disproportionately greater jihadi problem than Algeria or Morocco," he said. "What Tunisia has is a security problem.
"It's simply that there are a greater number of targets in Tunisia and the security forces are less effective."
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Before the uprising of 2011, the focus for those security forces was enforcing control under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali - a job at which they were long efficient, developing a vast web of informers.
But security reform has been slow, and the challenge may now be for the police to repurpose towards counter-terrorism work, Mr Porter said.
That will be a complex task, partly because of the demands of training and equipping police officers and soldiers, but also because of the democratic political process and the fine line between ensuring security and reverting to repression.
In a cruel twist, some contend that Tunisia has been targeted partly because it has achieved a democratic transition and is often held up as the single success story of the Arab Spring.
Its progress as a modern democratic state on friendly terms with the West, if halting, is unwelcome to the militants of Islamic State and other extremist groups.
Over the last four years, Tunisian governments are seen to have vacillated between granting radical Islamists political space and cracking down on them - only taking the latter course more decisively after the assassination of Chokri Belaid in February 2013.
A new Tunisian anti-terrorism law that would broaden police powers and provide for harsher penalties has been stuck in committees since the start of 2014.
The attack in March on the Bardo Museum - next to the parliament building - focused attention on the bill, but shortly after it was redrafted, 13 non-governmental organisations called for it to be dropped or amended, saying it would violate international human rights standards and guarantees under the Tunisian constitution.
The president of the Tunisian parliament now says it will be approved within the next month.
Then there are the broader internal challenges.
The Tunisian economy has become more fragile since 2011, and like other states in the region, the country has a large pool of unemployed or underemployed young men who may be susceptible to radicalisation.
As Sayida Ounissi, a Tunisian member of parliament from the Islamist Ennahda party, told the BBC: "What we are seeing today is terrorism is actually nourishing itself from social exclusion, from economic injustice, from the lack of education."
In the short term, the number of potential recruits is only likely to grow as the tourist sector - which accounted for about 15% of GDP last year - takes another big hit.
They first responded at 09:20 BST after a vessel's engine failed en route to Barrow in Cumbria with three sailors on board.
In a second rescue, they were called to help after the battery on a RIB-type vessel failed near Laxey Bay.
According to the RNLI, the sailor was rescued and the boat towed back to Douglas harbour.
The French manager's contract expires at the end of the season but he has been offered a new two-year deal.
Wenger, 67, says he will announce "very soon" whether he will stay after reaching a decision on his future.
However, he has been the target of fans protests after his side's run of four league defeats in five games.
Their latest loss came in a 3-1 defeat at West Brom on Saturday as Arsenal dropped to sixth in the Premier League and face the prospect of failing to finish in the top four for the first time since Wenger joined the club in 1996.
In the first half of the game at the Hawthorns, two planes pulled banners overhead - one criticising the Frenchman and the other supporting him - while there were plenty of anti-Wenger banners displayed by Gunners fans in the closing stages.
Arsenal were also recently knocked out of the Champions League last-16 knockout stage after being beaten 10-2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich but they have made it through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup where they will face Manchester City on 23 April.
Tuchel took over at Borussia Dortmund following the departure of current Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in summer 2015.
He has led his side to the last eight of the Champions League, while Dortmund are third in the Bundesliga.
German newspaper Bild reported on Sunday that Arsenal had made contact with Dortmund over Tuchel.
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In the 1970s and 80s, there was a big push away from saturated fats in the US and UK as experts cautioned they were bad for the heart.
Scientists writing in the journal Open Heart have now argued this advice lacked the solid scientific trials needed to back it up.
But many experts have come to the defence of the original guidelines.
Prof Christine Williams, at the University of Reading, says the claim that evidence was insufficient is "misguided and potentially dangerous".
And in recent years there has been more scientific data supporting the case that saturated fat is bad for health.
Public Health England say current recommendations, to keep fat consumption to a maximum of 30% of overall energy intake and saturated fat to just 10%, should be followed to maintain a healthy diet.
But is this spat over a single food type a red herring? Is it leading us down a dangerous dietary path?
One thing experts agree on is that balance is key to a good diet.
Modern nutritional advice makes clear that no one nutrient or food type is the outright villain - simply avoiding fat or excluding sugar or cutting out carbohydrates is not the answer to keeping well or shedding pounds healthily.
And most dieticians agree there is no such thing as a super food. No single food - however exotic - can provide all the nutrients we need.
So what should we make sure is on our plates?
These types of foods are important sources of vitamins and minerals - key to both growth and repair.
UK guidelines suggest eating around five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
To help achieve this, nutritionists advise swapping a mid-morning snack for fruit, or add a banana to breakfast cereal.
But a debate is now emerging over fruit juices. They do not always contain the fibre found in whole fruit and veg.
And there are increasing concerns that they often come packaged with added sugar, piling on unnecessary calories and leading to tooth decay.
Current recommendations suggest drinking no more than one glass of juice every day.
Experts say starchy food should make up around a third of the food we eat.
And they recommend swapping to wholegrain varieties when possible to increase the amount of fibre in our diets.
Though some people think starchy food is fattening, gram for gram the carbohydrate they contain provides fewer than half the calories of fat, says NHS Choices.
Protein is an important part of a healthy diet. Everything from our hair, muscles, skin and nails needs protein to build and repair itself.
Even if you don't eat meat, your meals should still contain other sources of protein, such as lentils or nuts.
And when cooking meat, lean cuts are best - trim away visible fat when possible.
Recent advice also suggests people should aim for two portions of fish a week - including one serving of oily fish.
Oily fish contains omega-3 fats, which may help prevent heart disease.
Because they're good sources of protein and calcium, milk and dairy products can form part of a healthy diet.
But they should be eaten in moderation. Cheese can contain lots of salt and fat, for example.
Treats can be a good thing - once in a while. But too many and you face trying to burn off lots more calories than you need.
If they aren't burnt off they can lead to weight gain.
According to official surveys, most people in the UK eat too much sugar.
For example, sugary drinks, including alcoholic ones, are often high in energy and when consumed too frequently, can pile on the pounds.
A number of experts now argue the best way to get all of this advice on to one plate is to cook up a Mediterranean style meal.
The Mediterranean diet has been repeatedly linked to health gains, such as cutting the risk of heart disease.
Typically, it consists of an abundance of vegetables, fresh fruit, wholegrain cereals, olive oil and nuts, as well as poultry and fish, rather than lots of red meat and butter or animal fats.
People often think of ready meals, takeaways and pizzas as processed food.
And in recent years, people have been urged to cut their intake of this type of foods, which are often high in saturated fats, sugar and salt.
But it's worth checking labels before throwing them all in the bin. Some convenience foods may still contain good nutrients and be fine to eat in moderation.
A can of baked beans, for example, contains both fibre and protein.
There is no one-size-fits-all recipe for a good diet. And your nutritional needs depend partly on your age and how much activity you do.
But what is clear as obesity levels rise is no single food type can shoulder all the blame.
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The 10-mile (16km) race through the streets of Portsmouth has been held in the city since 1991, and passes landmarks including HMS Victory.
Britain's Chris Thompson, who lives in Fleet, won the men's elite race with a time of 47 minutes and 23 seconds.
Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba clocked 51 minutes and 49 seconds to win the women's elite race.
Thompson turned the tables on fellow elite runner Andy Vernon who beat him at the Great Birmingham Run half marathon event last weekend.
Vernon came second at Portsmouth with a time of 49 minutes and nine seconds.
Among the entrants this year was Olympic champion sailor Hannah Mills, who was running in aid of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation.
Mills was also an honorary starter at the event, along with fellow Olympic champion and team-mate Saskia Clark.
A Great South Run 5k (3 mile) and junior and mini run were held on Saturday as part of the weekend event.
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Just as he did in the opening race, Kawasaki rider Rea took the lead on the last lap of the second to seal victory.
Chaz Davies of Wales was second and with Italian Marco Melandri in third.
Rea, 30, aiming to become the first man to win three WSB titles in a row, has already opened up a 10-point lead over Davies and England's Tom Sykes.
Melandri and Davies both led on the closing laps but Rea was able to recover on both occasions to reclaim the lead.
"To win two last-lap battles here is incredible," Rea said.
"I wanted to come here and start my year in a good way. Before yesterday I hadn't won after the summer break so it's nice to kick-start my campaign."
Northern Ireland's other rider Eugene Laverty finished in 10th spot, 30.12 seconds behind Rea.
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The acts have been battling it out this week in the semi-finals to grab a place in Saturday night's final.
But who will be crowned the winner of 2017? Will it be one of the youngest contestants eight-year-old Issy or nine-year-old Ned?
Or will it be pensioners Malcom and Henry who together form the Pensionalities?
This chat page is now closed. Here are some of the comments you sent in.
Daliso Chaponda the comedian should win because he is unique and a comedian has never won before. I think he's hilarious!
Sam, 12, Oxfordshire
I think DNA should win because they're amazing! And also Issy because she's great at magic.
Milano, 8, London
My favourite this year is MerseyGirls, but I think that DNA will win!
Mathew, 11, Liverpool
I think who should win Britain's Got Talent is Matt Edwards because he's sooo funny and he's a magician as well which I think is amazing. I think Matt Edwards deserves to be crowned BGT 2017 winner.
Roma, 11, Torfaen
I think that Issy should win because her magic tricks are amazing!
Bethany, 8, Cambridgeshire
I think either Issy, Matt, or Ned should win.
Jack, 9, High Wycombe
I hope DNA win because it'll be cool for a magic act to win.
Sinead, 13, Belfast
The 39-year-old led 3-1 and was pegged back to 3-3 by Northumberland's Robson before winning in a deciding set.
Qualifier Smith is the first Canadian to reach the last eight at Lakeside since John Part won the title in 1994.
Three-time champion Anastasia Dobromyslova and Fallon Sherrock both progressed to the semi-finals of the women's event.
Russia's Dobromyslova, who is based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, lost just one leg in her 2-0 win over 22-year-old Zoe Jones from Redditch, Worcestershire.
Sherrock, 20, lost the first set to Dutch third seed Aileen de Graaf but the sixth seed from Milton Keynes fought back to claim victory in a sudden-death leg.
Smith, who is the only overseas player left in the men's competition, missed six darts for the match before finally landing double eight to beat Robson.
"I came out like a house on fire but you've got to give Gary credit where it's due. He came back so hard and it basically turned my legs to jelly," said Smith.
"I had a couple of opportunities to put the match away, but he played so well and I couldn't shake him off."
The men's quarter-final line-up will be completed on Thursday evening, with 2013 champion Scott Waites taking on Ross Montgomery and Jamie Hughes up against Glen Durrant in the two remaining second-round matches.
The inaugural World Youth Championship was won by 16-year-old Colin Roelofs of the Netherlands, who put in an impressive performance to beat Derbyshire's Harry Ward 3-0 without dropping a leg.
Anna Swabey, who given three months to live in 2015, died on 16 September. Her funeral took place earlier.
Miss Swabey, 25, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, died from brain cancer the day before she was due to marry her fiancé in the Yorkshire Dales.
When setting up the fundraising page, she said she wanted to "make a positive out of this negative situation".
More than 1,200 people made donations totalling almost £95,000, with an additional £5,000 from gift aid helping to reach the target.
Following her diagnosis, Miss Swabey described her treatment in a blog she called Inside my Head.
In her final post on 8 July, she said chemotherapy had left her feeling unwell but added her spirits had been lifted by her hen party in York.
The body of Carl Scott, 37, was found by a member of the public at a property in Birch Court, Winchester, on 22 March.
Police said a 58-year-old man, arrested in March and bailed until 7 June, had been released with no further action.
Detectives said the investigation into Mr Scott's death was continuing.
Up to 120,000 peasants had no way of relocating and there was insufficient compensation, the International Federation for Human Rights said.
The $50bn (£32bn) scheme, started in December 2014, is being built by a Chinese firm.
Nicaragua's government says the canal will bring vital investment.
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Dimitris Christopoulos, president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), said: "Respecting nature and the rights of rural communities is not a luxury. It's a duty.
"These projects will have a dramatic impact on the environment and on human rights. It is unimaginable to sell off territory as such. The government must back out."
Nicaragua's government has granted the HKND consortium, led by investor Wang Jing, the concession to build the canal and operate it for 116 years.
In a new report, the FIDH says under the deal "constitutional and legal guarantees provided for by the Nicaraguan law are not respected".
"The expropriations process doesn't provide for any administrative or judicial recourse, but does provide for a blatantly insufficient compensation," it says.
The report expresses particular concerns for Cocibolca Lake, which it says is the "main fresh water reserve for all of Central America".
It cites "hydrocarbon pollution, salinity and turbidity problems," adding: "No element related to sustainable development has been included in the project."
It said all of the 131 people it interviewed in affected areas had complained of state intimidation.
Nicaraguan authorities have not commented on the report.
When the scheme was unveiled in July 2014, the government said it had chosen the route so it would avoid areas of great biodiversity, indigenous territories and environmentally protected lands.
The government estimated then that the scheme would lift more than 400,000 people out of general poverty by 2018 with the help of revenues created by the project. It was given a five-year completion date.
Officials say the canal is essential to allow for increased global trade and ever larger tankers, many of which are too large for the Panama Canal, even after its current expansion.
It follows a rise of more than 50% in the number of people contacting three of the four Welsh police forces with such complaints over two years.
The Survivors Trust - which represents support groups - warned victims could give up trying to find help.
The Welsh government said it had given extra funding to relevant charities and would consider giving more.
In 2011 the South Wales, North Wales and Gwent forces were contacted by 515 people making complaints of historical sexual abuse, rising to 794 in 2013. Dyfed-Powys Police was unable to provide data.
The Survivors Trust, an umbrella group for abuse support groups, said publicity over high profile cases and offenders such as Jimmy Savile had led to a big rise in people seeking help, putting a huge strain on counselling services.
It estimated more than 2,000 people were waiting for counselling, with one of its member organisations - New Pathways - saying some people had been waiting up to three years.
Johanna Robinson, the trust's national development manager for Wales, said the delays were very difficult for victims.
"For them to hear that 'I'm really sorry but there isn't going to be a service for you for at least a year', that is going to be devastating," she said.
"That will also re-traumatise the victim and this could mean that person doesn't have the faith to carry on [trying to get support]."
Children's commissioner Keith Towler also voiced his concern, saying: "In terms of counselling services there is some fantastic work that goes on, but we haven't got enough of it.
"Frankly that's not good enough."
Mr Towler told BBC Radio Wales he was in "active talks" with the Welsh government and it was taking the matter "very seriously".
"We need to make sure that when people come forward, talking about really serious issues, bringing evidence forward in relation to historical sexual abuse, we need to make sure that it's bigger than a police or criminal response," he said.
"We have to make sure that good counselling services and support is available to them when they need it."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "The increase in referrals and waiting lists is exactly why the Welsh government has provided additional funding this year to support charities who offer an invaluable service to those suffering from the effects of historical sexual abuse.
"We will consider emerging evidence in determining funding allocations for the next financial year."
Lisa - not her real name - from south east Wales was sexually abused from the age of seven. She received counselling quickly after contacting the police.
"It took me over 18 years to come forward and say, 'I need help to get over this'.
"It got to a point where I couldn't take any more and I took that step to admit I needed help.
"I don't know how people cope with long waits because it has such a massive effect on your daily life.
"Once you've admitted you need help and come forward you shouldn't have to wait."
Wicketkeeper De Kock's 104 off 143 balls and Temba Bavuma's 74 helped the tourists convert their overnight 171-5 into 326 - a first-innings lead of 241 - despite Josh Hazlewood's 6-89.
Australia reached 121-2 - trailing by 120 - when bad light ended play early.
David Warner made 45 and Usman Khawaja was unbeaten on 56.
The second day was washed out without a ball being bowled, Australia having been dismissed for 85 on Saturday.
Australia's defeat in the opening match of the three-Test series was their fourth in succession.
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Four out of five of the 12,000 16 and 17-year-olds who asked English councils for help with accommodation did not get housing, says The Children's Society.
They also say that when they do get a home, it is often unsafe.
"They put me in a cramped, cold room in a B&B that had no hot water, then in a hostel where people tried to sell me drugs all the time," says Liam Hill.
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Now 22 and a youth mentor, he became homeless at the age of 16 and says he was "passed from pillar to post and given no support from the council".
A spokeswoman for the Local Government Association said that councils had faced budget cuts, which had made it more difficult to offer help.
"It is a tragedy when anyone becomes homeless, and councils are facing real difficulties in finding emergency care for all homeless people due to a shortage of housing, welfare reforms and 40% cuts to council budgets over the lifetime of this parliament.
"Councils are keen to play their part in this and could go further and faster to support the development of badly needed new homes if government gave councils greater financial flexibility."
Liam, who is from Staffordshire, says he was chucked out of his hostel with nowhere to go after an argument with another resident.
"It was the middle of the night and pouring with rain and I ended up sleeping in an outside toilet," he says.
"The council then put me back in a hostel. I felt like a piece of rubbish that had been dumped in the first place the council could find, not a teenager in desperate need of support and a safe place to live."
The Children's Society says homeless teenagers are more at risk of sexual exploitation and crime.
"It is a national disgrace that thousands of vulnerable teenagers, who may have escaped physical or sexual abuse at home, have gone to their council to get help in finding a safe home, only to be turned away," says Matthew Reed, chief executive of the charity.
"These teenagers are being hung out to dry. They are facing huge dangers from predators who seek to abuse or exploit them.
"Councils need to do much more to protect these vulnerable teenagers. Every teenager deserves a safe place to live."
The Children's Society thinks councils are "breaking the law" by not following statutory guidelines.
In its report, Getting the House in Order, it says nearly half of homeless teenagers were not properly assessed by local authorities.
They are also much less likely to get the kind of help children in care need, such as financial support or someone to act as an advocate.
The figures are based on Freedom of Information requests to 353 councils in England, of which 259 replied.
Councils also placed one in 12 (8%) of homeless 16 and 17-year-olds in B&Bs, despite government guidance stating that form of accommodation is "unsuitable", the Children's Society says.
It wants councils to give proper assessments and support and ban the use of B&Bs to house homeless teenagers.
It is also calling for regulation when it comes to hostels and other forms of suitable accommodation and is wants the same help to be given to homeless 16 and 17-year-olds that care leavers get.
Homelessness minister Kris Hopkins said: "There is nothing more important than keeping children safe and the law is clear - any lone, homeless child in need aged 16 and 17 should not be abandoned by town halls and must be given appropriate support.
"It is rare for under-18s to become homeless but where they do they must be referred to children's services for an assessment.
"The government is working hard to prevent young people from becoming homeless and is taking action to ensure that all homeless people have access to the help they need to get back on their feet."
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Speaking to US host Barbara Walters, The Hunger Games star added: "Because why is humiliating people funny?"
The 23 year-old actress, who plays Katniss Everdeen in the teen franchise, said she was worried about how the media's attitude affected young people.
Lawrence features in Walters' series The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013.
"I get it, and I do it too, we all do it," the actress told Walters.
"[But] the media needs to take responsibility for the effect that it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows, and picking up how to talk and how to be cool," Lawrence said.
"So all of the sudden being funny is making fun of the girl that's wearing an ugly dress. And the word fat! I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV."
Lawrence added: "I mean, if we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words, because of the effect they have on our younger generation, why aren't we regulating things like calling people fat?"
The film actress, who won an Oscar earlier this year for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook, has previously spoken out against gossip magazines and TV shows such as E!'s Fashion Police, presented by Joan Rivers, which criticise the way women look.
Last month the American Hustle star told BBC Radio 1 that hearing negative things about her appearance "was like being in high school".
Her own figure became the subject of much debate, after being branded "fuller" by industry standards.
She told the December 2012 issue of Elle magazine that "in Hollywood, I'm obese. I'm considered a fat actress".
Walters' full interview with Lawrence will be broadcast on Wednesday night in the US as part of the ABC News special Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013.
Her list includes singer Miley Cyrus, Edward Snowden and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, otherwise known as KimYe.
Prince George, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby son, also appears on the list.
Cobham's Draper, 17, beat American Olukayode Ayeni 6-0 6-7 (7-4) 7-5 in the boys' singles.
Ayrshire's Moore, 18, beat Turkey's Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-3 to join Draper in the next round.
Hindhead's Burrage, 17, progressed in the girls' competition by overcoming American Caty McNally 6-4 3-6 6-1.
Elsewhere there was disappointment for Katie Swan, seeded 12th in the draw, who retired with injury in the first set of her first-round match against Mariam Bolkvadze.
Bristol-born Swan made her grand slam debut at Wimbledon last week, losing in the first round of the ladies' singles to Timea Babos in straight sets.
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The 17-year-old trailed 6-5 against Georgia's Bolkvadze, having just had her serve broken, before she called for the trainer for advice on a shin problem and subsequently retired.
"I've been struggling with this injury for a few weeks and have been managing it," Swan told BBC Points West.
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"Today it was too painful and the doctor told me it would get a lot worse if I kept playing, so I stopped. There is no point taking any risks and making it worse."
Meanwhile, London's Emily Appleton, Hertfordshire's Georgina Axon and Scotland's Maia Lumsden were all knocked out of the girls' singles on Monday.
Appleton, 16, lost 6-3 6-3 to Italy's Tatiana Pieri, Axon, 17, lost in straight sets to Belgium's Lara Salden 6-1 7-5 while Lumsden, 18, was beaten 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-3 by Spaniard Paula Arias Manjon.
In the boys' singles Oxford's Alexis Cantor was beaten by top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7-3) 7-5.
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The attack on Kukuwa in Yobe state happened last Thursday but details have only just emerged from survivors.
Some of the villagers who died are said to have drowned while fleeing gunmen.
The BBC's Nigeria correspondent says the fact that it took five days for any news to come out demonstrates how dire the security situation is in Yobe.
Eyewitnesses told AFP news agency that dozens of militants arrived in the village on motorcycles and began shooting the residents.
"They opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. Unfortunately many residents who tried to flee plunged into the river which is full from the rain. Many drowned," Modu Balumi, a resident, told AFP.
Some accounts put the death toll higher than 60 but exactly how many people died remains unclear.
A military offensive has weakened the extremist group in recent months but parts of north-east Nigeria are still extremely insecure.
Kukuwa is about 50km (30 miles) from the state capital Damaturu but the people there have for some time been extremely vulnerable.
Last month, Boko Haram killed 10 people there after some of its own fighters had been killed by a vigilante force in the village.
The southern part of Yobe has witnessed some of the most shocking attacks launched by Boko Haram fighters in recent years.
In February last year, militants targeted a boarding school in Buni Yadi killing 59 boys in their dormitories. In 2013, dozens of students were killed at an agricultural college in the same area.
The BBC's Will Ross in Lagos says that in general, the security situation has improved in Nigeria since then - but the challenge is still immense.
Close to 1,000 people have been killed by Boko Haram since President Muhammadu Buhari took over in May.
The accident took place on Kilmarnock Road in the Shawlands area of the city at about 16:15.
The woman was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. No information has been released on her condition.
The road was closed while police carried out investigations.
The blaze started at the disused building on the corner of Littleton Street and Bradgate Street, Leicester shortly after 03:00 GMT.
The building suffered a large amount of structural damage but an attached chimney remained unaffected and stable.
Matthew Cane, from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue, said the building had been "well alight" on their arrival.
"We have managed to contain the fire to the building and a couple of units next to it," he said.
He said the fire service was working with police to trace the owners of the units which suffered some minor damage.
Some surrounding roads were closed while firefighters dealt with the blaze.
Mr Cane said officers would remain at the site throughout Thursday to dampen down.
The 62-36 vote comes after weeks of debate and votes to amend the bill after the House approved it.
The 875-mile (1,400km) pipeline would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the US state of Nebraska where it joins pipes running to Texas.
The White House has previously said Mr Obama will veto the bill.
Spokesman Josh Earnest said the legislation would undermine a "well-established" review process.
Congress would need two-thirds of each chamber of Congress to overcome a presidential veto.
The project has pitted Republicans and other supporters, who say it will create much needed jobs, against many Democrats and environmentalists, who warn the pipeline will add to carbon emissions and contribute to global warming.
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell called the bill "an important accomplishment for the country".
"We are hoping the president upon reflection will agree to sign on to a bill that the State Department said could create up to 42,000 jobs and the State Department said creates little to no impact on the environment."
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer called the bill "a disgrace".
"We tried on our side to make this a better bill and they turned us away."
Among the measures added the bill during the amendment process were energy efficiency measures, as well as on-the-record acknowledgement that climate change was not hoax.
The US president has been critical of the pipeline, saying at the end of last year it would primarily benefit Canadian oil firms and not contribute much to already dropping petrol prices.
A State Department report raised no major environmental objections in February, but the final recommendation was delayed amid a court battle over the project in Nebraska.
A final decision is expected in the upcoming weeks.
The state department is involved because the pipeline would cross an international border.
The Keystone XL pipeline aims to carry some 830,000 barrels of heavy crude a day from the fields in Alberta to Nebraska.
The oil would then be transported on existing pipes to refineries in Texas. The southern section of the project was finished last year.
Work will begin at the old Waterside railway station site in about 18 months. It is hoped the project will be completed by 2020.
The station was chosen following the results of a public consultation in 2013.
Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard said it was "an exciting time" for the city.
"Over the last few years, much has been done to transform both sides of the Foyle," Mr Hazzard said.
"The new transport hub project will provide a train station that complements regeneration and transforms a historic building into one fit for use today and for generations to come.
"In about 18 months, some stage in 2018, we hope to be on site here and restoring this whole building.
"The project itself should take about two years and it is an exciting time for Derry," he added.
It is hoped that the new centre will encourage commuters to shift from car to public transport and enhance the local economy.
The 24-year-old central defender made 38 appearances in all competitions across the 2016-17 season, helping Kevin Nolan's side finish 16th.
Hollis came through the Magpies' academy to make his debut in January 2012 and has scored seven goals in 133 appearances for the club.
"Since the manager told me he wanted to offer me a new deal I've been desperate to sign it," he told the club website.
Hollis follows Elliott Hewitt in signing a new deal, while Shola Ameobi, Richard Duffy, Mike Edwards, Rob Milsom, Jon Stead, Curtis Thompson and Alan Smith are yet to commit to the club having been offered new deals.
The main tunnel serving the station is to close for 20 weeks - from 20 March until 8 August - as part of a £60m upgrade project.
Services will divert to low-level platforms or Glasgow Central.
Timetables are now available online along with an interactive map to check journey routes.
Passengers on ScotRail's main Edinburgh to Glasgow service can expect journey times of between 70 and 90 minutes.
ScotRail said printed timetables would be available in stations from the second week in March.
Additional carriages are also planned for services to provide as much extra capacity as possible.
Melanie Hartshorn, 27, has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which causes her skull to sink into her spine.
Her condition is so severe that last year she had to complete her Newcastle University degree exams lying down.
But now the money has been raised for her to have an operation in Barcelona to fuse her skull to her spine.
The syndrome means Miss Hartshorn's joints dislocate and cannot hold her body together.
The operation, which will be carried out by a specialist neurosurgeon, involves fixing the cranium to her vertebrae to allow her to sit up and prevent brain damage.
The cost of the surgery is £80,000 and a further £20,000 has raised in the last few days for an air ambulance flight to take her to Spain.
Miss Hartshorn's condition is degenerative and she has needed multiple operations.
While doing her degree, Miss Hartshorn, of Cramlington, Northumberland, had to do her exams on a stretcher and to work on assignments from home.
She said: "This is really life-saving surgery for me because it will basically attach my skull to my neck with screws.
"So far the plan is for the operation to be done on Monday. I know of five other people with the same condition as me who have had the same surgery and they are doing quite well.
"I hope it will be successful. If it is it will mean no more seizures, my skull would be stable and I would be in a lot less pain and be able to sit up. Not to mention being able to get out an access the world again."
First, on Syria, look out for a special business statement from the leader of the Commons, Chris Grayling, on Monday or Tuesday, fixing the time for that vote, and rescheduling whatever business has to be moved. A Wednesday vote, displacing an opposition day, looks the best bet, but much depends on the whip-count being assembled by the government business managers. David Cameron was absolutely frank that he would not put a motion before the House until he was certain of victory. To lose one such motion (as in 2013) is unfortunate; to lose another would look like something rather worse than carelessness.
Elsewhere, do keep a close eye on the Petitions Committee debate on a sugar tax, in Westminster Hall on Monday. The choreography around this event strongly suggests that the Health Select Committee report on childhood obesity, due to be published on Monday morning, will recommend some form of sugar tax, perhaps confined to fizzy drinks, perhaps not. MPs don't normally vote on the motions in Westminster Hall debates (although there is a recent precedent for forcing a vote to be taken later) but this looks like the opening move in a well-planned campaign to prod a sceptical government into action. And it's worth remembering that the coalition did move on issues like smoking in cars containing children, and it was not just the Lib Dem bit of the coalition who pushed that cause. Watch this space.
The Commons opens at 14:30(GMT) with education questions and as ever, there is a strong prospect of post-weekend ministerial statements or urgent questions immediately afterwards, at 15.30 GMT.
The day's main event will be a general debate on the UK's role in the Middle East led by the Conservative Dr Phillip Lee, vice chair of the Conservative Middle East Council. Dr Lee says the debate represents a "fantastic opportunity" for Parliament to have its say on the strategy for the region. (And watch out for fallout from the Monday night meeting of Labour MPs.)
In Westminster Hall the Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate (16.30 GMT) on an e-petition with 150,000 signatures calling for the government to introduce a tax on sugary drinks in the UK to improve children's health. And the timing is not accidental, that morning the Health Select Committee is due to publish its report on childhood obesity, after an inquiry which saw celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver lead calls for a sugar tax, a proposal heavily resisted by the food industry. The petition quotes experts who believe a tax of 7 pence per regular-sized can of soft drink with added sugar could generate £1 billion per year. And he wants that revenue ring-fenced to support anti-obesity strategies in the NHS. The government has no plans to bring in such a tax, but is due to announce an anti-obesity strategy before the end of the year.
In the Lords (from 14.30 GMT) two new Conservative peers take their seats.
Then it is on to detailed scrutiny of the National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill, but the main action will be on the final half day of report stage debate on the Enterprise Bill, with likely votes on the Green Investment Bank, pubs and excluding pensions from the exit payment ceiling
That's followed by a debate on the report from the EU Committee "The North Sea under Pressure: is regional marine co-operation the answer?". This called for a properly resourced single cross-border data collection initiative to allow better environmental management of the world's most industrialised sea.
The day opens (11.30 GMT) with Treasury questions, followed by a ten minute rule bill is on standards of fire resistance of children's fancy dress and play costumes. At the moment they're classified as toys under EU rules and don't come under the more stringent standards for clothing the Conservative Anne Main wants to change that.
The main legislating is the report stage and third reading of the Immigration Bill and the home secretary has a series of amendments focused on the needs of unaccompanied migrant children. There's a cross-party New Clause (NC1) signed by Labour's former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, the Lib Dem Leader Tim Farron and the Greens' Caroline Lucas on family reunion to allow those separated from their family, and who have refugee or humanitarian protection status in the UK, to sponsor family members beyond spouses or under-18 children to join them. It would also remedy an anomaly that prevents children with refugee status in the UK from sponsoring their parents to join them.
And Conservative backbenchers David Burrowes, Philip Davies and Philip Hollobone have a new clause (NC2) which would require non-British citizens who commit offences, and are sentenced to 6 months in prison, to face automatic deportation.
A third new clause from Mr Burrowes (who was a member of an all-party inquiry on immigration detention in the last parliament) and a Conservative colleague, Richard Fuller would require that pregnant women, people who claimed asylum as victims of trafficking, torture or sexual violence, and any other group prescribed by the secretary of state, may not be detained pending an examination or decision by an immigration officer.
In the Lords (14.30 GMT) peers polish off the third reading of the European Union Referendum Bill. This is followed by the first half day of report stage debate on the Education and Adoption Bill. The final business is a regret motion from Labour's deputy leader Lord Hunt of King's Heath, on the NHS (Licensing and Pricing) (Amendment) Regulations. He is not expected to push it to a vote.
The Commons opens for business at 11.30 GMT with Cabinet Office questions, followed by prime minister's questions..
The day's ten minute rule bill from Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds will bear watching; the Representation of the People (Proportional Representation) (House of Commons) Bill does what it says on the tin and Mr Reynolds, a long standing supporter of proportional representation, who voted 'yes' in the AV Referendum back in 2011, will argue that the first past the post system for electing MP's is "simply unfair and no longer fit for purpose". And he will point "massive discrepancies" in the number of seats a party got in the last election, compared to their share of the vote.
The main event is supposed to be a Labour opposition day debate (on a motion yet to be announced), but as noted above that may be moved to allow a debate on Syria.
Also worth noting is the presentation by no less than 32 Conservative MPs (including the current Education Select Committee chair Neil Carmichael and his predecessor Graham Stuart) of petitions on school funding, which the chancellor promised, to loud cheers from his own benches, to change. Keep an eye on this; there's some very significant politics playing out here.
In Westminster Hall, there are debates on state pension age equalisation for women born in the 1950s and on world Aids day.
In the Lords (15.00 GMT) two more new peers take their seats: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted a Liberal Democrat former MEP and Lord Livermore, Ed Miliband's ex-campaign director, who also worked on Gordon Brown's election-that-never-was back in 2007.
The main debate is on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill at committee stage, where peers will be "probing" on a number of issues including the implications of limiting child tax credit and universal credit to two children, the reporting obligations on child poverty and "life chances"; and reform to the social mobility and child mobility condition. These debates are used to identify issues which may be pushed to a vote later on, at Report Stage.
On world Aids day, there will also be a short debate on the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and Aids, this concluded that new treatments could significantly reduce the number of new cases of HIV if the response was scaled up. But, it also warned that, despite greater understanding of what is needed, political and financial momentum are sadly lacking.
The Commons opens at 9.30 GMT with culture, media and sport questions, followed by the in-house question time for the House of Commons Commission and the Leader of the House. Chris Grayling then stays on to deliver his weekly business statement.
The main event is the second reading debate on the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill, which provides stronger protection for charities in England and Wales from individuals who are unfit to be charity trustees, and gives charities a new power to investments that pursue both a financial and social return.
The day's adjournment debate is on out of area mental health placements, led by the coalition health minister Norman Lamb, he aims to highlight the practice of people with mental illness being shunted to hospitals outside their local area to receive care. At least 2,198 mental health patients were receiving out of area non-specialist care at the end of August 2015, with one in five of those sent more than 50 kilometres away from their usual provider. Norman Lamb argues this practice can cause great distress and is further evidence of the disadvantage faced by those suffering mental ill health, he wants the government to set a target to end the practice within 12 months.
In Westminster Hall there's a general debate on fisheries policy led by the SDLP MP, Margaret Ritchie. The fisheries debate used to be an annual fixture in the Commons calendar, but is now only scheduled if the Backbench Business Committee is persuaded that it will attract sufficient interest.
In the Lords (11:00 GMT) yet more new peers arrive: one Liberal Democrat and one Labour.
The day's main event is a Conservative backbench-led debate on the economy in the light of the autumn statement, followed by another on the UK's role in supporting international security and stability in the light of the strategic defence and security review. Taken between these will be the Labour Peer Lady (Joan) Bakewell's topical short debate on the provision for informing women in their fifties of their pension expectations in the light of the new single-tier state pension.
Final business is the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order, which is derived from this week's fast-tracked Northern Ireland Bill.
It is another private members' bills day in the Commons (from 09.30GMT) and after a series of ill-tempered "talkings-out" of bills in recent weeks, the Commons Procedure Committee has signalled renewed interest in reforming the arcane process used in these sittings, so some of its members may be there, taking notes.
First up is the second reading of the Riot Compensation Bill from the Conservative Mike Wood, which deals with claims, procedures, decision-making and limits on awards payable in relation to a new compensation scheme for property damaged, destroyed or stolen in the course of riots.
Then there's the second reading of the Conservative Simon Hoare's Pavement Parking (Protection of Vulnerable Pedestrians) Bill, to make powers available to highway authorities to make further provision for the safety, convenience and free movement on pavements of disabled people, older people, people accompanying young children and other vulnerable pedestrians; and strengthen and simplify the law on pavement parking in England and Wales.
MPs will be doing well if they reach William Wragg's Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill, let along Caroline Ansell's Assessment of Government Policies (Impact on Families) Bill There are plenty more bills listed on the Order Paper, but they don't have much chance of getting debated.
Dr Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora, and some other UK relatives believe Abdelbaset al-Megrahi suffered a miscarriage of justice.
They want the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to send his case back to the High Court for a fresh appeal.
US relatives have written a letter saying they do not support the move.
The Libyan agent was jailed in 2001 for murdering the 270 people who died when Pan AM flight 103 exploded over southern Scotland on 21 December 1988.
He dropped a second appeal against his conviction days before the Scottish government released him on compassionate grounds in August 2009.
Megrahi died from cancer three years later.
A posthumous appeal is possible if it is deemed to serve the "interests of justice" and is sought by someone with a "legitimate interest" in the case.
Dr Swire's application was made jointly with members of Megrahi's family, including someone named as the executor of his estate.
The Megrahi family would be expected to qualify to request an appeal.
The SCCRC was proceeding on that basis but became convinced that the application was only "actively supported" by victims' families.
Never before has a murder conviction been appealed in these circumstances.
In December, the commission asked the High Court to decide if Dr Swire and other UK relatives had a "legitimate interest" to pursue the case.
The judge, Lady Dorrian, has asked interested parties to make submissions to the court before the matter is considered at a hearing in March.
It is not clear if US relatives will make legal representations but their letter to the SCCRC sets out their opposition to a fresh appeal.
"We do not support this petition," they say.
"Nor do we support the position of the UK family member, Dr Jim Swire and those with whom he stands on this matter.
"It is past time for Dr Swire and the Megrahi supporters to end their disgraceful and expensive campaign".
The letter is signed by the chairman of Victims of Pan AM flight 103, Mary Kay Stratis, whose husband Elia died in the bombing.
Dr Swire has long believed that Megrahi was wrongfully convicted of the bombing and that Libya was not behind the plot.
A spokesperson for the SCCRC said it had been made aware of the US families letter by the Crown Office, which oversees prosecutions in Scotland.
The siblings, then aged 10 and 11, carried out the "sadistic" attack in Edlington, near Doncaster, in 2009.
Now aged 18 and 19, the brothers were granted lifelong anonymity by High Court judge Sir Geoffrey Vos.
Outlining his reasons for making the order he said he felt the brothers were "equally committed to rehabilitation".
Sir Geoffrey said the younger brother had made "his own statement" at a hearing on 9 December.
"He fully acknowledged the extreme gravity of his offences, and said compellingly that he now feels inside like a completely different person," said the judge in his ruling.
"He said that, '[it] has taken a long time to get there and I have done loads of work with professionals in secure to work through what I did and why I did it.
"'I now feel like I have become the opposite to that person who did the crimes.
"'I desperately want to carry on being the person I have become. I want to get a job or maybe even go to uni'."
Sir Geoffrey added: "The other evidence before me suggests that [his] ambitions may be genuinely capable of realisation."
He went on: "I have no doubt that [the older brother] is equally committed to the path of rehabilitation."
The brothers' victims, aged nine and 11, were throttled, hit with bricks, made to eat nettles, stripped and forced to sexually abuse each other in the attack.
A sink was dropped on the older boy's head, and the younger boy had a sharp stick rammed into his arm and cigarettes pushed into the wound.
Parts of the attack were recorded on a mobile phone.
The brothers, who admitted causing grievous bodily harm, were sentenced to a minimum of five years' detention in 2010.
They were released earlier this year and given new identities.
Sir Geoffrey said he was satisfied the anonymity order was in the public interest.
Defending champion Renaud Lavillenie of France looked on course to retain his title after clearing a height of 5.98m.
Da Silva failed in his first attempt at 6.03m but went clear with his second to win Brazil's second gold of the Games.
"Incredible," said the 22-year-old champion. "My first time over six metres. My home town wanted me to win."
Lauvillenie, who was booed by the partisan crowd, took silver, but said he was "disturbed" by the "nastiness" of the atmosphere.
American Sam Kendricks sealed bronze with 5.85m.
"The crowd were cheering me too much," added Da Silva. "I had to fix my mind on my technique, forget the people."
The competition had been delayed because of rain and then held up again when a mechanical fault meant the bar could not be raised.
But it ended in a thrilling conclusion that finished just before midnight local time.
Da Silva, a former world junior champion, added 11 centimetres to his previous personal best to set a national record and become only the fourth Brazilian to win a track and field gold at an Olympic Games.
The last Brazilian Olympic gold medallist in an athletics event was Maurren Maggi, who won the women's long jump at Beijing 2008.
World record holder Lavillenie had to appeal for quiet from the Rio crowd as he prepared for a jump at 6.08m that would have put him back into the lead.
He also gave a thumbs-down gesture to the cameras.
"In 1936, the crowd was against Jesse Owens," he said. "We've not see this since. We have to deal with it.
"There is no respect, no fair play. It's the Olympics. If there's no respect in the Olympics, where can we get respect? I'm very, very sad and disappointed by the Brazilian public that was in the stadium.
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"Better to stay at home in front of your television than come and whistle. At least then we'd have people in the stadium who want to watch sport."
African-American athlete Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, which were being used by Adolf Hitler to promote Nazi ideologies of racial superiority.
Lavillenie added: "It really disturbed me, I felt the nastiness of the public and we do a sport where you never see that.
"You see it in football. It is the first time I have seen it in track and field. It is the biggest moment of your life. I can't be happy about that. Now I have to wait four years to get back the gold."
Lavillenie later apologised for his comments, saying he made the Jesse Owens comparison immediately after the competition when very upset.
American vaulter Kendricks said: "Brazil is an emotional place, a place that has a culture around football, it's not necessarily against the other man. I took it with a grain of salt that they were booing."
Former Olympic javelin silver medallist Steve Backley:
"No way in your life have you ever seen drama such as this. The place has gone wild. How on earth has he done that? The jump of his life."
Former Olympic 1500m silver medallist Steve Cram:
"I've seen some things in my years competing and watching athletics... that has got to be one of the best moments. Home crowd, home boy, higher than ever, better than ever."
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"That might just be the moment Brazil's Olympics have been waiting for. Every Games needs an iconic gold in the Olympic Stadium - think Cathy Freeman in Sydney, Michael Johnson in Atlanta, Fermin Cacho in Barcelona, the Mo/Jess/Greg triptych in London - but with so few chances and all of them outsiders, we thought it might not happen in Rio.
"A local kid put that right in spectacular fashion, destroying his old personal best, smashing the Olympic record, dethroning the reigning champion."
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The host were 3-0 in front after the opening 16 minutes with Michael Forney, Riley and Colin Shields on target.
Trevor Johnson pulled one back at the end of the first period but Riley restored the three-goal advantage three minutes into the second period.
Adam Harding make it 4-2 before Shields scored in the final seconds.
The victory takes Belfast three points clear of third-placed Sheffield Steelers, who were beaten 4-1 by Coventry Blaze on Saturday night.
The Giants are seven points behind leaders Cardiff Devils but their title challenge has faded, with the focus now on the play-offs.
Next up for the Giants are home league matches against Nottingham Panthers next Friday and Sunday.
The defeat means the 28-year-old Briton will lose his world number two ranking to Roger Federer on Monday.
The Scot was blown away in the opening set, but fought back to level, only to fall to the Serb's power and accuracy in the decider.
Djokovic now moves ahead of Spain's Rafael Nadal with a record 29 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
The Serb underlined his current dominance as he claimed his fifth title in the past six Masters tournaments but he was pushed hard by Murray, exemplified by a 14-minute final game as Djokovic survived six deuces and seven break points to hold for the match.
"The first couple of break points I remember making two mistakes," said Murray.
"It was kind of back and forth from there and unfortunately I couldn't quite break, which was a shame because both of us on the break points until that last game were pretty clinical."
Djokovic broke Murray's serve in the opening game and the 2011 winner gave a masterclass combining powerful ground shots with brutal accuracy as he found the lines with uncanny regularity.
Murray found his second serve coming under huge pressure and Djokovic duly earned a double break before racing to the first set in just 31 minutes.
In the second, however, the Scot's serve began to click into gear and, having won just 17% of points on his second serve in the first set, he increased it to an impressive 60% in the second.
Djokovic made crucial forehand and backhand errors in the third game before serving a double-fault to be broken for only the second time in the tournament.
The Madrid crowd who were muted as Murray beat local favourite Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 in Saturday's semi-finals were now encouraging the Briton, who responded with some of his best tennis of the week as he won the set with a cheeky drop shot from the back of the court.
It was Djokovic's turn to regroup and after a comfortable hold needed just one of two break points to take the early initiative in the decider.
But this was a different Murray from the opening set and the Scot immediately broke back with Djokovic again serving a double fault at the crucial moment.
Again, however, the world number one raised the bar and this time it proved crucial with a decisive break in the sixth game.
"When you play against the best players, you are probably not going to win every single time," said Murray. "But you want to make the matches extremely difficult for them: physically and mentally, so it's not comfortable. So I think at least today I did that, but unfortunately didn't get the win.
"It's been a positive week for me this week overal l- a few years ago I wouldn't have thought I'd be winning against Rafa and then pushing Novak this close on a clay court."
"Murray began the match a shadow of the man who had played so well in Madrid all week. The first set wasn't a contest, but once given an opening by the world number one early in the second, Murray started playing with real conviction, and pushed his man to the limit.
"At 2-2 in the decider the match was genuinely in the balance. Djokovic's response, though, was characteristically brilliant, and after surviving a bout of jitters and a 14-minute final game, he deservedly clinched his record 29th Masters series title."
They might only have a little bit of information about their environment, but in a group, different animals might have separate but complementary information about a particular problem.
Some may know where to find food but not how to access it.
Others might know how to get at it but not where it is hidden, scientists at St Andrews University found.
In a set of experiments, scientists at the university's school of biology set out to determine whether leadership - the pulling of the group by informed members - could allow groups of animals to pool their experience in order to solve problems collectively.
Their findings, which could have implications for businesses and even bio-inspired swarm robotics, are published on the Nature Ecology & Evolution website.
Dr Mike Webster, of St Andrews University, said: "To tackle this question we presented shoals of stickleback fish with a two-part problem, in which they had to first find, and then access, some hidden food.
"Individual fish were either inexperienced or had experience of just one of the stages.
"We found that in shoals that comprised individuals trained in each of the stages more fish did indeed access the food, and did so more rapidly, compared with other shoal composition which only contained fish trained to one or to neither of two parts of the problem.
"Supporting our idea that leadership played a role in this, we found strong effects of having experienced members in the group, with the presence of these greatly increasing the likelihood of untrained fish completing each part of the problem."
Researchers have known that larger groups tend to outperform smaller groups and lone individuals when completing certain tasks.
The new study shows that experience pooling, where subsets of the group assume leadership roles when completing the specific part of a task in which they have knowledge or competence, is a plausible mechanism by which this might happen.
Professor Kevin Laland, of St Andrews University, said: "There may be lessons to be learned for human behaviour too.
"Businesses and institutions already make good use of teams with diverse skills sets, and the natural world might provide further inspiration for how these groups might be put together and organised.
"Finally, artificial intelligence researchers are focusing heavily on bio-inspired swarm robotics, and the kinds of collective information processing mechanisms uncovered by this study might potentially be deployed by other researchers designing software and behaviour rules for fleets of drones."
The city council confirmed the board had "varied the licence", meaning the venue could no longer stay open until 03:00 and must close by midnight.
Last month police made a bid to have the club closed after a woman was found unconscious and officers recorded 26 drug and alcohol-related incidents.
It was rejected after a lawyer for The Arches argued this was inappropriate.
Last year The Arches announced it was raising its minimum age for admission to 21 after the suspected drug-related death of a teenage girl who fell ill there but the over 18's policy was later reinstated.
Regane MacColl, 17, died after becoming ill at the club in February 2014. Police linked her death to an ecstasy-like "Mortal Kombat" tablet.
Inspector Mark Sutherland, area commander for Glasgow city centre, said they recognised the decision of the licensing board.
"Our aim is always to work closely with licence holders to uphold the law and provide a safe environment for their patrons to enjoy alcohol responsibly," he said.
"Where breaches of licensing legislation occur we will take appropriate action and record and report this to the local licensing authority."
Participating in the tests for the first time, the country's 15-year-olds scored higher in reading, maths and science than many developed countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
It was an achievement that was as much of a surprise for Vietnamese officials as for outside observers.
So how did Vietnam do so well?
There are three key factors that contributed to these impressive results: committed leadership, a focused curriculum, and investment in teachers.
People at the highest levels of government in Vietnam are thinking about the challenges they face in educating their young. Very few other countries have shown a similar level of forward thinking and determination.
The education ministry has designed a long-term plan. It is eager to learn from the best-performing countries on how to implement that plan successfully and is ready to commit the financial support that is needed.
Almost 21% of all government expenditure in 2010 was devoted to education - a larger proportion than seen in any OECD country.
The nation's educators have also designed a curriculum that focuses on pupils gaining a deep understanding of core concepts and mastery of core skills.
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Contrast that with the mile-wide but inch-deep curriculums that you find in much of Europe and North America and you understand why so many of these Vietnamese students excel.
These students are expected to leave education not just able to recite what they have learned in class, but to apply those concepts and practices in unfamiliar contexts.
In Vietnamese classrooms there is an impressive level of rigour, with teachers challenging students with demanding questions. The teachers focus on teaching a few things well and with a great sense of coherence that helps students to progress.
Teachers in Vietnam are highly respected, both in society as well as in their classrooms. That may be a cultural trait, but it also reflects the role that teachers are given in the education system, which extends well beyond delivering lessons in school and embraces many dimensions of student well-being and support.
Teachers are expected to invest in their own professional development and that of their colleagues, and they work with a high degree of professional autonomy.
Vietnam first entered Pisa tests in 2012 - coming 17th in maths, 8th in science, 19th in reading - higher than the US in all subjects, which was ranked 36th at maths, 28th at science, 23rd at reading.
In global rankings published by the OECD in May 2015, based on science and maths, Vietnam was ranked 12th, while the US was in joint 28th.
In fact, mathematics teachers, especially those working in disadvantaged schools, receive more professional development than the average in OECD countries.
These teachers know how to create a positive learning environment, foster good discipline in the classroom, and help to build students' positive attitudes towards learning.
This is also helped by the encouragement of parents, who generally hold high expectations for their children, and by a society that values education and hard work.
What Vietnam has achieved in education in so short a time is remarkable.
But some 37% of Vietnamese 15-year-olds are not in school and the challenge now is to get them enrolled. And the test results, based on those who are in classrooms and learning, say nothing about those young people who are not in school at all.
The government has made it a priority to get all young people into education and so far the education system has been good at absorbing disadvantaged children and giving them equal access to education.
Almost 17% of Vietnam's poorest 15-year-old students are among the 25% top-performing students across all countries and economies that participate in the Pisa tests.
By comparison the average across OECD countries is that only 6% of disadvantaged students are considered "resilient" by this measure.
But achieving and maintaining quality is harder than expanding quantity, and Vietnam will have to be careful not to let the quality of its education suffer as it broadens access to more children.
As the highest-performing countries show, excellence is generally associated with giving individual schools greater autonomy in curriculum and tests, particularly when there are strong accountability measures in place.
For Vietnam this will mean finding a way to balance a centralised leadership with a flexible, autonomous environment for individual schools.
To fully reap the returns of investing in education, Vietnam has to change not only the supply of its skills, but the demand for those skills as well.
As a recent report suggests, Vietnam stands to gain three times its current GDP by 2095 if all of its children were enrolled in secondary school and they all acquired at least basic skills in mathematics and science by 2030 - and if the country's labour market were able to absorb and use all of that talent.
If Vietnam does not create a demand for higher skills, then well-educated Vietnamese may choose to take their skills elsewhere.
Liberalising the country's labour market must be considered at the same time as the country works to build a more highly skilled labour force.
It's a lot to ask of a country and a people, but Vietnam has already shown that it is up to the challenge and, most important, willing and eager to accept and meet that challenge.
"If it were possible for me to be sold, I would sell myself,'' he said in a speech on state television.
A joke page on Ebay "selling" Mr Sisi was created and bids passed $100,000 (£72,000) within hours. The page was later removed.
Mr Sisi also asked Egyptians to make donations to the country by text.
The remarks were made as he unveiled an economic development plan for 2030.
Egypt's economic problems include a sharp decline in foreign investment and tourism revenues amidst years of social unrest.
The country also pays large amounts to cover fuel subsidies and servicing its domestic debt, and has suffered from high inflation and unemployment.
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Within minutes of Mr Sisi's comments, a listing for the sale of "a used field marshal" with a photograph attached on the president appeared on Ebay.
He was also mocked for asking Egyptians to each donate "10 pounds ($1.2; £0.9) to Egypt by mobile text" to help lower the country's enormous financial burden.
Many users took to Twitter to criticise and make fun of his comments, and the hashtag #Ebay was a trending topic in the country.
Mr Sisi vowed to continue building the country "until my life or term [in office] ends" and urged Egyptians to listen only to him if they "truly love" Egypt.
"Do not listen to anyone else but me," he urged.
The council had proposed to build an incinerator at Saddlebow, King's Lynn, but the project was scrapped earlier this year at a cost of £33m.
Labour council leader George Nobbs said the site would not be sold or rented to any company to build an incinerator.
The council is now to develop a strategy to recycle and reuse waste.
Mr Nobbs, who heads an alliance of Labour, Lib Dem and Ukip councillors supported by the Greens, said: "Land in different parts of the county would be set aside for waste disposal use.
"But there is no intention of building an incinerator anywhere in the county."
The scheme to incinerate waste from across Norfolk to generate energy and reduce the need for landfill was spearheaded by the county's former Conservative administration .
When the party lost control of the authority in 2013, councillors voted to withdraw from the scheme following delays in obtaining planning permission, due to the scheme being called in by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
The cancellation of the contract cost the authority more than £33m in compensation to contractors Cory Wheelabrator.
Conservative councillor Bill Borrett said the waste disposal issue in Norfolk was still not resolved and a solution had to be found that did not involve landfill.
The Conservative-run West Norfolk Council had opposed the incinerator plan and celebrated alongside the local protest group King's Lynn without Incineration when the project was abandoned.
The left-winger is ahead of his rivals in the race to replace Ed Miliband, according to a Times opinion poll.
He also dismissed claims that he would split the party if chosen as leader.
The Islington North MP was speaking to journalists after promising a "publicly led expansion and reconstruction of the economy" in a speech in London.
His comments came after former prime minister Tony Blair said he would take the country backwards if elected and that anyone with his politics in their heart should "get a transplant".
"I do not know what he means by taking the country backwards," Mr Corbyn said, adding that Mr Blair's suggestion he was the Tory preference amounted to "rather silly remarks".
"Surely we should be talking about the situation facing Britain today, the situation facing many of the poorest people in this country today, and maybe think if our policies are relevant," he said.
"A lot of people are supporting us, particularly young people supporting us who want a very different Labour Party to the one they've had in the past."
In his speech on the economy, Mr Corbyn said austerity was a "political choice not an economic necessity".
You would expect people who are eligible to vote in the Labour leadership contest to be unusually interested in politics.
But the full details of the poll show that of the 1,056 people polled, 80% said they would definitely be voting in the leadership election while another 15% said they would probably be voting.
I know that the rules for the leadership election have been changed, but it still seems a very high turnout.
Compare it with the 2010 leadership election, when about 72% of constituency Labour Party members voted.
Labour poll: have we learned nothing?
He promised to protect public services and increase taxes on the wealthy, arguing that "all of us are an accident away from needing a benefits system that sustains us
The YouGov poll for The Times suggests that in the final round of voting, the Islington MP would get 53% of support, six points ahead of Andy Burnham. Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper are also in the contest.
Mr Corbyn only made it onto the ballot paper at the last minute after MPs who supported other candidates "lent" him their nominations to get him into the contest, arguing Labour needed as wide a debate as possible about its future direction.
John McTernan, a former adviser to Tony Blair, has described those MPs who helped him reach the leadership shortlist as "morons".
Mr Corbyn dismissed this, saying: "I don't get involved in personal stuff, it's really not worth it. That kind of remark is really uncalled for in any kind of politics."
Labour peer Lord Foulkes said those who nominated Mr Corbyn despite disagreeing with him should be "searching their consciences right now". They should "realise they've put the Labour Party in to a very difficult position", he told the BBC.
But Frank Field, who nominated Mr Corbyn despite disagreeing fundamentally with him about economic policy, said the other candidates had failed to articulate an alternative to Mr Corbyn's stance of "deficit denial".
"I would be surprised if Jeremy wanted to win. He really wanted to test the arguments and the mettle of the other candidates," he told BBC News. "He has played his role. Sadly we have not had the other candidates with the abilities to take him on and say...'this is my vision, these are my priorities, there are my values'."
The pieces of gutta percha have been found on beaches in Cornwall, Devon, northern France and the Netherlands in the last year.
The Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall said the blocks bore the name of a 19th Century plantation.
The material was used to insulate telegraph cables on the seabed.
Marc Cragg from the museum said: "Gutta percha is from Indonesia and is very similar to rubber.
"It has been a central part of telegraph systems for the last 100 years or so."
His colleague Rachel Webster said: "Many of the cables which were insulated with it remain in situ on the seabed."
Mr Cragg said: "It looks like there was a shipwreck 80 miles (130km) or so off the coast of Brittany in the Western Approaches."
He added that the gutta percha, which would have been stored as cargo, could have been released during a salvage operation.
"If you look at the distribution, it would make sense," Mr Cragg said.
The museum said the blocks, which were about 12in (30cm) by 14in (35cm) had the letters "TJIPETIR", which was believed to be the name of a rubber plantation in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th Century.
In recent months staff have been working to find out how many blocks have washed-up.
It added that gutta percha was used to make golf balls, teddy bear noses and decorative items such as picture frames and jewellery.
They were struck by a double-decker First Glasgow service, at the corner of Argyle and Queen Street, at 14:30.
Both casualties were removed from under the bus and taken to the city's Royal Infirmary where their condition was described as critical.
Eyewitnesses described "horrific" and "hysterical" scenes in the aftermath. A police investigation is under way.
The bus driver was uninjured but said to be extremely shaken as a result of the incident.
Eyewitness Jan Watson told the BBC: "We were coming out from Primark and we saw the bus coming along and going round the corner.
"It just stopped dead. We approached the crossing and people were coming round and we just followed the people. We saw a woman trapped underneath the wheel."
She added: "There was a lot of shouting and screaming. A few people were hysterical because they had actually witnessed it. It was horrific.
"I saw part of the lady and saw something under the wheel which I have been told is an elderly man."
Jordan Macrae, 18, told BBC Scotland he was coming out of a shop on Argyle Street when the crash happened.
"From what we could see there was two people under the bus," he said.
"It was horrible. There was screaming. Everyone was on their phone trying to call the emergency services."
"Everyone was crowding round, trying to see if they could help. The people that went and helped were really good."
Sgt Andrew Mair from Police Scotland said: "Where the crash happened is an extremely busy shopping area, and I would appeal to any witnesses who have not yet spoken to police to contact us."
There was a major deployment of emergency services to the crash scene.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it had up to 25 firefighters on the scene, who used airbags to release two people from underneath the bus.
A spokesman said: "Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews attended an incident in Queen Street in Glasgow city centre following a call from ambulance control around 2.35pm.
"Four appliances from Calton and Cowcaddens community fire stations attended the incident along with a heavy rescue vehicle from Easterhouse.
"The firefighters, who were working closely with paramedics and doctors, used airbags to release two people from beneath a bus.
"Both casualties were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary by ambulance."
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said they had "a number of ambulance crews" on the scene as well as a special operations team and a trauma team.
A spokeswoman for First Group said: "We can confirm an incident occurred this afternoon involving a First Glasgow service and two pedestrians.
"We are doing everything we can to support the emergency services and a full investigation to establish exactly what happened is under way."
BBC Scotland political reporter Andrew Black, who is at the scene, said: "Just after 16:00 accident investigators arrived, so very quickly the investigation to establish exactly what happened here this afternoon is taking place.
"It is expected that that will continue for some hours to come."
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It's that time of the year again - the grand final of Britain's Got Talent!
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Jeff Smith beat ninth seed Gary Robson to qualify for the men's quarter-finals of the BDO World Championships.
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A £100,000 fundraising target created by a blogger for Brain Tumour Research has been met on the day of her funeral.
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A man who was arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body in a house has been released from his bail without charge.
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Nicaragua must scrap a deal to build a massive inter-oceanic canal as it tramples on the environment and human rights, a leading rights body says.
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Victims of historical sexual abuse are having to wait up to three years for counselling, a charity has claimed.
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South Africa's Quinton de Kock hit a fine century before Australia's batsmen rallied on day three of the second Test in Hobart.
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Thousands of homeless teenagers are let down by councils and left to "fend for themselves" a children's charity warns.
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Actress Jennifer Lawrence has said she thinks "it should be illegal to call someone fat on TV", after red carpet criticism of her own figure.
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British teenagers Ben Draper, Ewan Moore and Jodie Burrage made it through to the second round of the respective juniors' competitions at Wimbledon.
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Reports in Nigeria say as many as 60 people may have been killed after a raid on a village in the north-east by suspected Boko Haram militants.
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A woman has been struck by a bus in Glasgow.
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A derelict building in Leicester has been gutted by a fire which started in the early hours of Thursday.
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A £26m scheme to boost public transport links in Derry has been given the go-ahead.
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Haydn Hollis has signed a new contract with League Two side Notts County.
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ScotRail has published timetables and diversion routes ahead of the closure of the rail tunnel at Glasgow's Queen Street station.
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A disabled woman who collected her university degree on a stretcher is to undergo a life-changing operation after well-wishers raised £100,000.
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With a vote for military intervention in Syria expected, but, as I write, not yet scheduled, not to mention Labour's internal upheavals transfixing Westminster, most of next week's parliamentary agenda looks like a bit of a sideshow, but there is plenty of important legislation grinding through the legislative sausage machine.
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US families of Lockerbie bombing victims have accused some UK relatives of a "disgraceful" campaign to clear the only man convicted of the atrocity.
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One of two teenage brothers who tortured two boys in South Yorkshire told a judge he was now "the opposite of that person who did the crimes".
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Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva set an Olympic record of 6.03m to win a shock gold in the men's pole vault in Rio.
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Blair Riley and Colin Shields netted doubles as Belfast Giants secured an Elite League victory over Manchester Storm at the SSE Arena.
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World number one Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Andy Murray 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the Madrid Open final.
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Fish pool their experience to solve problems collectively, according to new research.
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Glasgow Licensing Board has told The Arches nightclub it will have to close early following complaints by police.
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Norfolk county councillors have voted to stop the sale of an axed waste incinerator site and ruled out burning as a future method of waste disposal.
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About 40 large blocks of a rubber-like substance, believed to be from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean, have washed up on European coasts.
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A man and woman - believed to be in their 70s - have been critically injured by a bus in central Glasgow.
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Stella Kambi, 17, died after going into the water at Thorpe Marshes nature reserve near Norwich to try to save Bonheur Musungay, 14, on 12 August.
An inquest, which was opened and adjourned in Norwich, heard that a number of people tried to find them without success.
Post-mortem examinations confirmed the teenagers both drowned.
At the brief hearing, Norfolk assistant coroner Johanna Thompson said both Stella and Bonheur were in a group of adults and children at the former quarry.
She said at about 16:40 BST Bonheur was in the water when he began to get into difficulties.
Stella jumped into the water to try and help him but then got into trouble herself, the inquest heard.
Onlookers said they saw the pair disappear under the water.
Their bodies were eventually found by fire crews at about 19:40 BST.
A full inquest will be held in March next year.
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There were 194 made against Betsi Cadwaladr in 2016-2017- the second highest health board had 107.
Ombudsman Nick Bennett highlighted three of these incidents, all involving Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire.
A Betsi Cadwaladr spokeswoman said it takes all complaints seriously and they help it find ways to improve services.
There were 702 cases closed across Wales in 2016-17, with 194 complaints involving Betsi Cadwaladr, 107 from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, 102 from Hywel Dda and 93 from Cardiff and Vale.
"I am concerned about both the volume and outcome of complaints against Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board over the past 12 months," Mr Bennett said.
He issued five health public interest reports about serious cases over the course of the year and three involved Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire.
In the first, Mr Bennett said Betsi Cadwaladr should pay £20,000 to the wife of a hospital patient who did not see a consultant for 12 hours and later died.
Another related to "fundamental clinical shortcomings" when a bowel cancer patient died after being admitted for surgery.
The third was about a patient with a potentially life-threatening cancer who waited four months for his first treatment after a "disturbing lack of urgency".
Redress payments to people who complained in the Betsi Cadwaladr area between April 2016 and March 2017 amounted to £61,999 in a Wales-wide total of £115,430.
"While public services are facing unprecedented pressures, it is essential that lessons are learnt when things do go wrong," Mr Bennett added.
"We have assigned an improvement officer to work alongside the health board and hope to see better complaint handling and learning as a result of that."
A Welsh Government spokesman said this was a matter for the health board, but "we value feedback and encourage concerns to be raised as soon as possible so they can be dealt with quickly and easily so services can continuously learn and improve".
Clwyd West AM Darren Millar said the complaints were a "cause for concern" given that the health board is in special measures.
"Complaints are a warning sign that all is not well and I know from my own constituency casework that Betsi takes far too long to resolve problems and seems to make the same mistakes over and over again."
He added: "The Welsh Government must ensure that the NHS in north Wales learns from things that go wrong and gets on top of this issue".
Representatives of the board are also due to attend a health complaint handling seminar organised by the ombudsman next month.
Gill Harris, executive director of nursing and midwifery, said: "Complaints provide us with an opportunity to look closely at the care we offer, and learn from the experience of our service users. We welcome and encourage people to use our concerns process so that we can investigate and provide the best care possible in the future.
"Complaints is a key area for improvement under special measures and we are carrying out a significant programme of work to ensure our complaints procedures are as responsive and effective as possible.
"This will include the introduction of a new Patient Advice and Support Service this summer to ensure we can respond to concerns in real time."
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It will begin on 23 May and it is expected that it will last at least a month.
Ten Protestant workmen were shot dead when an IRA gang ambushed their minibus near the County Armagh village in 1976.
The gunmen had asked the workers in a minibus about their religion, before telling the one Catholic man on the bus to leave.
An eleventh victim, Alan Black, was shot 18 times but survived the attack.
He was present at the preliminary hearing on Friday.
Families for the victims have said they are concerned that more than 1,300 pages of sensitive intelligence documents have still not been released to them and their legal representatives by the PSNI and Ministry of Defence, even though the inquest is due to start in 10 day's time.
A barrister for the PSNI told the court that checking the material was a "mammoth task" and that they were working "as assiduously as possible".
It is possible that a hearing may be needed next week to deal with a public interest immunity certificate for the material.
The inquest will call former officers of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) which looked at the killings in 2011, and concluded that the Provisional IRA was responsible, despite being on ceasefire at the time.
Witnesses on the intelligence material are not expected to be called before mid-June.
Speaking after the hearing, Alan Black said he was disappointed that the material was being released so late in the day, giving him and relatives of the victims very little time to study and digest it.
"This is the very last chance of getting to the truth of what happened at Kingsmills," he said.
"So it is very very important that we get everything right, and get down to the smallest detail. If that means it takes longer, so be it."
He said he hoped that a call for the former IRA informer Sean O'Callaghan to give evidence at the inquest would be heeded, in the hope of shedding light on the motives of the killers.
"These men are looking at their own mortality as well," said Mr Black.
"Now I wouldn't want to be going to my grave with that heavy stuff on my conscience."
Coroner, Brian Sherrard, repeated a call for anyone with any knowledge or involvement in the killings to contact his office and assist the inquest, "even at this very late stage".
Outside, Mr Black echoed that call: "That's my hope, that someone with a conscience will come forward."
The men who died were John Bryans, Robert Chambers, Reginald Chapman, Walter Chapman, Robert Freeburn, Joseph Lemmon, John McConville, James McWhirter, Robert Samuel Walker and Kenneth Worton.
A memorial service was held in January to mark the 40th anniversary.
The software learned to analyse blood tests and scans of beating hearts to spot signs that the organ was about to fail.
The team, from the UK's Medical Research Council, say the technology could save lives by finding patients that need more aggressive treatment.
The results were published in the journal Radiology.
The researchers, at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, were investigating patients with pulmonary hypertension.
High blood pressure in the lungs damages part of the heart, and about a third of patients die with five years of being diagnosed.
There are treatments: drugs, injections straight into the blood vessels, a lung transplant.
But doctors need to have an idea of how long patients might have left, in order to pick the right treatment.
The software was given MRI scans of 256 patients' hearts, and blood test results.
It measured the movement of 30,000 different points in the organ's structure during each a heartbeat.
When this data was combined with eight years of patient health records, the artificial intelligence learned which abnormalities predicted when patients would die.
The software could look about five years into the future.
It correctly predicted those who would still be alive after one year about 80% of the time. The figure for doctors is 60%.
Dr Declan O'Regan, one of the researchers, told the BBC News website: "The AI really allows you to tailor the individual treatment.
"So it takes the results of dozens of different tests including imaging, to predict what's going to happen to individual patients very accurately.
"So we can tailor getting absolutely the right intensive treatment to those who will benefit the most."
The team now want to test the software works in other patients in different hospitals before assessing whether it should be made widely available to doctors.
The researchers also want to use the technology in other forms of heart failure, such as cardiomyopathy, to see who might need a pacemaker or other forms of treatment.
Dr Mike Knapton, from the British Heart Foundation, said: "This exciting use of computer software in clinical practice will help doctors in the future to make sure that patients are receiving the correct treatment before the condition deteriorates and leaves them needing a lung-transplant.
"The next step is to test this technology in more hospitals."
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Fresh from a seventh consecutive defeat against England in the Calcutta Cup, they face Wales, who they have not beaten in eight games since 2007.
To put that in perspective, it is a winning run better than anything Wales could do against Scotland in the 1970s.
Wales coach Warren Gatland's only loss to Scotland came when he was in charge of Ireland.
He has a perfect record against the Scots with Wales and his words of comfort for Kiwi compatriot Vern Cotter might have a hollow ring to the Scotland coach, who has yet to steer them to a win in the Six Nations.
"He's made them hard to beat," said Gatland.
"And when a team is hard to beat, it only takes a lucky bounce or a referee's call and you're suddenly winning."
But this is a match of landmarks and broken records, and has not always been as one-sided as it is these days.
For inspiration, this current crop of men in blue need to look at the team of 1982.
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They visited Cardiff seeking a first win since 1962 - and ended that 20-year barren spell with a display of counter-attacking rugby which left Wales grasping at thin air.
Scotland scored five tries to one in a 34-18 win that condemned Wales to the wooden spoon. It was their first home defeat in the Five Nations since losing to France in 1967 - a run of 27 matches including 26 wins and a draw.
It ended the golden era - and heralded a period of dominance for Scotland over Wales.
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Gareth Edwards scored two tries in the 35-12 hammering of Scotland in 1972.
Nobody remembers the first because his second was a classic.
Fed by Mervyn Davies from a maul near his own 22, Edwards broke down the blind-side and 70 metres, two kicks-ahead and a spectacular dive into the mud in the corner later, the great scrum-half had scored one of the great Five Nations tries.
Later, comedian Spike Milligan proclaimed: "they should build a church on the spot!"
Within a year, Edwards scored an even more famous try for the Barbarians against the All Blacks at the opposite end of the same ground.
Annus mirabilis - or a half-tidy year, if you are Welsh.
Scotland outscored Wales by three tries to one in Cardiff back in 1986.
But Scotland's place kicker Gavin Hastings had an off-day while Wales full-back Paul Thorburn entered the record books.
The Neath man kicked five penalties but, like Edwards in '72, only one sticks in the memory...
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That's because it went over from - to be precise - 70 yards, eight and a half inches.
That's what youngsters would call 64.2 metres and remains the longest successful place-kick in a Test match.
It helped Wales to a 22-15 win.
There are Scots who still cannot understand how they failed to win in Cardiff in 2010 and, in all honesty, many Welsh share that view.
In Wales it's known as the Shane Williams match.
Trailing 24-14 with three minutes left on the clock, Wales scored a try from Leigh Halfpenny.
Scotland, already down to 14 men with Scott Lawson in the sin-bin, then had Phil Godman yellow-carded for a professional foul and Stephen Jones kicked the penalty to equalise.
Restarting with 13 players against 15, Scotland ran out of numbers as Wales attacked and Williams dived over between the posts.
Brown was charged by the FA after the Shrimpers' 3-2 loss at Bury on 8 May - the final day of the League One season.
Brown, also fined £3,000, admitted four breaches, while a fifth was found proven by an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing on Wednesday.
"I have learned my lesson and I will take this into account regarding my future conduct," the 57-year-old said.
"They have come to the right decision. I was wrong in my actions and I apologise to everyone associated with the club and the officials from the Bury game," the former Hull boss added.
The misconduct charges stated that from the third minute of injury time through until half-an-hour after the match had finished, Brown's language and/or behaviour was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper on five separate occasions.
He also said after the match that assistant referee Barry Gordon should be "struck off" for his role in awarding the late spot-kick which led to Bury's 94th-minute winner.
Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty quit over the sacking of the shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden.
Mr Corbyn fired Mr McFadden over "disloyalty" after he appeared to criticise his stance on terrorism.
Kevan Jones has quit his defence role over Trident after Mr Corbyn replaced pro-nuclear weapons MP Maria Eagle with unilateralist Emily Thornberry.
Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn - who also disagrees with Mr Corbyn on key issues including bombing IS targets in Syria - escaped the axe in the shake-up.
He denied he had been "muzzled" by Mr Corbyn after reportedly agreeing not to criticise the leader's policy positions from the front bench, saying he would be carrying on with his job "exactly as before".
The only changes in the shadow cabinet see anti-Trident MP Emily Thornberry replacing shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle, who moves to culture to replace sacked Michael Dugher.
But the moves have sparked a string of departures in the junior ranks.
In his resignation letter, Mr Reynolds backed comments by Mr McFadden in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, in which he criticised the response of the Stop the War coalition, which Mr Corbyn used to chair.
Mr McFadden said Mr Corbyn had told him he thought his comments were "an attack on him and that he had come to the conclusion because of that and one or two other things that I shouldn't continue".
"He clearly feels that me saying terrorists are entirely responsible for their action, that no-one forces anyone to kill innocent people in Paris, to blow up the London Underground, to behead innocent aid workers, that when I say they are entirely responsible for that, he clearly interpreted that as an attack on him," he added.
Shadow foreign minister Stephen Doughty - who announced his resignation on the BBC's Daily Politics - said Mr McFadden had been "singled out for punishment for speaking with honesty and principle".
John McDonnell suggested in a BBC News Channel interview that Hilary Benn could emulate himself and Mr Corbyn, who spent their lengthy careers to this point speaking from the back benches, often against their party leader.
Not to be uncharitable to the pair, but hardly anyone in the media was interested when they did it. But if a senior figure like Mr Benn did it, it would almost certainly become the story. Conservative MPs would be beside themselves with glee.
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Kevan Jones who last year clashed with Ken Livingstone, when the anti-nuclear former mayor was put in joint charge of Labour's defence review, said he "respected" Mr Corbyn's view that Britain's nuclear deterrent should be scrapped, but disagreed and could no longer remain as shadow defence minister.
He described Ms Thornberry's appointment as a mistake, saying it left the party's defence policy "controlled by the North London Labour party" and claimed that Tom Watson shared his view - a claim later denied by Labour's deputy leader.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell defended the decision to sack Mr McFadden, saying there had been other "issues about loyalty" and it was not just about one Commons statement.
He told the Today programme Mr McFadden's comments had "played into an agenda which distorted Jeremy's views on how we tackle terrorism" and this had contributed to the "undermining of Jeremy's status".
At Prime Minster's Questions, David Cameron said it "speaks volumes" about Mr Corbyn's leadership of Labour that Mr McFadden should be sacked for saying terrorists should be held responsible for their actions and he questioned why Mr Benn had not quit the front bench team.
He then poked fun at Labour through the medium of Shakespeare quotes.
Responding to a question from Stratford-on-Avon Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi, he said: "There was a moment when it looked like this reshuffle could go into its Twelfth Night. It was a revenge reshuffle so it was going to be As You Like It.
"I think though we can conclude it's turned into something of a Comedy Of Errors, perhaps Much Ado About Nothing? There will be those who worry Love's Labour's Lost."
The Conservatives said Labour was now a "threat to national security", citing Ms Thornberry's views on Trident and comments Mr Corbyn has made in the past about Nato and the role of the UK armed forces.
Mr McFadden is being replaced by former junior shadow education minister, Pat Glass.
There are now 17 women and 14 men in the full shadow cabinet.
Elsewhere, Emma Lewell-Buck was promoted to shadow minister for devolution and local government. MPs Wes Streeting, John Woodcock and Jamie Reed were among those to criticise Mr McFadden's sacking on Twitter.
Responding to comments by Labour leadership sources he was sacked for "incompetence and disloyalty", sacked shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher tweeted that he was "not sure it's sensible for the leader and his office to get into a debate about 'loyalty' or 'competence'".
Confirming his own dismissal earlier on Tuesday, Mr Dugher - a former aide to Gordon Brown - said he had "paid the price" for speaking out in defence of colleagues whose reputations he claimed had been "trashed" by aides to Mr Corbyn.
He said the biggest casualty in the reshuffle had been the "new politics", and despite promises from the leader that there would be room for a little dissent, "the truth is that's just not transpired".
Paul Eames, 40, attacked the women on the Trans Pennine trail in Bentley, near Doncaster, on 10 September 2015.
He threatened to harm five children who were with the women if they did not comply with his demands, police said.
Eames will serve a minimum of 10 years and six months after pleading guilty at Sheffield Crown Court.
As well as three counts of rape, Eames, of Redbourne Road, Bentley, admitted two counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted rape and two counts of robbery.
Speaking after the sentencing, Det Sgt Pete Swift, said: "Eames is a vile and loathsome individual and his actions that day were sickening and absolutely inexcusable.
"He made the women endure what can only be described as an agonising, vicious and traumatising attack and I am pleased he will behind bars for a very lengthy period of time."
He added: "What intensifies the abhorrent nature of this attack even further is the fact Eames carried out his assault in the presence of children.
"The victims were given a horrendous choice on that day to either run and look after themselves or stay with the children in their care and ensure their wellbeing."
In 2009, Eames was jailed for four-and-a-half years after taking a six-year-old girl hostage for over 40 hours during an armed siege at a house in Scarborough.
Fans who had filled the 45,000-capacity Namboole Stadium could not contain their joy at the final whistle, launching a full-blown pitch invasion to begin the celebrations, which erupted simultaneously across the country after the 1-0 victory against Comoros.
With one of the youngest populations in the world, with an average age of 15, most Ugandans had not even been born the last time their country appeared in the tournament finals.
38
years since Uganda last qualified for the tournament, when the country was still ruled by dictator Idi Amin.
1978 The Cranes reached the final of that tournament, losing 2-0 to hosts Ghana in the final.
The Ugandan team, under their nickname The Cranes, has been trending on social media across the country, with politicians also keen to show their support.
Uganda's Minister for Education and Sports Janet Museveni, who is also the first lady, saw a divine hand - if not "The Hand of God" - behind the historic win:
And what of the legends of the 1978 campaign, who made it all the way to the final only to suffer a 2-0 defeat to hosts Ghana?
Only four of the players involved in that campaign are still alive, a shocking statistic, perhaps partly explained by the fact that the life expectancy at the time they were playing was just 49 years.
Defender Tom Lwanga, now 56, is one of the survivors of the team from 1978. He has kept his official accreditation as a memento of that fairytale tournament.
He told the BBC that he was delighted at the team's qualification and impressed that they were able to carry the burden of nearly four decades of disappointment.
Apart from Uganda's historic win, the biggest surprise on the road to Afcon 2017 came from Guinea-Bissau, who defied all expectations in their qualifying campaign.
The team from the Portuguese-speaking West African nation, who have never made it the tournament finals, topped a "group of death" in qualifying, which included former African champions Zambia and Congo-Brazzaville, as well as Kenya.
Continental giants Nigeria, champions in 2013, failed to qualify for their second successive Nations Cup.
That was despite the Super Eagles having a population about 100 times larger than Guinea-Bissau and Gabon, the two smallest nations who booked places for Afcon 2017.
Nigerian fans may now be looking enviously in Gabon's direction, wishing they had bid for the tournament. The Panthers gained automatic qualification for Afcon 2017 by virtue of being the hosts.
For fans of Cape Verde, protagonists in one of the most unlikely stories in African footballing history, there was no happy ending this time.
The tiny island nation, with a population of 500,000 and named the top team in Africa in March, according to Fifa's global rankings, did not manage to qualify for Gabon in 2017, despite their remarkable achievement.
And if you felt bad for Ugandan fans waiting nearly four decades between tournaments, consider the 15 countries who have still never made it to the tournament finals:
So which of them has the best chance of breaking their duck and making it to Afcon 2019 in Cameroon?
Mauritania might be a good bet. The largely-desert country can normally be found rooted to the bottom of an Afcon qualifying table.
But this time they finished runners-up to Cameroon, breaking into the top 100 of the Fifa world rankings for the first time in 20 years.
Gordon Dawson, from Dalby, Lincolnshire, was found dead with a gun at his side in 2007.
His accuser, known only as David, criticised police over the original investigation and for telling the farmer he was about to be arrested.
Lincolnshire Police said it was now acting on new information.
The renewed inquiry was first reported by Buzzfeed News.
Supt Rick Hatton said: "The force has reviewed the original file and spoken further with the victim.
"As a result of this, investigations are ongoing into the original allegation and further details that have come to light."
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David claimed Mr Dawson had repeatedly abused him from the age of 15 after the farmer befriended his family and started taking him for shooting lessons.
He told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that Mr Dawson had also taken him to London where he was abused by other men at an apartment in Dolphin Square.
David reported the farmer in 2007, but said his alleged abuser then killed himself the next day as police failed to remove his guns, despite warnings.
"It was tough when I heard he had taken his own life - I just couldn't believe they [the police] would warn people," he added.
According to Lincolnshire Police, the first allegation against Mr Dawson was made in 1999 but no action was taken due to "insufficient evidence".
In 2006 police arrested Mr Dawson after four other men came forward claiming they were also abused as children between 1964 and 1986.
An investigating officer phoned Mr Dawson on 23 March 2007 to tell him he would be questioned further and a few hours later he was found dead at his home.
After Mr Dawson's death the investigation was dropped but David later complained to the police about the way it was handled.
After the final seats were declared, Alex Salmond, then SNP leader, addressed supporters in Edinburgh.
"I heard a rumour" he said, pausing for effect. "I think we won the election".
He claimed victory on the basis that the SNP had one more seat than Labour: 47- 46.
By the narrowest of margins, the nationalists had become the largest party in a parliament of minorities.
Mr Salmond went on to argue that in these circumstances Labour had lost its "moral authority" to govern Scotland.
Labour's coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, took a similar view.
But in the immediate aftermath of the election, Labour's line was different.
A statement issued by the Labour group of MSPs said that "no party has the moral authority to govern without securing the support of others".
Labour's Kezia Dugdale, who is now the party's deputy leader in Scotland, was even clearer in her blog.
"If two parties form a coalition with more MSPs than the party with the single largest number of MSPs, then the views of a larger number of people will be represented in government and I think that's absolutely right," she wrote.
Fast forward from Holyrood's proportional representation election of 2007 to Westminster's first past the post contest in 2015.
The two sides seem to have swapped arguments.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon does not say that if the Conservatives remain the largest party they'll have the "moral authority" to govern.
Instead, she argues that if there are more anti-Tory MPs than Tory MPs the SNP would work with Labour and others to "lock David Cameron out of Downing Street".
On BBC2's Newsnight, she was asked if this would apply even if the Tories were the largest party by up to forty seats.
Ms Sturgeon replied: "If they can't command a majority, they can't be a government".
By contrast, the Scottish Labour leader, Jim Murphy, often declares that "the largest party gets to form the government".
While there is no rule making it so, that has tended to be the outcome in recent history, usually because the largest party also has an overall majority in the Commons.
You have to go back to 1923, when Ramsay MacDonald became prime minister, to find a party other than the largest party forming the UK government.
As the BBC's Douglas Fraser has noted, in the event of a "hung" parliament, the serving prime minister gets the first go at putting together a government that can win votes in parliament.
Mr Murphy seemed comfortable with this convention in 2010 when Gordon Brown sought alliances to sustain Labour in office, even though the Conservatives had won more seats.
Mr Murphy, as Scottish secretary, said his boss had the "constitutional and moral right" to try to form a government.
At that time, Alex Salmond was also expressing interest in an "alternative government scenario" excluding the Conservatives.
In the end, the Liberal Democrats were the kingmakers, choosing to negotiate a coalition agreement with the Tories.
They did so, at least in part, because the Tories were the largest party and Labour had been seen to lose the election.
The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, has indicted that he would take a similar approach after 7 May.
He told the Financial Times, the Lib Dems would speak first to the biggest party because a "coalition of the losers" could lack "legitimacy".
"You cannot provide stability, you can't take difficult decisions, if people are constantly questioning the birthright of a government" he said.
That points to another really important factor: public opinion.
Ultimately, it is for the public to decide whether or not any particular power-sharing deal has "legitimacy" or even "moral authority".
Opinion could vary widely across the United Kingdom, depending on the combination of parties involved and the policies pursued.
Despite Armagh's disappointing 2016 season, McGeeney and his assistant Aidan O'Rourke have been given a vote of confidence by the Armagh GAA board.
McGeeney has relinquished his managerial role with the county's Under-21s which now be taken by former county senior boss Peter McDonnell.
Ex-county stars Martin McQuillan and Diarmuid Marsden will assist under-21 boss McDonnell.
After losing the Kildare senior job in 2013, McGeeney served as Paul Grimley's Armagh assistant in 2014 before moving up to the Orchard County's main managerial role for 2015.
McGeeney guided Armagh to the Division Three Football League title in 2015 before they endured a disappointing championship campaign as a comprehensive Ulster Championship defeat by Donegal was followed by an early qualifiers exit against Galway.
Armagh then endured a disappointing 2016 as they suffered relegation back to Division Three before an opening 2-16 to 0-14 Ulster SFC defeat by Cavan was followed by two losses against Laois in round one of the qualifiers.
Laois' initial 1-10 to 0-10 win over Armagh had to be replayed after the Leinster county was found to have played one substitute too many but Laois also won the replay 1-11 to 1-10.
Following Armagh's Ulster Championship defeat by Laois, RTE GAA pundit Joe Brolly strongly criticised McGeeney's managerial abilities and this led the Armagh county board releasing a statement defending the manager.
The Coastguard said they had received a call at about 13:45 from a member of the public who was concerned about the kayakers.
The two men - who were both in the same kayak - were making their way from Fisherrow Nest to Musselburgh.
Following a search, the men were winched into a helicopter and taken to hospital.
A spokesman for the Coastguard said they appeared to be suffering from mild hypothermia. Their condition is not thought to be life-threatening.
Before their rescue, the men were last spotted at about 14:45 north-west of Fisherrow and drifting towards Joppa.
South Queensferry, Fisherrow and North Berwick Coastguard rescue teams and the Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Prestwick were sent to the scene.
Kaimes Beasley, from HM Coastguard, said: "This was a very swift water rescue and, given the conditions at sea today, these two men are extremely lucky.
"We are grateful to the member of the public who called us to report this incident - they did exactly the right thing when they saw the weather conditions were poor.
"This incident shows you how important it is to be prepared for your water activity, and have several means of contacting the Coastguard or raising an alarm, if you're heading out to sea."
The foreign secretary said on Tuesday that he would "like to see" a protest against bombings of the Syrian city of Aleppo, which are being blamed on Vladimir Putin's forces.
But Moscow, which denies the claims, accused him of "Russophobic hysteria".
And the Stop the War Coalition said protests in the UK would not "make a blind bit of difference".
And a Labour spokesman suggested people were free to protest outside the embassies of all foreign powers intervening in Syria, including the US.
The northern Syrian city of Aleppo has become the most high-profile battleground in the country's five-year civil war.
A UN relief convoy was attacked from the air last month - an action widely blamed on Russia, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad.
In an emergency House of Commons debate on Tuesday, Mr Johnson called for those responsible for strikes on the convoy and hospitals in Aleppo to face trial at the International Criminal Court.
Saying Russia risked becoming a "pariah" state, he told MPs the UK government was "taking the lead" in raising awareness of the situation in Syria.
He added: "There is no commensurate horror, it seems to me, amongst some of those anti-war protest groups.
"I would certainly like to see demonstrations outside the Russian embassy.
"Where is the Stop the War Coalition at the moment? Where are they?"
Russia's government has reacted angrily.
Its Ministry of Defence spokesman, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, said: "The Russophobic hysteria regularly whipped up by various members of the British establishment for a long time now has been quite underwhelming.
"Therefore, the frenzy that has gripped... Boris Johnson, who accuses Russia of committing every deadly sin, is a storm in a teacup full of muddy London water."
And Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Interfax news agency: "It is clear now what Boris Johnson meant when he said that the weapon that the West would be using against Russia was shame.
"The statement he made calling on protests in front of the Russian embassy is a shame. It is shameful.
"It is shameful for the simple reason that now it is becoming clear who is behind the so-called organisations and social movements and representatives of civil society that come out to Russian embassies on different occasions."
French foreign minister Jean-Marc Aryault, who has echoed Mr Johnson's call for the International Criminal Court to investigate Russia's actions in Syria, questioned the purpose of his counterpart's comments.
"Is it the job of a foreign minister to organise demonstrations?" he told journalists.
Air strikes on Aleppo continued on Tuesday, with at least 25 people reported dead.
The United Nations has warned that eastern Aleppo, where an estimated 275,000 people still live, could face "total destruction" within two months.
Last week, Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution drafted by France calling for an end to the bombing in the city.
Stop the War vice-chairman Chris Nineham said the group would not organise demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in London.
Its aim was to "make a difference to what Britain does" and what its allies do, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding: "But if we have a protest outside the Russian embassy, it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference as to what Putin does, because we are in Britain and we are in the West.
"And, not only that - a protest outside the Russian embassy would actually contribute to increasing the hysteria and the jingoism that is being whipped up at the moment against Russia."
Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, told Today Mr Johnson should be wary of calling for demonstrations in London.
He urged him to "recall" the storming and ransacking of the British embassy by protesters in Iran in 2011.
He added: "I don't think that would happen in Moscow, but you have to be careful about the consequences of what you call for."
A spokesman for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Russia was not the only foreign power involved in the Syrian conflict and all of them needed to come together in pursuit of a negotiated settlement.
"Obviously, people are entitled and at complete liberty to demonstrate outside not only the Russian embassy, but all the other embassies of those intervening powers," he said.
"People are free to protest outside the intervening powers' embassies and there are a number of them - not just the US and Russia."
The proposals focus on pharmacists seeing patients with common ailments directly - not on setting up shops within surgeries.
Pharmacists would provide health advice and be able to prescribe medication once extra training had been completed.
Charities welcomed the move but say patient safety must be a priority.
NHS England officials said the idea complemented their plan to increase staffing in GP surgeries. But it is not yet clear whether they will push the proposals forward.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham told the BBC there was a risk this could be "medicine on the cheap", with patients sent to a pharmacist when they really needed to see a GP.
The plans, aimed at every practice in England, have been put forward by the Royal College of General Practice (RCGP) and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
It could mean when patients call up their surgeries they are offered an appointment with a pharmacist, general practitioner or practice nurse.
Those who opt to see the pharmacist could get advice about their symptoms and discuss troubling side-effects of medication, as well as getting help with their repeat prescriptions.
People with long-term conditions are likely to benefit the most under the plans - those on multiple medications could get help streamlining their daily drugs.
In a handful of practices pharmacists already help with the management of conditions such as diabetes and asthma, for example, helping patients get annual checks.
Under the proposals more practices could do this.
And with additional training some pharmacists would prescribe commonly used medicines such as antibiotics.
Any patient who still needed advice from a doctor could still be seen by their GP.
GP and pharmacist leaders say the move is needed as practices face staff shortages and are struggling to meet the demands of an ageing population.
The RCGP predicts that on some 67 million occasions this year, patients will have to wait more than one week to get an appointment.
In contrast, there is currently an over-supply of skilled pharmacists who could ease this burden, experts argue.
Initial pharmacist training lasts one year longer than basic nursing qualifications and one year less than medical school for doctors.
Dr Maureen Baker, chairwoman of the RCGP, said: "Even if we were to get an urgent influx of extra funding and more GPs, we could not turn around the situation overnight due to the length of time it takes to train a GP.
"Yet we already have a 'hidden army' of highly-trained pharmacists who could provide a solution.
"This isn't about having a pharmacy premises within a surgery, but about making full use of the pharmacist's clinical skills to help patients and the over-stretched GP workforce."
David Branford, of the RPS, said: "Pharmacists can consult with and treat patients directly, relieving GPs of casework and enabling them to focus their skills where they are most needed, for example on diagnosing and treating patients with complex conditions.
"Pharmacists can advise other professionals about medicines, resolve problems with prescriptions and reduce prescribing errors."
These types of partnership already exist in a handful of practices but experts hope the plan will eventually be rolled out across the UK.
Katherine Murphy, of the Patients Association said: "Any action that can, at the very least, ease the problem is to be welcomed and this plan for doctors and pharmacists to work together is an innovative step in the right direction.
"Of course, there must always be concerns that the pharmacists who undertake this work have the relevant skills and qualifications to treat patients, and with care."
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham told the BBC: "I think it is a good idea. There is certainly more pharmacists can do to take the pressure off GPs.
"My worry is that people would be passed over to a pharmacist when in fact they needed to see a doctor.
"That would need to be very carefully set out in any rules and guidance that is issued."
The crash occurred between the B976 South Deeside Road at Strachan and the B974 Cairn o'Mount road at about 14:00 on Saturday.
The vehicles involved were a blue Suzuki GSXR motorcycle and a grey Toyota Hilux.
The unclassified road was closed for more than eight hours, following the crash. Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The firm said in a statement work at the Wolverhampton site would stop on 20 December after nearly 90 years there.
This will be followed by a close-down period, estimated to end in June 2017. It is believed about 70 of the 330 workers are still based at the site.
Unite union official Cyril Barrett said he felt "very sad for the people" and "for the community of Wolverhampton".
Plans were first announced for the closure of the factory in June 2015.
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Mr Barrett, Unite union branch chair at the site, said: "I feel very sad for the people, I feel sad for the community of Wolverhampton."
He added: "We are down to about 70 to 75 people and production is gradually being wound down.
"There will be a handful of people kept back to clean the site in the new year, but production will finish on or around 20 December."
Staff had been offered work at the firm's plant in Mexico. Mr Barrett said he believed no-one in Wolverhampton had taken up the offer.
In a statement the firm said: "Over the last 18 months we have worked closely with our associates and the trade unions to help those affected by the closure of the Wolverhampton plant.
"Of those seeking further employment, the majority have secured positions around the local area."
The company added: "We are very grateful to our associates for their support and professionalism during this difficult time."
On 19 December, the US Electoral College will certify Donald Trump as the next president. But it is increasingly evident that the big winner in the 2016 campaign is Vladimir Putin.
Whether or not Mr Putin interfered in the election to favour Mr Trump - the CIA seems to think so, while the FBI is less certain - there is little doubt Russian operatives hacked both the Democratic and Republican National Committees with the intent of undermining confidence in the American electoral system.
Emails from the DNC were released throughout the campaign by WikiLeaks, providing fodder for the media and a distraction for the Hillary Clinton camp.
President Barack Obama has ordered the intelligence community to assess what happened. Mr Trump reacted sceptically to preliminary reports that Russia was behind it and, at least by inference, that it was beneficial to his election.
"These are the same people who said that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," he said in a statement, increasing the prospects of an antagonistic relationship with the intelligence community.
During the transition, Mr Trump has shown little interest in intelligence briefings.
He expressed confidence while campaigning that he could work with Mr Putin to repair the fractured US-Russian relationship.
That intention has been reinforced with the news that Mr Tillerson is now likely to be his choice for secretary of state.
The nomination of Mr Tillerson, who like Mr Trump has no prior government experience, is just the latest example of the president-elect's unorthodox and unpredictable ascendance to the White House.
He promised better deals, and views foreign policy as a means to achieve them.
Mr Tillerson's experience running one of the leading global multinational corporations is certainly relevant to his anticipated role as diplomat-in-chief.
He undoubtedly knows key players in major energy producing states across the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.
And he knows Mr Putin, who bestowed on Mr Tillerson an Order of Friendship award following the completion of an exploration deal in 2013.
His views on Russia, Mr Putin and sanctions will certainly receive scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing.
International sanctions derailed Exxon Mobil's Russian ventures following the 2014 Ukraine crisis and its opportunistic annexation of Crimea.
If Mr Trump hopes to achieve a more pragmatic relationship with Mr Putin, what deals are actually possible and beneficial given the narrowing interests between Russia and the United States?
Mr Trump seems poised to alter Washington's approach to Syria. Rather than seeking the removal of Bashar al-Assad as the end product of a political negotiation - a worthy goal but increasingly unachievable in light of the Russian intervention - the Trump administration could focus in the near term on stabilising specific areas under government and Kurdish control.
A comprehensive solution would be deferred until so-called Islamic State (and its al-Qaeda cousin Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) are defeated.
Any thaw in the US-Russia relationship will increase the momentum towards relaxing sanctions imposed in the aftermath of the Ukraine crisis in 2014.
While they have created costs for Mr Putin, the sanctions will not impel the return of Crimea to Ukraine.
The Trump administration could consider some easing of sanctions in return for strict adherence to the so-called Minsk peace process and an end to Russian interference in eastern Ukraine.
Crimea would once again become a bilateral issue between Russia and Ukraine.
Such steps would certainly be viewed as Putin victories. What's in the deal for the United States and the West?
In return for bringing Mr Putin in from the cold, the Trump administration should gain a Russian commitment to resume strategic arms negotiations aimed at further reductions of their respective nuclear arsenals and clarification of their respective nuclear modernisation plans.
A nuclear arms treaty is a major feather in any presidential cap. Ronald Reagan did it. These are viewed as good deals that can be verified.
Getting there may require Mr Trump to overrule his projected deputy secretary of state John Bolton, an ardent advocate of American hard power. But that's what being president entails.
And what about Russia's interference with the 2016 campaign?
The department of defence has spent the past decade building an offensive cyber capability. This is just the kind of scenario for which Cyber Command was created.
Since Mr Putin has denied Russia's involvement in the election hacking, the United States need not announce a proportional response. If done right, Mr Putin will get the message.
P.J. Crowley is a former US Assistant Secretary of State, a distinguished fellow at The George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy & Global Communication and author of the forthcoming book, Red Line: American Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States.
The High Court has resumed hearing a request to consider fresh evidence that experimental therapy offers a 10% chance of Charlie's health improving.
He has a rare genetic condition and is under the care of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) doctors who argue that his brain damage is irreversible.
Further tests might settle the dispute.
In April, Mr Justice Francis ruled that life support should be removed and Charlie should be allowed to die with dignity.
He has a rare genetic condition called encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS) for which there is no known cure.
He cannot move, he is on life support, his heart, liver and kidneys are affected and it is unclear whether he feels any pain.
Charlie's parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, from Bedfont in west London, have lost a succession of court cases to overturn the judge's ruling.
The US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis have offered them support, along with New York physician Dr Hirano who has waived his anonymity and offered to treat Charlie in the US.
The case has returned to the High Court following reports of new data from foreign healthcare experts who suggest nucleoside therapy might improve Charlie's condition.
Mr Justice Francis said he intends to give his ruling on 25 July, after GOSH medics and Dr Hirano have had a chance to meet and discuss Charlie's care.
The size of Charlie's skull remains in dispute.
GOSH doctors previously said its size indicates a lack of brain function, but a lawyer for the family disputed the measurements and the judge said it was "absurd" the discrepancy was undermining the science of the case.
GOSH's lawyer said an MRI scan would allow for more accurate measurement but it would not be for therapeutic reasons. She also said an electroencephalogram (EEG) brain scan might detect whether Charlie was experiencing internal seizures that doctors were currently unaware of.
The judge said any tests would require the parents' consent and must be carried out prior to the medical experts' meeting on Monday.
Here are some basic facts and figures on the Muslim population in France, courtesy of a study published by the Brookings Institution. You can read the full report here.
France has approximately five million residents of Muslim descent.
As much as half of the Muslim population is believed to be under 24 years of age.
Concrete data is hard to find, as the French Republic considers ethnic and religious affiliation a private matter.
Muslims in France hail from a large number of countries, although most came from North Africa, mainly Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia (known as the Maghreb).
The first Muslims came to France centuries ago - but the greatest number of Muslims came to France in the contemporary era, in the wake of the colonial wars of independence (1954 - 1962).
The major Muslim population centres in France are Paris, Marseille, and Lyon and their outlying suburbs (banlieues).
Of the approximately 15 million Muslims who currently live in the European Union, France is home to the largest number, equal to around one third of the total.
Germany follows with 3.3 million, Britain with 1.6 million, and Italy and the Netherlands with as many as 1 million each.
The Brookings Institution study, Being Muslim in France, has a range of fascinating detail on employment rates, housing and education.
It is well worth a read.
Scientists say beauty products containing plastic microbeads pollute water supplies, harm sea creatures and leave tiny particles in human food.
The beads are added to hundreds of skin care products to help remove dead skin cells.
Concerns have now been raised that microplastics are entering human food via cosmetic pollution in Welsh waters.
Marine biologist Dr Andrew Davies, from Bangor University, said researchers have noticed the tiny spheres accumulating inside the guts and gills of plankton.
He said they can cause "major problems" and scientists have been trying to understand the "ecosystem effect" of microplastics as they pass through the food chain.
Once washed down the sink, the beads pass through sewers before flowing into water systems.
Campaign group, Beat the Microbead, says sea creatures can "absorb or eat" microbeads, which they are unable to distinguish from organic food.
Microbeads, which are 5mm wide or less, are usually made of plastics such as polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate or nylon.
Scientists say they can also act like tiny sponges, absorbing dangerous chemicals such as pesticides and flame retardants, before they are swallowed by fish.
Microplastics are non-biodegradable and are difficult to remove once they have entered a marine environment.
The Beat the Microbead campaign group says it "is likely" humans absorb the miniature plastic particles present in seafood caught in affected areas.
Unilever announced in 2012 that it would remove synthetic scrub beads from all of its products by 2015, with many major cosmetics providers following suit since.
In June, 2014 Illinois became the first state in the Unites States to ban cosmetics containing the controversial microspheres.
The company said there were almost 200 applications for every vacancy following the biggest recruitment campaign on the East Coast route since the 1980s.
The 78 new drivers will work from depots between Edinburgh and London.
They will work on new Azuma trains, built in the UK by Hitachi, which are to be launched in 2018.
A Virgin Trains spokesman said: "We have received a huge amount of interest in this fantastic opportunity at Virgin Trains on its east coast route.
"We're really excited that so many people want to come and join our fabulous company.
"The talent team are working hard to process and update all of the applications we received."
When they launch in 2018, the 65 Azuma trains will be amongst the most advanced trains on the UK's rail network.
The service, announced by Estonian state-owned airline Nordic Aviation, will run three times a week between 28 May and 3 October.
It will be operated in co-operation with Adria Airways.
Edinburgh Airport said the new service, which will use CRJ-900 jets, will be Scotland's only direct flight to Estonia.
The airport's chief executive, Gordon Dewar, said: "This announcement is yet further confirmation of Edinburgh Airport's position as the leader for business and tourism connectivity between Scotland and international destinations."
Nordic Aviation board member Erik Sakkov added: "Edinburgh's rich historical heritage makes it perfect for Estonian holidaymakers who will enjoy a unique combination of ancient Scottish and modern European culture."
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' warning follows a review of more than 550,000 births.
It found "substantial variation" in practice between maternity units, and said this may suggest not all women get the best possible care.
Ministers said the NHS was a safe place to give birth but the report would help it improve.
The review - carried out with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - looked at official data on births in 2013-14, excluding non-standard deliveries such as twins, triplets and pre-term babies.
It highlighted different rates of emergency caesarian sections, instrumental deliveries and episiotomies, which is when the area between the vagina and anus is cut.
In some maternity units 8% of mothers needed emergency c-sections, but in others the figure was 15%.
Just under one in five first-time mothers needed help with instruments while giving birth naturally in some units - but in other units this figure rose to almost three in 10.
The number of women who needed an episiotomy ranged from 29% to 44%.
RCOG president Dr David Richmond said: "We are concerned about the amount of variation identified in this report.
"Although the exact causes are difficult to establish, it is paramount that maternity units have information about their services, as well as the ability to compare themselves to the national average and to their peers."
To help with that, the college has collated the results on an interactive website.
Elizabeth Duff of the National Childbirth Trust said: "Pregnant women should not have to endure a postcode lottery, and it is unacceptable these variations in maternity care are reported year after year.
"We urge NHS trusts to use this data to examine their practices and ensure the best possible outcomes for mothers and babies."
Health minister Ben Gummer said: "Mothers and their babies deserve the very highest standards of care regardless of where they live.
"The NHS is already a safe place to give birth and by being open and honest about variations in care, RCOG's report will help the NHS to improve."
Australia transports asylum seekers who arrive by boat to off-shore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International conducted extensive interviews on Nauru and said Australia had condoned severe abuse there.
Australia's government said it was not given a chance to address the claims.
In a report written after an incognito visit to Nauru last month, the organisations said Australia's actions seemed designed to discourage other migrants from attempting to get to Australia.
Interviews with 84 refugees and asylum seekers unearthed claims of rape and assault at the hand of Nauruan locals, inadequate medical care and cramped, uncomfortable living conditions.
The detention centre at Nauru is run by a company called Broadspectrum and medical services are provided by International Health and Medical Services. Both companies have a contract with the Australian government.
One woman quoted in the report said she had married a man 15 years her senior in order to feel safe on the island. Another said Nauruan men had driven her into the jungle with the intent of raping her.
Although most held on the island have been identified as genuine refugees and released into the community, many felt afraid to leave their accommodations, particularly at night, the report said.
The report also alleged that Nauruan police tended to downplay or ignore asylum seekers' reports of abuse.
It said prolonged detention in poor living conditions was causing both adults and children to experience severe anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.
"The Australian government's persistent failure to address abuses committed under its authority on Nauru strongly suggests that they are adopted or condoned as a matter of policy," it said.
No documentary evidence backing up the assertion of a deliberate government policy was provided in the report.
The rights groups said Nauru had colluded in the abuse because Australia paid it large sums to house the camp.
A spokesperson for Australia's Immigration Department said it had not been shown the claims in advance and encouraged the report's authors to speak to the government before airing such allegations.
Nauru's government has been contacted for comment.
The lane in Victoria Street, alongside the Victoria Square shopping centre, runs for 12 hours a day from 0700 GMT to 1900 GMT from Monday to Saturday.
Up to 20 others are being considered for introduction as part of the 'Belfast on the move' traffic management plan.
As well as buses, the new lane is open to motorcyclists, cyclists and Belfast public-hire taxis.
Other new bus lanes in the city also opened on Monday at the Shore Road, York Road and York Street.
These are operational from 0730 GMT to 0930 GMT from Monday to Friday.
Bernard Clarke, the research and development manager at Translink, said the bus lanes would improve journey times to and from the city centre.
"There are already significant numbers of commuters on these corridors travelling by public transport and the new lanes should help to make these bus services even more attractive for new customers," he said.
"More people choosing the bus over the private car helps to free up road space for everyone and is the way forward for a better, more sustainable city."
Enda Kenny was speaking in Brussels after meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
He said German reunification provided a precedent for such a provision.
The clause would mean Northern Ireland could potentially enter into the EU without a lengthy accession process.
The taoiseach also suggested the date that most people expected Brexit would be triggered on was likely to be delayed somewhat.
Despite this, he said he hoped to attend the key meetings that will set the priorities for the Brexit talks.
Also speaking after the talks, the European Commission president said the EU does not want a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
"During the Brexit negotiations, the EU and Ireland must work together to minimise the impact," said Mr Juncker.
"We don't want hard borders between Northern Ireland and Ireland."
The 21-year-old, whose two appearances for Palace's first team came in the League Cup, has moved to the League One side on a two-year contract.
Binnom-Williams had four loan spells away from Palace, spending the first half of last season at Burton and the second part at Leyton Orient.
He comes in after Posh missed out on Leicester left-back Callum Elder.
Elder made 21 appearances for Posh on loan last season, but he has joined Championship side Brentford on a season-long loan deal.
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It is part of a planned expansion of the league, with the inclusion of a London-based team likely to follow.
"We are looking forward to having Milton Keynes on board," said Elite League chairman Tony Smith.
"We are very pleased that we are expanding the league. Hopefully this isn't the end of the expansion."
MK Lightning were founded in 2002 and are coached by Pete Russell, who is also in charge of the Great Britain senior men's team.
"The way hockey is going right now this is a really good move for a club which is growing," Russell told the Lightning website.
"I think we have a real core of top-end Brits, and if we can keep them here we will have a really good base to build from."
The Elite League currently has 10 teams - four from England, four from Scotland and one each from Northern Ireland and Wales.
Van Gaal has failed to win a trophy in almost two years in charge, but Ferguson had to wait four years for his first silverware - sparking a run of 38 trophies in the next 22 years.
"For 150 years of history it is worth having a couple of years on the quiet side of success because they will always come back and come back strong," Ferguson told Sky Sports.
"You have to have some patience being a Manchester United fan and they have shown that over the years; in Matt Busby's time, in my time."
Van Gaal has won titles in Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as the Champions League with Ajax in 1995.
United have only won the Community Shield since Ferguson's retirement in 2013, with his replacement David Moyes not even lasting a season before Van Gaal's appointment.
The Red Devils are sixth in the Premier League, although only one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
They face West Ham in an FA Cup quarter-final replay on 13 April but lost in the Europa League to fierce rivals Liverpool.
Ferguson added "it is dead easy to be critical" and cited injuries and the amount of summer signings as reasons for their disappointing season.
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The 22-year-old felt discomfort in the fifth one-day international against England in September and scans have revealed the early stages of an injury.
No date has been scheduled for his return, but he hopes to be fit for the World T20 in India in March.
All-rounder James Faulkner, 25, replaces Cummins in the tour party.
The first Test in Chittagong starts on 9 October.
"This is really unfortunate for Pat and I know how disappointed he will be," said chairman of selectors Rod Marsh.
"He is a young bowler with a bright future and we were really pleased with how he bowled in the UK."
Cummins played his solitary Test in 2011 but impressed in the ODIs against England, bowling at speeds of up to 96mph and taking 12 wickets in five games.
His career has been badly disrupted by injury and he was sidelined by a back injury between 2012 and 2014.
Dominic Thornely, a member of Cummins's management team, told the Sydney Morning Herald: "He was disappointed but said, 'It's part of the game. I bowl 150km per hour; it's going to happen.'
"As I said to him, I saw Brett Lee in a full-blown body cast when he was only 18 and he ended up taking 310 wickets and he was rattled by injuries. I told Pat, 'You're only young. Brett retired when he was 38.'"
Australia squad: Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges (vice-capt), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, James Faulkner, Andrew Fekete, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill (wk), Stephen O'Keefe, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc.
The Dutch have two Euro 2016 qualifiers in October and need Turkey to drop points to make the play-offs.
Dutchman Koeman, 52, has been touted as a potential candidate to take over if coach Danny Blind does not stay on.
"I'm very settled here. I have a contract with Southampton until the end of next season," Koeman said.
"What will happen after that nobody knows, but until that date I am the coach of Southampton."
Blind took over following the departure of previous boss Guus Hiddink earlier in the year but presided over back-to-back qualifying defeats in September.
Koeman, who took over as Southampton manager in June 2014, made 78 appearances for the Netherlands between 1982 and 1994.
Lloyd Blankfein said that his firm, Goldman Sachs, which employs 6,500 people in the UK, had "contingency plans" to move people depending on the outcome of the negotiations.
Mr Blankfein said he hoped the bank would not have to trigger the plans.
He wants to keep as much of its activities in the UK as possible.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Blankfein revealed the firm had held discussions with different cities across Europe and had looked at increasing office space in a number of locations, thought to include Frankfurt, the financial capital of Germany, and Dublin.
Mr Blankfein said both sides in the Brexit negotiations were playing for very high economic stakes and that there would need to be an implementation period of at least "a couple of years" once the exit deal had been agreed by the spring of 2019.
If there was not, banks like Goldman would have to act "prematurely" and possibly move jobs and activities.
"We are talking about the long-term stability of huge economies with hundreds of millions of people and livelihoods at stake and huge gross domestic product," he told me.
"So, if it takes a little while - I'd rather get it right than do things quickly."
I asked him if the expansion of London as a financial capital over the last three decades would go into reverse because of the Brexit process.
"I don't think it will totally reverse," he told me.
"It will stall, it might backtrack a bit, it just depends on a lot of things about which we are uncertain and I know there isn't certainty at the moment."
More than one million people work in the financial services sector in the UK and it pays over £70bn a year in taxes to the government, 11.5% of all receipts.
The fear from many in the City is that if there is a poor deal with the EU, many of those jobs will move on to the continent.
The head of Goldman Sachs Europe, Richard Gnodde, has already suggested that Goldman is looking to increase its presence on the European continent by "hundreds" of people, although the bank has not said yet whether jobs will be lost in the UK.
I asked Mr Blankfein directly if jobs would move out of the capital.
"We don't have big plans now, we are looking - we are trying to avoid," he answered.
Mr Blankfein said there was a risk of banks having a "smaller footprint" in Britain.
"Obviously, a lot of people elect to have their European business concentrated in a single place, and the easiest place, certainly, for the biggest economy in the world [America] to concentrate would be the UK - the culture, the language, the special relationship, and we are an example of that," he said.
"The UK has a big history - certainly in financial services - of managing markets and having a fair system that makes it very attractive, but it extends to other industries as well.
"And if you cannot benefit from access to the EU from the UK - and nobody knows what those rules and determinations will be - then the risk is there will be some adjustment that will cause some people to have a smaller footprint in the UK."
Mr Blankfein said he wanted to see as few barriers as possible to financial services being traded between Britain and the rest of the EU.
The prime minister has said that the UK will leave the single market but has argued she wants a comprehensive trade deal to replace the present access arrangements.
Labour has said it would scrap Mrs May's Brexit plan, outlined in a White Paper in February, and keep access to the single market "on the table".
But with incendiary language from both sides in the negotiations - the UK government and the rest of the EU - many fear that a new free trade deal will be very difficult to negotiate.
The EU has also made it clear that any deal will not be as economically advantageous to Britain as being a full member of the bloc.
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it is looking at EU-specific "location requirements" for large parts of financial services at present centred in London including lucrative euro trading.
Mr Blankfein - who said he understood the negotiations weren't "being done for our comfort or convenience" - warned that the safety and security of the financial system was also important and that any rapid changes and fragmentation would put that at risk.
He said that basing most of a bank's activities in one place was "sounder" and more efficient and that in 10 years' time it was still very likely that London would be its largest EU office by a substantial margin.
"I would say that it is our hope that we will be able to conduct our business as close as we can to the way we conduct it today," Mr Blankfein said.
"That is, we could have German nationals marketing German securities to German investors from the UK.
"And be resident in the UK and accomplish that.
"I would like and it is my hope that we can do as much of that as possible.
"I think it is in the best interests of the UK, the best interests of Germany, to have London - which has a lot of experience about regulating these markets - continue close to that model."
Goldman, which has faced billions of dollars-worth of fines over its behaviour in the run up to the financial crisis, is one of the world's most successful international banks.
It is second only to JP Morgan, also American, in the league table of investment banks.
If it were to decide to relocate significant parts of its business to the continent, it would be taken as a signal about the attractiveness of London as a place to do business.
"Without knowing how things will turn out we have to plan for a number of contingencies," Mr Blankfein said about possible job losses.
"And our hope is we don't have to implement anything until we know what we have to implement.
"But if there is no period of time to implement whatever changes are brought about in a negotiation, we may have to do things prematurely and we may have to do a range of things as a precaution and take steps."
Mr Blankfein added: "But right now we are trying to avoid that and so our advice and our interests would be benefitted not by one outcome versus another - although clearly we would like to stay close to where we are today - but what we are really looking for at this moment, the finest point we can make, is a long enough implementation period so we can begin the process of adjustment after we know what we are adjusting to."
Referring to the language used by both sides this week - Theresa May said some in the EU were trying to interfere in the general election by attacking Britain's position - Mr Blankfein said: "A couple of years is a long time for people to calm down and really take stock of what their long term economic interests are.
"And in the UK it is to try and have a very good relationship with a very big trading bloc, and for the European market to recognise what a big economy the UK is."
Debt charities StepChange and the Money Advice Trust have reported rising levels of council tax debt.
They argue that increased use of bailiffs by councils could deepen these residents' financial problems.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said that bailiffs were only used as a last resort.
The LGA said that cuts to local government funding meant that some people who had previously been exempt from paying council tax were now having to pay.
"Significant cuts mean many [councils] have had little choice but to reduce council tax discounts for the working-age poor or low-income families...to avoid finding even more savings from spending on local services to meet the shortfall," said councillor Claire Kober, of the LGA.
The two charities say about a quarter of callers to their debt services have council tax arrears.
StepChange said that its clients were typically in arrears by £961 last year, up from £717 in 2011. There was a slight fall in arrears in 2013, but otherwise there had been a sharp rise each year between 2011 and 2015.
The charities argue that the threat of bailiffs causes extra stress and anxiety to those in debt, so there should be a delay before these collection agencies are called in.
"It may come as a surprise to people that public bodies are more aggressive in pursuing debts than many private companies," said Mike O'Connor, chief executive of StepChange.
"This counterproductive approach needs to stop immediately and be replaced with one that is fairer and more constructive."
Some councils rule out bailiff action against anyone who receives council tax support - as they are already considered to be financially vulnerable. Such a policy should be adopted nationwide, the charities said.
They also want a statutory breathing space scheme that guarantees anyone seeking debt advice is given a temporary freeze on debt interest and charges, and that any enforcement action is halted.
The LGA argued that giving people more time to pay could have unintended consequences.
"We agree that bailiffs should only ever be used as a last resort. Before the situation reaches a stage where bailiffs are involved several letters should have been written, people should have been encouraged to apply for financial support, and efforts should be made to arrange new payment plans or to attach the debt to a salary," said the LGA's Ms Kober.
"It is in everyone's interest to ensure those struggling to pay their council tax bills are set up on affordable and sustainable payment plans. However, there is always a risk that the longer a debtor goes on without paying, their repayment instalments will become even more difficult for them to manage and the debt will take longer to clear."
With 97% of council tax collected without the need for bailiffs or court action, the Department for Communities and Local Government said that the vast majority of residents paid on time.
"We have also made it easier for households to pay their bills in monthly instalments and published guidance to stop bad practices from aggressive bailiffs," a spokesman for the DCLG said.
"However, every penny of council tax that is not collected means a higher bill for everyone in the area so we expect councils to be sympathetic to those in genuine hardship, but take appropriate action to chase up outstanding debts, while delivering a fair deal for local families."
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For men, the threshold is five bottles of wine a week or 50 units of alcohol, says the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
The organisation says GPs should refer "harmful" drinkers for liver scans.
Cirrhosis can be silent until the damage becomes so extensive it stops the liver working.
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It usually takes years for the condition to reach this stage of organ failure.
Anyone who has been drinking harmful amounts for months should get scanned, say the draft recommendations.
Early treatment and support can prevent serious damage.
According to Public Health England, nearly 2 million people in England are drinking harmful amounts of alcohol - more than 50 units a week for men and 35 units a week for women.
The NHS recommends adults should not regularly drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week.
If you drink as much as 14 units a week, it is best to spread this evenly over three or more days.
A unit of alcohol is about half a pint of normal-strength lager or a single measure of spirits. A small (125ml) glass of 11% strength wine is about 1.4 units, while the same size glass of 14% strength wine is 1.8 units.
Prof Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive of NICE, said: "Many people with liver disease do not show symptoms until it is too late.
"If it is tackled at an early stage, simple lifestyle changes or treatments can be enough for the liver to recover. Early diagnosis is vital, as is action to both prevent and halt the damage that drinking too much alcohol can do."
Dr Andrew Fowell, liver expert at the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "Identifying people who are at risk of liver disease and offering them non-invasive testing to diagnose cirrhosis is key to ensuring they are given the treatment and support they need early enough to prevent serious complications.
"Ten years ago diagnosis of cirrhosis would often require a liver biopsy, but now with advances in non-invasive testing it is much easier for patients and health professionals to make a diagnosis."
The draft quality standard from NICE recommends a non-invasive scan called transient elastography which uses ultrasound and low-frequency elastic waves to check the liver. A consultation on the draft document is open until February 2017.
The king told crowds of thousands at a stadium in Durban that previous reports that he said foreigners should "go back to their countries" were distorted.
He has been accused of fuelling attacks in which at least seven people died.
Hostile sections of the crowd sang songs calling for immigrants to leave and booed a speaker who said foreigners had the right to live in South Africa.
In King Zwelithini's speech he called recent violence shameful and vile. "We need to make sure no more foreigners are attacked," he urged.
He said accusations against him of inciting violence were incorrect because the country has only been shown a portion of his speech.
"If it were true that I said foreigners must go, this country would be up in flames," he added.
More than 300 people have been arrested. Among the latest arrests were three men detained in connection with the murder of a Mozambican national in Alexandra, a township in Johannesburg.
South African photojournalist James Oatway witnessed Emmanuel Sithole being stabbed to death in broad daylight and has spoken to the BBC about what he saw:
Except for Mr Sithole, those killed have been in Durban, the biggest city in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. They are an Ethiopian man, a Mozambican man, a man believed to be from Zimbabwe and three South Africans.
In other developments:
South African President Jacob Zuma has condemned the attacks, saying they "go against everything we believe in".
With the unemployment rate at 24%, many South Africans accuse foreign nationals of taking jobs from locals.
Official data suggests there are about two million foreign nationals in South Africa, but some estimates put the number much higher.
Sigmar Gabriel had been due to meet Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
Mr Netanyahu had warned he would not see Mr Gabriel if he met the groups Breaking the Silence and B'Tselem.
Mr Netanyahu has accused the groups of trying to undermine the state, and the government has taken steps to try to stem their foreign sources of funding.
The incident threatens to stoke diplomatic tensions between Israel and Germany, which are strong allies.
Mr Gabriel had said it would be a "remarkable event, to put it mildly" if Mr Netanyahu went through with his threat.
"Imagine if the Israeli prime minister... came to Germany and wanted to meet people critical of the government and we said that is not possible... That would be unthinkable," he told Germany's ZDF television.
Mr Netanyahu's office said he refused to meet any diplomats who "lent legitimacy to organisations calling for the criminalisation of Israeli soldiers".
The statement said: "Imagine if foreign diplomats visiting the United States or Britain met with NGOs that call American or British soldiers war criminals. Leaders of those countries would surely not accept this."
However Mr Netanyahu said Israel's "very important" relations with Germany would not be affected by the incident.
The Israeli government has taken an increasingly robust stand against left-wing non-governmental organisations, which it sees as hostile to the state.
Breaking the Silence, a group of former soldiers, gathers anonymous testimony from within the military about alleged abuses of Palestinians by the army.
Israeli authorities have accused it of making unreliable accusations. Mr Netanyahu has called its activities "insufferable" and warned foreign officials against meeting members of the group.
B'Tselem is one of Israel's leading human rights groups and has come under similar criticism.
In an attempt to make such groups more transparent, Israel passed a law last year requiring them to declare if they receive more than 50% of their funding from foreign entities.
The move was criticised for unfairly targeting human rights groups, which would predominantly receive donations from foreign states.
Koy Bentley was fatally wounded on the fifth floor of flats on Water Lane in Watford on June 5.
A 15-year-old from Willsden, London, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear at Hatfield Remand Court on Monday.
A 24-year-old man from Greenwich who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed.
The 29-year-old woman's body was found at the home in Heaton Close, Speke, at about 03:10 GMT on Sunday, police said.
The woman, who has not been formally identified, was taken to hospital by the ambulance service where she was pronounced dead at 04:14 GMT.
A murder investigation has been launched and a post-mortem is taking place to establish the cause of death, Merseyside Police said.
Officers are conducting forensic enquiries at the house.
Eric Casebolt resigned from the police force and his actions were described as "indefensible" by his former boss.
His lawyer, Jane Bishkin, told reporters on Wednesday he was not targeting minorities but he was over-emotional after a traumatic day.
Community leaders in McKinney want criminal charges brought against him.
The video showed the officer throwing a girl in a bikini to the ground, then pulling a gun on other bystanders.
At a press conference on Wednesday his lawyer, Jane Bishkin, said Mr Casebolt is aware that his emotions "got the better of him" during a difficult shift.
He and his family are now in hiding due to death threats.
Before arriving at the pool party Mr Casebolt had responded to a suicide call where a black man shot himself in the head in front of his wife and children.
The suicide occurred "poolside", said Ms Bishkin, and the officer took statements from the family, photographed the body and consoled the man's widow.
Next he responded to a second suicide call where a teenage girl was threatening to jump from the roof of her parents' home.
"The nature of these two suicide calls took an emotional toll on Eric Casebolt," said Ms Bishkin, a lawyer for the Fraternal Order of Police.
When he was called to a community swimming pool after reports of a fight and anti-social behaviour, he was stressed, she said.
But he wasn't targeting minorities and he apologises to all who were offended, she added.
"He also detained a white female, who you do not see on the video," said Ms Bishkin.
At a news conference on Tuesday, McKinney police chief Greg Conley condemned Mr Casebolt's actions and said the other 11 officers who attended did an excellent job.
The girl at the centre of the incident, 14-year-old Dajerria Becton, told the Texan broadcaster KDFW: "Him getting fired isn't enough."
Cardinal Pell met privately with a group of survivors who flew to Rome to watch him testify to an Australian Royal Commission into child abuse.
The cardinal gave his evidence from Rome via video link due to ill health.
A spokesman for the survivors, David Ridsdale, said they had "an honest dialogue" at Thursday's meeting.
"There were no formalities... it was extremely personal in terms of what everyone was allowed to say and responded to," he said.
"This has been a very long, long process and this is just another step in that it doesn't change drastically the reality of institutional systemic abuse across the world that was covered up, it doesn't change that."
The group initially refused to see Pell, but said they met on a "level playing field" after some conditions surrounding the discussion were removed.
Cardinal Pell described the two-hour-long meeting as "hard", "honest" and "occasionally emotional".
He told reporters he was committed to working with the group to help stop suicides and end suffering.
"One suicide is too many. And there have been many such tragic suicides," he said.
On his fourth day of testimony on Thursday, Cardinal Pell admitted that a student told him a priest was "misbehaving with boys" in the 1970s.
He told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse that he did not act because the student did not ask him to do anything about the complaint.
The cardinal also said it was a "disastrous coincidence" that five paedophiles came to be at the same school and parish in Ballarat in Victoria state the 1970s.
The Catholic Church in Australia has already accepted that there were hundreds of cases of abuse by paedophile priests over more than 80 years.
The FBI - government agents who investigate when people in the US are accused of breaking the law - has been looking into emails that she sent and received a few years ago when she was working in the US government as the Secretary of State.
They've now completed two investigations into her and decided that she didn't do anything that broke the law.
So what did she actually do and why has it made people angry? Newsround takes a look at what happened...
The story goes back to 2009, when Hillary Clinton was made Secretary of State - a senior position in the US government.
When she started the job, she did not set up an official US government email address. Instead, she used her own private, personal one.
She used this private email address to send messages about work, as well as other things. Mrs Clinton said she thought it would be simpler.
Throughout her time in the job, she said that about half of her emails were to do with work.
Hillary Clinton handling her emails like this has made some people angry for different reasons.
Firstly, some say that she might have been able to hide information from the government - who she worked for - on her personal email, which you're not allowed to do.
Using a personal email address like this isn't actually illegal, as long as the government gets to see all emails about work.
Hillary Clinton says the government did have access to the emails they needed to, but the FBI said there were thousands of messages that she didn't hand over.
Secondly, people are worried that the security on her own email address might not have been very good, meaning that hackers could have accessed secret information about the US government.
The government also said that she didn't ask them about using her personal email address, which she should have done.
The FBI launched an investigation many months ago into whether or not she had done anything that was against the law.
Back in July, it announced that she had not done anything criminal but the director of the FBI James Comey did say that she had been "extremely careless".
Then the FBI launched another investigation at the end of October, saying that there was new evidence that needed looking at.
However, after looking at the new evidence, the FBI has again said Hillary Clinton has not committed any crime.
Hillary Clinton and her team were not happy that the FBI reopened this investigation again so near to the election and worried it could have an influence on how people would vote.
Donald Trump, the other presidential candidate, said the investigation showed Mrs Clinton did have something to hide. He has said that he thinks she is "crooked" and if he were president, he would want to put her in jail.
The truth is we don't really know what impact this will have on the election until the American people finishing voting on 8 November.
His interview with GQ Style marks the first time the actor has spoken publicly about the split.
"I just started therapy," Pitt said. "I love it. I love it. I went through two therapists to get to the right one."
He admitted to heavy drinking and pot smoking in the past and said he cut himself off emotionally from others.
"I'm personally very retarded when it comes to taking inventory of my emotions. I'm much better at covering up," the star added.
Jolie announced in September 2016 that she was filing for divorce from the actor. The couple had been together since 2004 but only married in 2014.
The pair became embroiled in a bitter child custody dispute in the months following the announcement of their split.
Pitt was investigated for possible child abuse after losing his temper in front of some of the children, but was later cleared of the allegations.
The actor said the split with Jolie had been a "huge generator for change".
"I can't remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn't boozing or had a spliff, or something," he said.
"I'm really, really happy to be done with all of that. I mean I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family.
"But even this last year, you know - things I wasn't dealing with. I was boozing too much."
Pitt said he loved wine, adding "truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I was a professional. I was good."
The actor said he has now replaced alcohol with cranberry juice and fizzy water.
Regarding the divorce, Pitt said he and Jolie had decided to abandon the path of "vitriolic hatred" and work together to sort out their issues, adding they were committed to resolving matters amicably and privately.
Pitt also said he was finding solace in working creatively with his hands: "I'm making everything. I'm working with clay, plaster, rebar, wood."
Speaking more widely about his career, he said: "I don't really think of myself much as an actor anymore. It takes up so little of my year and my focus.
"Film feels like a cheap pass for me, as a way to get at those hard feelings. It doesn't work anymore, especially being a dad."
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Sir Tim drew criticism after saying the "trouble with girls" in labs was they "cry" when criticised and "fall in love" with male counterparts.
Prof Cox called the remarks "ill-advised" but said it was "wrong" that he had had to leave his University College London and Royal Society posts.
Sir Tim apologised for causing offence.
The 72-year-old left his positions after his comments - which were branded "sexist" by some - prompted a furious online backlash.
He told the Observer he had been "hung out to dry".
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, Prof Cox said the situation was "serious", but he questioned whether Sir Tim should have resigned.
"Is it appropriate to hound someone out of their position at a university or indeed, is it appropriate for the university to react in the way that UCL in this case did and ask someone to resign or else threaten to sack them?" Prof Cox said.
"We do have a problem about these mobs - you call them Twitter mobs, descending on people who use language ill-advisedly and cause great professional ruin. I don't think that is the case although he felt that.
"To have a Nobel prize winner and by all accounts a great scientist and a good person being hounded out of a position at UCL, after all those years of good work in science, I think that's wrong and disproportionate."
Sir Tim, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 2001 for his work on how cells divide, reportedly told a conference in South Korea: "Let me tell you about my trouble with girls.
"Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them they cry."
He later told the BBC he stood by some of the comments, and said: "I did mean the part about having trouble with girls," But he added he was "really sorry" if he had caused offence.
Manager Alfie Wylie was without a string of first-choice players for the tough match in Biel.
The Swiss, with a 100% record in the qualifying series, were 2-0 up at half-time through goals from Vanessa Bernauer and Rahel Kiwic.
Bernauer scored again in the second half and Rachel Rinast then made it 4-0 to the hosts.
Northern Ireland finished fourth in the group with seven points from their eight matches.
The Oscar-winning director of 12 Years a Slave was presented with the BFI Fellowship on Saturday by actor Michael Fassbender at a special awards dinner.
Certain Women, directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Michelle Williams, Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, won the prize for best film.
Julia Ducournau won the Sutherland Award for best first feature for Raw.
Speaking to the BBC's Jason Korsner afterwards, McQueen said: "It's a good honour.
"It's one of those things where you're just chuffed.
"It's a case of just continuing with the work but it's one of those things that give you a little spring in your step, for sure."
Certain Women, which follows the lives of three Montana women, was described by a panel of jurors as a "humane and poignant story that calibrates with startling vulnerability and delicate understatement the isolation, frustrations and loneliness of lives unlived in a quiet corner of rural America".
French director Julia Ducournau's Raw - a playful coming-of-age horror tale about a vegan who becomes a cannibal - was described as "both unique and unsettling and will quite literally make some swoon".
Ducournau said that with so few women working at the top level of the film industry she was encouraged to see female directors being recognised.
She added: "I think it's about time that things are starting to change.
"I cannot put more emphasis on 'starting'.
"It's good that doors are being opened right now and you're seeing more and more representation of women in the movie industry."
The prize for most original, technical and culturally important documentary went to Mehrdad Oskouei's Starless Dreams, which portrays juvenile delinquent women at the extreme margins of Iranian society.
Best short film was 9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo, a joint production by Syrian photographer Issa Touma, Thomas Vroege and Floor van de Muelen.
Jury president Mat Kirkby said: "Not only does his documentary show what one person, one camera and a restricted view of an alleyway can do to reveal something as complex, confusing, and terrifying as a civil war, but also it demonstrates the power of film to reach the wider world, and make those of us more fortunate re-assess the freedom we take for granted."
Touma said: "I'm really sad to find out that our intellectuals left to London, Paris and Amsterdam and they want to dance a freedom dance from there, which is - they can't do anything.
"And this is why they give so much chance for the fanatics to grow up everywhere.
"So you cannot change anything from far away."
Relatives and friends had reacted angrily after the families were told ribbons tied to a bridge near the crash scene would have to be removed.
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) agreed plans with families on Friday.
Gina Chirico, victim Mark Trussler's fiancee, said: "We're more than happy."
Shelley Spooner, a friend of Matt Jones who died in the disaster, said the temporary memorial would be a steel arch and people would be able to tie ribbons to it.
The Shoreham toll bridge became the focus of commemorations for the people who died when a 1950s Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 on 22 August.
It was covered with flowers but they were eventually removed.
WSCC leader Louise Goldsmith said: "We wanted to find a place where people could have somewhere to reflect.
"We have to recognise people are grieving, this is a terrible tragedy, and there's something about having a focal place where people can go.
"We're also aware that it's coming up to birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas.
"Although the bridge is marvellous, is it the right place really to leave everything?"
Ms Goldsmith said it was not known how long it would take to design the fixed memorial nor what it would look like but the arch would provide somewhere to go in the meantime.
A tree of remembrance is also being considered for Christmas.
Ms Goldsmith said new ribbons could be attached to the memorial when it was ready, and ribbons currently on the bridge would be stored.
The ribbons on the bridge would remain there until the steel arch was ready, she said.
Security experts from the University of Newcastle found loopholes on websites that helped thieves seeking card data.
The attacks works against some of the most popular retailers on the web, said the team.
Vulnerable sites have been told about their findings and some have now put in place defences against the attack.
The research, led by PhD student Mohammed Aamir Ali at the University of Newcastle, created a credit card querying system that simultaneously submitted payment requests to different sites at the same time.
Starting with just the first six digits of a card, the system guessed the remaining details and tried the combinations on many sites at the same time.
By trying different combinations of a card's number, expiry date and security code this system could quickly find out all the information needed to replicate a card, said the researchers in a paper describing their work.
Because different sites ask for different parts of the credentials required to verify a purchase it was possible to compile the fragmented details that sites share to build up all the security information for a card.
"This attack subverts the payment functionality from its intended purpose of validating card details, into helping the attackers to generate all security data fields required to make online transactions," they wrote.
This approach could help thieves who have some knowledge of victims gained from information in the massive troves of data released by breaches at web firms.
Few sites noticed that multiple queries were being run across lots of sites, found the team.
"It is possible to run multiple bots at the same time on hundreds of payment sites without triggering any alarms in the payment system," they said.
A sample attack showed that if an attacker ran many queries at once they could compile the correct information about a card in approximately six seconds.
There is no evidence that cyber thieves are using such a distributed attack, said the researchers, but their work showed it was "practical" and therefore a "credible" threat.
The team shared its findings with 36 of the sites against which they ran their distributed card number-guessing system. The disclosure led to eight sites changing their security systems to thwart the attacks. Many now limit the number of times card details can be checked.
However, said the researchers, the other 28 sites made no changes despite the disclosure.
"We do not know the reason behind this and further research will be needed to find the explanation," wrote the team.
Thirty businesses cannot trade because of collapsed or damaged buildings, New Ferry's Residents' Association said.
Two people were seriously hurt and 31 others injured in the blast in Bebington, Wirral on Saturday evening.
The site remains a crime scene as Merseyside Police investigate the cause of the explosion.
Ann Grimes, 44, who has run the Cleveland pub for three years, said: "I don't have insurance to cover wages or losses.
"I don't think the traders can come back from this. If that building comes down I have no livelihood, nothing.
"I'm a single mum. I've got a rented home. My 10-year-old son keeps asking what's wrong. I can't explain how bad it is going to be. It could be weeks or months before we even know. It's bleak."
Residents' association chairman Mark Craig, 54, said: "The whole shopping precinct has been closed. [Businesses] were living hand to mouth as it is. Some of them may never reopen. A catastrophe like this could finish them off completely. The sheer scale of the damage, the impact is huge."
Ms Grimes, who said she put her "heart and soul" into renovating the pub, was inside the building when the blast happened at about 21:15 GMT.
"The explosion came first then there were flying bricks. People were covered in blood and screaming for help. The whole community is in shock."
Wirral Chamber of Commerce (WCC) said there were "huge barriers" to trading and many businesses, including florists, butchers and glazers, were struggling to access stock, electronic ordering systems and price lists.
It said it wanted to reopen the old Co-op building in the town to provide space for trading.
A meeting was due to be held at 17:30 BST in the village hall for businesses to get advice and support.
Meanwhile, residents affected by the explosion are being urged to contact Wirral Council for help.
Ten people have been placed in emergency accommodation but others who were forced to leave their homes have not been in touch, the council said.
Bournemouth nearly took a shock early lead when Charlie Daniels' close-range effort following a corner was brilliantly saved by Hugo Lloris, the Spurs keeper reacting to deflect the ball onto the bar with his legs.
Spurs' Erik Lamela then hit the crossbar at the other end, and though the visitors raised their game after the break, the Cherries held firm, with keeper Artur Boruc keeping out Dele Alli and Danny Rose, while Bournemouth substitute Benik Afobe headed just over late on.
Meanwhile, referee Craig Pawson upset the home fans who felt Lamela should have been shown a second yellow card, while substitute Moussa Sissoko was not punished for an apparent elbow into Harry Arter's face.
Pawson then waved away late Bournemouth appeals for a penalty when Jack Wilshere went down after a challenge by Jan Vertonghen.
Both managers had praised their opponent's style of play in the build-up and it was no surprise when the game began at a high tempo with both sides attacking freely.
But Bournemouth showed more steel than the side who lost 5-1 to a Harry Kane-inspired Spurs this time last year, with Arter particularly relishing the physical battle, epitomised by a perfectly timed tackle - hard but fair - on Victor Wanyama.
While Tottenham shaded possession, the frenzied nature of the game and the visitors' determination to stop Bournemouth counter-attacking at pace saw Lamela, Vertonghen, Alli and Rose all enter Pawson's notebook before half-time for fouls.
Lamela was perhaps fortunate not to receive a second caution before the break for a challenge no better than those that had earned earlier bookings - minutes after he had struck the bar with a curling shot.
Meanwhile, television replays did not show Spurs' Sissoko in a good light as he clashed with an incensed Arter on the touchline and appeared to throw an elbow.
With interim England boss Gareth Southgate in the stands, it was Alli and Wilshere - potential rivals for the central attacking midfield role - who were at the heart of the most threatening moves.
Alli tested Boruc from long range early in the second half, with the big Pole diving right to palm the ball away - but the 20-year-old only lasted 71 minutes before being withdrawn.
Wilshere, closely shadowed by the towering Wanyama while having every touch booed by the away fans for his Arsenal connections, found space to cross for Callum Wilson who headed wide.
The 24-year-old completed 90 minutes in the Premier League for the first time since 13 September 2014.
Meanwhile, Rose - one of four English full-backs whose buccaneering play must have impressed Southgate - was first wasteful after being set up by Christian Eriksen, skewing his shot across goal, and then foiled by Boruc after trying a low shot with 15 minutes left.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "I am more proud of the players today than after winning 6-1 last week against Hull. We went toe to toe with an outstanding team and it was a game of real quality. We did not deserve to lose it, we had good moments too. We managed to nullify most of their threat."
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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "If we want to be contenders, we need to win games like these.
"It was a very competitive game, they were ready to compete and it was tough. We managed the whole game, but if you don't score it is difficult to win. We fought loads and it is one point more and a clean sheet."
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Bournemouth take the long trip up north to face Middlesbrough in the league next Saturday (kick-off 15:00 BST), while Tottenham host champions Leicester at the same time.
Match ends, Bournemouth 0, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 0, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).
Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Steve Cook (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Benik Afobe (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Simon Francis with a cross.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Mousa Dembélé.
Attempt blocked. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Ryan Fraser replaces Joshua King.
Delay in match Joshua King (Bournemouth) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Benik Afobe replaces Callum Wilson.
Attempt blocked. Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Charlie Daniels.
Foul by Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Jack Wilshere (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Max Gradel (Bournemouth).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Moussa Sissoko replaces Dele Alli.
Max Gradel (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card.
Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Max Gradel (Bournemouth).
Attempt blocked. Max Gradel (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Daniels with a headed pass.
Foul by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).
Joshua King (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Max Gradel (Bournemouth).
Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Erik Lamela with a cross following a corner.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Vincent Janssen replaces Son Heung-Min.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Harry Arter.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dele Alli.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Max Gradel replaces Jordon Ibe.
Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Nicole Arbour uploaded a video called Dear Fat People in which she derided people for being overweight.
She claimed she had been censored after her channel was suspended, while others accused her of deleting her own channel to gain sympathy.
But the BBC understands the channel was automatically suspended because a lot of people reported it to YouTube.
Ms Arbour's YouTube channel has since been restored.
Nicole Arbour is a Canadian comedian who uploads video rants to Facebook and YouTube. She has a combined following of more than 500,000 people.
In a controversial video, which has been viewed more than 21 million times, Ms Arbour described times she encountered overweight people.
"Fat-shaming is not a thing. Fat people made that up. If we offend you so much that you lose weight, I'm OK with that. You are killing yourself," she said.
Ms Arbour has faced criticism from prominent social media stars.
Whitney Way Thore, star of US reality show My Big Fat Fabulous Life, said fat-shaming was the "spawn of a larger problem called body shaming" that she was sure "everyone on the planet" had experienced.
"You cannot tell a person's health, physical or otherwise, from looking at them," she said.
Singer Meghan Tonjes said the video was "harmful", adding: "I know what it's like to sit there as a teenage girl and see something like that."
Vlogger skagg3 defended Ms Arbour: "I don't go on some censorship parade trying to put tape over people's mouths, because I value the free exchange of ideas more than I value my own personal feelings."
When Ms Arbour's YouTube channel was suspended on Sunday, she tweeted that she had been "censored".
YouTube said it did not comment on specific channels but told the BBC: "In cases where a channel or video is incorrectly flagged by the community and subsequently removed, we work quickly to reinstate it."
Ms Arbour has since uploaded a new video, where she says she "does not care" if people are offended by her content.
Grace Helbig, one of YouTube's best-known stars, said the comedian's comments had been "mean".
"Comedy can be a really powerful tool," she said. "I wish that we could use it more respectfully. I wish we could just respect each other as human beings.
"The more you just say whatever you want with disregard to people's feelings, the less I as a viewer consider you as a comedian, I just consider you as kinda mean."
Welcome not to a high-end hotel, but to the Financial Spa. It is, in fact, a branch of the North Shore Credit Union in Vancouver, Canada.
There are displays of local artists' work and among the aromatherapy candles, you can discuss loans and insurance in what the credit union describes as a "cosy, semi-private lounge" with soft music playing in the background.
It is all a far cry from the stereotype of a branch of a UK bank, with its long queues, poorly staffed counters and freezing cold draughts from the overused entrance.
Is this boutique, sofa-clad destination modelled in Vancouver the bank branch of the future?
Or, as the Co-op pulls out of a deal to buy more than 600 branches from Lloyds, is there any point in banks having a shop-front at all?
The UK's major banks, running a £9bn current-account market, have a branch network numbering about 10,000.
Source: British Bankers' Association
They appear to have changed little over the years, with a line of counters and a deposit and withdrawal machine tucked into the wall.
New entrants to the UK market have tried to jazz up the look of branches, convinced they remain key to the demands of customers.
For example, Metro Bank is selling itself with a branch network that is open every day except Easter Monday, New Year's Day and Christmas Day, and the doors are not locked until late.
The branding even goes so far as to call their premises "stores", not branches.
"Through our stores we are able to provide traditional banking services and build personal relationships, and as a community bank our ethos is entirely focused on offering amazing customer service," says chief executive Craig Donaldson.
In Vancouver, they are targeting better-off members of the community. Chris Catliff, chief executive of the North Shore Credit Union, says that while their deposits have grown since the Financial Spa makeover, the membership numbers have stalled.
These affluent customers are likely to be using their laptops, tablet computers and mobile phones for their banking needs too.
Mr Catliff sees the future of retail financial services as one of "bricks and clicks" - with online banking just as important as a branch network.
"Increasingly, banking will no longer be about where you go, but what you do online. As a result, branch investment will decline over time. Having a strong, emotional, physical brand is a leg up for online branding," he says.
The bank branch of the future may see the digital world come into the branches, rather than replace them.
The Bank of America recently announced plans to introduce video cash machines at branches in Boston, followed by the rest of the US later in the year.
Post Office to offer current accountLining up a queuing strategy
The machine will include a screen so customers can talk to a member of staff by video link. In effect, it will be a conference call to a call centre, and will be available later in the day, when counter staff have gone home.
Technology such as this may dilute the importance of face-to-face banking and, according to banking expert Peter Hahn, of Cass Business School, remove the need for traditional branches altogether.
"First the telephone and now the internet allows us to pay our bills and choose our investments from almost anywhere. There can be no doubt that face-to-face contact at the bank branch has been in steep decline for ages," he says.
"It is time to question why we have bank branches at all. Sceptics might say that banks want to keep us coming to branches so that they can sell us something we don't need - and we're much less likely to buy unnecessary stuff from banks on the internet."
He accepts that there is still demand for branches, for those who need to cash a cheque, sign for a mortgage or discuss their savings options face to face. Those communities without any branches often feel left out.
Yet he still seems far from convinced about the idea of the modern branch.
"In my case, slicker, brighter, safer and more informative branches would be a nice thing to have, but I am not sure they would draw me in beyond curiosity nor would I want to pay for them," he says.
"I have already left a bank when it told me their in-branch deposits had a higher interest rate than their online offering. My view of this was, 'Hey, not only do they want me to waste my time going to the branch, but they are also going to try and sell me something - no thanks.'"
A report by brand consultancy Bancography says there is a long-term future for branches, but they will need to change and adapt with modern technology to remain profitable.
It says cash machines, online banking and mobile banking have not replaced the branch, but have just given consumers more choice. Branches are increasingly popular with customers as their financial lives become more complex with age.
Cashless kiosks could concentrate on basic services, such as opening accounts, and there may even be the possibility of banks linking up with workplaces to allow people to complete transactions from their desks.
"Branches still matter, because consumers say they do. The role of the branch is changing, but the fundamental consumer preference for it endures," the report says.
The collapse of the deal that would have seen the Co-op buy more than 600 branches from Lloyds has prompted more debate about competition in High Street banking in the UK.
But even if the banking names on the High Street do not change, their branches may start to look a little less uniform and a little more imaginative.
And, you never know, they might eventually be the place to go for a nice coffee and a comfy seat.
The chief executive of BP said that being outside the EU would be "worse" as many of the rules would still apply and Britain would be in danger of losing influence on the world stage.
He said that the EU also needed Britain, which is the fifth largest economy in the world.
And he backed the Prime Minister who he said was pushing to make the EU more competitive.
"I think many of the trade regulations would still apply even if Britain were outside of [the EU]," he told me.
"And then it would be potentially worse being outside of it.
"I think also Britain's role in the world in terms of influence - it will have more influence being a part of Europe.
"There are lots of technical tax reasons, trade flows, regulation, that would make it better for our business and the energy business in general, the oil and gas business, [if Britain] were a part of Europe."
I understand that David Cameron has been speaking to businesses about being more vocal on their attitudes to Britain remaining in a reformed EU.
At a business meeting in Number 10 yesterday the issue was discussed, I am told.
The Prime Minister arrives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tomorrow.
Europe will be high on the agenda as Mr Cameron pushes for a deal on Britain's relationship with the EU by February.
I am told the issue will make up a large part of his speech in front of business and political leaders, including the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.
Mr Rutte is important, as the Netherlands presently holds the EU presidency. That makes his support for any changes vital.
I asked Mr Dudley if Britain remaining in the EU would be good for the country.
"I would say yes, most certainly.
"I would also say that I am very supportive of the Prime Minister's efforts to talk with Europe to make it more competitive.
"Because I think Europe can be more competitive [and] I think it is important for Britain as a trading partner with Europe.
"I think Europe needs Britain.
"Britain is the fifth largest economy in the world so I am reasonably hopeful of some changes and some reforms that would come about."
As the referendum date on remaining in or leaving the EU approaches - some predict it could be held in June, other senior government figures suggest autumn - it seems that Downing Street has changed tack on encouraging businesses to speak out.
Last year, it was reported that Mr Cameron thought business leaders should hold their fire until it was clear what was on the reform agenda.
With confidence on that issue growing inside Number 10, it appears that Mr Cameron is now keener on hearing from chief executives.
Of course there are plenty of business leaders who do not believe that leaving the EU would be bad for Britain.
It could in fact open up new trade opportunities as, they argue, Britain would less shackled by EU rules.
And would become more outward looking.
Mr Dudley does not agree, and I pressed him on whether Britain leaving the EU would change BP's attitude to investing in the UK.
"I think uncertainty always changes what businesses do," he said.
"And if certain events unfolded that made it more uncertain on the future of those investments and the viability then we would have to look at it carefully.
"But right now we are are a long way from that.
"I actually believe that the Prime Minister will secure some reform and I think Britain will realise its role in the world - [it] will be more important being part of the EU."
Organisers shared the YouTube video, shot at the festival in August. It shows a panel discussion between Viohni and other vloggers, on social media.
They then posted Twitter messages apologising for the error.
Subsequent tweets claimed this video had been "pre-uploaded" and they had meant to remove all "offending videos".
They added: "This one appears to have slipped through the net. It will be off the channel very soon."
Viohni has been accused of "sexual misconduct".
Two women told Channel 4 News that they had been sexually harassed by Viohni, who goes by the online name VeeOneEye.
In a video, which he has since made private on his YouTube account, he responded to the accusations, saying: "I'm not going to deny it. I'd just like the chance to explain myself."
He claimed that while growing up he had not been taught about responsible behaviour towards sex and alcohol.
"I didn't have anyone there to tell me that it was the wrong thing to do," he said.
"I've messed up and I just want everyone to know that that's not the person that I am any more."
No police charges have been filed against Viohni.
Summer in the City is an annual event which takes place in London. Popular YouTubers hold talks, gigs and meet-and-greets with their fans.
After their apology, Summer in the City's organisers sent a separate tweet about the future of the festival.
"We would also like to reiterate that we will not welcome abusers at any future Summer in the City events.
"Also, if you feel the need to question why these people are banned, you should probably question your own attendance at YouTube events."
They also shared a video of musician Will Dixon, adding: "Here's a video from a good member of our community!"
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The National Audit Office said there was too little data on forensic services used by forces and companies risked being pushed out of the market.
Crime scene evidence was analysed by the Forensic Science Service in England and Wales until it was axed in 2012.
The Home Office said it monitored the forensic science market closely.
Police are commissioning more work from their own laboratories - with an estimated £122m being spent this year - but the NAO said many in-house labs did not meet accreditation standards.
The NAO said the Forensic Science Regulator, which monitors the work, does not have complete data on which police labs are accredited and has no statutory powers to enforce them to comply with standards.
Reflecting concerns from within the forensics community, the NAO paper said: "If suppliers did pull out of the market this could present a risk of service interruption, and lack of capacity could hold up criminal cases or cause them to collapse."
The report raised doubts about the effectiveness of Home Office oversight, pointing to what it describes as a lack of data on forensics spending by police forces.
The Home Office collects figures on forensic services procured through a tendering system called the National Forensic Framework but this framework is not compulsory and the department lacks data on those procured outside the system.
The Commons Science and Technology Committee has warned of risks to forensic provision in two previous reports.
Committee chairman, Labour MP Andrew Miller, told BBC News: "What the NAO have identified does not surprise me at all.
"Should it worry us? Yes. How can anyone be certain, given the confusion, as to what is going to happen to the integrity of our whole criminal justice system when you can't identify what the costs are - and therefore where benefits lie?"
There are concerns in the private sector that police labs are able to operate more cheaply, creating an "unequal playing field".
December 2010 - The government announces plans to close the Forensic Science Service (FSS), a government-owned company (GovCo) which employs 1,600 staff. The government says it is losing about £2m a month.
July 2011 - An MPs' inquiry concludes that the government did not consider the wider impacts of closing the FSS, and that financial reasons took precedence.
October 2011 - In its official response to the inquiry, the government argues that allowing the FSS to enter administration would have caused serious damage to the criminal justice system.
March 2012 - The FSS officially shuts its doors, with operations transferred to private companies and in-house police labs.
July 2013 - A follow-up inquiry by the Commons Science and Technology Committee concludes that major crimes could go unsolved unless the government does more to support forensic science.
November 2013 - The government launches a consultation over plans to boost the powers of the forensic regulator in England and Wales.
A Home Office spokesman said: "Police reform is working and we continue to ensure forces have access to the best possible forensic services, whilst protecting taxpayers from the £2m losses that were made by the Forensic Science Service each month.
"'Police spending with private forensic suppliers has reduced for a number of reasons; such as falling crime, lower costs due to improved processes and greater competition.
"It is for police and crime commissioners and chief constables to decide how to spend their budgets. However, we monitor the market closely to make sure it remains competitive and it continues to provide forces what they need."
Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own publicly-funded forensic science providers; the Scottish Police Services Authority Forensic Services and Forensic Science Northern Ireland.
Last month, when the winter session of the assembly in the southern state of Karnataka began, Mr Doreswamy started a protest outside the house, demanding land rights for landless farmers.
The frail old man had travelled more than 500km (310 miles) from the state capital, Bangalore, to the town of Belgaum (Belgavi) where the session was being held.
"I know my presence acts like a catalyst," he tells me laughing. "Ministers sit up and take notice. They can't ignore it if Doreswamy is sitting on a protest."
Sure enough, they couldn't. Chief Minister K Siddharamaiah was among the several politicians and ministers who visited him to pacify him.
Mr Doreswamy has never held any political position and his power comes from the fact that he has dedicated his life to serve the people. And everyone I spoke to in Karnataka agrees that it's a life that's unblemished.
In a country where corruption is endemic, he stands tall for his honesty and fights for what he believes in.
All his life, he's shunned power, instead choosing to work with the poor and the downtrodden to improve their life.
"I think a social worker should have voluntary poverty," he told me when I visited him in his modest house in a Bangalore suburb recently.
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Born on 10 April 1918 in Harohalli village in the then princely state of Mysore, Mr Doreswamy was raised by his grandfather and his mother as his father died when he was five years old.
"When I was 15 and was studying in the 9th class, I read My Early Life, a book by Mahatma Gandhi, and that changed the course of my life. I became interested in the freedom movement."
India was a British colony and the independence movement was gathering momentum in the country.
In June 1942, after he finished his studies, he began teaching maths and physics at a local high school. But in December, he got arrested.
In August, Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement, demanding an end to the British colonial rule and Mr Doreswamy jumped headlong into it.
"Some of my contacts were making and supplying time bombs. We would put them in post boxes to blow them up and burn all the documents.
"Sometimes, we'd also tie time bombs to the tails of rats and throw them into government record rooms where they would blow up and destroy all the documents."
One night, the police came knocking on his door - they had arrested a man called Ramchandra, who was carrying some time bombs, and he named Mr Doreswamy as a contact.
"I thought they had come to arrest my brother since he was quite active in the freedom struggle," he says, adding that he denied any connection with Ramchandra.
But the officers asked him to accompany them to the police station.
"There I was surrounded by 10 policemen, they all had canes in their hands. I was perspiring, thinking they would beat me to death, I didn't know what to do. It's a miracle they didn't beat me."
He was taken to the Bangalore Central Jail where he was put under detention for an indefinite term. Ramachandra was tried and sentenced for four months. Mr Doreswamy spent 14 months in jail.
Life in prison, he says, was not particularly bad.
"Jail is a terrible place if you think about your home and family. But I believed in my cause to serve the nation. So life was very very happy for me there."
His fellow prisoners were all freedom fighters, including his brother HS Seetharam.
"Jail was like a university, I learnt Tamil and Hindi languages there. In college, I was a volleyball player so we played in the prison too."
In the summer of 1944, the government began releasing political prisoners and Mr Doreswamy too was freed. By now, he says, he understood Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence and "I didn't go back to throwing bombs".
He joined the Congress party and worked with them for a few years before he quit, disillusioned with Indira Gandhi (senior Congress leader who later became India's prime minister), describing her as "a fountainhead of corruption".
After the British left in 1947, many of his contemporaries joined the government; his brother went on to become the mayor of Bangalore.
However, Mr Doreswamy decided that he was not interested in holding political power and instead chose to work with the slum dwellers, homeless and poor landless farmers, cobblers and porters.
In the late 1950s, he began working on the Bhoodan movement, led by freedom fighter and Gandhi disciple Vinoba Bhave, trying to persuade rich people to give up a part of their land which could then be distributed among the landless poor.
"We would walk 24 days a month, from village to village. The villagers would give us food and a place to stay. I was paid 100 rupees a month which I would give to my wife to run the household and bring up our children."
Mr Doreswamy married Lalithamma in 1950. He was 31, she 18. They met at a friend's house and played dice. And, it was love at first sight for him: "I lost three matches to her and also my heart."
I ask Lalithamma what she made of him? "I was destined to marry him. I have to suffer him," she says laughing, and adds, "He was a good man, he was educated. I liked him so I agreed to marry him."
Their marriage was not easy, mostly because he was never home. "I was always away and initially she used to get unhappy, but she managed the home with support from her mother."
And that freed him to pursue his activism. For him, no issue was too big and no adversary too powerful.
In 1975, he took on then prime minister Indira Gandhi when she declared emergency and suspended civil liberties.
"You're elected as a democrat, but you're acting like a dictator. If you continue like this, I will go from house to house, village to village and tell people that you're a dictator," he wrote in a letter to her.
She was obviously not pleased and he was arrested under the draconian Defence of India rule and spent four months in jail, until the magistrate threw out the case against him saying that "he has a right to criticise his prime minister, he's not an enemy of India".
Despite his advancing years, Mr Doreswamy continues to fight the battles he deems worthy. Recently, he joined a protest against the government's controversial plan to build a steel flyover in Bangalore.
But the issue closest to his heart remains getting land rights for the poor and the landless.
"It's the continuation of the Bhoodan movement - now instead of asking rich people to donate land, we are asking the government to give land to every poor person. The government must declare it as policy. I believe no-one should starve and poverty should be eradicated from the country," he says.
Until that happens, he says, he would continue to protest, age and health issues notwithstanding.
"I am suffering from old age problems - I have a backache, my knees hurt, I have breathing trouble and need nebulisation, I have acidity," he says, adding, "my body has collapsed, but my enthusiasm for life has not dimmed."
I ask him if he's Karnataka's "biggest freedom fighter"?
"No-no, there were so many stalwarts. I was a small man," he says.
"But today, they are all dead, and I'm alive and kicking," he laughs.
Nick D'Aloisio said he would, however, still continue to work on its news app.
The 18-year-old had previously managed to combine development of the service with his A-level studies.
Yahoo News Digest has been downloaded more than two million times, according to analytics firm Xyo.
"I am thrilled to be attending Oxford University in England where I will study computer science and philosophy," Mr D'Aloisio said.
"I'm excited to simultaneously complete my college degree while continuing part-time to manage Yahoo News Digest - especially at such an exciting time for summarisation, artificial intelligence and wearables."
Mr D'Aloisio told the BBC earlier this month that the team he managed at Yahoo was developing a version of the news summary app for both Apple Watch and smartwatches running Google's Android Wear.
The Londoner was only 16 years old when he secured a $250,000 (£154,000) investment in his text summary software from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing.
A few months later Yahoo acquired the technology and his services, in a deal reported to be worth £20m.
Since taking up the role of project manager for the news app, the teenager has spoken at several high-profile public events including Yahoo's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and O2's Campus Party in September.
A spokeswoman for Yahoo said he should now be able to get involved in the BBC's computer coding initiative - a series of television shows and other events designed to encourage people to learn to program - next year, "time permitting".
The two nations fought a war over the border in 1962 and disputes remain unresolved in several areas, causing tensions to rise from time to time.
Since this confrontation began last month, each side has reinforced its troops and called on the other to back down.
It erupted when India opposed China's attempt to extend a border road through a plateau known as Doklam in India and Donglang in China.
The plateau, which lies at a junction between China, the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim and Bhutan, is currently disputed between Beijing and Thimphu. India supports Bhutan's claim over it.
India is concerned that if the road is completed, it will give China greater access to India's strategically vulnerable "chicken's neck", a 20km (12-mile) wide corridor that links the seven north-eastern states to the Indian mainland.
Indian military officials told regional analyst Subir Bhaumik that they protested and stopped the road-building group, which led Chinese troops to rush Indian positions and smash two bunkers at the nearby Lalten outpost.
"We did not open fire, our boys just created a human wall and stopped the Chinese from any further incursion," a brigadier said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press.
Chinese officials say that in opposing the road construction, Indian border guards obstructed "normal activities" on the Chinese side, and called on India to immediately withdraw.
Both India and China have rushed more troops to the border region, and media reports say the two sides are in an "eyeball to eyeball" stand-off.
The Chinese ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui told Press Trust of India news agency on Tuesday that India had to "unconditionally pull back troops" for peace to prevail. The statement is being seen as a diplomatic escalation by China.
China also retaliated by stopping 57 Indian pilgrims who were on their way to the Manas Sarovar Lake in Tibet via the Nathu La pass in Sikkim. The lake is a holy Hindu site and there is a formal agreement between the neighbours to allow devotees to visit.
Bhutan, meanwhile, has asked China to stop building the road, saying it is in violation of an agreement between the two countries.
Indian military experts say Sikkim is the only area through which India could make an offensive response to a Chinese incursion, and the only stretch of the Himalayan frontier where Indian troops have a terrain and tactical advantage.
They have higher ground, and the Chinese positions there are squeezed between India and Bhutan.
"The Chinese know this and so they are always trying to undo our advantage there," retired Maj-Gen Gaganjit Singh, who commanded troops on the border, told the BBC.
Last week, the foreign ministry said that the construction "would represent a significant change of status quo with serious security implications for India".
Indian Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also warned that the India of 2017 was not the India of 1962, and the country was well within its rights to defend its territorial integrity.
China has reiterated its sovereignty over the area, saying that the road is in its territory and accusing Indian troops of "trespassing".
It said India would do well to remember its defeat in the 1962 war, warning Delhi that China was also more powerful than it was then.
On Monday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said that the border in Sikkim had been settled in an 1890 agreement with the British, and that India's violation of this was "very serious".
The Global Times newspaper, meanwhile, accused India of undermining Bhutan's sovereignty by interfering in the road project, although Bhutan has since asked China to stop construction.
Bhutan's Ambassador to Delhi Vetsop Namgyel says China's road construction is "in violation of an agreement between the two countries".
Bhutan and China do not have formal relations but maintain contact through their missions in Delhi.
Security analyst Jaideep Saikia told the BBC that Beijing had for a while now been trying to deal directly with Thimphu, which is Delhi's closest ally in South Asia.
"By raising the issue of Bhutan's sovereignty, they are trying to force Thimphu to turn to Beijing the way Nepal has," he said.
The region saw clashes between China and India in 1967, and tensions still flare occasionally. Commentators say the latest development appears to be one of the most serious escalations in recent years.
The fact that Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama resides in India has also been a sticking point between the two countries.
This stand-off in fact, comes within weeks of China's furious protests against the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state that China claims and describes as its own.
Relations between the Asian giants, however, may not slide further as China has allowed 56 Hindu pilgrims, who entered through the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, to visit the Manas Sarovar site.
"They are heading for the lake and they are safe," senior tourism official Dheeraj Garbiyal said last week.
This, experts say, shows that the Chinese are not raising tensions on the whole border but specifically on the Sikkim-Bhutan stretch.
But as an unfortunate Indian woman has discovered, there is nothing lucky about being hit by other kinds of falling excrement.
The Times of India reports that Rajrani Gaud from Madhya Pradesh suffered a severe shoulder injury when she was hit by a football-sized chunk of ice last month.
Her injuries could have been much worse, according to eyewitnesses. They say she only avoided being killed because the icy ball crashed into the roof of a house before hitting her.
And the strong suspicion now is that this chilly projectile was composed of more than just frozen water.
The newspaper claims that aviation scientists believe she may well have had the misfortune to become one of an incredibly rare group: people who have been hit by what the airline industry coyly calls "blue ice".
That's its euphemism for the frozen human waste that very occasionally forms around the overflow outlets for aeroplane toilets, and then falls to earth. "Blue" because of the chemicals added to the toilets in planes to reduce odour and break down the waste.
Blue ice falls are unusual, but not unheard of.
Plane toilets store human waste in special tanks. These are normally disposed of by ground crews once the plane has landed, but international aviation authorities acknowledge that lavatory leaks can occur in the air.
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority, for example, has said that around 25 falls of "blue ice" are reported every year from the 2.5 million flights a year over UK airspace.
Alleged victims of a blue ice fall include a retired couple from Wiltshire in the UK.
Keith and Ruth Mead claim a chunk of frozen poo and urine from a jumbo jet crashed through the roof of their home last year, smashing tiles and leaving a significant hole.
The couple said they were certain of the origins of the object.
"We're sure it came from an airliner passing overhead. Where else would it come from?" Keith told the Daily Mail newspaper.
He says the half-kilo ice ball was yellow and brown in colour and he was anxious about what to put on the insurance claim. "Do we put 'house hit by frozen urine and poo', will they believe us?" he fretted.
And "blue ice" isn't always frozen, as a 16-year-old in Pennsylvania, USA, discovered in May last year when a very real "party pooper" brought her birthday celebrations an abrupt and messy end.
"Out of nowhere from the sky comes a bunch of faeces," the girl's stepfather, Joe Cambray, told a local television station.
"We'd just gotten done with the cake, thank God," said his sister, Kristie Rogy.
"Because within two minutes something fell from the sky. It was brown. It was everywhere. It got on everything… it was gross".
The family filed a complaint with the American Federal Aviation Authority, but these cases are very hard to prove.
Last year, the New Zealand Herald reported the story of an Auckland man who said his home had been pelted with what he believed was human waste from an aeroplane.
He was furious when the country's Civil Aviation Administration insisted the mess was caused by a passing flock of ducks.
At a function in Cardiff to mark 150 years since a Welsh settlement was founded in Patagonia, Alicia Castro said the landmark should spur the government into action.
She said Argentina had important historical links with Wales.
The Foreign Office said it would not negotiate away the rights of the Falkland Islanders behind their backs.
The function marked the launch of a programme of events to commemorate the 160 settlers who travelled from Wales to Patagonia in 1865.
"We hope that this makes an example and we hope that the government of the United Kingdom opens a dialogue with the government of my country," she said.
On a visit to Wales in 2014, Ms Castro said the Welsh settlers' integration into Patagonia disproved "propaganda" about Argentina's intimidation of people living on the Falkland Islands.
It was a point she reiterated on her latest visit, saying: "The controversy that we have [with the Falklands] has nothing to do with the people.
"We fully respect the British descendants and I think that the Welsh people living happily in Patagonia is the most perfect example of cooperation and integration."
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "This is not a bilateral issue to be negotiated between the UK and Argentina - the Islanders' wishes are paramount.
"We want to have a full and friendly relationship with Argentina, as neighbours in the South Atlantic and as responsible fellow members of the G20, but we will not negotiate away the rights of the Falkland Islands' people against their will or behind their backs.
"There are three parties to this debate, not just two as Argentina likes to pretend."
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I was at the election results centre in the capital, Abuja, and at around 17:00 (16:00GMT) the votes from all but three states had been declared.
Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), had a big lead over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.
During a break in the results, it became obvious to me that the lead was unassailable and I began wondering about what was going on in the APC camp. Were they celebrating or still anxiously waiting?
Going by previous Nigerian elections, when rigging and results fiddling has allegedly taken place, nothing could be taken for granted.
It turns out that so many calls were coming through that there was no time to answer them all - and Gen Buhari did not even know where his phone was.
I thought that there would still be some more bumps on the road, given the passion in the campaign and the fact that a governing People's Democratic Party official had already tried to halt the count.
I have a lot of contacts within Gen Buhari's circle and I know him personally so I decided to try and call someone who I knew would be with him to find out the mood.
After he missed my call, and I missed his response, I eventually got through.
I asked him what was going on, given that there was no way President Jonathan could win and I was surprised by the response.
He told me that Gen Buhari had just received a phone call from his rival, in which the president conceded and congratulated him.
I did not doubt that this was true as I trusted my source, but given what has happened before in Nigeria, this kind of concession was up to that point unimaginable.
I was pretty sure that I was the first journalist to get the story so as soon as I got off the phone I alerted the BBC's election desk and tweeted the details.
There were, of course, people who were very concerned about what could happen if the result was contested.
And I have since discovered that members of the National Peace Committee, which is headed by former President Abdulsalami Abubakar, visited President Jonathan as the results were being announced.
I understand they were the ones who persuaded the president to do something to avoid any trouble, and shortly after the visit he made the call.
But even making the call was not straight forward. I heard later that the president could not actually get through to Gen Buhari.
He rang all the numbers he had for people in his camp, but no-one answered.
It turns out that so many calls were coming through that there was no time to answer them all - and Gen Buhari did not even know where his phone was.
President Jonathan resorted to sending a messenger round to his rival's house to tell him that the president wanted to speak to him. And that he should pick up the phone the next time he tried to call.
By making that call the president saved Nigeria a great deal of pain. If the PDP had insisted that they had won the election, and the APC had said the same, the country would have been in chaos.
Lives would have been lost and property would have been destroyed. That call showed that in Nigeria, people can put the country first.
I have heard from PDP supporters that the president took the decision to make the call without consulting anyone. They told me that if he had talked to some of his advisers, they would have objected.
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The editor of the BBC Hausa service, Mansur Liman, explains how he broke the story of the historic phone call from Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to admit election defeat - and how it almost didn't happen.
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Services between London, the West of England and Wales were affected earlier this month by a 48-hour strike.
One of the proposed changes is to replace buffet cars with an "upgraded trolley service".
The #savethebuffet Facebook group was set up by Steve Blair who said he would miss the social element of the buffet.
FGW spokesman Dan Panes said current trains offered either a buffet car or smaller, more limited service with a microwave.
He said new Hitachi trains would have one or two kitchens for hot and cold food on journeys over an hour.
The changes are set to affect services between Paddington and Wales, and Paddington and the North Cotswolds, when 110 new trains are brought in.
Mr Blair, from Didcot, Oxfordshire, has been a commuter for eight years and has gained more than 2,000 followers for the campaign online.
He said buffet cars were "a way of networking with people, a real way to make new friends and acquaintances".
Mr Panes said buffet cars took up the space of 50 seats.
Subject to union agreement, he said passengers may be able to order from their seats.
"We also want to upgrade the trolley significantly with areas to keep hot food hot and cold food cold, and with fresh coffee machines," he said.
He added there would be no job losses and at least 100 new roles created as a result of the changes.
The first Hitachi trains will run on the Great Western main line from 2017 and the East Coast main line from 2018.
The new trains are being introduced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) on routes between London Paddington and Oxford, Bristol and South Wales.
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A campaign has been set up to save buffet cars on First Great Western (FGW) trains as dispute talks over the introduction of new trains continue.
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Damascus now admits it has chemical weapons and has agreed to abide by a Russian plan to hand over its arsenal.
The US had threatened strikes after a gas attack killed hundreds last month.
On the ground, the army is trying to retake the Christian town of Maaloula. The BBC's Jeremy Bowen, at the scene, says heavy fighting is continuing.
By Jeremy BowenBBC Middle East editor, Maaloula
Maaloula had been overrun by rebel forces including members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, at the weekend.
Some Syrian media reported that the government forces had recaptured the town.
But our Middle East editor says the fighting is ongoing, with al-Nusra still present in parts of the town. He says smoke is rising from some districts and he has seen injured government soldiers being evacuated.
More than 100,000 people have died since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011.
Meanwhile, the latest report by UN rights experts, released on Wednesday, says torture and rape are widespread and war crimes are being committed by both sides.
Russia announced its plan on Monday and Syria quickly responded, saying it "welcomed" the initiative.
Late on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem then made the fullest public admission of the regime's stockpile and a much clearer commitment to the Russian plan.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
Even without President Obama's uphill struggle to win over the US Congress and people, there's a strong feeling in the region that the psychological moment was lost in the few days after Parliament took Britain out of the picture on 29 August. The head of steam that seemed to herald an imminent attack has dissipated, and it is hard to imagine it being recreated.
"If they had hit then, when the moment was hot, they might have got away with it in terms of repercussions," said one diplomat. "But to come back cold, weeks later, would be something else."
Syrian rebels had been poised to exploit an American blow by trying to advance. Now they've suffered the double disappointment of seeing Mr Obama mired in domestic woes and then seizing the lifeline thrown by the Russian initiative, dismissed by the opposition coalition as a trick to win time.
Mr Obama has also made it clear throughout that he was not pushing for regime change, more cold water for rebel hopes. The chemical weapons crisis has not stopped the conflict grinding on in almost all parts of the country, with about 100 people killed daily and no end in sight.
"We are ready to inform about the location of chemical weapons, halt the production of chemical weapons, and show these objects to representatives of Russia, other states and the United Nations," he said.
"Our adherence to the Russian initiative has a goal of halting the possession of all chemical weapons."
But the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow says there still appears to be disagreement between the Russians and the Syrians over whether the weapons should be destroyed.
He says the Syrians are eventually likely to concede the point and allow the arsenal to be destroyed because the Russians will argue that is the only way to gain broader acceptance of the plan.
Until Tuesday morning, Mr Obama's government had been lobbying hard for support in Congress for military strikes.
But surveys of politicians had shown he was unlikely to win the planned vote.
In a televised speech from the White House, President Obama said the Russian plan and the regime's admission that it held chemical weapons were "encouraging signs".
"It's too early to tell whether [the Russian plan] will succeed, and any agreement must verify that the Assad regime keeps its commitments," he said.
"But this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force, particularly because Russia is one of Assad's strongest allies."
He said the diplomatic movements were in part a result of the credible threat of US military action, but that he was willing to hold off pushing for a congressional vote in order to allow diplomacy to be pursued.
He added: "Meanwhile, I've ordered our military to maintain their current posture, to keep the pressure on Assad and to be in a position to respond if diplomacy fails."
World media divided on speech
During his speech, Mr Obama restated the US position that Mr Assad's government was responsible for the 21 August attack, which he described as "sickening".
He said that such an attack was not only a violation of international law - it was also a danger to US national security.
He confirmed earlier reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry would meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Thursday, adding: "I will continue my own discussions with President Putin."
France, which is the only other country to commit publicly to intervene militarily, said its forces would also remain "mobilised".
There were heated debates at the UN on Tuesday, with the UK, US and France calling for a timetable and the consequences of a Syrian failure to comply with any resolution spelt out.
Washington said it would "not fall for stalling tactics" and France warned against falling into a "trap" that would scupper any meaningful action against Syria.
The French put forward a draft resolution that would be enforced by Chapter VII of the UN charter, which would in effect sanction the use of force if Syria failed in its obligations.
The draft resolution, obtained by Reuters, sets a 15-day deadline for Syria to provide a full account of the types and location of its chemical weapons.
It also says that if the steps leading to the transfer of control and destruction of the weapons are not met, "further necessary measures under Chapter VII" would follow.
Correspondents say Moscow opposes any resolution that would be authorised under Chapter VII, and that talks have foundered on the issue.
Russia has also said any draft resolution putting the blame on the Syrian government would be unacceptable, and urged a non-binding declaration backing its initiative.
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US President Barack Obama has put military action against Syria on hold and vowed to pursue diplomacy to remove the regime's chemical weapons.
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Zach Alchin, 25, sent the comments on Facebook in response to a picture his friend shared of a woman's profile on the Tinder dating app.
He told police he was drunk and was unaware he was committing a crime.
The woman whose picture was at the centre of the story says she is "pretty shocked" he changed his plea to guilty.
Alchin had previously pleaded not guilty but changed his plea on the first day of his trial in Sydney.
He will be sentenced in late July and could face up to three years in jail.
In August 2015, a friend of Alchin's - who was not charged - shared a screenshot of the profile of Olivia Melville's Tinder profile.
It included a sexually explicit lyric from singer Nicki Minaj and rapper Drake's song Only.
The post and Alchin's comment, "Stay classy, ladies", quickly spread through social media, with many leaving abusive comments about Ms Melville, 25.
When her friends defended her online, Alchin then wrote more than 50 posts, including rape threats, derogatory comments about feminists and saying that women should "never have been given rights".
He was reported by 24-year-old Paloma Brierley Newton, a friend of Ms Melville.
Alchin admitted posting the comments after he was arrested, but told police he had been drunk and that he was unaware it was criminal behaviour.
Court papers said he told police that he had been internet trolling a "group of feminists that were harassing me and my friends".
Alchin had allegedly asked Ms Newton what "law he was breaking" when she threatened to report him to police.
Ms Newton, Ms Melville and others set up advocacy group Sexual Violence Won't Be Silenced in wake of the incident, to challenge online sexual harassment.
"We are extremely pleased that Mr Alchin has plead guilty", the group said on Facebook.
"Out victory today sends a message to all women that they don't have to put up with harassment online; that there are steps and channels they can take, and that Australian law is on their side."
"This case will be the first of its kind and will represent a landmark victory for opponents of online harassment," said Ms Newton in a statement. "We will no longer be silenced."
Alchin was charged with "using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence" - but that law was written more than two decades ago, before Facebook or Tinder existed.
Until this case, the courts had only used that law to try people over telephone and text message communications. It had not been clear whether threats made on social media could be punished under pre-existing Australian law.
In response to Alchin's guilty plea, Ms Melville told an Australian news service: "After so long of him saying he would plead not guilty, of course I'm happy."
Nearly half of 1,000 Australian women indicated that they had experienced some form of abuse or harassment online, in a survey by computer security firm Norton.
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An Australian man has pleaded guilty to making sexual threats on social media, in what is seen as a landmark victory for opponents of online harassment.
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The reconstruction of a 5.5 mile (8km) stretch of the A338 Bournemouth Spur Road is of one of five schemes to get the green light.
The road carries about 60,000 vehicles a day, more than 2,000 of which are HGVs.
Peter Finney, Dorset County Council cabinet member, said it would be a "lifeline for business development".
The work between Ashley Heath Roundabout and the Blackwater Junction is one of five schemes aimed at increasing road capacity and easing congestion on the road network around Bournemouth and its airport.
The funding follows an application to central government's Local Growth Fund by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (DLEP), made up of councils and business bodies.
A previous bid for £20m funding for repair works on the A338 was turned down by the government in 2011.
Bournemouth Chamber of Trade previously described the current dual carriageway as "20 years past its safe use-by date".
Work on the A338 is due to start in September 2015.
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One of Dorset's busiest roads is to be rebuilt following a successful bid for £66m of government funding.
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Stephen Schwarzman also says it is unlikely energy exports to the US would face any new cross-border taxes.
The business adviser met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet on Monday.
Mr Trump has told Canada and Mexico he plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
Canada "is held in very high regard", Mr Schwarzman told journalists after the Calgary meeting.
"Canada is very well-positioned for any discussions with the United States," he said.
The chief executive of the US investment firm Blackstone Group, who chairs a panel of business leaders who give Mr Trump advice, also noted trade between the two countries was essentially in the balance.
Mr Trudeau and his team have been working to build a relationship with the new Trump administration. Senior aides to both Mr Trump and Mr Trudeau met in Washington and New York before Mr Trump's inauguration.
Mr Trudeau and his team are meeting in Calgary over two days to discuss the US-Canada relationship.
According to reports, Mr Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, was supposed to meet with Mr Trudeau and members of his Cabinet but was unable to make the trip.
Mr Trudeau's spokesman said that "a high level of engagement" between both governments continues.
During the election, the president made trade a core campaign issue. He regularly criticised deals made with countries like China and Mexico, which both import more goods to the US than the US exports to them.
He has threatened to impose high tariffs against imports from both countries,
Mr Trump's tough trade talk worried Canadian politicians and industry, given the US is the country's largest trading partner. The Nafta agreement came into effect between the US, Canada, and Mexico in 1994.
On Monday, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he expects Mr Trump to meet Mr Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto within "the next 30 days or so" to discuss reopening the trade deal.
The striker fired home from close range on 77 minutes from Rory Gaffney's cutback to earn all three points.
Gaffney had earlier opened the scoring for the Pirates with well-placed header from Billy Bodin's free-kick.
Leroy Lita's low finish made it 1-1, while Town's Marc Laird hit the bar with an injury-time header.
Rovers move into third place in League Two ahead of Accrington, who drew 2-2 with Morecambe to slip to fourth on goal difference.
James Farrelly, 52, denies murdering Martin Hamilton, 53, in Mossside Drive, Blackburn, between 16 April and 17 December 2015.
It is alleged that, while acting with others, Mr Farrelly shot Hamilton in the head and inflicted blunt and sharp force injuries to his head.
He is also charged with hiding the body in woodland near the B7015.
It is also alleged that he removed kitchen units, appliances and flooring from the house in Mosside Drive, and cleaned and attempted to remove blood-staining from the house and from a van.
Farrelly, who is represented by Derek Ogg QC, is also accused of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin between January 2001 and February 2016.
He denies all the charges against him and trial has been set for May.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC said: "The Crown position is that this is a fairly complicated case."
Hamilton, from Glasgow, was previously one of Scotland's most wanted men and was nicknamed the Blackhill Butcher, after the housing estate from which he operated..
He was released from prison in September 2014 but went missing in April last year.
He had been on the police's most-wanted list before he was jailed in 2000 over a string of charges including drug dealing, torture, abduction and sodomy.
The trial is expected to last between four and five weeks.
The visitors, now just a point above the bottom four in 20th, led at half-time through on-loan Larnell Cole.
But Millwall then scored twice in four minutes through Ben Thompson's 25-yard volley and a Steve Morison header.
Lee Gregory completed victory with a late penalty after being fouled by Town keeper Mark Halstead, who was sent off.
Millwall, unbeaten at home in six games, are fourth and seven points behind Burton in second, but are the same margin clear of Barnsley in seventh.
Millwall boss Neil Harris told BBC Radio London:
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"I can change the shape, I can change the team, but it's down to the players at the end of the day.
"I said to the boys 'Go and express yourself in the second half. We've got to be brave and get on the ball'.
"First half, we were too direct, too long, we needed the extra pass. Second half, we were excellent."
Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"We did well in the first half, but in the second half we didn't tough it out. We got caught at the edge of the box with a volley, then we lost another sloppy goal from a set play.
"You have to commit and win the individual battles, otherwise you will concede goals and we didn't win enough of those battles.
"The manner in which we have lost is difficult to tactically pull apart but, as individuals, we have to do our jobs better."
Noble, 26, spent two seasons at Notts but was released in June 2016 and joined Forest Green on a two-year deal.
BBC Nottingham Sport reports Notts have so far offered about £100,000 for the player.
"We are trying to get Liam back here. We feel he would be an important cog in us moving forward," Nolan said.
"We have targets and there is a lot of talking going on with a lot of different clubs."
Noble scored seven goals in 40 appearances last season, helping Rovers win promotion from the National League via the play-offs.
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Isaac Vatkin, 91, was holding the hand of his wife Teresa, 89, as she succumbed to Alzheimer's disease on Saturday, the Daily Herald reported.
Isaac died 40 minutes later. Family members said they took comfort in knowing they were together at the end.
"You didn't want to see them go," said grandson William Vatkin, "but you couldn't ask for anything more."
"Their love for each other was so strong, they simply could not live without each other," said daughter Clara Gesklin at the couple's joint funeral.
"They were always in love, literally to the end. To the last second," said Rabbi Barry Schechter, who led the service at the Shalom Memorial Funeral Home in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights.
Staff at the local Highland Park Hospital found Mr and Mrs Vatkin unresponsive and breathing shallowly on Saturday and chose to place their beds side by side.
Family members positioned their hands so they touched.
The couple raised three children in Skokie, Illinois, and had a close relationship with their grandchildren, family members said.
Mr Vatkin had been a kosher meat distributor and Mrs Vatkin a homemaker and manicurist.
A school bus driver told how he saved 11 children by reversing off Eastham Bridge in Tenbury Wells as its apex went crashing into the River Teme.
Worcestershire County Council has launched an investigation.
The authority's councillor responsible for highways said lorry drivers "chose to ignore the advice".
Lorries had been in the area for road works, the council said.
Marcus Hart, cabinet member for highways, said: "Plainly there was suitable signage in terms of unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles and obviously lorry drivers chose to ignore advice."
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Barry Gutteridge, who lives nearby, said: "We get lorries weighing 25 tonnes. No wonder the bridge collapsed."
Mr Gutteridge from Eastham said he had seen 17 loads of stones go over the bridge on Tuesday - the day it gave way.
Bus driver Derek Trow was taking pupils home from Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School in Tenbury Wells when the bridge collapsed.
He saw the road give way ahead of him and managed to back up moments before it crumbled.
"There was an almighty row and the apex collapsed leaving a drop of about 10ft," the 62-year-old said.
"We would have gone down there. We were lucky."
The Grade II listed structure was built in 1793 and was originally a toll road until the council made it free in 1907.
The council said the bridge was routinely inspected last December but because it is listed, repairs will take at least a year to carry out.
The area has been made safe and an investigation had been launched, a spokesman said.
He added: "Our investigations into the cause of the collapse are continuing and until we complete that process it would be wrong for us to speculate."
A 10-mile diversion along the A443 remains in place.
These spoof Nobels for "improbable research" are in their 25th year.
The team behind the urination research, from Georgia Tech, won the physics Ig.
Using high-speed video analysis, they modelled the fluid dynamics involved in urination and discovered that all mammals weighing more than 3kg empty their bladders over about 21 seconds.
Their subjects included rats, goats, cows and elephants - and although the findings reveal a remarkably consistent "scaling law" in bigger beasts, they also emphasise that small animals do things quite differently.
Rats can urinate in a fraction of a second, for example. This might make rodents a poor choice for studying urinary health problems.
"We don't have a proper animal model for urinary system research," said the study's lead author Patricia Yang, a PhD student in mechanical engineering.
She told the BBC there might also be physical lessons to learn, from the adaptability of the system in bigger creatures. From water towers to drinking backpacks, Ms Yang said, "every time we need a new function, we figure out a new design for it.
"But in nature, they just have one system for all different sizes. This might inspire us - we could have a scalable design that fits different purposes."
Ms Yang and three colleagues published their findings in the journal PNAS last year, and on Thursday all four researchers were present to accept their prize at the Ig Nobel ceremony.
Run by the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research, this is a jubilantly irreverent affair. It has become world famous for recognising scientific achievements that "make people laugh, and then think".
This year's Ig winners travelled from six continents to accept their trophies. The triumphant research included a chemical recipe to partially un-boil an egg, and the discovery that the word "huh?" occurs in every human language.
Another recipient, Michael Smith from Cornell University, ranked the pain of bee stings on different parts of the body, by orchestrating repeated stings to the four corners of his own anatomy. These ranged from the skull, the middle toe and the upper arm (at the less painful end) to the penis shaft, the upper lip and the nostril.
Marc Abrahams, the Ig Nobels' founder and the evening's master of ceremonies, closed the event with his customary punchline: "If you didn't win an Ig Nobel prize tonight - and especially if you did - better luck next year."
A group from the UK was also on the prize list, for testing whether pain experienced when driving over speed bumps can help diagnose appendicitis.
The idea started as a running joke among surgeons, but Helen Ashdown decided to test it out while working as a junior doctor at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury.
"It's quite a residential area, so it's a town that does have a lot of speed bumps," said Dr Ashdown, now a GP and a lecturer at the University of Oxford. "We noticed that quite a few of the patients who had appendicitis said how bad the journey to hospital had been."
Sure enough, in a formal study of 101 patients, 33 of 34 people who were diagnosed with appendicitis reported pain travelling over speed bumps.
"It's a test that has high sensitivity, so it's a good rule-out test," Dr Ashdown told BBC News. In other words, a patient who does not experience speed bump pain is very unlikely to have appendicitis. But such pain can also have other causes - so speed bumps make a poor "rule-in" test.
Nonetheless the work produced a paper in the British Medical Journal and, now, an Ig Nobel prize for diagnostic medicine.
"It came as a complete shock," Dr Ashdown said, but she is adjusting. "The more I find out about them, the more of an honour it seems to be to get one."
Dr Rodrigo Vasquez, from the University of Chile, received the biology Ig Nobel for the crucial observation that if you raise a chicken with a weighted, artificial tail stuck to its backside, it will walk like a dinosaur.
As comical as they sound, these experiments offer a rare chance to explore how extinct species like Tyrannosaurus rex might have moved. It is impossible to know for sure, of course, but palaeontologists had made some educated guesses - which are now closely matched by the gait of these stick-tailed chickens.
"We cannot test it in a real T. rex or any theropod dinosaurs - but we can in a chicken," Dr Vasquez told the BBC.
"[The gait] is a little bit crouching and the steps are a bit longer, because the centre of gravity of the animal is changed… and they have to counterbalance the weight of the tail by stretching their neck a little bit."
He also said he was thrilled to be representing Chilean science at the award ceremony: "It's funny, but it's really good recognition."
Here is the full list of Ig Nobel prize winners:
Chemistry - Callum Ormonde (University of Western Australia) and colleagues, for inventing a chemical recipe to partially un-boil an egg.
Physics - Patricia Yang (Georgia Institute of Technology, US) and colleagues, for testing the biological principle that nearly all mammals empty their bladders in about 21 seconds (plus or minus 13 seconds).
Literature - Mark Dingemanse (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, The Netherlands) and colleagues, for discovering that the word "huh?" (or its equivalent) seems to exist in every human language - and for not being quite sure why.
Management - Gennaro Bernile (Singapore Management University) and colleagues, for discovering that many business leaders developed in childhood a fondness for risk-taking, when they experienced natural disasters (such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and wildfires) that - for them - had no dire personal consequences.
Economics - The Bangkok Metropolitan Police (Thailand) for offering to pay policemen extra cash if the policemen refuse to take bribes.
Medicine - joint award: Hajime Kimata (Kimata Hajime Clinic, Japan) and also Jaroslava Durdiaková (Comenius University, Slovakia) and her collagues, for experiments to study the biomedical benefits or biomedical consequences of intense kissing (and other intimate, interpersonal activities).
Mathematics - Elisabeth Oberzaucher and Karl Grammer (University of Vienna, Austria) for trying to use mathematical techniques to determine whether and how Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty, the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, managed, during the years from 1697 through 1727, to father 888 children.
Biology - Bruno Grossi (University of Chile) and colleagues, for observing that when you attach a weighted stick to the rear end of a chicken, the chicken then walks in a manner similar to that in which dinosaurs are thought to have walked.
Diagnostic medicine - Diallah Karim (Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK) and colleagues, for determining that acute appendicitis can be accurately diagnosed by the amount of pain evident when the patient is driven over speed bumps.
Physiology and entomology - Awarded jointly to two individuals: Justin Schmidt (Southwest Biological Institute, US) for painstakingly creating the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which rates the relative pain people feel when stung by various insects; and to Michael L. Smith (Cornell University, US), for carefully arranging for honey bees to sting him repeatedly on 25 different locations on his body, to learn which locations are the least painful (the skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm). and which are the most painful (the nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft).
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In its half-year results, it said a continued low price could mean it breaks the conditions of the loans.
But following re-negotiation with lenders, it has secured funding until the middle of 2017.
Premier Oil has net debts of more than $2bn.
The London-headquartered exploration and production company reported a large loss after reducing the valuation of its Solan field, in UK waters west of Shetland.
That is now seen as worth $385m less, partly due to raised costs of getting it to production, which is scheduled to begin by the end of this year.
It also calculates higher decommissioning commitments once Solan production is complete. However, the results were helped by a tax credit, resulting from a re-calculation of its exposure to UK tax, following the cuts in the March Budget.
Premier Oil reported revenues for the first half of 2015 were $577m, down from $885m in January to June last year.
After taking the Solan valuation into account, the company made a pre-tax loss of $215m, having made a profit of $50m in the first half of 2014.
It reported reducing costs, partly through selling the expensive Scott field, and pushing down prices with contractors.
It has gained from more efficient vessel and helicopter use in the North Sea, and sharing with neighbouring producers.
Ingram hit eight sixes and six fours in his 130-ball innings with William Bragg (59) to help the hosts reach 281-7.
Varun Chopra's controlled 124 in a 108-run partnership with Ravi Bopara (56) had Essex in control at 239-5, but Craig Meschede took 2-53 to fight back.
Michael Hogan (2-42) then defended seven in a dramatic final over to give Glamorgan a second win of the season.
Earlier Neil Wagner (4-58) had dismissed Glamorgan openers Jacques Rudolph and David Lloyd for single figures, but Bragg and Ingram rebuilt well in the middle overs before the South African cut loose to record his best List A score and boost the total.
In reply Essex made a terrible start to their innings, losing Nick Browne and Tom Westley inside the first two overs before Alastair Cook (37) steadied things and Chopra and Bopara came together.
They appeared to be in control but Bopara was run out at the non-striker's end by Meschede, who then clean bowled Chopra to leave a nervy run-in, which proved too much for Essex's lower order.
Adam Wheater (14), Ashar Zaidi (14) and Ryan ten Doeschate all fell, leaving Simon Harmer and Neil Wagner to chase seven runs off Hogan's last over, but two byes off the final ball left them just two runs short of completing a fourth straight One-Day Cup win.
Glamorgan bowler and vice-captain Michael Hogan told BBC Wales Sport:
"It was exciting for everyone but I was happy the boys stayed in the contest until the end. I've got a bit of history with the last over but it was one of those where you've got nothing to lose.
"I actually thought they needed three to win (off the last ball) so I was thinking it's a tie, a bit deflated and everyone started cheering, they'd needed a boundary.
"Colin hit some big balls, we needed Colin or someone to hit long at the back end and when he's in, there's no better player- he's one of the best white-ball players I've seen."
Essex batsman Varun Chopra:
"We are disappointed, we did enough and we were well placed to win it but unfortunately I guess no-one took responsibility for the last ten overs and they kept going, they bowled really well and it's definitely one that got away from us.
"Things like that (Ravi Bopara's freak run-out) happen in cricket but we had stages to kill it off, our last ten overs weren't great but we've got three wins, our first loss so it's important we bounce back on Wednesday (against Sussex).
"Cooky played nicely the other end, Ravi played really well to give us some impetus and we were well in control of the run-rate, but unfortunately it wasn't to be."
Public anger over his bid triggered violent protests in April and a failed coup attempt in May. More than 70 people have died.
Under Burundi's constitution, a president is limited to a maximum of two terms in office. Mr Nkurunziza insists that he is eligible to stand again, arguing that his first term does not count as he was elected by parliament, not voters, in 2005 and he has been backed by the constitutional court.
The African Union (AU) has also denounced the poll and has refused to send observers - the first time it has taken such action against a member state.
If President Nkurunziza wins, the violence seen in recent months could continue. The May coup plotters who escaped have vowed to create unrest until he steps down.
The civil war that broke out in 1993 was triggered by elections that year. The war was fought along ethnic lines with mostly Hutu rebels fighting against the politically dominant Tutsi minority. After years of negotiations, a landmark ceasefire deal set ethnic quotas for power-sharing in the military and other key areas in public service.
The peace agreement has held for over 10 years and social cohesion is one of its dividends. The anti-government camp is generally multi-ethnic but media reports of hate speech hint at the lurking danger of splits along ethnic lines.
The peace deal also paved the way for elections in 2005 and President Nkurunziza was appointed by parliament that year. That election and the subsequent one in 2010 was watched just as anxiously by the region.
The region already hosts the UN's largest peacekeeping mission - in DR Congo, where a protracted civil war has been going on since 1998.
At its height, the DR Congo conflict drew in over half a dozen regional countries. Mutual suspicion is rife and governments frequently accuse their neighbours of harbouring rebel refugees who plan to return home and challenge the status quo.
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding. The UN says at least 170,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries including Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo.
Many commentators have highlighted the irony of Ugandan President Museveni failed mediation efforts in Burundi. He has been power since 1986 and changed the constitution to remove presidential term limits.
President Nkurunziza is representing the CNDD-FDD, (National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy), which he joined in 1995 when it was a Hutu rebel group.
He led the group as rebel commander and through its transition into a political movement. A former teacher and born-again Christian, he is keen to portray himself as a man of the people, working to rebuild the country after decades of civil war.
He is almost certain to be re-elected, as his four main rivals have pulled out of the poll.
They say a security clampdown, including the closure of private radio stations after the coup attempt, prevents a free contest.
However, the electoral commission has kept their names on ballot papers - a move aimed at giving the poll legitimacy, critics say.
Of the four, Agathon Rwasa is the most significant.
Like Mr Nkurunziza, he is a former Hutu rebel commander who was accused of committing widespread atrocities during the civil war.
He also boycotted the 2010 election, alleging fraud and intimidation.
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Rea, 29, from Northern Ireland, swapped the lead with Ducati rider Davies on the final lap in Phillip Island before edging the verdict by .063 of a second.
Dutchman Michael van der Mark was a further .43 seconds back in third while Huddersfield's Tom Sykes took fifth.
The second race in Phillip Island will take place on Sunday.
This year's World Superbike series has a new format with race one at the meetings taking place on Saturday afternoons as opposed to Sunday mornings.
Race two will continue to be staged on Sunday afternoons.
In Saturday's opener, Davies, 29, produced a tremendous charge from ninth on the grid to challenge an early lead group which also included Sylvain Guintoli and Alex Lowes.
Englishman Sykes led at one stage before dropping back after being passed by Rea.
By the start of the final lap, Davies was Rea's closest challenger and the Welshman took the lead as the riders approached the final corner before the defending champion produced a daring move on the outside to snatch victory.
After being prominent for much of the race on his World Superbike debut, 2006 MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden has to settle for ninth place.
Rea is aiming to emulate the achievement of Carl Fogarty, who successfully defended his title twice in the 1990s.
The Northern Irishman won 14 of the 26 races last year and was on the podium 23 times.
Potentially the government could suffer defeats over metro mayors in the Cities and Devolution Bill, and over English votes for English laws, but its narrow majority is only in danger if Labour MPs can muster enough cohesion to vote with Conservative rebels and after the experience of the vote on the fiscal charter this week, that's quite a big "if".
One for the cognoscenti is the attempt by the Labour MP Graham Allen, a wily ex-whip, to use his Westminster Hall debate last week to force a vote on the floor of the Commons; his little-noticed debate was designed to keep up the pressure for the creation of a house business committee, to control the agenda of the Commons. At the end of his debate, Mr Allen called for the equivalent of a vote, an unprecedented move, and the result is that this matter can now appear for resolution on the floor of the house. However, there is no possibility that the government would allocate any time for MPs to hold a division, so he is appealing to the backbench business committee to allocate 15 minutes for a vote without debate. I would be amazed if it happened, but you never know.
Here's my rundown of the main chamber activity for the coming week:
The Commons meets at 14:30 (BST) for defence questions. After that the Prime Minister will give a statement on the latest meeting of the European Council, which seems likely to focus mostly on the refugee crisis.
Then, there is quite an unusual Commons event, an emergency debate, obtained by the shadow leader of the house Chris Bryant, on the (non)operation of the Wilson doctrine, this follows a court ruling that the doctrine, that MPs' phones will not be tapped and their mail will not be opened (this was 1966, remember) by the security services, has no legal force. The debate is likely to become a vehicle for cross-party demands for some kind of explicit legal privilege to protect the parliamentary work of MPs and Peers. An early day motion has been signed by key figures including the Conservative David Davis, the SNP's Alex Salmond and the Greens' Caroline Lucas, among others.
All of which leaves rather little time to debate the second reading of the Psychoactive Substances Bill and there may be complaints about that. The day ends with an adjournment debate on the mitigation of noise around Heathrow airport, led by Bracknell MP, Dr Phillip Lee.
In Westminster Hall (16:30 BST) there is a debate on an e-petition on immigration that "the UK government need to prevent immigrants from entering the UK immediately! We MUST close all borders, and prevent more immigrants from entering Britain. Foreign citizens are taking all our benefits, costing the government millions! Many of them are trying to change UK into a Muslim country!" In his role as a member of the petitions committee the Conservative, Paul Scully, will lead the debate.
In the Lords (14.30 BST) the main legislative action is the first report stage day on the Energy Bill, the big issues include; the oil and gas authority's principle objective to include overseeing re-use of oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea for carbon transportation and storage of greenhouse gases; requiring a government consultation to force petrol companies to contribute to the development of zero carbon emissions technologies in the UK; and requiring the government to develop, promote and implement a comprehensive national strategy for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Rising Tory star Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth leads for the government.
That is followed by a motion to approve the draft Modern Slavery Act 2015 regulations 2015.
The Commons day opens (11.30 BST) with foreign and commonwealth questions. And then there is an interesting ten minute rule bill from the former director of public prosecutions, Sir Keir Starmer, now a Labour MP. He wants to give victims of crime new, enforceable rights. It is an unusually detailed offering for this subspecies of bill and already has a galaxy of cross-party supporters, including, I am told, the former solicitor general, Sir Edward Garnier. I suspect this is just a first step in a Commons campaign.
MPs then move on to a Labour opposition day debate on tax credits, a key campaign theme for Labour. And the day ends with an adjournment debate on the regulation of cosmetic surgery led by Labour's Kevan Jones. It is centred on the case of a constituent who has been left unable to close her eyes following a cosmetic operation, carried out by a surgeon who, despite not being insured in the UK, is still licensed by the General Medical Council.
The two big debates in Westminster Hall are on the availability of cancer drugs (9.30 - 11:00 BST) led by the DUP's Jim Shannon, and on air passenger duty and regional airports (14:30 - 16:00 BST), led by Solihull Conservative Julian Knight.
In the Lords, (from 14:30 BST) two more new peers take their seats: Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, the former Conservative chief whip, James Arbuthnot and Lord Polak - the former Conservative friends of Israel director Stuart Polak.
The main business is the second reading of the Education and Adoption Bill - which deals with the conversion of schools into academies and allows local authorities to transfer their adoption responsibilities to a different council or a voluntary adoption agency.
The Commons sits at 11.30 BST for Cabinet Office questions, followed, at noon by Prime Minister's questions.
Then there's a ten minute rule bill from the Conservative former children's minister Tim Loughton to allow opposite sex couples access to civil partnerships. He says there is an unintended anomaly in the law. where opposite sex couples, who do not want to go down the formal marriage route (and there are almost 3 million cohabiting opposite sex couples) are completely unrecognised in the eyes of the state. Given that 40% of them have children this is a large body of people and they have few protections if things go wrong. Many, he argues, are living under the complete misconception that they are protected by 'common law marriage' which does not formally exist.
The day's main legislating is detailed scrutiny of the cities and local government devolution legislation by a committee of the whole house. Given that this bill only passed its second reading on Wednesday, and the date of this committee stage was only revealed on Thursday, quite a number of MPs are rather miffed about the timing. The deadline for amendments was Friday afternoon, so they had a little over a day to propose detailed changes. Which makes it an interesting test for Labour's new shadow communities secretary, John Trickett and his team.
The government may be seeking to move fast to get the bill into law by Christmas, in order to allow a number of city regions to elect the new-look metro mayors in May. But there may be a stumbling block or two. The bill has already been debated in the Lords where peers removed the requirement for metro mayors to be installed, in return for the devolution of substantial powers from central government to the city regions. The government will seek to reinstate it, the chancellor is particularly enthused, but there will doubtless be counter-amendments to require that the creation of these mayors, who will operate across several local authorities, be put to a referendum. Smart judges of the Commons suspect there are enough Conservative rebels on this issue to cause the government real trouble. Tellingly, Graham Brady, the uber-influential chair of the 1922 committee, has amendments down to allow local authorities to pull out of metro-authorities if they don't like them.
The day's big Westminster Hall debates are on the UK science budget (11 - 11.30 BST) and black history month (14.30 - 16:00 BST)
In the Lords (15:00 BST) after questions to ministers, it is day two of the report stage of the Energy Bill ( see above).
Then peers turn to the constitutional implications of the government's proposals to change the rules of the Commons to allow English votes for English laws (EVEL). Peers are miffed that their call for a joint committee of both houses to consider the idea has gone unanswered - I suspect a vote will be forced on a motion criticising the government, which could well add to the tally of defeats already accumulated since May.
The Commons opens (9.30 BST) with culture, media and sport questions, and that is followed by the regular domestic question time for the House of Commons Commission and leader of the house, expect more probing about when MPs and peers may have to move out to allow the restoration and renewal of their crumbling home.
The Leader, Chris Grayling, will stay on to deliver his weekly business statement, setting out the Commons agenda for the coming week and his marathon continues with a motion to change the commons standing orders to allow English votes for English laws. A vote on the idea before the summer was postponed, when it became clear there was stiff resistance from other parties and from Tory MPs who thought the plans went either too far, or not far enough. If the changes were voted down, it would be a pretty stinging defeat and it's far from impossible.
In the Lords (11:00 BST) the influx of new (mostly Conservative) peers continues: Lord O'Shaughnessy, the former director of policy to the Prime Minister, and Baroness Stroud co-founder and former director of the think-tank the Centre for Social Justice. Both will sit as Conservative peers.
Pick of the questions to ministers is former cabinet minister Lord Forsyth's on the criteria for political nominations to the House of Lords which might produce some interesting gripes about the newcomers.
Then peers move on to a series of debates led by backbenchers, including a waiting for Godot moment, as the Labour peer and former Attorney General, Lord Morris of Aberavon, leads a short debate on the Chilcot Inquiry.
It's another private members bill day in the Commons, (9.30 BST) first up is Conservative defence expert Sir Gerald Howarth's Defence Expenditure (NATO Target) Bill - which suggests a legal requirement modelled on the one for international aid spending. Heidi Allen's Higher Education (Information) Bill is next, and it is possible MPs may work their way down the Order Paper perhaps as far as Peter Bone's EU Membership (Audit of Costs and Benefits) Bill.
And there are second reading debates for more private members bills in the Lords (10:00 BST).
First up is the Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill] - from crossbencher Baroness Cox. Fellow crossbencher, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff has the Access to Palliative Care Bill (perhaps a follow-up to the debates on assisted dying) and Conservative Lord McColl of Dulwich has the Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) Bill. Unlike MPs, Peers will debate all the bills on the Order Paper - and will normally give them an unopposed second reading.
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Unseeded Lopez beat Bulgarian sixth seed Dimitrov 7-5 3-6 6-2 in the second semi-final at Queen's Club in London.
Cilic, the 2012 champion, earlier beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-3 5-7 6-4.
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares were trailing Cilic and Marcin Matkowski 1-6 5-3 in the doubles semi-finals when play was suspended because of rain.
Cilic, aiming to become the first man since Pete Sampras in 1995 to win both the singles and doubles titles, faces playing three matches on Sunday.
The singles final at 14:00 BST will be followed by the conclusion of the doubles semi-final, and then the doubles final.
Rain affected play for the first time at Queen's Club this week, with the first semi-final delayed briefly and the second then interrupted by 45 minutes in the second set.
Lopez, 35, led by a set at that stage and went on to gain some measure of revenge for his heartbreaking defeat by Dimitrov in the 2014 final by seeing out a three-set win.
The Spaniard, who held a match point in the final three years ago, grabbed the only break of the opening set when he forced an error from Dimitrov at 6-5.
An early chance to take command of the second set disappeared with a wayward backhand, and it was Dimitrov who was pushing for the break when the rain arrived.
Lopez, possibly feeling the effects of a long match against Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych the previous evening, was under pressure as his first-serve percentage slipped to 51%.
A rasping backhand winner helped Dimitrov break and he rattled through three of four games to level at one set all.
Lopez dominated the final set, however, missing out on six break points in a 10-minute game at 2-1 before finally converting his eighth chance for a decisive 4-2 lead.
"I'm so happy to be in the final here at one of the most special tournaments for me," said Lopez, the world number 32.
"I've wanted to win this tournament so much for my whole career and tomorrow I have another chance. I feel very pleased."
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Cilic, 28, proved the better returner as he saw off 34-year-old Muller in a battle of the big servers to reach his third Queen's Club final.
Both men saw their unbeaten run on service games this week end, but the Croat's ability to create chances on the return made the difference, albeit only just.
Cilic converted two of 13 break points, and was broken for the first time this week - after five hours and 12 minutes on court - to drop the second set.
However, he made the decisive move midway through the final set with a fizzing return at Muller's toes to edge 4-3 ahead and served his way to victory.
"Today's match was an extremely high level," said Cilic.
"I was playing really, really good throughout all the match and Gilles was pushing me to the limit. I was mixing it up really well and just playing really smart in some critical points.
"It was not easy to keep calm after missing all the break points that I had in that second set, and then losing it."
John Lloyd, former British number one:
Cilic serves so well and I like the way he backs up his serve now. He's very aggressive, standing inside the baseline.
He's not afraid to volley, he moves well, his return of serve is excellent and I like his attitude here too. Right at the beginning of the match he was fist pumping.
He's in form, he knows it and he's desperate to win this tournament again.
Lopez is in as good a form as he's been in his career I would say, the way he's hitting the ball.
He's managing the points and games so well, and the fight he showed there, the way he upped his service percentage in the third set when he must have been tired.
What a wonderful performance from Lopez and what a final we have against Cilic.
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Newcastle United fan Liam Sweeney was among 298 people who died when the Boeing 777 came down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
His father, Barry, travelled to The Hague for the Dutch Safety Board's report into its downing.
The report found that the plane was hit by a Russian-made BUK missile.
See how updates on the MH17 report unfolded on North East Live.
Liam Sweeney, 28, and fellow supporter John Alder, 63, were on board the Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur en route to New Zealand, to watch Newcastle United play in a pre-season tour.
Relatives had a private briefing prior to the publication of the report.
Barry Sweeney described the atmosphere as "quite composed".
"There were a few questions afterwards, obviously there are still angry people in there," he said.
"But the Dutch chairman got a round of applause at the end to be honest with you, he was as frank as he could be.
"Basically [we were told] that the plane was hit by a BUK missile.
"The cockpit then broke off - probably creating confusion in the rest of the plane.
"Hopefully most people were unconscious by the time this happened - and that's probably a comfort to 298 sets of relatives.
"We're all here for the same reason, they sort of told us what we already knew, we can't be 100%, but we have to think no-one suffered on that flight.
"I'm going to have to just go away and think yes, Liam died instantly... because if you think otherwise, it will hurt forever."
The 24-year-old is expected to travel to Merseyside today for a medical.
Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin also had an Everton medical on Wednesday. The France midfielder, 27, is expected to cost up to £24m.
Everton have already signed Charlton Athletic forward Ademola Lookman, 19, for £11m this month.
Belfodil, who is not in Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations squad, is currently training with Standard Liege at their warm weather camp in Spain.
He only joined the club in the summer and has had a nomadic career, including spells with Lyon, Bologna, Parma, Inter Milan, Livorno and Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates.
Chiefs had a first-half try disallowed as they lost at home for the first time in more than a year.
"I don't think we were quite mentally tough enough to really ram things home," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.
"I think we could have rammed home a win here, but we didn't and we've got to make sure we learn from it and we see it for what it is."
Ollie Atkins had a try controversially disallowed in the first half for a knock-on, when replays appeared to show the ball had been knocked back by a Saracens player.
Baxter continued: "I want to focus on the things that can make us a great side, I don't want us to focus on 'we'd have beaten Saracens if we'd have had a couple of refereeing decisions'.
"I want us to deserve to win because of the great things we do and that's what we've got to make sure we keep fighting to make happen.
"I feel a bit sorry for (forwards coach) Rob Hunter, as if you think how many times we gave them line-outs, how many times we gave them scrums, we've got to be a little bit easier on ourselves.
"You look at the game as an 80 minutes, we've come up short very late in the game against a very good team.
"If that game had been a draw no-one would have complained. If we'd have won by three points no-one could have complained. If we'd have got another try in there from some of our pressure, no-one could have complained."
But with Exeter second in the Premiership at the midway point of the season, Baxter says it is important that his side do not dwell on their first home loss since the club went down to Gloucester in January 2015.
"Sometimes it's too easy to not see what's actually there," said Baxter.
"If someone had said right at the start of this season that you're going to get to the halfway point and you'll have lost three games, and taken bonus points from all of them, most people would take that.
"It's a pretty good return and pretty much every other team in the Premiership would take it, so we're going OK.
"What we have to do make sure is that a loss isn't any different to a big win and we're ready to get on with it again."
He has been banned from the legal profession for 11 years. The court said he could not appeal against the ruling.
Mr Garzon is best known for helping to secure the arrest of the former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet in London.
He also faces two other charges, including exceeding his authority by investigating Franco-era crimes.
Correspondents say the ruling by the Supreme Court effectively ends Mr Garzon's career as a judge.
Mr Garzon's supporters say the cases against him are politically motivated and have been taking part in demonstrations outside the court during the trial.
By Tom BurridgeBBC News, Madrid
This is not the case against Baltasar Garzon which has attracted most of the publicity in Spain. The verdict in his second trial, which looked at his attempts to investigate alleged crimes carried out under the former dictatorship of Francisco Franco will be more controversial and will have wider implications for the country, whatever the result.
However many people, especially Judge Garzon's supporters, see the two trials as one. They perceive these two trials, and a third which is still pending, to be a "vendetta" by the political right, against a judge who is regarded as a champion of human rights and justice by the Spanish left.
As much as he is loved by some, in particular the relatives of people who went missing under Franco's regime, Judge Garzon is hated by others who feel he is a politically motivated judge who seeks controversy and the media limelight.
Whereas most international commentators are dismayed that the man who attempted to put the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, on trial has now been tried himself, in Spain the issue divides opinion and evokes strong feelings on both the right and left of Spanish society.
The conviction relates to the wire-tapping of conversations between prisoners and their lawyers ordered by Mr Garzon in 2009.
The detainees are accused of paying off politicians in return for government contracts.
Under Spanish law, wiretaps are only expressly permitted for terrorism laws and the legality if its use for other cases is more vague.
The written judgement imposes "the definitive loss of the duty and the honours that he bears" as a judge of Spain's National Court, and was passed unanimously by the seven Supreme Court judges.
It prohibits him from "obtaining during the duration of the sentence any employment or duty with judicial or governing functions within the judiciary".
"We shall carry on fighting, carry on appealing. We have a long road ahead, but I believe both he and I are more than strong enough," Mr Garzon's lawyer Javier Baena said after the sentence, according to Reuters.
The judge's decision in 2008 to investigate the disappearance of tens of thousands of people during the Franco era, including ordering the excavation of mass graves, provoked fierce criticism and anger.
The probe allegedly violates an amnesty on crimes committed during General Franco's rule.
Mr Garzon, however, argued that no amnesty can cover crimes against humanity.
That trial ended on Wednesday but the verdict is likely to take weeks.
The 56-year-old also faces a third charge, of allegedly dropping an investigation into the head of Spain's biggest bank, Santander, after receiving payments for a course sponsored by the bank. No date has been set for that trial.
Police Ombudsman Michael Maguire had taken the Police Service of Northern Ireland's chief constable to court.
He challenged the PSNI's refusal to release sensitive information about informers, relating to 60 murders.
Mr Maguire began judicial review proceedings in June against the then Chief Constable Matt Baggott, who has since retired.
The police ombudsman claimed he had been refused access to more than 100 documents.
He alleged that the information had been deliberately withheld, and that some of his staff had been turned away from police stations.
The ombudsman's office is responsible for scrutinising all aspects of the PSNI, and its predecessor, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
Among dozens of cases under investigation, is that of the killing of an RUC officer in 1992.
It has been claimed that the RUC's Special Branch had advance notice of the attack and that at least two IRA informers were involved.
Mr Maguire was also seeking details on what what known by informers with regard to an attack in County Down in 1994.
Six people were shot dead by loyalists as they watched a World Cup football match in a rural pub in Loughinisland.
The PSNI had maintained that there was an onus upon it to ensure that the lives of informants remained protected, and that as such the information could not be released.
It is understood that an accommodation has now been reached.
In a statement, the ombudsman said the PSNI has now accepted that his office has a legal right to see any material it wishes during the course of an investigation.
The information the PSNI had refused to allow him access to, is now being made available.
A member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, another oversight body that holds the PSNI to account, welcomed the resolution of the dispute.
Jonathan Craig, who chairs the Policing Board's performance committee, said: "It is critical for public confidence in the service that there is police cooperation in the provision and disclosure of information to the institutions with legislative responsibility for delivery of independent oversight of the PSNI."
South Down MP Margaret Ritchie, of the SDLP, said: "It is crucial that the Police Ombudsman has access to any and all information as the office sees fit.
"It is essential for public confidence and so that victims and survivors can have complete faith that the past will be dealt with in an open and transparent manner."
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly also welcomed the decision.
"The independence of the Police Ombudsman's office is central to building public confidence in policing," he said.
"Therefore I welcome today's decision by the new Chief Constable George Hamilton to release the files requested by Michael Maguire."
The Swiss, 34, who pulled out of last week's Madrid Open with a back injury, is seeking a first Rome title, having lost last year's final.
Defending champion Djokovic, 28, also reached the third round with a 7-5 7-5 win over France's Stephane Robert.
"I was expecting to lose in straight sets," said Federer, who decided to play only after completing the warm-up.
World number two Federer, who received a bye in the first round, said he has no chance of winning the tournament - "I'm so far off that it won't happen" - and is not sure he will be fit to face Dominic Thiem in the next round.
"I don't know how I'm going to feel tomorrow," he said. "I hope so, but I'm literally going practice after practice."
Serb Djokovic, the world number one and top seed, was given a stiff test by qualifier Robert, coming back from a break down in the second set.
Spanish fifth seed Rafael Nadal, 29, beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber to set up a third-round meeting with Australian Nick Kyrgios.
Angelique Kerber, Victoria Azarenka and Simona Halep were knocked out in the second round at the Foro Italico complex.
German second seed Kerber, the Australian Open champion, was beaten 6-1 5-7 7-5 by Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, while Belarusian fourth seed Azarenka lost 6-3 6-2 to Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu.
Azarenka, who also pulled out of the Madrid Open with a back injury, said: "It's not good right now. We'll see what happens. I don't know what to tell you.
"I thought I was OK and was ready to play and came back, so I'm just disappointed."
Romanian sixth seed Halep, the Madrid Open champion, was beaten 6-3 4-6 6-3 by Australia's Daria Gavrilova.
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The "hair ice" is a highly unusual type of frost that needs a very particular set of conditions to form.
Suzanne Humphris, a ranger team leader for the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, discovered the ice in the Bracklinn Woods on Friday.
The strange, candy floss look is caused by a fungus called exidiopsis effusa.
The action of the fungus is to enable the ice to form very thin hairs - with a diameter of about 0.01mm - and to keep this shape for many hours when temperatures are close to freezing.
Ms Humphris told BBC Scotland: "It looks like snow or fungus growing from wood, but it melts in your hand when you touch it - it instantly disappears.
"I've never seen so much of it. If there's other frost around you don't really notice it, but there wasn't this time so it stood out."
The ice only appears on wood which has fungus growing in it and there also needs to be exactly the right combination of humidity and temperature.
Ms Humphris said: "The conditions are to have lots of water in the wood, humid air and for it to be below freezing."
Formations of hair ice were also spotted at the weekend in West Lothian and near Nairn in Moray.
A study by scientists at the University of Bern in Switzerland, published in July 2015, linked the formation of hair ice to the exidiopsis effusa fungus.
Ross McCormack capitalised on poor defending to round the goalkeeper and slot Fulham ahead early on.
Marnick Vermijl's fine solo effort drew Preston level but Moussa Dembele tucked in to earn Fulham back-to-back wins for the first time since October.
The hosts almost levelled through Jermaine Beckford late on but he could not keep his close-range effort down.
A first-half that lacked quality saw Preston's Tom Clarke suffer a serious-looking injury and he had to be replaced early on.
But, despite the absence of their captain, Preston rallied after half-time and equalised when substitute Verrmijl skipped past two defenders and lashed in a low shot.
But Dembele's winner inflicted a first home defeat since January on Preston.
Fulham have now scored more goals away from home than any other Championship side so far this season, netting 29 times on their travels.
Preston manager Simon Grayson:
"It was a frustrating night. Sometimes in games you don't get what you deserve.
"I thought that was the case tonight. We were the better team, created the better chances.
"They got the early goal but we passed the ball better and there was only one team looking to win the game. We weren't helped by some of the tactics they used at times."
Fulham head coach Slavisa Jokanovic:
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"We are not safe. With six games in front of us, now it's six points we don't have reason to think about a holiday.
"We need to do much for our away supporters who travel with us and push us towards safety.
"It's not time for holiday, we need to give these people something back because we haven't given them too many happy afternoons. We can fix that in these six games ahead of us."
Mainly because To Pimp A Butterfly was released a week earlier than was originally advertised.
But now Spotify says that buzz helped the 27-year-old rapper break their global records.
The album was streamed more than 9.6 million times on its first full day of release.
The previous record-holder was Michael Buble's Christmas, with 9.5 million streams on Christmas Eve 2014.
Kendrick has a huge fan following, with Kanye West calling him "an inspiration" on Twitter.
Kanye's praise was backed by producer Paul Epworth - who's worked with the likes of Adele. He called To Pimp A Butterfly "an incredible album".
Grime artist JME wrote: "mad ting @kendricklamar thank you."
Busta Rhymes tweeted "incredible" and called Lamar a "king", saying he was "flawless".
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Dietrich Wagner - a 69-year-old retired engineer - was hit in the face at a protest in Stuttgart four years ago. His eyelids were torn and some of the bones around his eyes fractured, causing his eyeballs to fall out of their sockets.
Mr Wagner's injuries are very rare but he has travelled to the capital to lobby the mayor, Boris Johnson, who is asking Londoners whether the Metropolitan Police should have water cannon available in future.
Mr Wagner was attending a demonstration over the redevelopment of Stuttgart's main railway station on 30 September 2010. He remembers the jets on the water cannon suddenly becoming more intense: "I felt something like a punch in my face and then I fell backwards," he recalls.
'A tool of violence'
He lost consciousness for a while and later woke up as two fellow protestors were carrying him: "I cried out several times that I could not see and I could only see black. I was not aware that my eyes were hanging out [of their sockets]."
There are graphic photographs of what happened to Dietrich Wagner on the internet. He needed six operations and a metal plate was inserted in his head as part of the reconstructive surgery. In one of his eyes, he only has 8% sight.
His injuries were extreme, but his case is being used by those who want to prevent the introduction of water cannon to the capital.
Dietrich Wagner says he hopes his appearance in London this week, including a visit to City Hall, will help sway the Met against deciding to buy any water cannon. "It's not a democratic tool," he insists, "It's a tool of violence."
A spokesman at Scotland Yard responded to Mr Wagner's visit by saying: "No tactics that we use can ever be entirely risk-free. The options available to us at the moment actually involve a higher degree of force - such as baton rounds, horses, dogs or vehicle tactics."
The Metropolitan Police became interested in the idea of purchasing three second-hand water cannon from Germany after the English riots of August 2011.
The Home Office was reluctant to provide the necessary funding but London's mayor has been more sympathetic to the idea. Mr Johnson is carrying out a public consultation which ends in two weeks. Any final decision will still lie with Home Secretary Theresa May.
Last week peers in the House of Lords held a lively debate about whether water cannon should be authorised outside Northern Ireland.
Speaking about their use there, the Ulster Unionist Lord Empey argued they could be useful when separating rival groups of people.
He warned critics that they shouldn't be superior about the UK model of policing. "Public disorder will change in character over the years," he said. "We are not in the era of Dixon of Dock Green any more."
There's also a big debate within policing. The former Met Police Commissioner, Lord Blair, has said he believes a good case has not yet been made for the use of water cannon outside Northern Ireland.
A briefing paper for the Association for Chief Police Officers said water cannon could be "capable of causing serious injury or even death" but it went on to point out that they had been used in Northern Ireland for the last decade without any recorded injuries.
Police officers and firefighters attended the Quay, on the south bank of the River Clyde at about 19:00 on Friday.
The area includes a cinema, casino, bingo hall and several restaurants.
Police said later no evacuation of buildings had been necessary during the incident.
Kieron Flux went missing after a night out in the Val d'Isère resort. A search helicopter found his body in the Gorges de la Daille on 7 January.
The 18-year-old, from Newport, was a student at Isle of Wight College.
Island coroner Caroline Sumeray recorded a verdict of death by misadventure and said intoxication had contributed to his death.
Ms Sumeray said the French authorities had carried out an autopsy but had not sent the findings.
She also told Mr Flux's mother, Diane Haines, some of his organs had been retained by the French authorities without explanation, and said she would ask the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to investigate.
Mrs Haines said she had not been previously informed and added: "So I buried him with most of his organs missing."
Mr Flux went on the holiday with his father, Wayne Flux, and nine others.
On the second night he and his friend Joseph Craig went into the town centre and initially joined a pub crawl organised by the tour company reps, the inquest heard.
After visiting four bars, Mr Craig became separated from Mr Flux and ended up going back to the group's chalet alone.
Mr Flux had drunk about six bottles of beer before going out.
Ms Sumeray said he got on a shuttle bus but got off at the wrong end of town.
"He was disorientated and wasn't dressed warmly and subsequently got lost in the snow and developed hypothermia and died," she said.
"Had he not been intoxicated with alcohol, I do not think he would have ended up getting lost and dying."
On identifying his son's body, Wayne Flux described him as "frozen solid", the inquest heard.
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With West Indies needing 19 runs off the last over, you would be backing England as the bowling side to win.
For Carlos Brathwaite to hit Ben Stokes for four sixes from the first four balls of that over was unbelievable.
It left England desolate and Stokes utterly devastated.
Perhaps the Durham all-rounder could have bowled those deliveries in a better place, but this is serious pressure at the end of a World Cup final. All you can do is applaud Brathwaite and admit that it was very, very special.
What Twenty20 cricket does is demand a very cool mind - an assassin's mind - because just one ball is crucial. It is such a short game and you have to be so incredibly focused.
On this day it was Brathwaite who was able to step in and bat like that. It was how maybe Viv Richards could have done it 30 years ago, but I'd be surprised if I ever see something like that again.
It was a really good game of cricket. It just goes to show what can happen with the extra tension and pressure of a final.
England were 30 runs short with their 155-9 and when Joe Root was out in the 15th over with them at 111-7, you thought that was them dead and buried.
You knew if England were going to have a chance they would have to take every catch going, get West Indies talisman Chris Gayle out straight away and be on it from the word go.
What they did was totally unexpected - beginning with Root opening the bowling.
It was almost a pride thing for the West Indies. To have Root bowling at them, they would have been wondering what was going on and they duly slogged the ball up in the air.
Stokes held two really good, really important catches out in the deep and England were away. The pressure was on.
It it is a final and it doesn't matter who you are, chasing runs to win a final brings an inherent pressure. Unless, that is, your name is Carlos Brathwaite.
This team, despite being 30 runs short, had the character to take the game as deep as they did. And they could have won it but from some outrageous hitting at the end.
England have learned that they can win a game from even the most dire of positions. Halfway through Sunday's game it was pretty dire, but they didn't give up.
They have taken a battering. The trophy was wrestled away from them in two minutes so they will be devastated.
However, those with cooler heads - head coach Trevor Bayliss in particular - will realise that they have done extremely well to even be competing in that final over and be in with a chance of winning the match.
It shows that this team has an awful lot of character.
Unfortunately for Stokes, whenever there is a World Twenty20, that final over will be shown. For as long as he is playing T20 cricket, it will be flying around. He will have to get over it.
He is a very competitive and strong-willed and he is a very talented cricket. He will get over it, but it will take a while.
Maybe one day when he is retired, he will think he has been involved in something pretty special at Eden Gardens, but it will take a long time to get there.
It is really good for West Indies cricket that their men and women have both won their respective World T20 competitions. Cricket over there is flagging and this is a real shot in the arm.
What we would all like to see is this enthusiasm for T20 cricket born again in their Test cricket.
Not many of these players play Test cricket, which is a real shame, but there needs to be this life, fun and determination in the longer form of the game.
It is down to their coach Phil Simmons to make sure this does carry over because there is nothing better than West Indies cricket when it is smiling - it is a wonderful and happy thing.
It is unique and special and it needs to thrive. They must seize the moment.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt.
Their returns are a boost for Wales as they prepare for the Six Nations.
National captain Warburton comes in at open-side, while Gareth Anscombe takes over at fly-half from Rhys Patchell, who is on the bench.
Blues can reach the quarter-finals from Pool 3 if they win heavily and other results go their way.
Warburton, who has not played since the World Cup, has recovered from ankle problems.
Anscombe came off the bench in Blues' 34-26 at pool leaders Harlequins in the last round and starts for the region for the first time this season.
Jenkins leads the side and has a chance to press his claim to be Wales' first-choice loose-head prop in the forthcoming Six Nations.
Head coach Danny Wilson has made 12 changes, with Jenkins part of a completely changed pack and recalled Wales wing Tom James back after illness.
Former Wales captain Matthew Rees is set to return from a seven-week ban, imposed for stamping on Harlequins number eight Nick Easter.
Blues beat Italian second-tier side Calvisano 50-9 in November.
Meanwhile, Wales and former Blues centre Jamie Roberts sits out Harlequins' visit to Montpellier in the same group.
The Welsh region need a Harlequins victory to give them a chance of finishing as one of the best runners-up in Europe's second-tier competition.
Wilson said: "A few players deserve an opportunity and they get the chance to impress.
"The outcome of our qualification hopes is now out of our hands, all we can concentrate is our performance and getting the five points we need. We will react to what happens elsewhere."
Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Alex Cuthbert, Cory Allen, Gavin Evans, Tom James; Gareth Anscombe, Tavis Knoyle; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Ethan Lewis, Dillon Lewis, Jarrad Hoeata, Lou Reed, Cam Dolan Josh Navidi, Sam Warburton.
Replacements: Matthew Rees, Thomas Davies, Scott Andrews, Macauley Cook, Ellis Jenkins, Lloyd Williams, Rhys Patchell, Aled Summerhill.
Calvisano: Ben De Jager; Giacomo De Santis, Alberto Chiesa, Tommy Castello (capt), Marco Susio; Florin Vlaicu, Pablo Canavosio; Luca Scarsini, Lorenzo Giovanchelli, Rudy Biancotti, Michele Andreotti, Davide Zanetti, Matteo Archetti, Renato Giammarioli, Jim Tuivaiti.
Replacements: Gabriele Morelli, Sami Panico, Marco Riccioni Agustin Cavalieri, Emilio Vezzoli, Nocola Belardo, Riccardo Raffaele, Filippo Buscema.
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France).
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The first priority is, of course, for local police or military to secure the crash site while investigators make their way there.
Sometimes the location and nature of the crash will make this very challenging - such as when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in March 2015 in a remote, snow-covered mountainous region of France inaccessible by road. Debris from the aircraft had been spread across an area of about four hectares (10 acres), about 1,550m up the mountainside in a sloping rocky ravine.
As well as gathering evidence, requests will also be made for copies of documentation - maintenance records and passenger lists - that will be held by the airline.
Communications with air traffic control will be sought as well as information about weather conditions at the time of the crash.
According to rules set out under the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the primary role in the probe goes to the state where the crash happened, but the states where the aircraft was registered, where the airline is based and where the plane was designed can all have a role.
This process is complicated where the crash happens over water, as with Air France flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in June 2009.
It took almost two years for the flight's "black box" data recorders to be recovered from the ocean and another year for the final report to be issued by the French aviation authority.
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Once the investigators are in a position to assess the physical evidence, they have to keep an open mind and not narrow down the focus of their efforts too early.
Before long, the wreckage is normally re-assembled in the nearest suitable building. In the case of the Lockerbie crash in Scotland in 1988, that was initially done in an ex-military base where the wreckage was pieced together "in 2D" on the floor before being moved to the English town of Farnborough, where it could be re-constructed in 3D.
It is that physical evidence, even if it is initially hidden or distorted by the impact of hitting the ground or other factors, that can start to suggest lines of inquiry, along with the "black box" and cockpit voice recorder.
The results of autopsies performed on passengers and crew can also help narrow down what happened on board.
For example, the Dutch report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014 said it was able to determine the nature of the impact that brought it down partially because of the sorts of injuries sustained by the crew in the cockpit.
After the initial phase of gathering physical intelligence, it is normally possible to form a view of the physical process that brought the aircraft down - for example, an explosion.
Curled pieces of metal from the fuselage can suggest this, for example, but this would have to be evident on more than one piece of debris in order to support the theory.
"In most cases, the evidence will be there from the wreckage as to what happened. But then it's about why," says Frank Taylor, a former air accident investigator who worked on the Lockerbie crash.
In UK law, accident investigators have control over the probe for as long as they deem it necessary, but trying to get to the bottom of why the accident happened can be where other agencies start to intervene.
"The accident investigation process is very strictly a no-blame process," Mr Taylor says.
If investigators believe they have found a design or maintenance fault, they can issue recommendations immediately in order to try to prevent the problem happening to other aircraft, long before any final report is published.
Sometimes, as on 9/11, it is immediately apparent that a crime has occurred, at which point police and prosecutors will normally start conducting their own investigations in parallel, combing intelligence to look for clues as to who might be responsible.
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Bethany Shipsey, 21, was being treated at Worcestershire Royal Hospital when there were delays recognising her condition, a report has found.
Her father, Doug Shipsey, said he had warned a nurse how serious the diet pill was.
The NHS Trust said it would not comment until after Miss Shipsey's inquest.
A five-day hearing is due to take place from 8 January.
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Miss Shipsey had a history of mental health issues and had taken overdoses previously, her family said. A man has been convicted of raping her.
On 13 February, while a patient in the hospital's Elgar mental health unit, she was found with DNP, which was confiscated.
Two days later while visiting her family at home, she told a friend on social media she had taken the drug, which her parents believe she had in supply after buying it online.
An ambulance was called and Miss Shipsey told paramedics she had taken 30 tablets, though her family said she was prone to exaggeration.
Her father said he warned nurses about the DNP and after a delay, his daughter was put in the resuscitation room.
However, she was later moved because other patients were considered more seriously ill, he added.
Her mother, Carole Shipsey, who is a nurse, said she could not believe the lack of care she had witnessed.
She told staff her daughter was having a respiratory arrest. A tracheotomy was performed to try to get her breathing, but it was too late, she said.
Mr Shipsey believes the overdose was a cry for help and not a genuine attempt to kill herself.
A forensic toxicology report recorded a level of 8 milligrams of DNP per litre. Deaths have been recorded at 28-99 mg/litre.
Worcestershire Acute Trust carried out an internal report into Miss Shipsey's death, which it shared with her family and has been seen by the BBC.
It said "an overwhelmed department led to a delay in recognition of a potentially fatal overdose and delayed implementation of cooling measures" - a treatment used in DNP overdoses.
In its internal report, the trust said it believed Miss Shipsey's death was inevitable.
Another report, a so-called root cause analysis, concluded there had been a "system failure".
Miss Shipsey died just weeks after the Care Quality Commission issued the trust, which has been in special measures since 2015, with a warning notice ordering it to make significant improvements.
Concerns raised related to all three main hospital sites - Worcester Royal, Kidderminster and the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch - and focused on patient safety, compliance and governance.
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What might appear from Earth when we look into the night sky to be a peaceful, unpolluted realm of the unknown is described by the US Department of Defense as "congested, contested, and competitive".
Having some rules to stop the creation of more debris would seem to be in every space-faring country's interest, but so far the European Union's attempts to draw up a space code of conduct has hit a roadblock.
Experts say that's because of longstanding mistrust between nations, concerns because the agreement wouldn't be legally binding, and accusations that the code of conduct is actually just an attempt to prevent a space arms race.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent announcement that her country would help the EU draft a code of conduct has been met with disapproval by some in the US, fearful that restrictions - including the disclosure of satellite locations and a promise not to attack other countries' satellites with missiles - could threaten its national security.
Experts say China and India were angry at not having been consulted early on, and both - like Russia - have not signed up to the code of conduct so far.
The fact that it's called the EU Space Code of Conduct, instead of the International Space Code of Conduct, even seems to be a reason some countries aren't keen to sign on, experts say.
"You have a situation where many nations are going to be more dependent on space, where many militaries are getting more dependent on space and as a result you have a situation where space is trending towards being a key battlefield of the future," said Dean Cheng, a research fellow at the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.
Dr Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, from the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, agreed: "Space is the next big battle ground of the future. Outer space and cyberspace will constitute the arena of future warfare, given the increasing dependence of major powers on these two domains."
Indeed, the more suspicious nations are unlikely to agree to certain obligations in the EU's 2010 draft code of conduct, including making available "information on national space policies and strategies, including basic objectives for security and defence-related activities".
Mr Cheng said he was sceptical that a non-binding code of conduct would stop countries behaving how they want in space.
"It's purely voluntary and there are no consequences for signing up to it and then breaking it," he said. "What you wind up with is a situation where those who are unlikely to generate debris... have no control over those who are bad citizens."
Others disagree, including Brian Weeden from the Washington-based think tank Secure World Foundation.
"There's plenty of things that we do where people have behaviour that they follow without an overriding punishment or legally binding mechanism," he said. "I think the real value is having a dialogue between all these different countries - that's something that's not really happened before."
According to the US space agency (Nasa), there are more than 21,000 pieces of orbital debris larger than 10cm in diameter, and half a million more between 1cm and 10cm. They stay in orbit for years and often decades before falling to Earth.
Prior to 2007, the bulk of space debris was made up of parts of old rockets. But in 2007, China fired a missile at a weather satellite, which created more than 150,000 pieces of space junk larger than 1cm. It's the kind of behaviour that the code of conduct would try to prevent.
"This is an attempt to stigmatise debris-creating activity, whether it's accidental or on purpose, as being internationally unacceptable," said Dr John Logsdon, a professor specialising in space policy at George Washington University.
"That's clearly a motivation, to influence states to not do something like the Chinese test," he added.
China's missile test and a 2009 collision between a defunct Russian satellite and a US communication satellite together represent a third of all orbital debris, including much of the large debris, according to Nasa.
"If you're concerned about preventing collisions in space, that's where secrecy gets you in trouble," Mr Weeden said. "If you're keeping the location of your satellite secret, you are inherently taking on the responsibility to not let it hit anything, and not all those countries making that stuff secret have that capability."
Countries' objections about making the location of secret military surveillance satellites publicly available are "folly", Mr Weeden said.
"Everyone knows about it anyway," he said. "There are all these amateur trackers, these scientific observatories. All these other countries they don't want seeing the satellites - most of them probably know where they are, anyway."
The UK Defence Committee recently released a report saying the UK is vulnerable to nuclear weapons fired from space.
And in January, the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff, visited RAF Fylingdales in Yorkshire to discuss drafting a national space security policy with the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts.
There are more than 1,000 active* satellites currently orbiting the Earth launched by some 50 countries. Uses include:
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"Everyone is benefiting if we share information, because everyone's going to suffer if we don't," the UK Space Agency's chief engineer, Prof Richard Crowther, said.
"There's no way you can be operating in space and not suffer the consequences of things like space debris.
"Space is everywhere. It's hardwired into everything we do - as it is for all developed nations, so therefore you can't really have a conflict in space which is very localised," Prof Crowther added. "It will, by its very nature, become a global problem."
Despite the diplomatic posturing, mistrust and wariness about the code of conduct among some nations, Dr Logsdon said the EU's motives were honourable.
"Space is becoming a very busy place and without some agreed-upon rules of behaviour, it will be hard for everybody to operate safely in that environment.
"So I think the basic motivation underpinning the code is a noble and perfectly reasonable one."
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British and Commonwealth super-welterweight champion Williams, 24, trained alongside Blackwell under trainer Gary Lockett.
"It was very upsetting. I was supposed to fight the week after it happened, which obviously didn't go on," he said.
"You look at things differently and you're a bit wiser in your approach."
Williams will fight mandatory challenger Ahmet Patterson in Cardiff in a rearranged headline bout on 26 November.
"I'm a little bit more sensible" Williams added.
"I try to avoid sparing too often and taking silly shots and getting into tear-ups in the gym, I don't think it's wise. It makes me a little more wary."
Super-welterweight Patterson goes into the contest undefeated on a run of 17 wins under his belt and Williams says he will be a formidable opponent.
"He's tough to prepare for if you're at that quality and you are a good fighter, as I believe I am. I'm just going to get in there and adapt," Williams said.
"A world title fight is a tremendous motivation. Obviously I've got to get past Ahmet first and he's quality, he's skilful.
"There's no certainty that I'm going to come past that but I believe that I will. There are massive things to come in the New Year."
Protesters have maintained that Jamar Clark, 24, was restrained by police when they shot him on Sunday.
Clark was placed on life support and died a day later.
The shooting has led to protests in the mid-western city, with police and demonstrators using irritant spray against each other on Wednesday night.
Police say that Clark was the suspect in an assault case and was interfering with medics who were working on the assault victim when he was shot.
Lt Bob Kroll, the head of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis told the Associated Press news agency: "Cuffs were never on."
Since the shooting authorities have remained largely silent on the issue, with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension - the agency investigating the shooting - saying that it was one line of investigation.
Mr Kroll also said that Clark had "a violent history" and that the two officers who were involved in the shooting have no disciplinary issues on their records.
Demonstrations continued on Wednesday night, with police telling local media that officers sustained minor injuries and some squad cars receiving "significant damage" from bricks.
A number of high-profile police shootings of black people have sparked protests nationwide in recent months about the police use of excessive force against African Americans.
The ruling was made following a meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Zurich and will apply to male and female players.
The wearing of head covers had been banned, but a two-year trial started in 2012 has proved successful.
"It was decided that female players can cover their heads to play," said Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke.
"Male players can play with head covers too. It will be a basic head cover and the colour should be the same as the team jersey."
In 2011, Iran's women's team withdrew from an Olympic qualification match against Jordan in protest at not being allowed to wear headscarves.
There have also been calls from the Sikh community in Canada for the ban on the wearing of turbans to be lifted.
World football's governing body, Fifa, had claimed the wearing of head covers while playing competitive football posed too great a risk of injury to the head or neck.
However, following a request from the Asian Football Confederation, the IFAB allowed for their safety to be tested during the trial.
At the annual general meeting at Fifa's headquarters, IFAB members also voted to introduce a new law that will punish players who display messages on T-shirts underneath their club's kit.
The rule change, which will come into effect from 1 June, amends Law 4 of the game, which relates to players' equipment.
Migration minister Ioannis Mouzalas was reacting to reports of an EU ultimatum to improve migrant conditions.
More than 740,000 people have arrived on the shores of Greece this year.
A top EU official has warned that children are dying on Greek beaches because of a lack of medical help.
There is also anger that Greece has been slow to let in EU experts and improve its registration of refugees.
The influx of migrants across countries with few border restrictions has alarmed European leaders and raised doubts about the very future of the 1985 Schengen accord.
According to the FT, Greece has been repeatedly warned this week that it could be suspended from the 26-member zone if it fails to take action before an EU leaders' summit in mid-December.
Separately, unnamed officials in Brussels have said that Greece's suspension has been discussed in recent days in an attempt to persuade the Athens government to improve its handling of migrants and refugees. But several diplomats told Reuters that there had been no formal discussion by EU governments.
Greece is not only struggling to cope with the numbers of people arriving on the islands closest to Turkey such as Lesbos, but thousands of people are camped on the northern border with Macedonia, which has erected a fence to stop people crossing.
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Greece's EU partners are frustrated that the Athens government has been slow to accept offers of help from the border agency, Frontex, to better manage its sea border. The offer is particularly sensitive in Greece because of concerns over its national sovereignty.
Mr Mouzalas acknowledged that several EU states had been pressing Greece because they "mistakenly" thought that the influx of migrants could be controlled there rather than in Turkey. "It is not said officially, but there is pressure," he told reporters.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has pushed for Greece's expulsion from Schengen, arguing that the move has widespread but behind-the-scenes support in the EU.
"We just cannot put up with a member country that has openly given up on safeguarding the Schengen area borders. Then Schengen is of no use."
The plight of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece was laid bare in a letter by European Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, who visited Lesbos on 19 November and watched a small boat arrive packed with babies, women and young children - many of them ill or wounded.
"There was nowhere to examine or treat them; no equipment no medical staff other than an overwhelmed voluntary doctor from an NGO in a muddy shed," he wrote, in a letter leaked to Belgium's French-language Le Soir newspaper.
Mr Andriukaitis said three young children who had arrived on the same beach had died of hypothermia in a matter of days.
"This is unacceptable," he said. "There was no sign of the European Union and people were asking when the EU would come, when will you help us."
While suspension from the Schengen accord would directly affect Greeks travelling to the 25 other members of the passport-free zone, it is unclear what effect it would have on the migrant crisis.
None of the Balkan countries on the migrant route between Greece and Hungary are part of Schengen.
Greek businesses are becoming increasingly concerned by the crisis on the Macedonian border because protests on the railway line have halted rail traffic.
Parts of Star Wars Episode VII are being filmed on Skellig Michael.
The Unesco World Heritage Site is home to puffins, manx shearwaters, storm petrels, guillemots and kittiwakes.
Roni Amelan, of Unesco headquarters in Paris, said they want information about the preservation of the site and particularly any impact on wildlife.
"We can't speculate what the filming of Star Wars on the site will do to the wildlife," he said.
"We just know that this is going on and we have asked for information."
Unesco - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation - has 195 member states and nine associate members.
A two-mile exclusion zone - patrolled by an Irish Navy vessel - has been declared around Skellig Michael.
Filming on the island - a former monastic settlement - has been brought forward several weeks, and conservationists say that threatens rare birds that are in the middle of their breeding season.
Stephen Newton, a seabirds expert with Birdwatch Ireland, said he could not get onto the island to check the important colony.
"This is totally inappropriate in terms of the timing," he said.
Mr Newton said he was asked by the film producers only days before shooting was to begin if he would help them with an impact assessment to secure permits for filming.
He refused, arguing it would take several weeks to assess, as many of the species breed underground or in rocky crevices where it would be difficult to see what damage is being done.
"I don't think there was enough assessment on the impact of this, you can't see what is going on," he said.
"The birds could desert the island if they get too stressed out, by the amount of noise and vibration."
The conservationist said the island has been "hijacked" for the shoot that is expected to last several days.
He has demanded that Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys publish the expert advice she received before signing off on the necessary consents for the use of Skellig Michael.
The Irish Film Board, which helps international film producers locate in the Republic of Ireland, said consent was granted for a limited shoot on Skellig Michael after extensive scientific analysis by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
"That consent is subject to several agreed conditions and restrictions and is also the subject of a detailed management and mitigation plans and ecological oversight," a spokeswoman said.
"The filming programme has been designed specifically to avoid the disturbance of breeding birds on the island.
"The NPWS approved the proposal on that basis."
The film agency said experts are on the island during the shoot and have the authority to intervene if they suspect any impact on the habitat and wildlife.
"The production company also has a senior ecological advisor on set at all times," the spokeswoman added.
"Activity is confined to visitor areas and pathways."
The Blues scored three second-half goals to ensure victory while Declan Caddell netted the Crues' winner.
The league positions remain unchanged as the top five sides all won.
Cliftonville saw off Portadown 3-0, Coleraine triumphed 3-1 over Ards, Ballymena beat Carrick Rangers 3-1 and Ballinamallard defeated Glentoran 1-0.
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Mark Haughey put Linfield ahead in the 18th minute with a powerful header over Andy Coleman from Stephen Lowry's free-kick.
Ally Teggart poked home an equaliser before the break but Andrew Waterworth and Cameron Stewart were left to convert simple tap-ins early in the second half.
Jimmy Callacher stabbed the ball home from Ross Gaynor's cross to make the three points safe for the visitors.
At Mourneview Park, Caddell scored his eighth goal of the season in the first half, controlling a brilliant ball from David Cushley, before drilling an excellent finish into the net.
Paul Heatley wasted a good chance to extend the Crues' lead but the champions eventually eased to a comfortable success.
Jude Winchester bundled the ball in from close range to give Cliftonville the lead against the lowly Ports at Solitude, then Jay Donnelly and Chris Curran also struck before the interval.
Donnelly got on the end of a Levi Ives cross to fire home and then Curran's effort sneaked under visiting goalkeeper Chris McGaughey.
Two goals in two minutes early in the first half set Coleraine on their way to victory over Ards, Ian Parkhill shooting into the top corner from the edge of the area for the opener and then Jamie McGonigle turning and firing into the bottom corner.
Michael Ruddy pulled one back from the penalty spot after Gareth McConnaghie fouled Matthew Shevlin but substitute James McLaughlin made it 3-1 with six minutes remaining, his ninth of the season.
Cathair Friel blasted the ball into the net from a Joe McKinney cross to give Ballymena an eighth-minute lead against Carrick Rangers, their opponents in next month's League Cup final decider.
Visiting defender Paddy McNally rose highest to head in Stephen McCullough's corner to level after the interval but goals by Friel and Johnny McMurray in the closing stages proved decisive for the Sky Blues.
Friel fired a half-volley past Brian Neeson for his 19th of the season on 89 minutes and his strike partner McMurray bundled the ball over the line in added time.
Ryan Mayse grabbed Ballinamallard's winning goal over Glentoran in the first half at the Oval, connecting with a low cross from David Elliott and slotting home.
Allardyce, who has replaced Roy Hodgson as manager, picked eight of the side that lost embarrassingly to Iceland at Euro 2016 as they started their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Who impressed? Who struggled?
Barely any work to do - although one poor clearance caused some excitement. Word travels fast about perceived weakness, as he was jeered by the Slovakia fans when the ball landed at his feet.
Did plenty of attacking work but no serious end product. Quiet night in defence.
No serious work to do as England had a relatively easy night at the back.
Untroubled in defence and showed a willingness to try to bring the ball out to act as a creative influence.
Unconvincing. Caught in possession in a moment that almost led to a Slovakia goal in the first half and caught out of position on occasion.
Ineffective display and still looks way short of international class. Gave the ball away too often and his shooting was wayward when he got the opportunity.
Solid enough presence in central midfield. Will emerge as the man to give Allardyce's midfield a base.
Busy but could not produce the sparkling form he had shown for Manchester City this season. One shot just wide.
Frustrating night for England's captain as he spent much time toiling ineffectively, and often too deep, in midfield.
England's most dangerous player, hitting the post, forcing a fine save from Slovakia keeper Matus Kozacik and also shooting narrowly off target. Deserved his first England goal for persistence alone.
Miserable night for the Spurs striker - although starved of support and service. Suffered rough, often illegal, treatment from Skrtel before the defender's red card and was eventually substituted.
Lively display that gave England an extra attacking edge.
Had a goal contentiously ruled out for offside and put in one good cross that created a chance for Daniel Sturridge - but had other wasteful moments.
Barely time to make an impact. No rating.
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The black-and-white square barcodes are designed to help firefighters and paramedics get critical information needed to save car crash victims.
The QR codes direct smartphones to a webpage showing how to cut into each type of vehicle to free its passengers.
The firm said it had waived the right to patent the innovation so that others could use it free of charge.
Until now, Daimler said, if a vehicle was damaged beyond recognition, emergency workers might have to call in its registration plate to obtain the necessary details.
"[It] informs about the location of the airbags, the battery, the tanks, electric cables, high-pressure cylinders and other components - in the case of hybrid models the location of the additional batteries and high-voltage cables, too," a press release said.
"This information can save lives, because in an emergency every action counts and every second is precious."
The idea builds on an existing campaign by Adac - the German automobile club - to encourage drivers to keep an A4 sheet of paper containing a "rescue map" inside their sun visor.
Mercedes said it would stick one QR code onto the inside surface of each vehicle's petrol tank flap and another on to the pillar built between the two doors on the car's other side, since it is rare that both areas are badly damaged in an accident.
This is not the first time such information has been offered in digital form.
Moditech, Field Applications and Extraction Zones are among companies already offering apps which provide a range of car schematics targeted at the emergency services.
However, a QR code offers the advantage that the rescue worker would not have to match a vehicle to the relevant diagram in the app's library.
Even so, Daimler's innovation threatens to be superseded by another technology before the end of the decade.
The European Commission is helping fund development of eCall - an initiative which proposes that vehicles carry a device that calls an emergency number in the case of a serious accident. It would send details of the car's location, design and other relevant information even if the driver fell unconscious.
Officials aim to begin testing the innovation in 2015.
Russian media say Nikolai Gorokhov fell from the fourth floor when a rope snapped as he and others tried to lift a bathtub into his house near Moscow.
He was flown to hospital by helicopter, a medical source was quoted as saying.
However, British businessman Bill Browder, for whom Mr Magnitsky worked, said he had been "thrown".
He did not give a source for his allegation.
According to a press release released by a website linked to Mr Browder, Law and Order in Russia, Mr Gorokhov was due to appear in an appeals court in Moscow on Wednesday to contest its refusal to investigate allegations of organised crime.
Mr Magnitsky died in prison after revealing alleged fraud by state officials.
The incident involving Mr Gorokhov occurred in the town of Troitsk, south-west of Moscow. Russian media said several workmen were helping the lawyer at the time.
Footage on Russian media showed pictures of the tub and the debris of a wooden structure beside it.
One man described as a witness told Russia channel NTV that a delivery company had offered to carry the tub up to the fourth floor but that Mr Gorokhov had said he would winch it up the side of the building himself.
"He tried to use a homemade mechanism to lift it to the fourth floor. While he was doing that the winch got jammed. He went to fix it a bit and fell, with the jacuzzi and the makeshift scaffolding which landed on top of him," he said.
His comments appeared to indicate the workmen were on the ground at the time of the accident.
Mr Magnitsky was jailed after being accused of committing fraud himself. Supporters say his death in November 2009 was the result of a severe beating, but official records say he died of acute heart failure and toxic shock, caused by untreated pancreatitis.
Mr Magnitsky had acted as a legal adviser for London-based Hermitage Capital Management, founded by Mr Browder (formerly a US citizen), who was himself tried in absentia.
The Magnitsky affair soured relations between Moscow and Washington, casting a spotlight on corruption in Russia.
It led to US sanctions on a group of Russian officials, retaliation by Russia and the bizarre spectacle of Mr Magnitsky being put on trial posthumously.
The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, offered a new package of reforms to creditors - providing hope for a last-minute deal at the emergency summit meeting on Monday.
But, it was not clear how far the new proposal yielded to creditors' demands for more spending cuts and tax hikes.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed up 1.3%.
The benchmark index was up to 20,428.19 points, leading gains across the region.
Japanese-listed shares in Honda closed up more than 2% despite the carmaker confirming over the weekend its eighth death linked to faulty airbags made by Takata.
In Hong Kong, shares rose on hopes that political tensions in the city were easing after policymakers vetoed a Beijing-backed electoral reform package last week.
Hong Kong's chief executive Leung Chun-ying said on Friday he would bring a series of economic initiatives to lawmakers this week, and asked for support.
The benchmark Hang Seng index closed up 1.2% at 27,080.85 points.
Markets in mainland China were closed for the Dragon Boat Festival after losing more than 6% on Friday.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 reversed earlier losses to close up 0.2% at 5,610.20.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Kospi index closed up 0.4% at 2,055.16 - gaining for the fourth day.
Shares of Shinsegae rose 16.4% on expectations the company would get one of two licenses for new duty-free shop in the downtown area.
With a brief word from the official Chinese media that the meeting had begun and now a short communique announcing its conclusion.
Among the few phrases in the short communique, the key ones are "comprehensively deepening reform" and "crossing the river by feeling stones".
The reference to "comprehensive" reforms fits with the billing in the Chinese state media that this meeting of the top Chinese Communist Party officials will result in significant reforms under the new president and premier during their decade in power.
The details of their economic policies are scant from the communique. In the coming weeks and months, the official media may divulge more at the whim of the Chinese leaders.
So far, allowing the market to play a "decisive" role in the economy has emerged as a message in the state media.
This sums up the aims of the Chinese leaders which is to introduce more market forces into the economy. It would be key to achieving the "breakthrough" reforms that were discussed in the "383" plan that was circulated by the government's top think tank beforehand, which I wrote about before.
The three "breakthrough" reforms involved reforming capital markets, labour in the form of improving social welfare, and land.
Basically, the factors of production all need reform and much of it requires raising productivity in order to support growth.
Now, that's no easy task for any economy, much less one where powerful state-owned enterprises dominate the financial sector and key parts of the economy.
So, the devil will be in the details as to how these reforms will be implemented. And those are lacking.
But, the invocation of the phrase, "crossing the river by feeling stones" is a deliberate echo of the 1978 Third Plenum which ushered in the reform era.
The story goes that the phrase is attributed to Deng Xiaoping. When he was asked how he planned to introduce market forces into the centrally planned economy and achieve his reform aims under such difficult circumstances, he reportedly said that it's by "crossing the river by feeling stones".
In other words, step by step in a pragmatic manner is how big reforms are ultimately achieved in China.
It's worth bearing in mind that China's economic reforms under Mr Deng were considered gradual and not radical. It's in contrast to the radical dismantling of the command economy that much of the former Soviet Union undertook.
But, in retrospect, the 1978 reforms were transformative.
By invoking the spirit of Mr Deng's reforms, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang are perhaps signalling that, in time, their multi-pronged reforms will be similarly transformative as China faces the next era of growth.
But, for now, we are likely to mostly hear disappointment over the lack of transparency of the economic policies of the world's second biggest economy which has implications for the rest of the world.
The bid focuses on promoting the town's historic textile and weaving industries, which created the Paisley Shawl and the famous Paisley Pattern.
The competition is run by the UK department of culture, media and sport.
Although Paisley does not have city status, the competition is open to large towns and urban areas.
Renfrewshire Council is spearheading efforts to secure City of Culture status for Paisley.
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The authority believes the regeneration of the town's culture sector could help support 250 new jobs and bring £88m to the local economy.
Council leader Mark Macmillan said: "Paisley was once at the heart of the global textile industry and by connecting that heritage to the future through a new transformed museum, we aim to bring the world to Paisley.
"The museum will become the cultural, social and economic heart of the town. It will be transformed for tourists and local families alike, and be the base for extensive community outreach supporting weaving, natural history, science and nature."
Derry-Londonderry was the first city to host the title in 2013. Hull will host the 2017 version, during which the 2021 winner will be announced.
Paisley's bid to succeed Hull kicked off on Friday with two days of events.
These include live performances, an outdoor party and a light show projected against the backdrop of the 850-year-old Paisley Abbey.
Those who attend are being encouraged to wear the Paisley Pattern.
Part of Paisley's bid involves creating a hub to build links with national museums, international institutions and local art groups.
A £500,000 "cultural pot" is to be established to support community projects, while the architecture of the town and buildings will also be promoted.
Mohsin Manji, of Kingshill Drive, Harrow, admitted attacking his 81-year-old father on 29 November 2015.
The 45-year-old, who has paranoid schizophrenia, denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
He was handed a hospital order and a restriction order without a time limit.
Mark Heywood QC, mitigating, told the Old Bailey Manji had heard voices in his head which led him to believe his father was "some sort of zombie".
The court heard Amirali Manji was found unconscious and with scratches on his face by carers who visited the house later on 29 November.
Mr Manji senior was taken to hospital but never regained consciousness and he died on 3 December 2015.
Manji later told police his father had sworn at his mother "so I hit... [him] lots of times".
He also claimed "evil spirits control him", the court heard.
Prosecutor Mukul Chawla QC said Manji had "suffered for very many years from paranoid schizophrenia" which had "manifested itself from his late-teens or early-20s".
Sentencing, Judge Michael Topolski QC said the pressure of caring for both of his parents "given his ill health, placed intolerable pressure on him".
"This is a truly tragic case," he said.
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I love the water but, having never been in control of a sailing boat or dingy before, I was a bit nervous that I might capsize.
The instructors assured me that the dinghy wouldn't end up in the water. I wanted to believe them but I am not going to lie, part of me was worried of falling in the lake fully dressed.
I didn't appreciate what was involved in sailing and it became apparent in the induction that it's not just waiting for the wind to show up and take you off into the sunset.
Of all the physical challenges Ross and I have done over the past months this is the first sport that we really could do together and we had to work as a team to make it happen.
So, all we had to do was to follow a course of the lake in a shape of a triangle. Sounds easy right?
Ross took the rudder while I was in charge of controlling the sail. We got off to a slow start as there was no wind so we were stuck there for a while. Then, out of nowhere, we shot off heading towards banking. Having the wind behind us pushing us through the water and knowing you can control it, was an amazing feeling!
It was a bit sad coming to the end of our time on the water. I was getting used to reading the wind and Ross and I were working really well together. I could have spent all day out there.
I found with sailing that it's important not to be scared of the elements. You need some kind of coordination, a bit like mountain biking, but for me this was so much more fun.
Sailing wasn't as physical as I thought it would be - this might have to do with the fact that I wasn't on my own in the water so I wasn't doing all the work. For me it was more of a mental challenge.
In fact the hardest part was getting into the dinghy. Once that was achieved, the sense of freedom was amazing and it was easier to master then, say, tennis.
It's a perfect sport to try if you don't want to be on your own and you like the water.
The only thing I'd really seen of sailing before was footage of Ben Ainslie conquering five consecutive Olympic Games, so I had visions of frantically dashing from one side of a boat to another, ducking underneath a sail and hanging on for dear life. Fortunately, at beginner level, it's a more gentle activity and perfect for a pleasant afternoon.
What I liked was that once inside the boat, Goz and I were on a level playing field, despite her disability. It's different to the other sports we've tried in that we could really experience it together as a team, with her focussing on controlling the sail, while I took on the role of steering the boat.
For the most part, this seemed to work well, although there were some scary moments where we blamed each another for potentially capsizing! I think it must be a lot harder when having to control both the sail and rudder at the same time and having to race against people, but maybe I'll try that another time.
When I first climbed into the boat I thought I'd just be able to sit back to enjoy the experience; I hadn't really considered that the whole point of sailing is harnessing the wind to control how you move across the water.
There were times when we couldn't understand why we weren't really moving, but when we figured out that you have to zigzag across the wind rather than trying to sail directly into it, we progressed much better.
At a professional and Olympic level, I can see that sailing is a sport of tactics, intelligence in knowing how to fully take advantage of the wind, and strength in manoeuvring the sail.
I really enjoyed sailing and this has now topped my list, even beating our tennis challenge. What I really liked about it is the reliance on one of earth's natural elements. It's almost as if the sportsman in the boat has to play second fiddle to the environment.
It's great that you're in the fresh air on the open water, and in a way I'm annoyed at myself for not having tried this earlier - I'm worried that I've missed the boat (excuse the pun).
However, I'm eager for another crack at sailing and I'd love to up the ante a little. I want to feel the full force of the wind, brave the elements and hit the waves. Who knows, maybe the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 could be calling?
If you are interested in getting into sailing, take a look at the Get Inspired sailing activity guide for more information.
It says it is conducting the review to ensure the schemes deliver the training and skills employers need.
It will be led by entrepreneur Doug Richard and will also aim to spell out what makes a high-quality apprenticeship.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said "vocational youngsters had been let down by weak courses", and the schemes needed to adapt.
"To build a prosperous economy we need a skilled workforce," he said.
"The apprenticeship programme has been a real success, not only boosting chances for young people, but also helping businesses to address their skills gaps.
"However, in the past, vocational youngsters have been let down by weak courses and our competitors have stolen a march."
He said he had just returned from a visit to Germany where two-thirds of young people take some form of apprenticeship by the time they are 25.
Last month, a parliamentary committee questioned the length and quality of many apprenticeships.
The Committee of Public Accounts said that a fifth of the schemes last six months or less and were of "no real benefit".
But it also praised the increase in apprenticeships, which quadrupled in number in the four years to 2011.
In 2011, the government spent £1bn in England to create more than 450,000 apprenticeships, which was a 63% rise on the number the previous year.
In April, Skills Minister John Hayes said that all apprenticeships must now last a minimum of 12 months.
The review announcement comes a day after Scottish Labour accused the Scottish government of "massaging" the number of apprenticeships.
Kezia Dugdale, Labour's youth employment spokeswoman, said four out of 10 young people offered places last year had already been working for more than six months.
But government agency, Skills Development Scotland, said an apprentice did not always start their training as soon as they started with an employer.
Reasons for this delay could be college term times being some months off or the employer wishing to ensure the trainee would provide a return on their significant investment.
The man was riding a black Kawasaki motorcycle when it was in a crash with a grey Mitsubishi Shogun on the B4319, Pembroke to Maidenwells road.
Dyfed-Powys Police said the road was closed for examinations and inquiries to take place, and will remain so until further notice.
Officers are appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision, or anyone with any information, to contact them.
The Welsh county's 2016 player of the year suffered a shoulder injury while diving in the field during the Netherlands' draw in Hong Kong.
Van der Gugten, 25, did not return to action after the injury on the first day of the game, bowling only seven overs and was unable to bat.
Glamorgan start their Championship campaign at Northampton on 7 April.
It is unclear how long Van der Gugten will be out for but he is expected to be in a fitness race to make the beginning of the campaign after having treatment in Australia.
The paceman, who was born in New South Wales, claimed 82 wickets in all formats in his debut season in the UK.
Meanwhile, Glamorgan are currently trying to finalise the signing of South Africa fast bowler Marchant de Lange for the 2017 season.
They already have Michael Hogan, Graham Wagg, Craig Meschede, Ruaidhri Smith and teenager Lukas Carey among their seam-bowling options.
The Dimension Data rider finished fourth as German Tony Martin won the 15km time trial, the first of two stages on Saturday in Bristol.
Australian Rohan Dennis won the six-lap circuit race - Cummings was 15th - to move into second overall.
London hosts the final stage - a flat 100km route of 16 laps - on Sunday.
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin - Cummings' closest rival, 49 seconds behind, before Saturday's double stage - now trails by 38 seconds in third overall, with 2014 champion Dylan van Baarle one minute 21 seconds adrift in fifth.
1. Tony Martin (Ger/Etixx Quick-Step) 18mins 07secs
2. Rohan Dennis (Aus/BMC) +03secs
3. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Giant-Alpecin) +05secs
4. Steve Cummings (GB/Dimension Data) +16secs
5. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto Soudal) +25secs
1. Dennis Rohan (Aus/BMC) 1hr 58mins 42secs
2. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg/Etixx Quick-Step) +06secs
3. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned/Lotto NL Jumbo) same time
4. Danny van Poppel (Ned/Team Sky)
5. Carlos Barbero (Spa/Caja Rural)
6. Xandro Meurisse (Bel/Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
7. Luka Mezgec (Slo/Orica-BikeExchange)
8. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto Soudal)
9. Marco Marcato (Ita/Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
10. Dylan van Baarle (Ned/Cannondale Drapac Team)
1. Steve Cummings (GB/Dimension Data) 29hrs 21mins 21secs
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It represents the UK government's attempt to update and tidy up the powers the authorities have to delve into the public's data to combat crime.
It is a huge document - but at its heart is the argument it is illogical officials can scan through itemised lists of the phone calls people make but not the websites and chat apps they use.
So, the bill proposes the authorities be given the right to retrospectively check people's "internet connection records" without having to obtain a warrant.
That means, for example, they would be allowed to learn someone had used Snapchat at 07:30 on their smartphone at home and then two hours later visited Facebook's website via their laptop at work.
It may sound fairly innocuous - but of course many people have internet habits that are legal but nevertheless very private. So, is their privacy being put at risk?
To fully understand what is at stake, it is worth explaining how the authorities would access this information.
The bill would oblige broadband and mobile phone providers to hold connection records for 12 months and then delete them "in a way that ensures access is impossible".
It says this would involve the companies logging IP addresses - strings of digits that can make it possible to identify which computer was used and what service or site was visited.
However, the bill recognises that an IP address can sometimes be simultaneously shared by different customers, so additional information would also have to be recorded.
"It is going to be costly and require a lot of equipment, but the big issue is that this is mass surveillance of the public," said Adrian Kennard, director of Andrews & Arnold, a Bracknell-based internet provider.
To be clear, the authorities would still need a warrant to make service providers store and hand over browser history - eg which specific Facebook pages or tweets had been looked at.
And there are also restrictions on what types of things can be requested without one.
"Law enforcement agencies would not be able to make a request for the purpose of determining, for example, whether someone had visited a mental health website, a medical website or even a news website," Home Secretary Theresa May told the Commons.
"They would only be able to make a request for the purpose of determining whether someone had for example accessed a communications website, an illegal website or to resolve an IP [internet protocol] address where it is necessary and proportionate to do so in the course of a specific investigation."
Even so, the very fact all this information would be stored away raises concerns.
As TalkTalk's recent cyber-breach illustrated, people have reason to question how securely ISPs store their information, especially when that data might include:
"Making sure there's no way the hackers can get in is a challenge for any company, and that is hard work," said Mr Kennard.
"This is sensitive personal information, even if you are just holding the websites people went to and not the specific pages.
"That makes it a very valuable target for criminals to go after - they may even try to infiltrate employees into companies to try to access it."
Even if appropriate safeguards can be put in place, the authorities may still find it problematic getting hold of the relevant logs.
Over the course of a day, many people use a variety of devices and different data networks to access the net - logging into wi-fi hotspots at coffee shops, on public transport, at work and at friends' homes.
Furthermore, increasing numbers of people are using tools that can mask their online actions, including the Tor Browser and virtual private networks (VPNs).
Despite earlier reports to the contrary, one thing the bill shies away from is outlawing end-to-end encryption.
This refers to a technique that means only the sender and recipient of a message can see an unscrambled version of what was posted. The company providing the service cannot - even if a warrant is issued.
It is used by chat apps including Facebook's WhatsApp, Blackberry's BBM Protected, Apple's iMessage and Telegram.
The government has previously said tech companies' adoption of the method is "alarming".
But it is hard to see how ministers could have made overseas companies comply with a ban.
One security expert suggested, however, that the authorities could work around the issue by persuading app-makers to comply on a case-by-case basis.
"Almost certainly the way in which the firms could co-operate would be to turn off the encryption and give people the illusion it is still taking place," said Prof Peter Sommer.
But he added that a simpler method would be to infect a suspect's devices with spyware.
"They can install a Trojan or something on your computer or smartphone remotely," he said.
"There was a lot in the leaked [former US National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower] Edward Snowden files that shows the NSA and GCHQ have programs that let them see a target's data 'in clear' or get them the encryption keys to enable them to disassemble their data in real time.
"Powers to hack suspects' computers are increasingly important - because encryption makes interception much more difficult.
"But entering someone's computer or mobile phone is incredibly intrusive and currently we have no code of practice to cover it."
A new code of practice covering such hacking activities is proposed as part of the bill.
Sir David Attenborough appeared on BBC Radio 4's version for a fourth time - a record he shares with Arthur Askey.
The special editions featured the public's favourite tunes and memories.
Over the 70 years the great and the good have imagined life on a secluded island; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has been the most popular musical choice.
Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf has been the most frequently chosen non-classical tune which guests said they would have on the island with them.
Amongst the 2,881 luxuries chosen to be taken on the island are 183 pianos, five trombones, the Albert Memorial and a cheeseburger machine.
At midday on Sunday all 40 local radio stations and Radio Scotland, Radio nan Gaidheal, Radio Wales, Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle simultaneously broadcast their own Your Desert Island Discs featuring listeners' stories.
They included Chris Seery, who first heard Alive by Pearl Jam when he worked in the US and played it while training for the New York Marathon.
The song has since taken on a whole new meaning for the married father-of-two from the Suffolk countryside.
In 2010 he was diagnosed with a rare form of bowel cancer and despite operations, many cycles of chemotherapy and an initially positive outlook for recovery he is terminally ill at 46.
"This time the words have great meaning as I am determined to do everything to beat the odds and stay alive for the sake of my boys and the joy of being alive," he said.
First broadcast on 29 January 1942, the programme was conceived and presented by playwright and novelist Roy Plomley, who each week asked a guest to choose eight songs, a book and luxury item for their imaginary stay on the island.
The "castaways" are then invited to discuss their lives and reasons for their choices.
Kirsty Young, who has been presenting the programme since 2006, told the Radio Times she has "probably the best job in the world" and would like to be doing it "until I'm 85".
She said of her castaways: "Although the premise is phoney - sitting in a studio talking to each other - I don't think I'm deluding myself when I say you can establish connections.
"I'm constantly surprised, and delighted, by their frankness and honesty."
The 104th Regiment Royal Artillery volunteers will take possession later of the Worcester vinegar works built by Hill, Evans & Company in the 1850s.
It was refurbished by developers Carillion Richardson in exchange for the army's former HQ in Silver Street.
The developers want to convert the former base into an Asda store.
The artillery regiment said the new development in Lowesmoor would boost the local profile of the army.
The Great Filling Hall, where vinegar barrels were stored, would be used by the TA as a parade hall and offices.
Lt Col Phil Shepheard-Walwyn said: "We now have some excellent new facilities in Worcester which will boost our training capability at an important time.
"The regiment is currently focused on providing unmanned aerial vehicle operators, to support current operations in Afghanistan, and training personnel who will form part of the British contribution to the United Nations Forces in Cyprus next year."
Col Tim Weeks, Chief Executive of the West Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association said: "This is a development of national significance and will boost the profile of the armed forces in Worcestershire."
Martyn Richardson from Carillion Richardson said: "We are delighted to provide this vital facility for the TA at this important time and the whole of this development will create much needed jobs and provide a massive boost to the regeneration of the city."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation came after details of DVDs including images of naked children were not acted on.
It led to an intelligence officer being disciplined for misconduct, although no details of the punishment were given.
Deputy Chief Constable Tim Madgwick said the force would "fully accept" the IPCC recommendations.
The report said the force should "ensure a more robust and formalised approach into supervising/monitoring the progression of intelligence".
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre's operation Spade was looking into the supply of the DVDs to the UK from Canada.
It sent North Yorkshire Police intelligence from the operation in November 2013 but it was "not progressed" until the last week in September 2014.
The investigation found an officer in the Force Intelligence Bureau had failed to adequately deal with the material.
Operation Spade material had named 25 suspects, said the IPCC.
Kathryn Stone, IPCC Commissioner, said: "North Yorkshire Police have acted promptly to put in place new ways of working following our investigation."
Mr Madgwick said the force took its safeguarding responsibilities "extremely seriously".
Militants displayed a "flagrant disregard" for the lives of civilians during the 50-day war, a report found.
Six civilians in Israel and 13 Palestinians are believed to have been killed as a result of such attacks.
Hamas, which dominates Gaza, said Amnesty's report contained many inaccuracies and false allegations.
The conflict left a total of at least 2,189 Palestinians dead, including more than 1,486 civilians, according to the UN. On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers were killed along with the six civilians.
According to UN data, more than 4,800 rockets and 1,700 mortars were fired from Gaza towards Israel between 8 July and 26 August. Around 224 projectiles are believed to have struck Israeli residential areas.
Amnesty said that all the rockets used by Hamas and other militant groups, some of which have ranges of up to 160km (100 miles), were unguided projectiles which could not be accurately directed at specific targets and were "inherently indiscriminate".
The majority of Israel's 8.3 million people live within reach of the long-range rockets, and the report pointed out that as a result the "circle of fear has widened" in Israel.
Mortars are also imprecise munitions which Amnesty said should never be used to attack military targets located in or near civilian areas.
Four-year-old Israeli Daniel Tregerman was killed when a mortar launched in Gaza by Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades, struck a car parked outside his family's home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on 22 August and sent shrapnel flying.
Amnesty said rocket fire had also endangered Palestinian civilians.
The group said an independent munitions expert had concluded that a Palestinian rocket had exploded next to a supermarket in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on 28 July, killing 13 civilians, 11 of them children aged between seven and 14.
Some Israeli attacks during the conflict also amounted to war crimes, Amnesty added. The group has previously accused the Israeli military of killing scores of Palestinian civilians in attacks targeting houses full of families, and of destroying high-rise buildings with no justification.
"Palestinian armed groups, including the armed wing of Hamas, repeatedly launched unlawful attacks during the conflict," said Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa director, Philip Luther.
"In launching these attacks, they displayed a flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law and for the consequences of their violations on civilians in both Israel and the Gaza Strip.
"The devastating impact of Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians during the conflict is undeniable, but violations by one side in a conflict can never justify violations by their opponents."
Amnesty's report also detailed other violations of international humanitarian law by Palestinian groups during the conflict, such as storing rockets and other munitions in civilian buildings, including UN schools, and cases where armed groups launched attacks or stored munitions very near locations where hundreds of civilians were sheltering.
Hamas spokesman Tahir al-Nounou told the BBC that the report was "based on the Israeli narrative".
"It contains a lot of inaccuracies and false allegations," he added. "The [Israeli] Occupation put troops in civilian areas and the [Palestinian] Resistance did not target the civilian population."
An Israeli government spokesman said Israel welcomed Amnesty's "highlighting of Hamas's war crimes, including the deliberate targeting of Israel's civilian population by thousands of rockets and mortars.
"Unlike Hamas, Israel is vigorously investigating its conduct, aiming to draw lessons and minimise civilian harm. Meanwhile, Hamas continues to incite terror attacks against Israeli civilians, boasts of building new cross-border assault tunnels and test-fires rockets, in preparation for further violence against Israelis," the official said.
Saleh Ahmed, from Balsall Heath, Birmingham, gets a cab to New Street Station every day on his way to work in Worcester.
He said he had been left feeling humiliated by the rejections.
Taxis are obliged to take people with guide dogs. Uber said it had barred the drivers involved.
Mr Ahmed said the latest refusals happened on Monday.
"I gave the driver a ring and explained I have a guide dog," he said.
"He instantly cancelled the ride and I was charged a cancellation fee.
"I was refused four times by Uber that night. One of the drivers did turn up, but drove off when he saw the dog.
"It's really disappointing. This has happened to me at least 14 times. It makes me feels humiliated.
"It stresses me out just to know that I can't book a taxi like everybody else does to get from A to B."
Uber said it was "totally unacceptable" for drivers to refuse to take a guide dog.
"Licensed private hire drivers must carry service animals in their vehicle and we remind all drivers of this legal obligation before they start using the Uber app," it said in a statement.
"Any driver who is found to have refused to take a service animal will permanently lose access to the Uber app and risks having their private hire licence taken away.
"The two drivers complained about by Mr Ahmed have been barred from using the app and won't be allowed back if the complaint is upheld."
Officers did not attend the scene until three days after the incident was reported to them.
The Scottish Sun reported the material was found when family members visited the scene to lay flowers on the first anniversary,
Police Scotland said they were investigating whether or not the debris was linked to the collision.
John Yuill died at the scene, and his partner Lamara Bell died in hospital after she was found by emergency services.
That prompted a review of how 999 calls were handled and a report into whether any further action - such as criminal proceedings or a fatal accident inquiry - was necessary.
The Lord Advocate is currently considering the findings.
The newspaper has reported that Lamara Bell's family found wreckage, including part of a car bumper and plastic bodywork, which appeared to match the colour of the couple's blue Renault Clio.
Police Scotland have confirmed they were alerted on Friday, and have now recovered the material.
Forth Valley Commander Ch Supt Stephen McAllister said: "I would wish to reassure the families and the wider public that following the incident, specialist officers conducted an extensive search of the crash site.
"This resulted in the recovery of the vehicle and items found nearby which were examined during the investigation into the crash.
"We have made direct contact with the Bell family and have recovered the debris to establish its source."
Marie Laurie, 57, from Easterhouse, had just got into a taxi when it was struck by a car, driven by Steven Bennie, who was being chased by police at the time.
She died at the scene of the crash, on Edinburgh Road, on 29 November 2015.
At the High Court in Glasgow, sentence on Bennie was deferred and he was remanded in custody.
Speaking afterwards, Mrs Laurie's son, Martin Colquhoun, said the crash had "torn us apart" but added: "We're a very strong family and we'll get through these things."
He described his mother as "a very genuine woman" who "got on with everybody" and "loved her family".
Referring to Bennie, he said: "We saw the boy upset today. He's upset because he's got to go through his life knowing that he has taken someone's life.
"Hopefully he'll learn from his mistakes but this thing has happened before, it's nothing new.
"We all try to learn as much as we can and that's all we can do."
The court heard that Mrs Laurie and her husband James had just seen her son, Mr Colquhoun, get married at a hotel in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, on Saturday 28 November last year.
As the couple celebrated, Bennie meanwhile turned up at a friend's house that night in a Vauxhall Astra.
He lied that he had passed his driving test and the court was told that he only held a provisional licence.
Prosecutor Tim Niven Smith said "at some point" he drank alcohol and later drove to a McDonalds restaurant before eating food with a friend at an industrial estate in Glasgow's Baillieston area.
At 01:30 on Sunday 29 November, police stopped to investigate Bennie's car.
When Bennie saw the officers approach, he panicked and told the friend: "I've not got a licence." Bennie drove off and a police chase ensued.
He was ordered to pull over as police activated their blue lights and sounded sirens but continued on through the city's east end.
The court was told he drove "well in excess" of the speed limit, with his passenger estimating he was going at 80mph.
On hearing this, one of Mrs Laurie's family in court said: "She didn't stand a chance."
Prosecutor Mr Niven Smith said Bennie's friend "repeatedly asked" to be let out, but he "ignored her requests".
Bennie went on to speed through a red light and had to dodge other cars.
The fatal crash occurred at a junction between Edinburgh Road and Springboig Road.
Just before the crash, Mr and Mrs Laurie been been dropped off in a minibus from the wedding and were getting into a black cab to take them to their home in Easterhouse.
The couple were not wearing seatbelts and Mr Laurie was initially standing up, trying to place his wife's flowers from the wedding on a seat.
Mr Niven Smith then explained: "Just as the taxi turned into Edinburgh Road, Bennie's vehicle came across the junction through the red light and collided with the taxi."
The cab spun and smashed into a pole. Mrs Laurie suffered fatal head and chest injuries as a result of the crash.
Her husband and the taxi driver had to be rescued by fire officers. Bennie's friend also had to be freed from his car.
Bennie was questioned by police and "became extremely upset" when told how serious the crash was.
Tests revealed he had 71mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood at the time of the incident. The legal limit is 50mg.
Bennie, of the city's Shettleston, also pleaded guilty to drink driving and having no insurance.
The details of Mr McDonnell's earnings and tax, which amounted to £61,575 and £14,253 respectively, were published in the Sunday Mirror.
His disclosure comes amid a row over a government deal for Google to pay £130m in tax dating back to 2005.
Despite criticism, Mr Osborne has said the agreement is a "major success".
But Mr McDonnell said "we can't tell" whether it was a success " because we haven't got the information".
"I want the information on how this deal was arrived at and I want them in future to be able to publish the tax records," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics.
He called for an international action to prevent companies "shopping around the world to find the lowest tax regimes and then inventing their company structures to enable that to happen".
But he added "the reputational damage to Google, I think, is immense," and he suggested the "saving they have made in tax is not worth the reputation damage they have had".
In the Sunday Mirror, Mr McDonnell wrote that the government's deal with Google had "created a lack of confidence" in the tax system.
He said taxpayers filling in their returns, due by midnight, would be "feeling angry".
Online tax return deadline looms
He wrote: "The chancellor, the politician with sole responsibility for setting taxation, should be open and transparent about their own income.
"That is why in the spirit of the 'new politics' I have taken the decision to publish my personal tax returns.
"And I will do so every year while I seek to be and hopefully one day become chancellor.
"I think it is only fair that politicians set a good example."
Mr McDonnell has also written to Mr Osborne asking for more details of the tax deal with Google.
In the letter, he wrote: "As you will be well aware, many are concerned about the outcome and, indeed, the process by which the decision was made."
He wants to know whether Google has paid the Diverted Profits Tax, which is designed to discourage large companies diverting profits out of the UK to avoid tax, and the basis for the deal.
Earlier this week, the European Commission said it was considering how to respond to a letter of complaint from the SNP about Google's tax deal with the UK.
Google agreed to pay £130m of tax to HMRC, which said it was the "full tax due in law".
Prime Minister David Cameron defended the deal, saying the Conservatives had done more than any other government.
But European MPs have described it as a "very bad deal", and Labour said it amounted to a 3% tax rate.
American Wambach, 35, retired in December 2015 having scored 184 goals in 255 games, a record unmatched by any man or woman in international history.
"I take full responsibility for my actions. This is all on me," Wambach said in a statement on Facebook.
Wambach helped the United States women's team to 2015 World Cup glory.
According to local police, she was arrested in Portland, Oregon after being seen running a red light.
Wambach failed sobriety tests and was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. She was later released.
In her statement, Wambach promised not to repeat her "horrible mistake" and apologised to her friends, her family, her fans, "and those that look to follow a better example".
She added: "Those that know me, know that I have always demanded excellence from myself. I have let myself and others down."
Wambach was named the 2012 Fifa Women's World Player of the Year and is also a six-time US Soccer Female Athlete of the Year winner.
Samata Ullah, 34, of Cardiff, admitted being a member of so-called Islamic State, as well as terrorist training, preparing terrorist acts and possessing articles for terrorist purposes.
The Old Bailey in London was told Ullah was "a new and dangerous breed of terrorist" and a cyber-terrorist.
He must also remain on licence for five years after release.
The court heard how Ullah created a "one-stop shop" for terrorists from his bedroom, offering a range of guidance on how to stay one step ahead of police and security services.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said Ullah was committed to the cause of so-called Islamic State.
"He deployed his not inconsiderable self-taught computer skills to further the cause of terrorism and in particular Islamic State, which we say he not merely professed to belong to but in fact belonged in terms of membership and ideological affiliation, all he did from the relative safety of his bedroom in Cardiff, where he lived alone," Mr Altman said.
Ullah, who has been diagnosed with autism, admitted five charges earlier in March but his pleas could not be reported until after the prosecution had time to consider whether to put him on trial for a charge of directing terrorism, which he denied.
The Attorney General accepted the pleas and the directing terrorism charge will remain on his file.
The court previously heard when he was arrested on 22 September 2016, he had a USB cufflink with an operating system loaded on to it to conceal a hoard of extremist data, including a blog.
The court was told that between December 2015 and his arrest, Ullah had provided instructional videos on how to secure sensitive data and remain anonymous online using encryption programmes.
He also admitted having a book entitled Guided Missiles Fundamentals AFM 52-31 and an electronic version of Advances in Missile Guidance, Control and Estimation for terrorist purposes.
The prosecution said a hi-tech report dealt with Ullah's desire to copy his blog on to a platform in a "format that meant it could not be closed down or deleted by the authorities".
British counter-terrorism police tracked him down after being passed intelligence by the FBI who had been handed the information from authorities in Kenya, following another man's arrest.
Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit said: "It is the first time we have seen anything on this scale.
"He had set up a self-help library for terrorists around the world and they were using his library.
"There was guidance on encryption, ways to avoid detection from police and security services, expert tuition around missile systems and a vast amount of propaganda.
"He was self-taught. He has accessed it online himself and compiled a lot of material and put it into his own library. He has created a one-stop shop for terrorists.
"In my view he was a very dangerous individual although he was operating from his bedroom."
The 500lb (250kg) device was found on a building site in Grange Walk, Bermondsey on Monday.
Two primary schools were closed and hundreds of homes were evacuated as a precaution.
A cordon and 656ft (200m) exclusion zone was lifted at about 18:15 GMT as the bomb was removed to a quarry in Kent to be detonated, police said.
The Metropolitan Police force said the device was a 'SA' 250kg WWII German air-dropped bomb, known to the Army's Royal Logistic Corps bomb disposal experts.
Southwark Borough Council thanked people affected by the disruption for their patience.
Earlier the Met's Southwark Borough police tweeted an apology for its "blunt" leaflet urging people to leave their homes as a safety precaution.
The flyer said: "If the bomb explodes buildings in the 200m zone will be significantly damaged and those close to the bomb will be destroyed.
"Remaining in your home is placing your life at significant risk."
Southwark ward councillor Lucas Green said the council had rehoused about 100 people who were unable to return to their homes on Monday night and the Red Cross had helped to provide them with food and supplies.
London Fire Brigade said that between 2009 and 2014 it was called to seven unexploded Second World War bombs and five unexploded hand grenades.
They were brought to Altnagelvin Hospital on Wednesday evening after becoming unwell.
Police have warned that medication should not be taken without clinical advice.
He was speaking after a second US nurse became infected after treating a Liberian who died a week ago in Dallas.
Meanwhile, a UN chief has warned that West Africa faces a potential food crisis because of the Ebola crisis.
The disease has killed about 4,500 people so far, mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
In the US, health officials are seeking to trace 132 people who flew on a plane with Amber Vinson the day before she fell ill.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it wanted to interview the passengers on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 from Cleveland, Ohio, to Dallas, Texas on Monday.
An unnamed federal official has told US media that Ms Vinson, 29, called the CDC before boarding to report a temperature of 99.5F (37.5C) and to say she was getting on a plane.
She is the second nurse to become infected after treating Thomas Eric Duncan at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
More than 70 medics who may have come in contact with Mr Duncan at the hospital are being monitored for symptoms.
Mr Obama cancelled a political campaign trip to meet Cabinet officials involved in the Ebola response both in the US and in West Africa. He has also cleared his diary for Thursday, postponing other engagements so that he can remain in Washington and monitor the situation.
On Thursday, campaign group Avaaz said it had identified more than 2,000 international volunteers, including hundreds of doctors and nurses, who are willing to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The group said it will give the names to aid agencies working in the field but they are unlikely to arrive in the region in the near future because of the training needed before they can be deployed.
Meanwhile, the head of a United Nations agency said on Wednesday that the West African states affected by the outbreak were facing a looming food crisis.
Kanayo Nwanze, the president of the UN's International Fund for Agriculture, said farmers in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia had abandoned their crops because of fear of catching the disease.
Speaking after chairing a crisis meeting on Ebola, President Obama said it would be more difficult to prevent an outbreak in the US if the epidemic "rages out of control in West Africa".
He promised a "much more aggressive" monitoring of Ebola cases in the US and reaffirmed plans to send a "Swat team" of experts to any hospital that reported an infection.
It is still unclear how Ms Vinson and the other infected nurse, Nina Pham, contracted the virus.
Both wore face shields, hazardous materials suits and protective footwear as they drew blood and dealt with Mr Duncan's body fluids.
However, a national nurse union said health workers had not been properly equipped while treating Mr Duncan.
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The Ebola fumble in Dallas
RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of Nurses United, said staff treated the Liberian man for days without the necessary protective gear, and hazardous waste was allowed to accumulate.
The CDC has appointed a "site manager" at the Dallas hospital to standardise the protective equipment and supervise the method of putting it off and on.
Questions have also been raised about how Ms Vinson was allowed to board a flight, even though she was being monitored for signs of Ebola.
When she returned from Ohio on Monday evening, she was not showing symptoms of the disease, the crew has told CDC investigators.
Health experts say people who are not showing symptoms are not contagious.
Ms Vinson has now been transferred to Emory University hospital in Atlanta, a specialist unit which oversaw the recovery of two US aid workers who had caught the disease in Africa.
Mr Duncan, who was the first person to be diagnosed in the US with Ebola, started showing symptoms of the disease just days after he arrived in Texas from Liberia.
The 48 people, including his girlfriend, who were in contact with him before he was admitted to hospital are nearing the end of the window in which they could develop an Ebola infection.
*In all but three cases the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa. Infection outside Africa has been restricted to health workers in Madrid and in Dallas. DR Congo has also reported a separate outbreak of an unrelated strain of Ebola.
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It was already known that he'd been cast in the movie, but now director Bryan Singer has confirmed which character he'll take on.
Singer also shared a photo on social media of the 24-year-old in costume.
"Ben Hardy is Angel - I shall confirm it for you!" said Singer. "But he's not a very nice Angel! And that's all I'll say..."
His character is one of the original X-Men and has wings, which, from the picture, appear to have metal blades.
Other stars, including Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Rose Byrne, have already been confirmed for the film.
Due out in 2016, it will also feature other British stars including James McAvoy, Sophie Turner and Nicholas Hoult.
Hardy left EastEnders in February, not long after the climax of the plot surrounding the identity of Lucy Beale's murderer, which was revealed in a special live show.
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Malaysia has said a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island came from the lost Malaysia Airlines flight.
But French investigators have yet to confirm the link.
The relatives of the passengers - who were mostly Chinese - have protested at the Malaysian embassy in Beijing.
Flight MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014 when it vanished from radar. The Boeing 777 had 239 people on board.
Does debris solve the MH370 mystery?
Relatives: 'They won't tell us the truth'
The families of those aboard have been angered by the apparent discrepancies in statements by French and Malaysian officials, and have accused the authorities of hiding the truth.
On Friday, they held a protest outside Malaysia Airlines' offices in Beijing, before scuffling with police at the gates of the Malaysian embassy.
Lu Zhanzhong, whose son was aboard the plane, told AFP news agency that the families wanted to go to Reunion to "see the truth".
"I want to see if my son's luggage is there," he said.
On one level, you could argue, it is simply a refusal to accept the obvious.
The evidence after all is strong; the satellite data shows the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean and now the debris find - matching the sea current patterns - adds further corroboration.
But the unwillingness of many of the Chinese relatives to believe that conclusion is not as illogical as it sounds.
There are indeed real question marks over the way the Malaysian authorities have handled both the search for the plane and the release of information - marred by delay, confusion and apparent self-interest.
And here in China too, the families feel there is no-one they can trust. There are no independent media voices campaigning on their behalf or doggedly pursuing the truth.
Their own attempts to demand answers have been met with the usual control and harassment by plain-clothes policemen.
Bewildered and despairing, it is perhaps little wonder that some find comfort in the myriad conspiracy theories swirling online; that the plane might not be at the bottom of the ocean and that their loved ones might still be alive.
The relatives still searching for answers
Dominique Sorain, the top French government official for Reunion, said a military transport plane had begun patrolling the island's coastal waters and a ship had also departed but had to turn back because of bad weather.
He said helicopters would also take part while soldiers and policemen would patrol the eastern part of the island where the wing part was found.
"This... will last a week, after which we will draw our first conclusions," he said.
Mr Sorain said some objects found on the beaches since last week had been placed under seal until they could be examined, but he said it was not clear if these belonged to a plane or not.
The wing section found on Reunion, known as a flaperon, is being examined in the French city of Toulouse by international aviation experts.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said paint and "many other technical details" on the flaperon tallied with MH370's maintenance records.
Window panes and seat cushions found near Reunion had yet to be identified, he said.
However, a spokesman for the Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, said none of the new debris appeared to have come from MH370. Australia is leading the maritime search for MH370.
French officials, moreover, have said no other debris has been recovered. They have also said there was only a strong possibility that the flaperon had come from MH370 - avoiding the firm link made by the Malaysians.
Mr Liow said he understood why the French team had been less categorical in their conclusions over the flaperon, saying: "We respect their decision to continue with their verification."
He added that differences between the countries' statements were down to "a choice of words".
China's foreign ministry said Malaysia must keep investigating the crash and "safeguard the legitimate rights and interests" of relatives.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles east of Reunion.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the search would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies".
The five were arrested in Milford Haven and are in police custody.
It follows a multi-agency operation between Dyfed-Powys Police, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and Pembrokeshire council.
Det Ch Insp Ross Evans said: "The victims are our priority and those affected are being fully supported."
As part of anti-slavery awareness week, the force said it was raising awareness, identifying offences and supporting victims.
He added: "In reality modern slavery can happen anywhere and there is no typical victim of slavery."
Neil Mahrer, senior conservator at Jersey Heritage, has led a team removing the coins from the large mound one by one for two years.
He said he expected it to be a "few thousand fewer".
The team are clearing the coins in view of the public in a special laboratory at La Hougue Bie Museum in Grouville.
Mr Mahrer said: "We worked out the estimate by the hoards volume and assumed it was just coins but we found much more jewellery than originally expected."
Richard Miles, who along with Reg Mead discovered the hoard in a Jersey field in 2012, is working with the team.
"[It is] incredible to see all the coins and jewellery coming out, items that have not been seen for two thousand years," he said.
Mr Mahrer said they expect to finish the process of separating the coins in December.
The coins and jewellery will then be valued and it will then be up to the States of Jersey to decide if they want to purchase it.
Mr Miles said: "We, the landowner and everybody else wants this to stay in Jersey; we just need to find the means to keep this treasure in tact and keep it here."
The ship returned to the city for the first time since 1977 in November last year and is undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.
It had a temporary berth outside the Glasgow Science Centre, but this has now been confirmed as permanent.
The Friends of TS Queen Mary are still hoping to raise £700,000 to fully fund the restoration.
The group of trustees, who rescued the vessel from scrap in 2016, has already raised £1.3m for the refurbishment.
TS Queen Mary, which was built in Dumbarton in the 1930 and is one of the oldest Clyde-built steamers, spent 40 years taking up to 2,000 people at a time for excursions "Doon the watter".
Dr Stephen Breslin, chief executive of Glasgow Science Centre, said he was "delighted" to have the TS Queen Mary as a permanent neighbour.
"Shipbuilding is an intrinsic part of Glasgow's heritage and we are excited to be working with Friends of the Queen Mary to celebrate and engage people with the social and engineering history of this iconic vessel and shipbuilding on the Clyde.
"As well being a unique visitor attraction and events space, the ship will also be a platform for inspiring new generations of future engineers and mariners."
The charity hopes the vessel will welcome 150,000 visitors and students each year once it has been restored.
Charity trustee Iain Sim said: "TS Queen Mary is the last her kind in the world.
"She is woven into Glasgow's rich social fabric and she represents the best of Scottish engineering.
"We are delighted that she will be berthed permanently at Glasgow Science Centre as a heritage destination and education/training centre."
Glasgow Southside MSP Nicola Sturgeon has also welcomed the news that the ship will be allowed to stay permanently on the River Clyde.
She added: "The restoration will bring a major benefit not only in the form of visitors but in giving students unique hands-on experience.
"It's a very fitting addition to the Clyde and I look forward to visiting over the years to come."
He had held on to the small house in Carmel, California for eight years after his mother passed away, visiting occasionally from Seattle to comb through the artefacts of their family life.
Now he had finally arranged to sell the house and this was to be his last visit. With boxes of pictures and documents to sort through, daytime TV became his constant companion.
Then Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, and Blaine Gibson was hooked.
"I was stuck in the house and it was on the rolling news all day," he says. "And it hadn't just crashed into the South China Sea, it went across the Malay Peninsula to somewhere in the Indian Ocean. It was a complete mystery."
Mr Gibson sold the house and flew back to Seattle, but the mystery of MH370 went with him. For a year he investigated quietly, reading articles and posting on a Facebook group dedicated to the disappearance, until he read that there would be a commemoration for families on the first anniversary.
A dedicated traveller, Mr Gibson had been moving from country to country with no overarching purpose. Now he sensed he had a mission. He booked a ticket to Kuala Lumpur and headed to the event.
He mingled with family members and listened to their stories. He watched as a woman called Grace stood up to talk about her mother, and it reminded him of his own late mother.
"I was touched by the plight of the families," he says. "I just couldn't imagine how they felt, knowing nothing about their loved ones for a year.
"So I just decided, I'll go look for it for myself. I always suspected that the first piece of evidence of that plane would be a piece of debris washing ashore somewhere, that someone just happened to find."
For a year Mr Gibson visited beaches from Malaysia to Mauritius to the Maldives, keeping an eye out on some and combing others. Then one ordinary day in Mozambique, scanning a coastal sandbank, he saw something that didn't belong there.
When he picked up the triangular piece of debris from the sand, it was lighter than he expected. But he felt immediately that it was from MH370. Air crash investigators working on the case have since said it "almost certainly" is.
"The question people ask me is how could you find this?. But you could ask someone how could you possibly win the lottery? Nobody looks at the huge number of times you bought tickets and didn't win. They just look at the one time you did," he says.
Listen: One man's quest to find MH370
Three months later, Mr Gibson is back in the news. His travels have taken him to Madagascar, where he has turned up what may be another piece of the puzzle - debris that appears to be part of an in-flight TV monitor.
It may be another small coup for a man operating on the fringes of a huge international search effort. Mr Gibson sees himself as an important addition to the main search, someone at ground level, in among the sand and tall grass, talking to locals.
Mr Gibson says his search for the wreckage fits in well with his love of travelling and his ambition to visit every country (current count - 177). But it's clear that there is a powerful love of mystery involved.
Before MH370 appeared on his radar, he had travelled to Russia in 1996 to investigate the so-called Tunguska event - an enormous explosion over Siberia in 1908 thought to have been caused by a meteor.
He went to Ethiopia looking for the Lost Ark of the Covenant - the chest, known to Indiana Jones fans around the world, that according to the Bible holds the Ten Commandments.
And he's dabbled in studying the collapse of the Mayan Civilisation.
He is frank about having less luck with those adventures than with MH370. "I did not find the Tunguskan meteorite," he concedes. And: "In Ethiopia I did not actually find the Ark, but I think I was near it."
But when Mr Gibson speaks, there is an almost child-like sense of awe at chasing mysteries of such scale. "I love travelling, and I love solving mysteries, and I love to do good things for people," he says.
There is also a sense that the pursuit of mystery lends purpose to an otherwise itinerant lifestyle.
"Yes it has given me purpose," he says, "and purpose in things I enjoy - travelling, meeting people, and solving mysteries.
"I've learned a lot about aviation and I've learned a lot about oceanography. I've learned something about marine biology and something about politics. And I've learned something about people too."
As for the celebrity that goes with it, he says it is "not that important" to him. He puts himself out there to publicise the search for the plane and keep it going, he says, and if that means giving interviews, so be it.
There is a limit to what Mr Gibson's suspected plane parts can tell us. The fact that they are all small suggests that the aircraft hit the water hard, rather than being glided down by a pilot, and he believes firmly that the pilots did not purposely down the plane.
They also indicate that the Australian search team is looking in roughly the right place - oceanographers predicted that aircraft parts would eventually wash up where they've been found.
But they are unlikely to ever tell us why the plane ended up thousands of miles off course, in one of the most remote corners of the earth. Realistically, unless they find the "black box" flight recorders at the bottom of the ocean, we'll never know for sure
In the meantime, Mr Gibson's quest continues. After another raft of media interviews, he's headed down the south-east coast of Madagascar and eventually to South Africa.
First though, he has to make an important stop in the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo, to turn in his new find.
"I feel very good when I hand in the debris," he says. "I feel like I have contributed something. But at the same time there is a sadness. These are pieces of evidence that the plane crashed."
And the new piece, the TV monitor case, will be the hardest, he says. Much harder than a part of a tail or wing.
"Every time you fly, you see the monitor on the back of the seat in front. For somebody, this might have been the last thing they saw."
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world joined the debate about the news that Jodie Whittaker is to star as the first female Time Lord.
The social reaction was as varied as the hashtags used to share them which included Doctor Who, Dr Who, #doctor13 and #jodiewhittaker.
While some people talked about the great role model the new Doctor would be for girls and women, others wondered why it had taken so long and some were firmly in the camp that the Doctor was only ever meant to be male.
People with young girls in their families appeared to be delighted at the announcement including David Owens who wrote: "My 8-year-old daughter pumped her fist and shouted "yes!" when the new @bbcdoctorwho was revealed. Think that tells you all you need to know."
Simon Tucker responded saying: It's great mate. My nieces can grow up in a world with a good Wonder Woman, a female Jedi, female ghostbusters & a female Dr Who."
And @BlackRyu82 wrote: "My youngest daughter loves new Ghostbusters. We watched it together almost daily at one point. Super excited to watch Dr Who with her!"
One user applauded the move saying; "The lack of women, and lead women, in sci fi is embarrassing. Doctor Who just made a step in the right direction".
And the casting milestone made some people feel quite emotional like Carla Joanne who tweeted: "Wow. I don't even watch #DrWho & this made me choke up a little. I will def be tuning in".
Giving Jodie Whittaker the lead role could pull in more new viewers including @Laidback_Blake who wrote: "Ooh a lady Dr. Who this time. I may have to watch this season."
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The news was greeted in an apparently tongue-in-cheek way by some including @plewis16 who tweeted: "A woman as Dr Who ? I can't believe it - outrageous. Send for the Daleks! And change the locks on all police boxes. What would Hartnell say?"
But not everyone was happy. On Facebook Nicki Murphy wrote: "I like Jodi, I think she is a terrific actor but I'm sorry, this is an exercise in pleasing the PC brigade. How about writing some new, quality roles for females... this is an attempt to meet some quota!!!"
And a female Doctor was all too much for life-long fan Wendy Roberts who posted: "No disrespect to the actress chosen but the producers have brought my Dr Who history and memories to an abrupt end."
Si Stringer took a more nuanced view of the Facebook discussion posting simply: "People who accept a shape-shifting, time-travelling immortal character unable to accept female lead in a television show."
The conversation will no doubt not end here but as one Twitter user pointed out, whatever your view about a female Doctor, one thing is for certain: "The world hasn't ended."
By Annie Flury, UCG and Social News
The wave technology company Wave-tricity will develop and test a new device called the Ocean Wave Rower.
The two-year project has received £4m of EU funding and will generate clean energy by capturing the natural motion of sea waves.
It is expected to lead to the creation of jobs in engineering and operations with Wave-tricity, as well as opportunities for local businesses.
Matthew Fairclough-Kay, managing director at Wave-tricity, said: "Everyone on the team is looking forward to starting operations in Pembrokeshire and bringing the prospect of clean wave energy a step closer to commercial success."
Rail Minister Claire Perry said the welfare system should encourage people to make better choices.
David Cameron has said obese people unable to work could see their sickness benefit cut if they refuse treatment.
But Mrs Perry told the BBC she preferred the "carrot" approach rather than the "stick".
The prime minister's proposed cut in benefits would also apply to people who are unable to work because of alcohol or drug problems, and refuse to get help.
Mrs Perry, who was speaking on BBC 2's Daily Politics programme, said a national debate was needed about what constitutes a healthy diet.
"If it was all about willpower I would weigh eight stone. I think we live in a world where dietary advice is incredibly confusing. Every week we read 'it's carbs, its not carbs, it's fat, it's starvation' - whatever it is, people are busy, running around after their children," she said.
"I think everybody would like to be slimmer and healthier and what the welfare system could do is encourage people to make better choices."
Asked whether she agreed with the PM's benefits proposal, Ms Perry said she preferred to see incentives for people to get healthy and become more active, adding that increased exercise was associated with better mental health.
She added: "For many women who are struggling having to lose weight after children... it is a real problem and anything we can do to motivate people and give incentives to do it. I prefer to focus on carrots - the healthy choice - rather than sticks."
David Cameron has announced a review of the current system, which he says fails to encourage people with long-term, treatable issues to get medical help.
According to the government, some 100,000 people with such conditions claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Mr Cameron wants the review to look at whether it would be appropriate to withhold benefits from those who are unwilling to accept help.
Labour said the policy would do nothing to help people to get off benefits.
The Men ACWY vaccine is offered free to all 17- and 18-year-olds and first-time university entrants under 25 because students are particularly at risk.
But only a third of young people get the life-saving vaccine, and cases of Men W are on the rise.
Meningitis Now said it was "deeply concerned" about low vaccine uptake.
Julia Styles lost her daughter Emily at 19 as she was preparing to go to Winchester University.
She had been working as a teaching assistant and had plans to become a special needs teacher.
When she started feeling unwell, a few days after Christmas 2013, she was at her boyfriend's house. The following day when she tried to get up, she collapsed.
"There was no rash at any point. Even when Emily was unconscious, I still didn't think it was meningitis," Julia says.
Julia has decided to talk about the pain of her daughter's death, on New Year's Day 2014, to prevent similar tragedies happening to other families.
Emily died before the Men ACWY vaccine was introduced in the UK, in August 2015, which protects against the four groups of meningococcal bacteria: A, C, W and Y.
She wants parents to imagine exactly what she has gone through.
"There wasn't a vaccine then. I didn't have choice.
"I would say to parents now, 'Just imagine for a moment if your child walked out the door and the next time you saw then they were unconscious and then you were burying them,'" Julia says.
She says the single most important thing parents can do is to make sure they get their children vaccinated.
"Do it while you're buying them the pots and pans and things they need for university."
Meningitis can be difficult to spot because the symptoms are similar to common illnesses such as the flu or a hangover - but it can kill within hours and requires urgent medical treatment.
Teenagers are the second most at-risk group for contracting meningitis, after babies and toddlers.
Up to a quarter of students carry the bacteria, and they tend to pass it on easily.
Living in close contact with other young people in university halls means students are far more likely to be infected if not protected by the vaccine.
Meningococcal bacteria are passed from person to person by coughing, sneezing and intimate kissing.
Dr Tom Nutt, chief executive at Meningitis Now, said: "We remain deeply concerned about the low level of vaccine uptake - just 33% last year, which remains disappointingly below the 2015 uptake rate of 38%.
"It's vital that young people and their parents are not complacent about the threat of meningitis - we urge them to take up this lifesaving vaccine."
Cases of meningococcal group W have been rising every year in the UK since 2009, with 210 in 2015-16 compared with 30 in 2011-12.
Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England, said the Men ACWY vaccination programme would "save lives and prevent lifelong and devastating disability".
"We have seen a rapid increase in Men W cases across England in recent years, and vaccination is the most effective way of protecting against infection."
She urged teenagers and young people to get vaccinated as soon as possible and seek urgent medical help if they were concerned about their friends' health or their own.
Those who are due to leave school this summer, or who are aged 17 to 18 and not in school, are now eligible for the Men ACWY vaccine and should contact their GP practice.
UK firm IGas says there may be up to 170 trillion cubic feet (4,810 cubic km) of gas in the areas it is licensed to explore in northern England.
But it remains unclear how much of the gas will be economically extractable.
Shale gas is extracted by fracking - pumping water, chemicals and sand at high pressure into rock to release gas.
Critics argue that the process may cause earth tremors and want investment in green energy.
Fracking has revolutionised the US energy market and the energy industry has hopes for a similar transformation in the UK.
IGas is one of the companies granted a licence by UK authorities to explore parts of the country believed to contain large resources of shale gas.
The company's licences cover an area of 300 sq miles across Cheshire.
It had previously said it had about nine trillion cubic feet of shale gas. It now estimates that the volume of "gas initially in place" could range from 15.1 trillion cubic feet to 172.3 trillion cubic feet, the higher figure being nearly 20 times higher than the previous estimate.
The UK's annual gas consumption is currently about 3 trillion cubic feet.
"The licences have a very significant shale gas resource with the potential to transform the company and materially benefit the communities in which we operate," said IGas chief executive Andrew Austin.
"Our estimates for our area alone could mean that the UK would not have to import gas for a period of 10 to 15 years".
Energy firm Cuadrilla, which has drilled wells near Blackpool in Lancashire, says it has 200 trillion cubic feet of gas in its licence area of the Bowland Shale.
That suggests the overall number for the region could be in excess of 400-500 trillion cubic feet in total.
"It's not unreasonable to assume that there could be as much as 500 trillion cubic feet in the Bowland shale across the North West," said Mr Austin.
"Even if the industry can only extract a fraction of that, combined with North Sea reserves, it could make the UK self sufficient in gas for decades to come."
The amount of gas that is extractable will become clearer once a significant number of wells have been drilled and gas flow rates tested.
In a report published earlier this year, the Energy and Climate Change Committee also cast doubt on the value of shale gas extraction.
Although it said shale gas in the UK could help secure domestic energy supplies, it also warned that it may not bring down prices.
The process of fracking also remains controversial - it has been blamed for causing earth tremors and there are concerns about water contamination and the large volumes of water required.
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has described fracking as "dirty and unnecessary", arguing that the UK should instead focus on investing in renewable energy.
IGas plans to carry out exploratory drilling, not including fracking, in Cheshire at the end of the year.
Gas and oil discoveries in shale rock in the US have led to a boom in gas and oil production there recent years, and have also dramatically reduced gas prices.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the US will overtake Russia as the world's biggest gas producer by 2015, and Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer by about 2020.
The shale gas industry is in its infancy in the UK. But supporters believe it could play a key role in our future energy supplies.
A report by the British Geological Survey for the Department of Energy and Climate Change is due to give an updated assessment of how much gas there is in the Bowland Shale in the North West of England in the coming weeks.
Industry sources have told the BBC they expect the BGS assessment to result in a "very big number".
Gareth Bennett is UKIP's lead candidate for the South Wales Central region.
Earlier in March, party immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe said UKIP's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) was considering deselecting Mr Bennett.
UKIP has not yet confirmed whether or not it will take action.
In a statement Gareth Bennett said any move to deselect him would be a "slap in the face for party members" who voted for him to be a candidate.
"If the small clique clustered around the national leadership want to continue to oppose me, then let battle commence," he said.
"There will only be one winner in this contest.
"I have complete faith that the NEC will continue to support me.
"I am informed by my many friends and allies there that there have been no official moves made thus far to question my candidacy."
The NEC's next scheduled meeting is on 4 April.
On 17 March Mr Bennett told WalesOnline: "I think in Cardiff the starkest area which has changed completely is City Road.
"That's probably where we have a multiplicity, a melting pot of different races all getting on each other's nerves, I think, and certainly causing lots of problems because of different cultural attitudes, very visible problems of rubbish which is being left on the street uncollected all the time."
Mr Bennett was then asked on BBC's Daily Politics what evidence he had for his claim.
He said: "I haven't got any firm evidence to give you now."
Officers saw a "large bladed weapon" in the man's car when it stopped near the palace on Friday evening.
As they arrested him, both men suffered minor arm injuries, police said.
The 26-year-old man was also treated for minor injuries. He was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault, and under the Terrorism Act.
No members of the Royal Family were in Buckingham Palace at the time.
The incident happened outside the Mall roundabout near Spur Road - which runs along the corner of the Palace grounds - at about 20:35 BST, police said. The man had stopped his car in a "restricted area" and police saw the weapon.
Det Supt Guy Collings said the "quick and brave" actions of the officers meant the man was detained very quickly, and that no members of the public had any contact with him.
The two officers and the suspect had all since been discharged from hospital and the suspect was taken to a central London police station for questioning, police said.
Enquiries into the full circumstances are ongoing, they added, and there was still a police cordon at the scene.
Eye-witness Kiana Williamson said: "We turned up and there was one police van and one car; there was also a civilian's car that had veered towards the police car.
"They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting; more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back.
"I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm, although it didn't look severe.
"He was being tended to by another officer.
"The man had been restrained and looked almost unconscious by the side of the road."
Another passer-by, who did not want to be named, said her partner initially thought he had seen a sword.
She told the Press Association: "The police didn't just run up to the car. There was some shouting prior to this; I couldn't tell you what, I was a bit panicked...
"My partner saw a sword, which I didn't see, as well as a policeman with blood on him, looking like his hand or chest was injured.
"The police officer had it in his hand, walking away with it."
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O'Sullivan's tournament had been overshadowed by his claims that he had been bullied by snooker bosses.
But he seemed unaffected by the controversy as he scored a tournament-high break of 146 to win three from four frames and get back to 11-9, having trailed 10-6.
The pair then shared the next two frames and Ding held his nerve, scoring a classy 117 to earn a semi-final place against Mark Selby.
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Selby was in sensational form to thrash Marco Fu 13-3.
The reigning champion scored 139 and 143 but it was no surprise the latter mark was beaten by O'Sullivan in a match that featured five centuries and 18 breaks of more than 50. Only one of the 23 frames did not include a half-century.
O'Sullivan, 41, who hugged his equally emotional opponent at the end, said: "It was a fantastic match and I am really pleased to be involved. I really enjoyed it. I would rather lose a good match than win an awful one.
"Ding is a special lad, a beautiful guy. He is all good; he doesn't have a bad bone in his body.
"He wants to win this title so bad. He is in a great place and I wish him all the best."
Six-time world champion Steve Davis on BBC Two:
In the same way boxers collapse into each other's arms at the end and say, 'you are a great player'. That moment was very similar, regardless of whether it was a physical contest or not, it was the same mentality.
For all of the times when Ronnie O'Sullivan throws teddies out of the pram, players appreciate other great players. From Ding Junhui's perspective, getting to the final last year was a massive stepping stone. This is another part of the jigsaw puzzle and unlocks the World Championship a little further for him.
Ding has always been clinical in among the balls and he looks very strong in that department, but beating Liang Wenbo from behind, showing heart and determination, and now beating O'Sullivan, he has answered a lot of questions at the Crucible that he has not answered before.
It is a bit like a video game for Ding, he has beaten the boss but now has to go to the next level to face a bigger boss - Mark Selby.
Facing the world champion will be a bigger hurdle mentally and we cannot say how it will pan out. Selby has looked astonishing so far, if Ding beats him, then he has to play someone great in the final. He is only halfway through in sessions played.
Ding, last season's runner-up, is looking to become the first Asian player to lift the world title, and said he "played great".
"I kept my form from the first frame to the last frame and I put him under pressure," Ding said.
"I do not have a good record against him but every time I had a chance I did well. He was not in his best form but he is still good enough.
"Ronnie said I looked a different player and I looked stronger. I thank him. To beat him you have to work hard. I am more confident."
A spirited O'Sullivan comeback before the mid-session break kept alive hopes of him claiming a sixth World Championship title.
The Englishman had won a crucial final frame on Tuesday with a blistering century inside four minutes and, after taking scrappy opener, a rapid break of 97 made it three in a row to cut the gap to 10-8.
But Ding, who has often been accused of crumbling under pressure, responded with a fine 69.
O'Sullivan was in full flow, turning down the chance of a maximum by going for a pink rather than a slightly trickier black during a magnificent 146.
Only Mark Allen and Graeme Dott have ever managed a 146 at the Crucible but neither did so in the seven minutes and 32 seconds it took O'Sullivan to clear up and reduce the gap to two frames.
But Ding, 30, kept his opponent at bay in the closing stages with breaks of 87, 63 and 117 to win two of the final three frames and get over the line.
Barry Hawkins beat Stephen Maguire 13-9 to reach the last four, having made breaks of 126, 98 and 86 in the match. The 2013 finalist faces four-time champion John Higgins next.
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Cases heard in England's magistrates' courts currently take 149 days on average to complete - a week longer than four years ago.
In some parts of the country, magistrates take three times as long to deal with cases as elsewhere.
The Ministry of Justice said new technology would speed up courts.
Magistrates in England and Wales, whose courts process about 90% of all criminal cases, dealt with 1,360,858 defendants last year, 5.4% fewer than the 1,444,505 in 2011. Crown courts saw 139,000 cases in 2014.
In July, the government announced 57 magistrates courts and two crown courts would close in the wake of a 30% budget cut since 2010, which has seen HM Courts and Tribunals Service funding cut from £1.5bn to £1bn.
BBC News Online reporters covered the working of courts in three parts of England on Monday. They encountered:
To look back at the Local Live court streams visit Beds, Herts & Bucks, Northamptonshire or Suffolk.
Ministry of Justice figures obtained by the BBC show what victims call a "postcode lottery" in the justice system.
In the Sussex (Western) region, magistrates cases take an average of 124 days to be dealt with. In Furness and District, in Cumbria, the figure is just 37 days.
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Corby has some of the slowest courts in England, taking 108 days on average to deal with cases. This, the court's bench chairman Terry Knights warns, could be causing some cases to collapse, letting the guilty walk free.
"I fear we are right on the cusp of things suddenly starting to unravel. The whole court system is Dickensian," he said.
"It isn't unusual to get a court appearance which is someone's sixth court appearance for one case.
"At the end of the day some of the witnesses and some of the victims say I can't be bothered with this - and they don't turn up and therefore the case falls apart. Justice isn't done."
A senior Essex magistrate, who asked not to be identified, said there was a "perfect storm" for delays in the county, which has a growing population, court closures, crime hotspots including a major international port and airport and the introduction of new police software which has caused issues.
"We are seeing trials taking place something like a year after events that are in court," he said.
"During that year people's memories have faded, some people who were prepared to give evidence don't wish to do so any longer, so both the quality and quantity of evidence, which is absolutely critical, starts to slip away.
"The other thing is the victims of the alleged offence don't get the closure. They have this hanging over them for very much longer than they should do."
The step-father of a sexual assault victim in Suffolk, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "The court system is a postcode lottery, the time cases take really depends on where you live.
"The whole process was about twice as long as it needed to be and the impact on us as a family was awful and we will never forget how terrible that was."
Danielle Moss, whose ex-partner was jailed for three years for causing injuries to their son Ollie, said the case took two years and three months to get to trial.
"It is an awful long time, you feel like you're living a sentence," said Ms Moss, who believes her former partner is innocent.
Essex lawyer Caroline Woodley at law firm OBWPerera, told of "a huge backlog of trials" in her area.
"We experience a lot of delays. It is bad and it is probably getting worse. Delays are happening on a daily basis.
"In court, the majority of the delays involve us not getting the paperwork on time from the prosecution whether at the initial court hearing or after that, prisoners not being delivered at the right time or to the right court, interpreters not turning up on time or to the right court and there are delays in getting cases listed."
Heather Robbie from Victim Support said: "Cases are taking longer to come to court, it sometimes takes more than a year between the original crime and it coming to court.
"It is tough for victims. In our experience some people are really quite frustrated, they get stressed and anxious, it can affect their physical and mental health and it can affect the quality of their evidence."
Justice Minister Shailesh Vara said: "The magistrates are stating the obvious. There are delays. We know that.
"We want to make sure that delays are minimised if not eliminated completely, because it is important that justice takes place efficiently and properly and to make a system that is less stressful for all concerned.
He said the delays in the worst areas were not "acceptable", adding he wanted to see video conferencing and use of mobile telephones in people's sitting rooms to deal with certain cases.
RBS is cutting the jobs of 220 face-to-face advisers, as it switches customers to an automated online service.
It said personalised advice would now only be offered to customers with more than £250,000 to invest.
However, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said such services could make financial advice cheaper.
A Natwest and RBS spokesperson said in a statement: "Our customers increasingly want to bank with us using digital technology. As a result, we are scaling back our face-to-face advisers and significantly investing in an online investing platform that enables us to help a new group of customers with as little as £500 to invest."
RBS is cutting a further 200 jobs in insurance products.
After a seven-month study, the FCA and the Treasury's joint Financial Advice Market Review concluded that the new technology could "play a major role in driving down costs".
The FCA said it should also set up a new advice unit to help financial firms set up the automated programmes - known as robo-advice.
Such programmes allow consumers to go online, answer some questions, and receive financial help without having to pay for individually-tailored suggestions.
At least three more High Street banks are thought to be planning to launch such services.
Most banks scaled down their financial advice services in 2013, when a review by the previous regulator made it impractical for them to provide cost-effective help to most consumers.
Robo-advice consists of a series of online questions, such as:
The provider, such as a bank or wealth management company, will then suggest how you should invest your cash, and then help you to do so.
The FCA said that many consumers did not want to pay for full regulated advice, but simply wanted more informal guidance.
It recommended several ways in which employers could be encouraged to give such guidance, with consumers able to pay for it over a period of time.
And it suggested that consumers be given "nudges" at certain times in their lives to prompt them to take action on their finances.
"The package of reforms we have laid out today will help increase both the accessibility and affordability of the advice and guidance, to ensure that consumers get the help they really need when they really need it," said Tracey McDermott, the FCA's acting chief executive.
The FCA also said the Treasury should consider allowing those nearing the age of 55 to access some of their pension pots to pay for financial advice.
And it recommended that the government should champion the idea of "pensions dashboards" - a means by which consumers can keep track of different pension plans they have paid into over the course of their working lives.
The town hit the headlines last year when local police officers were linked to the disappearance of 43 students.
The government said corrupt officers from Cocula and nearby Iguala abducted the 43 and handed them over to a local drug gang, that then killed them.
The case highlighted high levels of corruption not just in the local police force but also in local government.
Mr Penaloza Santana was arrested on 16 December on suspicion of having links with "a criminal group which operates in northern Guerrero state", the prosecutor's office said.
Officials did not give any further details, but local media reported that a suspect in the students' disappearance had linked Mr Penaloza Santana to the Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) drug gang,
The 43 students from a teacher training college went missing on 26 September 2014.
The 43 were all students at an all-male teacher training college in the town of Aytozinapa, in south-western Guerrero state. The college has a history of left-wing activism and the students regularly took part in protests.
They disappeared from the town of Iguala on the evening of 26 September 2014 amid a confrontation between municipal police and the students in which six people were killed.
Independent forensic experts have matched charred bone fragments reportedly found at a rubbish dump near Iguala to Alexander Mora, one of the 43 missing students. They also say there is a high probability another set of remains could belong to Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz, another of the students. However, experts from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights say the chain of evidence was broken and they could not be sure the bone fragments had been found at the dump.
According to the official report, the students were seized by corrupt municipal police officers who handed them over to members of a local drugs gang. The gang mistook the students for members of a rival gang, killed them and burned their bodies at the dump before throwing their ashes into a nearby stream.
They think officials have failed to investigate the role soldiers from a nearby barracks may have played in the students' disappearance. The government has refused to let the soldiers, who were in the area at the time of the disappearance, be questioned by anyone but government prosecutors. The families also point to the report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which said that there was no evidence the bodies of the 43 were burned at the dump.
A government investigation concluded that they were seized by corrupt municipal police officers, who handed them to members of the Guerreros Unidos.
According to the investigation, the students were killed by the gang, who mistook them for members of a rival group.
Their bodies were then burned at a rubbish dump outside of Cocula, the report said.
DNA tests revealed that bone fragments police said they had found at the rubbish dump were those of one of the missing students, Alexander Mora.
However, an independent investigation into the students' disappearance has since rejected the government's account of events.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in September that it had found no evidence that the bodies were incinerated.
The commission urged the government to continue looking for the missing students but did not offer any further clues as to what might have happened to them.
D'Oliviera, who hit 202 not out in the teams' last meeting in Cardiff in May, missed the recent defeat against Kent.
Glamorgan are without paceman Timm van der Gugten because of Holland duties.
But they have recalled Graham Wagg, Craig Meschede and Michael Hogan, who sat out the Northants defeat.
Ruaidhri Smith is out for at least four weeks with a side strain suffered at Swansea, but teenager Lukas Carey could retain his place after taking seven wickets on debut.
Worcestershire are in fourth place in Division Two, 14 points behind leaders Essex in the only promotion spot with five games to play.
Glamorgan need to recover from being bowled out for under 100 in their last two innings, in the Championship and the T20 quarter-final exit against Yorkshire.
Worcestershire (from): Mitchell, D'Oliviera, Fell, Clarke, Kohler-Cadmore, Whiteley, Cox, Leach, Barnard, Shantry, Morris, Russell.
Glamorgan (from): Rudolph (captain), Selman, Bragg, Lloyd, Donald, Meschede, Wagg, Wallace, Morgan, Hogan, Carey, Salter
Pick, 23, was caught with anabolic steroids in his system during an out-of-competition test, and banned for two years in 2015.
He spent time at Huddersfield before joining Rovers in 2013.
"Speaking to Shaun, he is committed to making this a positive experience," head coach Paul Rowley said.
"He wants to take this opportunity with both hands. Our staff did their homework on Shaun - as with all our players - to make sure we got our man with a clear focus on achieving our goals.
"The staff and I look forward to working with this young man, and providing clear and honest guidance, which will see him realise the huge potential he has."
Former Salford forward Luke Menzies has also joined Canadian side Toronto, who will begin their first season in the English League One this year.
The advert used an acronym for "See You in the Northern Territory" to effectively spell a profanity.
Many believed it was an official tourism campaign after it went viral in November, but the territory's tourism authority said it was not involved.
The Advertising Standards Board ruled the language was not appropriate.
The creators of the ad, NTOfficial.com, describe themselves as a brand that aims to "represent the true spirit of the Northern Territory".
The campaign won fans for capitalising on perceptions of the territory as having an irreverent sense of humour, but it also attracted criticism.
Various complaints described the slogan as "crass", "highly offensive" and "derogatory", the industry watchdog said.
Some also expressed concerns the ad promoted misogyny and projected a negative image of Australia to overseas tourists.
The brand, which sold the slogan on a range of merchandise, had argued the board would set a "dangerous precedent" if it was found to breach advertising codes.
It said provocative acronyms were used by well-known brands such as French Connection UK.
But the Advertising Standards Board, which has no legal powers, said the language was "obscene and not appropriate in advertising in any form".
The Northern Territory's official tourism department said although it did not condone the language, the slogan - which was also sold on T-shirts - had resonated widely.
"We do agree with the Advertising Standards Board that their key slogan is obscene," tourism executive Valerie Smith told the BBC.
"I think it did perhaps tap into a bit of the larrikinism [mischievous] sense of humour. It did get a lot of people talking about the Territory."
Some local observers agreed, with Mashable writing: "Turns out swearing can get you a pretty long way."
Pop culture website Pedestrian mused: "Don't be surprised if a couple of those tops are smuggled away in the NT tourism department's headquarters."
Hartsdown Academy has pupils from 30 countries, with a third speaking English as a second language.
Head teacher Andy Somers said "ugly things" had been said to students by people in the Kent town.
He said the vote to leave the EU and political propaganda had led people to think racism had become acceptable.
Mr Somers said the school saw racist incidents 10 years ago but built a community by celebrating culture, talking about ethos and looking at how people lived together.
The referendum tipped that on its head, he added.
He said: "Thursday and Friday were very difficult days. I had groups of students feeling sick and scared and, on Friday, feeling very much not welcome.
"We also had some ugly things said to students over the weekend by people in the community who seemed to think that, because of the vote ... that it's OK to be racist."
He added: "We need to have calm and we need students to understand that nothing is going to happen."
Other incidents across Kent have included reports of offensive social media posts, verbal abuse directed at a taxi driver and a voter shouted at in a polling station.
In Medway, a man tweeted excrement was put through his letter box when he flew a Belgian flag from his house.
Kent Police said it remained committed to stamping out all crime motivated by hate and prejudice.
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Resuming on 19-1, the Windies reached 329-5 at the close, a lead of 71, with Brathwaite making 134 and Hope an unbeaten 147, his maiden Test century.
The pair put on 246 for the fourth wicket until Stuart Broad bowled Brathwaite late in the day.
Ben Stokes also took a late wicket as England toiled on a largely frustrating second day at Headingley.
James Anderson claimed two wickets before lunch as West Indies fell to 35-2, but England then went wicketless for almost six hours during the Brathwaite-Hope stand.
The tourists' display was a remarkable turnaround from the first Test when they were dismissed for 305 in two innings combined to fall 1-0 behind in the series.
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After an improved performance with the ball on day one, West Indies followed suit with the bat on their best day of the series by far.
Hope and Brathwaite rode their luck at times in the morning session under overcast skies but then made the most of better conditions later in the day.
Brathwaite was twice reprieved by the review system but went to 50 and 100 with sixes off Moeen Ali and Tom Westley.
Hope started the day with a Test average of 18.61, but after playing and missing early on he played an accomplished innings with 23 boundaries.
The Barbados duo helped the tourists move ahead in the 85th over before their 411-ball stand was ended by Broad with the second new ball.
It was the first 200 partnership for the Caribbean side since December 2013.
Brathwaite has been involved in four of the last five West Indies partnerships of 160 or more and former England spinner Vic Marks, speaking on Test Match Special, said this knock could "transform the tour" for West Indies.
"It was a terrific knock from a really doughty batsman. He does not charm you but fights furiously and knows his game," Marks added.
"It was a critical 134 that has restored West Indian pride and has got them controlling this game."
England would have been confident of a first-innings lead when Anderson took his 494th and 495th Test wickets within the first nine overs of the day.
He dismissed nightwatchman Devendra Bishoo and Kyle Hope - the latter falling to an excellent catch from England captain Joe Root - in a brilliant spell of six overs, three maidens, two wickets for five runs.
The hosts were unfortunate in the morning session as they beat the bat on a number of occasions but in the afternoon session they conceded 97 runs and failed to create many serious chances.
Broad was wayward while Chris Woakes, playing his first international match since June following a side injury, looked short of match practice.
The dismissals in the final hour of Brathwaite and Roston Chase will lift England a little, but their day was summed up when the final ball of the day, a horrid half-tracker from off-spinner Moeen, was swatted for four by Jermaine Blackwood.
At times, Anderson aside, England bowled too short while former captain Michael Vaughan said the edges failed to carry to the slips because of the speed of the England bowling.
"The pace was around 81mph," Vaughan said. "The reason you have four seamers in the team is because you can up the pace. If it means you bowl one less over then you do so.
"In the winter against Australia, England will be in situations like this. They will not have it all their own way and they will have to fight and come from behind. This is the perfect practice."
England seamer James Anderson: "It was a frustrating day. We started very well when conditions were in our favour but then when the sun came out the pitch got slower.
"We bowled well in patches but didn't do that consistently enough. There were too many balls to release the pressure.
"If we can limit them to a 100-125 run lead and then bat well, that puts us in with a good chance of winning the game because the pitch is spinning."
West Indies batsman Shai Hope, speaking to Sky Sports: "It was good to get the monkey off my back. I felt the pressure. As a professional you want to perform to your best. I wasn't thinking about the 100 as much as I would expect [when in the 90s].
"I just tried to bat as long as possible and stick it out. The key word for us was fight. We are not coming here to let people run over us."
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It is estimated that between 80 and 100 pieces of art were taken from a pop-up gallery in the city centre.
These included original canvases worth up to £10,000. A large original painting of Batman, worth an estimated £2,500, was also taken in the burglary.
Ashley Bradley, the artist's wife, said they believed thieves gained access after one hid in the gallery overnight.
She added that Mr Bradley was "devastated" by the thefts.
"Terry puts his heart and soul into his work," she said. "They're a moment in time. The original pieces cannot be replaced.
"Some of the original drawings have been ordered by people for Christmas - they're all gone. So much stuff has been paid off by customers and we're going to work to replace what we can.
"Terry is completely floored by what's happened."
Staff at the gallery have said they will work hard to replace the stolen artworks. Gayle Williamson said she was heartbroken when she arrived at work this morning: "I was speechless. What can you say?
"It's horrendous and I wasn't expecting it in the mouth of Christmas, but we'll do our best to replace what orders we have."
Police said they are appealing for witnesses to the burglary that took place on Chichester Street between 18:00 GMT on Wednesday and 10:00 on Thursday.
Mrs Bradley said the family believed the gallery had been targeted by people who "knew what they were doing".
"We think someone had hidden in the gallery and opened the back door," she said.
"I was in last night with my daughter at about 21:30. We hope somebody wasn't in there with us.
"It would have taken a long time. These are big and heavy pieces - I can only lift one picture at a time.
"My sister opened at 10 o'clock this morning and it was all gone."
Mrs Bradley, who vowed that the gallery would re-open on Friday, urged anyone who has any information to come forward.
"We're going straight back to work. Nobody was hurt. Hopefully we have enough time before Christmas to replace what can be replaced.
"My hope is a fan of Terry will see this art being passed off. I know they'll be outraged when they hear this has happened.
"If someone sees them, they will know what they are and hopefully come forward with information so we can get them back."
Stolen artwork by Mr Bradley has been recovered before.
In 2014, two paintings, worth £6,000 each, were taken from a shop in south Belfast. Police found them after a tip-off.
The 26 shortlisted projects in this year's competition were selected from across 10 categories.
The overall winner of the Future Project Awards and a number of additional special prizes will be announced at an awards ceremony and gala dinner in Cannes on Wednesday, 16 March 2016.
But it's not too early to look at the possible presidential administrations of some of the leading candidates.
In their countless interviews and speeches before voters, those who seek to replace Barack Obama have given glimpses and outlines of what their top priorities in office would be and who they would appoint to help them turn those ideas into reality.
So what would some of these administrations look like?
If Donald Trump were to win in November, he would be the first man to take the White House without having previously held public office or served at a high level in the military. Because his election would be without precedent, it's difficult to predict what a Trump administration would look like.
He has offered some hints, however.
He's suggested that Congressman Trey Gowdy, head of the committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi consulate attack, could be his attorney general. (That was before Mr Gowdy endorsed Florida Senator Marco Rubio, however.) He's mentioned that 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin would have a place in his presidential cabinet and billionaire financier Carl Icahn is a possible treasury secretary. He's also said he might tap corporate former chief Jack Welch and investor Warren Buffett as economic advisers.
Mr Trump has generated political shockwaves with his at-times bellicose campaign style and controversial proposals on US border security and a temporary halt on the entry of all Muslims into the US, but he's started offering a more measured, conciliatory tone.
"When I'm president, I'm a different person," he said recently. "When you are running the country, it's a different dialogue that goes. And we can do that easily."
That's been music to the ears of some Republican insiders, who have suggested that a Trump administration may be open to overtures from the party establishment he has often spurned.
Top priorities: Halting illegal immigration, improving border security, policing trade with China.
Republican Party veterans are concerned about a Trump administration because he's a political unknown. They are worried about a Cruz administration, on the other hand, because they think they know exactly what he is - a true-believer who places ideology over party fealty. He would easily be the most conservative president elected in the modern era.
Mr Cruz has made countless enemies with his fellow Republican politicians, who are unlikely to get plum spots in his administration. Instead, he could look to the activist base and right-wing think tanks to fill out his executive team.
Unlike Mr Trump, Mr Cruz hasn't floated many names of possible high-ranking administration officials. He's mentioned Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor, as homeland security secretary and said he'd be interested in offering Mr Rubio, a presidential rival, a cabinet position.
He may have fewer top cabinet spots to fill, however, as he's pledged to do away with the departments of energy, commerce, education, and housing and urban development. He's also said he wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service by switching to a flat income tax.
Before their falling out, Mr Cruz also suggested Mr Trump could help him with trade negotiations and be put in charge of constructing a wall on the US-Mexican border.
Top priorities: Instituting a 10% flat tax, "tearing up" Iran nuclear deal, rolling back Obama administration's healthcare reform.
Mr Rubio has talked about how he presents a "generational choice" for voters seeking a new style of politics and fresh ideas. A Rubio White House, however, would likely be populated by many familiar faces from previous Republican governments. After six years as a US senator, Mr Rubio has strong ties to the party establishment.
Mr Rubio's campaign staff is full of veterans of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and others in the Republican Party hierarchy. Many of his advisers, particularly on foreign policy, are old Republican hands like author Robert Kagan and throwbacks to the George W Bush administration, including Elliott Abrams and Stephen Hadley.
In a November 2015 interview he told the Wall Street Journal's Gerard Baker that he would use his "political capital" as a newly-elected president to "give our nation a clear foreign policy with moral clarity" and do "everything possible to ensure that America fulfils its potential in a 21st Century economy". He went on to mention a laundry list of actions, including reforms to the tax structure, energy policy, government regulations, entitlements and healthcare.
Top priorities: Increased funding for the military, higher education "modernisation", end the Obama administration's moves to normalise relations with Cuba.
Hillary Clinton served in the most recent Democratic administration and was first lady in the one before that. More than any other candidate in the field, from either party, the former secretary of state is a known entity.
Three of the senior policy advisers on her campaign team are Maya Harris, a foreign policy think-tank veteran, and Ann O'Leary and Jake Sullivan, both of whom have previously served on her staff. Alan Blinder, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and a Princeton University professor, is her chief economic adviser. Her campaign chair, John Podesta, served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and as an adviser to Mr Obama.
Mrs Clinton said during her campaign kick-off speech in June that her administration would be defined by "four fights" - to make the economy work for "everyday Americans", to ensure US security, to strengthen US communities and to end political "dysfunction".
At the most recent Democratic debate, Mrs Clinton detailed her top three goals for her first 100 days as president.
She mentioned job-creation and infrastructure programmes, raising the minimum wage and "guaranteeing finally equal pay for women's work". She also said that she would expand Mr Obama's healthcare reform, including lowering the costs of prescription drugs.
Top priorities: Criminal justice reform, college affordability, comprehensive immigration reform.
Bernie Sanders has been clear about the kind of people he doesn't want in his White House.
"My cabinet would not be dominated by representatives of Wall Street," he said during a television interview last July. "There are a lot of great public servants out there, great economists who for years have been standing up for the middle class and the working families of this country."
Past Democratic and Republican presidents have frequently turned to New York financial market insiders as economic advisers, including Jack Lew for Mr Obama, Henry Paulson for Mr Bush and Robert Rubin for Mr Clinton.
By contrast, Mr Sanders mentioned New York Times economic columnist Paul Krugman, former Clinton administration labour secretary Robert Reich and Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz as the kind of economic advisers he'd seek out.
When asked what his first 100 days as president would look like, Mr Sanders said he would push to enact universal healthcare, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and increase investment in infrastructure.
"What my first days are about is bringing America together to end the decline of the middle class, to tell the wealthiest people in this country that, yes, they are going to start paying taxes and that we are going to have a government that works for all of us and not just big campaign contributors."
Top priorities: Raising taxes on the wealthy, breaking up large financial companies, free college education for all Americans.
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Some Facebook users told her off for "disrespecting" the PM".
The unapologetic actress responded by posting a picture of both her mother and her wearing short dresses, captioned "legs for the day".
Other Indian actresses have also faced anger over their choice of attire.
Deepika Padukone once publicly called out a leading Indian newspaper in 2014 for tweeting a picture of her cleavage.
"YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??" Padukone tweeted to the paper. Many other actresses also came out in support of her.
The controversy began after Chopra, who stars in the new Baywatch film and in the US television series Quantico, posted a picture with Mr Modi, thanking him "for taking the time from his packed schedule" to meet her in Berlin.
It didn't take long though, before the "disrespectful" dress became the topic of conversation, with many commenting on how it "insulted" Mr Modi and his "pious followers."
Chopra chose not to directly respond to people, but instead made what many are calling a "classy comeback" on Instagram, featuring herself, her mother, and of course, legs.
The post had received more than 100,000 "likes" in a little over four hours.
And while Chopra chose not to directly engage with those criticising her, many of her fans took on her trolls in her defence:
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Tests examined the safety of cladding in combination with a polyethylene filler and stone insulation.
Of the 111 buildings to fail the test, 90 are local authority or housing association-owned.
Rockwool, the makers of the insulation, said the test does not properly assess their product.
They say it is non-combustible and has the highest grade for fire resistance worldwide.
The Local Government Association said the 16 councils that own the affected blocks were already taking safety steps.
The test is the second of six ordered by the government and takes the total number of buildings that do not comply with current building regulations to 193.
Last week, it was revealed that the combination of materials used on the facades of 82 towers had failed the first of the six cladding combinations being looked at.
Cladding samples from all 111 blocks had already failed the initial combustibility tests, also conducted by the Building Research Establishment (BRE).
Initial safety testing after the fire, which killed at least 80 people, only tested the combustibility of the cladding.
However, the new tests involve a 9m demonstration wall subjected to a replication of "a severe fire in a flat breaking out of a window" to see if the flames then spread up the exterior.
The six new tests were rolled out at the recommendation of an independent expert.
The second series of government safety tests - the first of a wave of more comprehensive assessments - has now been completed, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said.
It said cladding systems using aluminium composite material (ACM) panels with a polyethylene filler, and stone wool insulation "does not meet current building regulation guidance".
It is suspected that ACM panels on the outside of Grenfell Tower fuelled the spread of the fatal blaze, acting as kindling once the fire took hold.
Cllr Simon Blackburn, from the Local Government Association, said councils "will continue to get on with what they need to do to ensure people are safe in their homes".
"This includes replacing materials on high-rise blocks affected by these fire safety tests," he said.
"The government must commit to meet the full cost to councils of removing and replacing cladding and insulation systems.
"It is also imperative that this testing process moves quickly to identify what landlords should be replacing these systems with as soon as possible."
It comes as the Grenfell Response Team said most survivors of the fire were still living in emergency accommodation.
Residents from 13 homes have been rehoused so far, with 48 out of 175 offers of temporary or permanent accommodation being accepted.
Indian-born Noshir Gowadia, 66, had helped to design the propulsion system for the B-2 bomber.
A court in Hawaii found him guilty in August of passing on information which helped China to design a stealth cruise missile.
Prosecutors had hoped for a life sentence but said 32 years was "in many ways appropriate".
Gowadia was accused of travelling to China between 2003 and 2005 while designing the missile.
He was said to have been paid $110,000 (£69,000) - money that was used to pay off a mortgage on a luxury home on the island of Maui.
His defence had argued that he only provided information which was unclassified and freely available.
But Chief US District Judge Susan Oki Mollway said Gowadia "broke his oath of loyalty" to the US.
"He was found guilty of marketing valuable technology to foreign countries for personal gain," she told reporters.
Assistant US Attorney Ken Sorenson said he was "a little disappointed" that a life sentence was not given.
"But 32 years is stiff and in many ways an appropriate sentence for him," he said.
"We're confident the message is sent that when you compromise US national security, when you disclose national defence secrets, when you profit by US national defence information, that you will be punished, you will be pursued, you will be convicted."
Gowardia's family said the defence intended to appeal against the sentence.
"My father would never, ever do anything to intentionally hurt this country," the Associated Press news agency quoted his son Ashton as saying.
"We hope the convictions will be overturned and he'll be able to go home."
Officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was stopped by police after slashing car tyres.
In a Thanksgiving message on Facebook, the president paid tribute to Chicago protesters for keeping the peace.
Four people were arrested overnight as demonstrators marched through the city.
The protests were not as widespread or as tense as Tuesday night, which began moments after police released the dashcam video showing the incident.
Mr Obama said on Facebook: "Like many Americans, I was deeply disturbed by the footage of the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
"This Thanksgiving, I ask everybody to keep those who've suffered tragic loss in our thoughts and prayers, and to be thankful for the overwhelming majority of men and women in uniform who protect our communities with honour."
McDonald was stopped by police in October 2014 after reports that he had been walking in the road and slashing car tyres.
The video shows him holding a knife when the police cars arrive and Mr Van Dyke emerges from his car. Within seconds, he shoots the teenager.
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The officer's lawyer said he feared for his life but prosecutors said there was no justification for his actions.
According to court documents seen by the Associated Press, Mr Van Dyke was the subject of 18 civilian complaints over 14 years, including allegations that he used racial slurs and excessive force.
The death of Laquan McDonald has become the latest flashpoint in a long-running debate over police violence against black men.
Protesters said they were organising a Black Friday event which will try to shut down a major shopping area in Chicago on one of the busiest retail days of the year.
Michael Brown: Police shot the unarmed teenager (above) in Ferguson last year, setting off huge protests and unrest nationwide
Eric Garner: Choked to death while under restraint by police in New York
Tamir Rice: Police shot and killed the 12-year-old in Cleveland as he brandished a toy gun
Walter Scott: A South Carolina police officer shot Scott numerous times in the back as he was running away
Freddie Gray: The 25-year-old died after sustaining a severe spinal cord injury while in the custody of police in Baltimore
"I love watching it so much I almost didn't want to spoil the pleasure by being on it," she told Radio Times.
The 48-year-old said it was tricky for a woman her age to be on the show.
"You're not the comedy old bag yet, which would be the joy of going on Strictly," she said.
"If I did it, I'd want to be Ann Widdecombe. I'd want to be out there getting the laughs, being dragged around."
The presenter may not have strutted her stuff in a ball gown, but she can still be seen on a prime time Saturday night show - fronting BBC One's talent search Let It Shine.
The gig comes after Giedroyc stepped down as co-host of the Great British Bake Off, along with Sue Perkins, when it was announced the hit show was moving to Channel 4.
Giedroyc said the furore surrounding the move was "a pretty weird time".
"The press were camped out on my doorstep. My eldest daughter actually saw a few of them off, which I was very, very proud of," she said.
"I'm not the kind of person who would court that sort of attention. I have a very private existence and I had to slightly clench my buttocks during that."
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The man, in his 20s, slipped while walking behind Sgwd yr Eira waterfall.
A helicopter from RAF Chivenor in Devon attended the hour-long rescue, along with 30 mountain rescue members from the Brecon, central Beacons and western Beacons teams.
The man was winched to safety and flown to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr.
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Top seed Murray made short work of American Sam Querrey, winning 6-4 6-2 6-4 in one hour and 59 minutes.
"Sam, especially in the first set, was hitting a huge ball," added Murray, who had no recurrence of an ankle problem.
"There was a key moment at 3-4 when I saved a break point and then managed to break the next game and had the momentum after that."
Murray will now face Germany's Mischa Zverev, the world number 50, on Sunday.
Querrey was the man who upset then world number one Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last summer, but Murray made sure he did not fall victim to another shock after the Serb's surprise defeat by Denis Istomin on Thursday.
With six-time champion Djokovic out, Murray is a clear favourite among many observers to finally land the third leg of the career Grand Slam.
"I don't worry about that, really," said Murray, who has lost four Melbourne finals to Djokovic.
"Obviously, if you're to get to the final, then it has an effect. A lot of the times when I've been in the final here, I've played against him. Had some tough ones."
Querrey gave the Scot plenty to think about in the early stages of their third-round match, attacking the net and hurrying the top seed, but a first-serve percentage of just 57% was not enough to keep Murray at bay.
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The American missed a fleeting chance with a break point in game eight and Murray immediately took advantage, getting the break himself in the next game with a beautiful lob.
He took a firm grip on the match with a run of six out of seven games, easing through the second set with two more breaks.
There was a flurry of resistance as Querrey reeled off three straight games to lead 3-2 in the third set, but Murray once again turned up the pressure with his return to break for a fifth time on his way to a comprehensive victory.
"There was a key moment at 3-4 when I saved a break point and then managed to break the next game and had the momentum after that."
Murray will start as a strong favourite against Zverev, but there is plenty of danger lurking on the Scot's side of the draw.
Former winner Stan Wawrinka, the US Open champion, is through to the last 16 after a 3-6 6-2 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
The Swiss, a potential semi-final opponent for Murray, will play Andreas Seppi next after the Italian beat Belgian Steve Darcis 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-2).
Should Murray get past Zverev on Saturday he could face a daunting quarter-final against four-time champion Federer, seventh seed Berdych or fifth seed Kei Nishikori, with Slovakia's Lukas Lacko the outsider in that section.
The Chancellor told MPs that the first Conservative-only Budget for 18 years would help working people.
It included plans for a new "national living wage" alongside a series of reductions in welfare spending and some tax increases.
The SNP said Mr Osborne was "taking from the poor, giving to the rich".
Scottish Labour said it was a "bad budget for working families, our most vulnerable and our young people".
But the Chancellor said his Budget was designed to take Britain "from a low wage, high tax, high welfare economy, to the higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare country we intend to create".
He pointed to the Greek crisis as evidence that a "bold new settlement" is needed, saying Britain was still "borrowing too much and spending too much".
However, he pledged to make the £12bn of cuts to the welfare budget over three years rather than two.
The chancellor announced a new compulsory national living wage for workers aged over 25 which will start at £7.20 in April 2016 and then rise to £9 an hour by 2020. It will replace the minimum wage which is currently £6.50, but its starting rate will be lower than that recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.
The government said about 140,000 workers in Scotland would benefit, with full-time workers on the new wage expecting to increase their earnings by about £5,200 more by 2020.
The Scottish Conservatives said the £9 national living wage by 2020 went further than the £8.70 figure recommended by the SNP.
Mr Osborne also said that the benefits cap will be cut from the present £26,000 that a family can claim in a year to £20,000 for those living outside London - a move which he said would save more than £1.5bn.
And he confirmed changes to tax credits, limiting them to two children for new claimants from 2017. The income threshold for tax credits is to be reduced from £6,420 to £3,850.
Among the other measures announced by the chancellor were:
Mr Osborne said the changes announced would save £9bn on the welfare budget by 2020.
The SNP welcomed the principle of a national living wage, but said Mr Osborne had set it too low and claimed the rise would be offset by cuts in tax credits.
The party's Treasury spokesman at Westminster, Stewart Hosie, said the Budget had been "less a plan to boost productivity, which should have been at the heart of this, and more a sermon from the high priest of an austerity cult".
He added: "It was not the budget the country needed and it was not the budget needed by those who have suffered the most over the last five years.
"Although the chancellor was right in one regard, it was a Conservative budget - taking from the poor, giving to the rich. The Tories have done it again."
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) claimed the national living wage will be "nothing of the kind and is simply a cheap gimmick aimed at undermining the successful work we have undertaken to promote a meaningful living wage that genuinely helps people out of in work poverty".
Shelter Scotland described the move to stop 18 to 21-year-olds claiming housing benefit as "shameful, unjustified and cruel".
Director Graeme Brown said: "This completely removes the safety net that is in place to protect young people whose circumstances often prevent them from staying in or returning to the family home."
Tax credits provided £2bn in additional cash to households in Scotland in 2013-14, with two-thirds going to help families in low-paid work with children.
Mr Osborne has previously said tax credits had become a "very expensive" system, costing £30bn.
He said the low paid would be compensated by tax cuts in an effort to end the "merry-go-round on which people pay their taxes and then get back benefits" and firms would be encouraged to pay higher wages.
However Jackie Brock, chief executive of the organisation Children in Scotland, called moves to cut child tax credits "shameful", saying they would "punish children born into larger low income families".
Ian Murray, Labour's shadow secretary of state for Scotland, said the chancellor had "cut vital support for working families, whilst slashing reducing inheritance tax for the most well off".
And he urged the SNP to make clear how they would use the new tax and welfare powers being devolved to Holyrood as part of the Scotland Bill to "make a real difference to working families in Scotland."
Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael described the budget as "an assault on the young and the poor".
The former Scottish secretary added: "If anyone had doubts, the budget today shows that the nasty party is well and truly back."
Addressing the Conservative Political Action Congress (CPAC), he vowed to always put American citizens first and build a "great, great border wall".
He also promised to focus on "getting bad people out of this country".
Mr Trump was greeted by chants of "USA, USA, USA!" as he addressed the annual forum in Maryland.
"We're building the wall," he said. "In fact it's going to start very soon. Way ahead of schedule. It's way, way, way ahead of schedule."
His comments come a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly met their Mexican counterparts in Mexico City.
Neither made any mention of the wall in Thursday's news conference after their closed-door meetings.
The wall could cost up to $21.5bn (£17.2bn), according to Reuters, citing a Department of Homeland Security internal report - much higher than Mr Trump's estimated price tag of $12bn (£9.6bn).
On Thursday senior White House strategist Steve Bannon told the crowd at CPAC that Donald Trump wasn't moderating his views or backing down from his controversial campaign promises. On Friday the president took the stage and proved his top adviser right.
In a wide-ranging speech to a crowd of right-wing activists and students, Mr Trump continued his efforts to reshape the Republican Party in his own image. He condemned trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Nafta, which previously had widespread conservative support, to cheers. He promised once again to build the Mexican border wall - ahead of schedule, no less - and crack down on illegal immigration, just a few years after many in his party supported comprehensive immigration reform.
In a conference hall that contained more than a few career political operatives and professional Washington lobbyists, he condemned a "broken" political system full of "blood-sucking consultants" who peddle government influence. Two years ago Mr Trump's presence at CPAC was treated as an afterthought and a reality television joke. A year ago he decided to skip the event entirely. On Friday morning he arrived in a presidential motorcade. It's a brave new world for conservatives and their movement.
Mr Trump, who has insisted Mexico would later pay for the wall, needs Congressional approval for funding before moving forward with construction.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said he would not finance Mr Trump's wall.
On Friday, President Trump also said he was working on a plan to "totally obliterate" the so-called Islamic State.
"Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they can't get in to America," he said.
Mr Trump continued that he "took a lot of heat on Sweden", referring to his erroneous claim that an attack had recently happened there.
He told the crowd: "I love Sweden... but the people over there understand I'm right."
The president then referred to terrorist attacks in France before telling an anecdote about a friend who used to love travelling to Paris every year, but has stopped because "Paris is no longer Paris".
One of the loudest rounds of applause came when he emphasised his "America First" outlook.
"Global co-operation, dealing with other countries, getting along with other countries is good," he said. "It's very important.
"But there's no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency or a global flag.
"This is the United States of America that I'm representing. I'm not representing the globe; I'm representing your country."
He devoted the first 13 minutes of his speech to criticising the media and its use of unnamed sources, without saying which stories he was unhappy with.
Relations between the White House and the media hit a new low for his presidency a few hours later.
Reporters from the BBC, The New York Times, CNN and other outlets were excluded from a briefing by the White House press secretary Sean Spicer. No reason was given, but Associated Press and Time magazine boycotted the so-called gaggle in protest.
Mr Trump is the first president to address the group during his first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981, according to American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp.
There are just four breeding pairs left in England and numbers are declining elsewhere in the UK.
Scotland is the traditional stronghold of these raptors, but numbers have fallen 9% since 2010.
Numbers of hen harrier pairs in Wales fell by more than a third over the same period.
The birds of prey live primarily on heather moorland. The males are easily identified by their black wing tips.
The females look completely different, with puffy brown plumage that helps camouflage them and their nests.
But this iconic species is under severe threat, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
Illegal killings, along with destruction of their habitat, are behind the collapse of their population in England. Numbers fell from twelve pairs in 2010 to just four in 2016.
Numbers of pairs in Scotland fell from 505 to 460 over the period, while in Wales they declined from 57 to 35 breeding pairs.
In Northern Ireland, pairs fell from 59 recorded in 2010 to 46 in 2016.
Hen harriers feed on grouse, which has brought conservationists into conflict with managers of estates involved in grouse shooting.
Martin Harper, conservation director at the RSPB, said: "The latest figures back up a continued trend that we have seen for more than a decade - hen harrier numbers are on the decline throughout the UK.
"The illegal killing of this bird of prey is a significant factor behind the diminishing numbers and a large barrier stopping their recovery."
A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said: "We take the protection of wildlife extremely seriously and have robust measures in place to protect all wild birds, including the hen harrier.
"Anyone who kills or injures a wild bird is committing an offence and could face jail if convicted."
Historically, hen harriers were once much more widespread before being driven to extinction in mainland Britain during the 19th Century.
Despite a subsequent comeback, the species has remained rare - and therefore vulnerable - in the UK, with a breeding population under 1,000 pairs.
Longer term figures highlight the dramatic decline in the UK hen harrier population over the past 12 years.
The national survey in 2004 pointed to an estimated 749 pairs, meaning hen harrier numbers have fallen by 204 pairs (39%) in the succeeding years.
Mr Harper added: "Without purposeful action from all, including governments across the UK and the shooting industry, we may see hen harriers once again lost from more parts of the country."
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Ahmed, who joined the BBC in 2014, said he was "delighted and privileged to be moving to this new, connected, role".
Formerly business editor of the Sunday Telegraph, Ahmed has also worked for The Guardian, The Observer and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
James Harding, the BBC's director of news, said he would "bring intelligence and insight" to his new position.
The business editor role has been vacant since ITV appointed Peston as its new political editor.
According to the BBC, Ahmed "will lead the BBC's economic coverage and will have a broad remit on finance policy stories".
Ahmed's own replacement will be appointed "early in the New Year".
Chairman William Shawcross warned that while the issue is not currently widespread, it is growing.
Mr Shawcross told the Sunday Times the regulator is taking action against charities sending money to various groups in Syria.
He has asked the prime minister for measures to stop those with terrorism convictions from setting up charities.
Currently, those convicted of money laundering or terrorism are not automatically barred from doing so, or from becoming a trustee.
Mr Shawcross said: "It is ludicrous that people with convictions for terrorist offences are not automatically disqualified from serving as charity trustees."
The regulator is currently investigating a number of charities raising funds for causes in Syria.
Mr Shawcross advised that agencies had to be vigilant.
"I'm sure that in places like Syria and Somalia it is very, very difficult for charities always to know what the end use of their aid is, but they've got to be particularly vigilant," he said.
"The problem of Islamist extremism and charities... is not the most widespread problem we face in terms of abuse of charities, but is potentially the most deadly.
"And it is, alas, growing."
In the interview, his first since becoming chairman of the Charity Commission in 2012, Mr Shawcross also said its funding is currently "unsustainable".
"We need two things if we're to continue to improve the commission's performance," said the biographer and author.
"We need a more sustainable funding position and we need stronger legal powers to tackle abuse and mismanagement.
"I know public finances are tight but our funding situation is unsustainable.
"We cannot keep responding to continuous salami-slicing of our budget."
It was feared Coetzee had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament for a second time but he will now be fit and available for the start of next season.
The South African was injured in the win over Zebre earlier this month.
"It really is fantastic news - I think most people were fearing the worst," said Ulster director of rugby Les Kiss.
The 25-year-old, who has been capped 28 times for the Springboks, made his Ulster debut against Edinburgh in February after missing the start of the campaign with an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
He had an immediate impact, registering an incredible 26 carries in a 59-minute appearance against the Scots.
Coetzee also featured prominently in the subsequent wins over Glasgow and Treviso, before picking up the injury in the record ten-try Pro12 victory over Zebre.
"He has had a tremendous impact since he joined the club, not only on the pitch, but also on the training paddock with his huge work ethic and infectious positive attitude," added Kiss.
"It's a great boost for the club, the supporters and most importantly Marcell himself, that we will see him back in an Ulster jersey at the start of next season.
"I have spoken to Marcell and he's really pleased with the prognosis. I know from the way he faced the challenge of his previous rehab that he will be back even better than before."
Ri Jong Chol had been released from police custody due to insufficient evidence to press charges.
He was handed over to immigration officials for deportation because he has no travel documents, and left the country on Friday, an official said.
Malaysia is also investigating a firm thought to be used by North Korea to evade sanctions on military exports.
It has condemned the use of the powerful VX nerve agent in the 13 February attack.
Mr Kim, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, died at an airport in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Two women were charged on Thursday with killing him by smearing his face with VX, a banned chemical weapon.
Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia have said they thought they were taking part in a TV prank. They have yet to make a formal plea in their case.
Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar denied that any political or diplomatic pressure had been applied in the case and said the North Korean had been released because of lack of evidence, AFP reported.
Ri Jong Chol had lived in Malaysia for three years but, according to Reuters news agency, his work permit expired on 6 February 2017.
Immigration director-general Mustafar Ali said Ri Jong Chol, who was escorted out of Malaysia by two North Korean embassy officials, is blacklisted from re-entering the country.
Meanwhile, the government said it had launched an investigation into a company called Glocom, which has been operating in Malaysia for several years.
According to a confidential United Nations report, Glocom is run by North Korea's top intelligence agency to sell military communications equipment, in violation of UN sanctions.
The Malaysian authorities say they have already shut down two local companies associated with Glocom.
Malaysia is seeking seven other North Korean suspects, including an embassy official.
Police said on Friday that an arrest warrant had been issued for 37-year-old Kim Uk-il, who works for North Korean national airline Air Koryo. He is believed to be still in Malaysia.
Reuters news agency reported that security checks on North Koreans had been stepped up at all border crossings to prevent them from leaving.
On Thursday, Malaysia announced it was cancelling visa-free travel for visiting North Koreans, citing security reasons.
It has not directly blamed North Korea for the attack, but there is widespread suspicion Pyongyang was responsible.
North Korea has strongly rejected the allegations. It also rejected the findings of the post-mortem examination, having objected to it being carried out at all, and has demanded the body be handed over to them.
It has not yet confirmed that the body is that of Kim Jong-nam, acknowledging him only as a North Korean citizen. Mr Kim was travelling using a passport under a different name.
After starting on 157, he eventually made 247 before they declared on 548-9, with Dieter Klein claiming 6-142.
Patel - who scored 257 in his last Championship innings - faced 305 balls, hitting 31 boundaries.
James Pattinson then took 5-33 as Leicestershire were bowled out for 134, 414 in arrears.
The home side enforced the follow-on but bad light prevented the players returning for Leicestershire's second innings.
Notts all-rounder Samit Patel:
"I'm obviously very pleased to get back-to-back double centuries. If you are in form you have got to try and make the most of it and that's what I'm trying to do.
"I was very disappointed to get out in the way I did but I'm happy with the way it's going and as long as we are winning it doesn't matter.
"We talk about consistency and being ruthless in the dressing room and whoever is in it's all about making partnerships, they were really crucial."
(on Pattinson) "He's a game changer, we know how good he is. He bowls at good pace and he swings them and he's bowled fantastically well for us all year. He's quick, I've faced him in the nets and you have to have your wits about you."
Leicestershire pace bowler Dieter Klein:
"Arriving here this morning, our team talk was all about getting early wickets and we got that, but they were able to set it up to have a bit of a whack at the end.
"Samit batted very well but the position we are in now we have to keep fighting and hope for the best.
"I think a lot of the guys came into this game with positive attitude and tried to embrace playing against a quality attack like this.
"Although it didn't work out in the first innings, I'm sure the guys will come back tomorrow and embrace it again, and hopefully execute it better."
The party has promised to introduce "new protections against internet harms" if they win the election.
It wants to work with social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter but have not ruled out legislation.
Labour accused the Tories of "cynically trotting out tough talk that we know will be ultimately meaningless".
At present, users can delete their profile on social media accounts if they want to get rid of embarrassing content, but this risks losing all their online connections with people.
The Conservatives also want to make it easier to conduct business online, by introducing the right to insist on a so-called digital signature as a replacement for signing a contract by hand.
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The Conservatives want the social media industry to find technological changes that will protect minors from images of pornography, violence and other age-inappropriate content on social media, app stores and websites.
Companies would also be required not to direct users "unintentionally" to hate speech and other sources of harm.
The Tories said the new digital entitlements and protections "will be backed up with a statutory sanctions regime" which would give regulators the ability to fine or prosecute those companies who failed in their legal duties, and to order the removal of content where it clearly breached UK law.
But Labour's digital economy spokesman Louise Haigh said: "We pressed the government to introduce tough new codes to tackle extremist and illegal content proliferating across the web, but they categorically refused to act in the Digital Economy Act.
"The Home Office were crystal clear they did not want to legislate and that they believed the voluntary framework was sufficient.
"Now only three weeks on from those discussions, they're cynically trotting out tough talk that we know will be ultimately meaningless.
"The fact is that in government the Tories have been too afraid to stand up to the social media giants and keep the public safe from illegal and extremist content."
The Conservatives want to be seen to be alive to the realities of the digital age for young people.
Photos vividly illustrating teenage indiscretion, or controversial commentary posted online which may prove rather tricky to defend years later in a job interview, can be very difficult to get rid of, without the user deleting their entire profile.
Attempting to regulate global social media companies, based outside the UK, isn't easy.
But the Conservatives are promising a new law under which these internet giants would be fined if they ignored the wishes of a user who had turned 18 and wanted material removed from when they were younger.
Last week, about 120 diners, who had consumed about 2,000 euros of food and drink, left a restaurant in northern Spain as dessert was due to be served.
It has now emerged a second restaurant only 10km (six miles) away was previously targeted in the same way.
The owners said they believed they were the victims of the same group.
In the first case, the group, purporting to be celebrating a baptism, paid a deposit of €900 ($950; £770) to eat at the El Carmen restaurant in Bembibre, in the north-western Castile and Leon region.
"It happened in the space of a minute," owner Antonio Rodriguez said. "It was something they had planned and they left in a stampede."
El Carmen's case felt more than a little familiar to Laura Arias, the owner of El Rincon de Pepin, a restaurant in nearby Ponferrada.
The group told her they were celebrating a wedding, she said, and ordered a fairly basic menu. They paid €1,000 as a deposit, but consumed €10,000 ($10,600; £8,600) worth of food and drink.
"There were 160 of them and they all disappeared. Suddenly. Within five minutes," Laura told the BBC. "That was the unusual thing.
"Usually people leave over time, and you expect someone to come to talk to you and say they will settle the bill the next morning or something. But they didn't say anything, they just disappeared."
The unusual crime has been reported to police, but Ms Arias is in no doubt who is responsible.
"It's the same people. We can tell from the photos." Reports in northern Spain quoted witnesses as saying the group was from eastern Europe.
On Monday, the Diario del Leon newspaper reported (in Spanish) that two ringleaders had been identified and that police were working to establish firm links between the two cases.
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe told BBC London five cameras would be fitted in each van, three inside, one at the back and one at the front.
The move comes after he met the family of Sean Rigg, who died in police custody in Brixton during 2008.
One "gap" in video footage was around Mr Rigg's transport in a van, he said.
Sir Bernard said his relatives "were a sincere family who were obviously terribly bereaved because they had lost their brother".
He added: "They were concerned we didn't have full coverage by cameras of what had happened to their brother. There was some coverage but it was not complete."
The Met commissioner said the trend of increasing numbers of deaths across Britain in police custody - which at 17 such deaths in 2014-15, is the highest number for five years - was "certainly not true" in the capital.
The head of the Met added: "I am not complacent, any one of these deaths is a terrible thing for the family, but it is a relatively rare event in London.
"In Merseyside we had cameras in police vans for years and in the Met we did not do that and I made a promise we would do that."
Andrew Allison, at The Freedom Association, said he wanted to know why cameras would not be installed in all police vans as it "happened in one so it could happen in any" of the vans.
"What is going to happen to the tape? Will it be immediately erased? Who will have access to it?", he added.
Last month it was announced Met Police officers would wear cameras from March 2016.
Norfolk PCC Stephen Bett claimed £2,700 for driving 96 miles from his "home office" in Thornham to police HQ. He agreed to pay it back last year.
He has told the BBC he is entitled to the mileage and would "fight until I get HMRC to admit they are wrong".
HMRC said it did not comment on identifiable taxpayers.
Mr Bett, who was elected in 2012 on a salary of £70,000, argues that his publicly-funded job should allow him to class his home as his official base.
He claims he has worked this way for 40 years, as a councillor and former Police Authority chairman, and spends most of his time driving directly to appointments "like the chairman of a company travelling between offices".
He said he drives to the Wymondham headquarters "once every couple of weeks" when necessary.
Mr Bett paid back £2,700 he had claimed in mileage after an independent audit last year.
He was also investigated by City of London Police but faced no criminal charges.
At the time, his monthly mileage claim was about £500. In the current financial year, his claims have amounted to about £150 a month.
Mr Bett said he is continuing to dispute the matter with HMRC two years after the row began.
"No-one wants to make a decision and it seems that my papers are currently lost in the system," he said.
"It's typical of a government department, they are ineffective.
"They keep passing my case around and want to be as obstructive as possible in order to avoid a tribunal hearing."
He added: "My accountant and lawyer say, in law, I am right and I have a right to claim these expenses".
Bernard Rix, an expert on PCC legislation, said he believed Mr Bett was the only PCC seeking to designate his home as his place of work.
The mock hangings involved two blow-up dolls, one with a Rangers scarf, the other with an Orange sash.
A 17-year-old man has been arrested over the incident and is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court later.
Two men aged 27 and a 22-year-old man were previously held over the display at the game, which Celtic won 5-1.
During the match, toilets in the away end of the ground were vandalised and both clubs later released statements over fan behaviour.
Police have appealed for pictures and video evidence of vandalism and disorder to be sent to a dedicated email address which was set up last week.
Pacific Rim is one of this summer's blockbuster offerings from Hollywood.
It imagines a future when giant robots called Jaeger defend the world against massive alien sea monsters.
Mexican director Guillermo del Toro's movie was inspired by Japanese kaiju films such as Godzilla. Kaiju means monster.
Pacific Rim's reptilian leviathans have names that describe their appearance, or have been influenced by real wildlife, or Japanese words.
And then there is Scunner.
It is a word in the Scots language that has had international exposure in the past.
A Cold War Soviet Union ballistic missile system, the R-1/SS-1, was dubbed Scunner by Nato.
According to US defence group, GlobalSecurity.org, Nato's nickname was inspired by a word in the "Scottish and northern dialect".
The Scots Language Centre in Perth confirmed that scunner is deeply rooted in the Scots language.
Dr Dauvit Horsbroch, the centre's language and information officer, said it was perfectly suited to a Hollywood monster.
"The word 'scunner' is first recorded in the Scots language in the 14th Century and found in all the dialects, so it is a universal Scots word," he said.
"You will hear it used in all forms of Scots."
"You can scunner at something meaning that you are disgusted by, repulsed, or repelled by a thing.
"You can call something or a person a scunner meaning they are very odious, horrible or disgusting. On the other hand, you might say a person is a scunner to mean they are just troublesome or have done something you didn't like.
"Whoever introduced it to the film certainly knew their Scots," he added.
Veteran broadcaster Robbie Shepherd, who was recognised for his services to Scottish culture and language with a Master of the University from Aberdeen University in 2001, associates the word with Doric.
Doric is one of 10 dialects in the Scots language.
Mr Shepherd said: "Scunner can mean you are feeling worse than fed up.
"I have always associated it with the north east of Scotland and Doric. I've not often heard it used anywhere else."
Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, the studios behind Pacific Rim, have not commented on the choice of scunner for a kaiju.
Some of del Toro's previous films have drawn inspiration from Scotland.
In Hellboy the star - a muscular red, horned demon - is summoned to Earth during Wolrd War II in a ritual ceremony performed on a fictional Scottish island.
The sequel, Hellboy II, features a fantasy creature with a Scottish accent.
Pacific Rim: Man, Machines and Monsters is a book published to coincide with the movie's release.
Its author, US journalist and writer David S Cohen, said names for the monsters developed during the making of the film.
"In general, the kaiju first got nicknames given by the concept artist team who created them," he said.
Cohen said one was dubbed Karloff because the look of it reminded the artists of a Frankenstein monster played by English actor and horror cinema icon, Boris Karloff, and with make up by legendary monster maker Jack Pierce.
Another kaiju was was called Bat-Ears Brady after a character in an old US radio programme.
"Then the names went through more iterations, presumably as marketing - they were going to be toys, after all - and legal weighed in," said Cohen.
"So you get some very descriptive names - Knifehead and Bladehead - some vaguely descriptive names such as Leatherback, some Japanese-flavoured names - Otachi and Onibaba which I think means 'hag' - and then, well, Scunner."
"I don't have any inside information on how Scunner got its name," the writer added.
So an air mystery continues to hang over the official line on how the monster got its name.
But maybe del Toro will clear matters up in the planned sequel by naming a new clutch of kaiju using Scots.
Only time will tell if audiences will see Min (Scots for man) and Horny Gollach (earwig) causing monster mayhem.
It said dates for the rapper's Great Escape tour, due to start in April, have been moved to September.
The announcement comes after the singer recently handed control of her Twitter and Instagram accounts to her management.
The last tweets she posted herself said she was finding social media "too negative and draining".
Regarding the tour, a spokesperson for Def Jam Records told Billboard: "To accommodate for creative team availability and tour production plans, it was determined that the tour will not be ready.
"It's important to Iggy that she delivers the show she envisaged to share with her fans and that requires more time in development."
The tour begins in California and ends in Arizona. There are no UK dates scheduled at the moment.
Her support act was due to be Nick Jonas but he's now said he won't be able to join the rescheduled tour.
Iggy Azalea's been involved in several Twitter spats with high-profile names such as Eminem, Nicki Minaj and Snoop Dogg.
She's also criticised the media for posting photos of her on holiday and her final Instagram post hinted that she was felt her privacy at home was being compromised.
She wrote: "No-one should be made to feel like their own home is a prison... It is illegal to post images of someone in their home or property with a long-range camera."
In an Instagram post by her management, fans were told that Iggy "loves all her Azaleans".
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The 21-year-old Spaniard signed professional terms with Liverpool in November 2010 and made his debut in September 2012.
He spent last season on loan at Almeria before returning to Anfield, scoring against Middlesbrough in September.
Suso made a total of 21 appearances and the club said: "Everybody at Liverpool thanks Suso for his contribution and wishes him the best for the future."
Alistair Calvert - also known as Ally - died on 25 July after suffering a cardiac arrest in Abbey Wood, south-east London.
The Met admitted its initial statement had "inferred" his death may have been linked to substances he had ingested.
A post-mortem examination concluded he had died of natural causes.
It is now known he suffered from an undiagnosed significantly enlarged heart which caused sudden arrhythmia death syndrome.
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan met the teenager's family last week to apologise personally for the "upset caused by the statements we made about Alistair's death".
In a statement, the Calvert family said any inference that his death had been linked to nitrous oxide was "completely false".
The family said they had subsequently been "harassed" by the media, causing "significant distress".
Alistair's family has since set up a memorial and a campaign directed at raising funds for routine heart screening for young people.
Phoenix owns the has gas pipe network around Greater Belfast and Larne.
It intends to extend it to Annahilt, Ballygowan, Ballynahinch, Castlewellan, Crossgar, Downpatrick, Dromore, Drumaness, Dundrum, Hillsborough, Newcastle, Saintfield and Spa.
The expansion represents around 25,000 additional homes and businesses that could have access to the network.
Phoenix has made an application to the Utility Regulator which will have to approve the expansion.
The company already has over 3,000 km of pipeline which makes gas available to over 300,000 homes and businesses.
Chief Executive of Phoenix Natural Gas, Michael McKinstry, said the expansion would deliver 'economic, social and environmental benefits.'
There are three gas network owners in Northern Ireland.
Firmus owns a network outside Belfast which stretches in an arc from Londonderry through Antrim and on to Newry.
The third network, serving the west of Northern Ireland is under development by Mutual Energy and Scotia Gas Networks.
William Gibb was found on Elizabeth Street in Govan at about 00:20 on Tuesday.
Paramedics were called but Mr Gibb, who was from Govan, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gavin Riley, from Glasgow, has been charged with Mr Gibb's murder. He was remanded in custody after a hearing on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old is expected to appear in court again next week.
Watson is yet to play a first-team game for Premier League club Hull and spent time on loan at Scunthorpe last term, but failed to make an appearance.
The 20-year-old has also previously had a loan spell with National League North club Gainsborough Trinity.
North Ferriby were promoted from the National League North last season after beating Fylde in the promotion final.
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The six-month-old girl "died peacefully in her mother's arms" on Wednesday, a lawyer involved in the case confirmed.
Mr Justice Keehan's ruling meant the girl could be moved to a palliative care regime, allowing her to die.
She was in the care of Nottingham City Council - which opposed the medics' request to move her to palliative care.
The girl had been born about 14 weeks premature and suffered brain damage during birth, a two-day hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London heard.
Specialists said she had a "complex pattern" of medical problems and would have no meaningful sight, would not be able to communicate, would have no significant voluntary muscle movement and would not be able to feed herself or enjoy food.
She had never left hospital and doctors thought she would die before she was five.
One specialist also told Mr Justice Keehan that the little girl did not seem able to smile.
He said babies initially acted on instinct and the emergence of a smile was an indicator of cognitive function.
The girl's mother wanted her daughter to "pass away peacefully", while her father wanted a judge to decide.
Medics who work for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust had treated the girl and wanted her life support to be withdrawn.
The council did not agree the burden of treatment outweighed the likely benefit. They said it was "far too early" to conclude that she would not be able to "derive benefit from continued life".
The judge concluded: "I am completely satisfied that the only course to be taken in [her] best interests is to withdraw her current life-sustaining treatment and to move her to a palliative regime and allow her to die peacefully in the arms of her loving parents."
The more beards there are, the less attractive they become - giving clean-shaven men a competitive advantage, say scientists in Sydney, Australia.
When "peak beard" frequency is reached, the pendulum swings back toward lesser-bristled chins - a trend we may be witnessing now, the scientists say.
Their study has been published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
In the experiment, women and men were asked to rate different faces with "four standard levels of beardedness".
Both beards and clean-shaven faces became more appealing when they were rare.
The pattern mirrors an evolutionary phenomenon - "negative frequency-dependent sexual selection", or to put it more simply "an advantage to rare traits".
The bright colours of male guppies vary by this force - which is driven by females' changing preferences.
Scientists at the University of New South Wales decided to test this hypothesis for men's facial hair - recruiting volunteers on their Facebook site, The Sex Lab.
"Big thick beards are back with an absolute vengeance and so we thought underlying this fashion, one of the dynamics that might be important is this idea of negative frequency dependence," said Prof Rob Brooks, one of the study's authors.
"The idea is that perhaps people start copying the George Clooneys and the Joaquin Phoenixs and start wearing those beards, but then when more and more people get onto the bandwagon the value of being on the bandwagon diminishes, so that might be why we've hit 'peak beard'."
"Peak beard" was the climax of the trend for beards in professions not naturally associated with a bristly chin - bankers, film stars, and even footballers began sporting facial hair.
Some say the Rubicon was crossed in January when Jeremy Paxman, the BBC Newsnight presenter, shaved his beard off, saying "beards are SO 2013".
Paxman's beard - which briefly trended on Twitter - sparked a debate about pogonophobia - the fear of beards.
In this latest experiment, 1,453 women and 213 men were asked to rate the attractiveness of different samples of men's faces.
Some were shown mostly "full" beards. Others were shown mostly clean-shaven faces. A third group were shown an even mixture of all four varieties - clean-shaven, light stubble, heavy stubble and full beard.
Both women and men judged heavy stubble and full beards more attractive when they were rare than when they were common. And likewise for clean-shaven faces.
Negative frequency-dependent preferences may therefore contribute to changing beard fashions, Prof Brooks concluded.
"We know beards go through cyclical fashions. People used to speak about a 30-year timescale," he said.
"There is a wonderful paper studying photographs of men from 1871 to 1972 in the Illustrated London News. Sideburns moved on to moustaches, then full beards.
"In the 1970s it was handlebar moustaches. In the 80s it was Magnum PI moustaches. In the 90s we saw a lot of clean shaven men, and now big bushy beards are back."
The recent boom may have its roots in the financial crisis of 2008, Prof Brooks suggests.
"I think one of the reasons beards have made a comeback now is that it's a difficult time.
"Young men are competing to attract someone when work is not easy to come by. So we might expect some aspects [of masculinity] to get turned up to eleven.
"After the Wall Street Crash in the 1920s there is some circumstantial evidence that beards got big again. So maybe economic conditions have set the stage for the recent comeback in beardedness.
"When Greece's economy tanked - did beards take off? That's something we're going to look at."
One of the paradoxes of evolution is that genetically strong traits favoured by one sex do not simply become fixed in the other - a level of diversity is often maintained.
Though beard styles are of course not spread via genes, there may be other visible human traits which are.
"With female hair colour, there has been speculation that red, brown and blonde spread via their novelty - but the evidence is very ambiguous," Dr Brooks told BBC News.
His team plan to continue their pogonophilic investigations and are looking for volunteers for their latest experiment testing how people like faces with varying levels of beardedness.
"Heavy stubble seemed to be the best in our last study. Maybe a 5-10 day growth. But those describe average tendencies," he said.
"Luckily in real life, we never mate with an average. We mate with an individual."
Israel recently accused him of seeking to supplant its sovereign territory.
But Mr Abbas, who was born in the town of Safed, told Israeli TV he accepted it was now part of Israel and that he would have no right to residency there.
Palestinians have historically demanded the right of return for refugees.
Hundreds of thousands fled or were displaced from their homes in the course of Israel's war of independence in 1948-49 and during the 1967 Middle East war.
Today, they and their descendants live mainly in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Some five million are registered as refugees with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa).
Israel argues that all refugees should relinquish any aspirations to return to what is now its territory, and instead be absorbed by Arab host countries or by a future Palestinian state, as Israel did with large numbers of Jews who were expelled or fled from Arab lands after 1948.
By Kevin ConnollyBBC News, Jerusalem
Israel's original boundaries were established after it fought a war of independence with its Arab neighbours in 1948-9. Israel ended the war with much more territory than the UN resolution of 1947, which endorsed the creation of a Jewish state, originally intended. The amount of land under Israeli control increased again after further fighting in 1967 in which Israel occupied - among other territories - the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem, the West Bank of the River Jordan, and the Gaza Strip. For many Palestinians the right to return to lost lands is a deeply cherished dream - many have been living in refugee camps in neighbouring Arab states since the 1940s.
In his Israeli TV interview Mahmoud Abbas was re-stating the long-established position of the Palestinian Authority - that it seeks to create a state for the Palestinian people based on the frontiers as they were before the fighting in 1967. In the middle of a parliamentary election campaign in Israel, at a time when there is no meaningful political contact between Israel and the Palestinians, Mr Abbas is signalling to the Israeli public that he wants to be seen as a partner for peace.
That implies an acceptance of the territorial gains that Israel made in 1948-9 - a hugely painful and controversial concession in the eyes of many Arabs. As the Israeli TV interviewer points out it also means that Mr Abbas accepts that his own home town of Safed (Tzfat in Hebrew) will be a permanent part of Israel. Mr Abbas responds that he feels he has the right to visit, but not to live there.
His views were immediately denounced by the more militant Palestinian organisation Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip - it doesn't accept Israel's right to exist and insists on the full right of return of all refugees dating back to the 1940s. The affair illustrates a deep division within Palestinian society and also encapsulates Mr Abbas' own dilemma - he cannot reach out to Israel without alienating at least some of his own people.
During his interview with Israel's Channel 2 TV on Thursday, Mr Abbas addressed accusations by the Israeli government that he did not want a two-state solution, but rather sought a state covering Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.
Earlier this month, Israeli media reported that the Palestinian leader had written on Facebook that his plan to seek non-member observer state status at the UN would "prove that we are right that our land is occupied and not disputed [territory], and this applies to all the territories that Israel occupied before June 1967".
Palestinian officials were later reported to have explained that the West Bank and Gaza Strip were usually known collectively as "1948 Palestine", and that the president was therefore talking solely about land occupied in 1967.
An earlier posting on Mr Abbas's Facebook page about the UN membership plan referred to "territories that Israel occupied in June 1967".
In the Thursday's interview, Mr Abbas said that although he was a refugee from Safed, he did not intend to return to the city as a resident.
"But I want to see Safed. It is my right to see it but not to live there," he said.
"Palestine for me is the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital. This is Palestine," he added. "I am a refugee. I live in Ramallah. The West Bank and Gaza is Palestine. Everything else is Israel."
A spokesman for the Islamist movement, Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, said the president had only been speaking for himself.
"Abbas's statements where he considered that Palestine is just the territories occupied in 1967 are unpatriotic and mean cancellation of the 'right of return'," Sami Abu Zuhri said.
"These statements reflect Abbas's culture and will never reflect the stand of the Palestinian nation which is on all of his Palestinian land."
Mr Abbas also said in his TV interview that as long as he remained in office, "there will be no armed, third intifada". There have been two Palestinian intifadas, or uprisings, against Israeli rule in recent decades - the first which began in 1987 and the second in 2000.
He was speaking for the first time since a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent report recommended Russia be banned from athletics competition.
Putin said athletes should be punished individually, rather than collectively.
"Sportsmen who don't dope - and never have - must not answer for those who break the rules," he said.
"If we find that someone must be held responsible for something of the sort that breaks the rules in place against doping, then the responsibility must be personalised - that's the rule."
Putin said he wanted "professional co-operation" with anti-doping bodies.
"The battle must be open," he said. "A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest."
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko had earlier said Britain's anti-doping system had "zero value" and was "even worse" than Russia's.
That accusation was rejected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Putin spoke only about the issues affecting Russia, saying someone must take responsibility should problems be found.
"I ask the minister of sport and all our colleagues who are linked in one way or another with sport to pay this issue the greatest possible attention," he said, before a meeting sports officials in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
"It is essential that we conduct our own internal investigation and - I want to underline - provide the most open professional co-operation with international anti-doping structures."
Lord Coe, president of athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has told the Russian athletics federation to respond to Wada's report by Friday.
The report's author, Dick Pound, recommended Russian athletes be suspended from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
But International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday his organisation had "no authority" to take such action, and the matter was solely for the IAAF to deal with.
Bach said the IOC would continue to apply a zero-tolerance policy to doping, and that Olympic medals would be withdrawn from any Russian athlete named in the Wada report who is found guilty of doping.
"We have a proven track record," said Bach. "We will protect clean athletes."
Approval from the European Commission was the last big regulatory hurdle Dell needed to overcome to close the deal.
Dell hopes the purchase of EMC will allow it better compete with IBM, Cisco Systems, and Hewlett-Packard in cloud computing and cyber security.
The EC said the combined company would still face strong market competition.
EU competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, said: "I am pleased that we have been able to approve Dell's multibillion dollar takeover of EMC within a short space of time while making sure that there would be no adverse effects on customers."
The deal won approval from US regulators earlier this month.
The two companies are still waiting regulatory approval in smaller markets.
EMC shareholders also need to approve the deal, but a spokesperson for Dell said that European approval was "a strong sign the deal was running on time and under the original terms".
The transaction is expected to close before Dell's third quarter ends in July.
The purchase of EMC is part of a series of changes founder Michael Dell and his partners, Silver Lake, have made since taking the company private in 2013.
Mr Dell founded the company in 1984.
He has a combined Dell/EMC would create a "powerhouse" in the $2 trillion IT sector.
Eldon Insurance Services, founded by entrepreneur Arron Banks, is "entering into a period of consultation" about restructuring part of the business.
Staff at Bristol's Go Skippy insurance offices were sent home on Monday while the consultation period got under way.
The firm has not confirmed reports that it is diverting work to South Africa for a trial period.
Staff told the Bristol Post they had been told on Monday to leave the offices while the firm trialled moving call centre work to South Africa, and they had not been told if they would be coming back. They have been sent home on full pay.
Eldon Insurance Services, which has offices in Bristol and Newcastle, carries out claims and administration for car insurance firm Go Skippy.
It was founded by Mr Banks, a local entrepreneur who made the news last year when he donated £1m to the UK Independence Party.
In a statement, the company confirmed it was "entering into a period of consultation with up to 200 members of staff across the business".
It read: "Following three years of intense and rapid growth, Eldon is undertaking the consultation period with selected staff as part of a strategic initiative to restructure an element of its business model.
"Consultation has commenced with employee representatives and is continuing and so, it is not appropriate to comment further now."
The company said that it aimed to "assess the strongest areas of success and set in place solid foundations for future growth and profitability across its centres in Newcastle and Bristol".
Go Skippy's offices are in Cribbs Causeway. Conservative MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke Jack Lopresti told the BBC: "We have just been made aware of this and we will be making contact with the company to see if there is anything we can do to help."
Current safety measures permit workers to smoke in designated locations on offshore installations.
But Oil and Gas UK's 2015 health and safety report has recommended e-cigarettes should be banned unless, and until, they become medically regulated.
It suggested the industry should be consistent with public health measures aimed at reducing tobacco smoking.
The report said the increasing use of e-cigarettes had prompted employers across the industry to request advice.
It read: "The common argument for e-cigarettes is that they are an aid to smokers who wish to stop smoking.
"This is not supported by the only scientifically-led investigation to date of this concept, which shows that e-cigarettes are not more effective than existing nicotine replacement therapies (gums, patches, etc) in helping individuals to stop smoking.
"Existing nicotine replacement therapies are medically-regulated, but e-cigarettes are not, although it is expected that those containing more than 20 milligrams/litre of nicotine will be regulated from 2016."
It added: "The advice recommends that the industry is consistent with well-established public health measures to reduce tobacco smoking and that unless, and until, they become medically regulated, e-cigarettes should not be permitted offshore."
Last November, offshore operator Talisman Sinopec Energy UK banned e-cigarettes from its North Sea platforms after one overheated while it was charging.
Becchetti took over the O's in 2014, after the side had been beaten in the League One play-off final by Rotherham.
Nine different men have taken charge of the first team since then, but Orient are now 20th in League Two, two points above the relegation zone.
Chief executive Alessandro Angelieri says Becchetti has already received one offer, but it was "not acceptable".
In a statement on the club website, Angelieri said the actions of the club hierarchy since their takeover from Barry Hearn had always been "in good faith" and they were "fully confident" they would avoid relegation to the National League.
The statement comes after BBC Sport posed a series of questions to Orient on Thursday, enquiring about; the club's future under Becchetti, recent transfer policy, plans in case of relegation and whether the running of the club had been affected by Angelieri suffering a minor heart attack late last year.
Despite his own ill health, the Italian said Becchetti's inability to be around the club in recent weeks because of his business commitments had had "a more negative impact" on the squad.
"Mr Becchetti has a great charisma and the players definitely feel his absence." Angelieri added.
Angelieri also described the contribution of Jordan Bowery, who joined Crewe on loan this week, as "imperceptible" and accused the striker and former players Darius Henderson, Jobi McAnuff and Jay Simpson of lacking commitment and desire.
Since buying the Matchroom Stadium side, Italian businessman Becchetti, 50, has hit the headlines several times during his stewardship of the club, including;
Becchetti rarely gives interviews to the media, last speaking to BBC London in February 2015.
Becchetti putting the O's up for sale finally clarifies his position to fans, following months of uncertainty about his intentions.
Leyton Orient Fans' Trust (LOFT) organised a protest against his ownership during a home match against Blackpool on 19 November, calling on him to change the way he runs the club or consider selling.
LOFT spokesperson Tom Davies told BBC Radio London this month that they could not see "sustainable success" being achieved under Becchetti's ownership.
Supporters are also concerned by both on-field performances, with Orient in danger of being relegated to non-league for the first time since joining the Football League in 1905, and the financial situation at the club.
In a further statement to BBC Sport, Angelieri said Becchetti "didn't like" the protest in November, and "is not interested in what LOFT generally does".
However, LOFT said they remained committed to turning the club around rather than forming a phoenix side in lower non-league like FC United of Manchester or AFC Wimbledon.
"The Orient, throughout our history, have been up against it at various times but we have always survived and been able to compete," Davies added.
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Far-right candidate Norbert Hofer lost by just over 30,000 votes to Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen.
Mr Hofer's Freedom Party says thousands of postal votes were opened too early or by unauthorised people.
The court is expected to rule before the president is sworn in on 8 July.
The Freedom Party (FPOe) has submitted a 152-page dossier and some 90 witnesses are due to give evidence to the public hearing by the end of Thursday.
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Basing its judgement on records from Austria's 117 voting districts, the federal electoral commission said a rerun was unnecessary.
However, according to public broadcaster ORF, some election observers said under oath that there had been irregularities, even though they had signed off the results.
The FPOe said that ballot papers were counted prematurely in 84 constituencies and opened too early in 17 districts. As many as 573,000 were counted too early, the party's dossier alleges.
Last week University of Vienna constitutional expert Prof Theo Oehlinger highlighted two of the FPOe's complaints as "very serious".
He told Der Standard newspaper that initial results had begun circulating on the internet before the end of the voting, and that the FPOe had complained of postal votes being counted by the returning officer or even council workers, rather than by the electoral commission.
Mr Van der Bellen's margin of victory was just 30,863 votes, depriving the FPOe of a victory that would have been a decisive boost for far-right parties elsewhere in Europe.
"We are not sore losers," said far-right leader Heinz Christian Strache earlier this month. "This is about protecting the foundations of democracy."
Europe's migrant crisis was a major issue in the run-up to the poll.
About 90,000 people claimed asylum in Austria last year, equivalent to about 1% of the Austrian population, and the FPOe ran an anti-immigration campaign.
The move won the backing of Perth and Kinross Council's development management committee last month, and has now also been given the green light by the licensing committee.
The event is due to take place on the weekend of 10 to 12 July.
Aspects of the move have proved controversial with some residents.
Following a drawn-out planning process which included two public consultations, planning permission was given to stage the festival at Strathallan for the next three years, so its impact could be assessed.
Concerns raised among the 1,600 letters of objection sent to the council included traffic management and the potential impact on wildlife, including ospreys which nest near the site.
However, the planning application was unanimously backed by councillors after no attempt to block it was made.
Licensing committee members were warned that, as many of the same issues were likely to come up in the public entertainment licence debate, they should not move to refuse the application on a previously-heard objection unless they could show that the development management committee's "reasoning was flawed".
The committee unanimously agreed to grant a licence for this year's event, although not for the full three years approved by the planning board.
The Indomitable Lions fought back to beat Egypt 2-1 in the final and win the title for the first time in 15 years.
"I don't have 23 players, I have 23 friends," Broos told BBC Sport.
"Over the weeks we went from being a squad to becoming a family. It's unbelievable what all the guys did. It is tremendous."
Mohamed Elneny put Egypt ahead in the final on Sunday but two Cameroon substitutes turned the game around - Nicolas Nkoulou equalised and Vincent Aboubakar struck the winner.
"This was the reason we won the cup, because of the spirit in our camp," Broos added. "The guys who were on the bench were happy - and the players who came off the bench decided the game."
Cameroon's success was achieved despite seven players refusing the call-up to play at the tournament, with the likes of Liverpool centre-back Joel Matip and West Brom full-back Allan Nyom opting to stay with their clubs.
It was suggested by defender Ambroise Oyongo that it served to strengthen the ties between the players who did go to Gabon.
But before the tournament, expectations that Cameroon could win a fifth Nations Cup title were low.
"Our ambition was to finish in the top two in our group, get to the knockout round and see what happened from there," Broos said.
"Then we said to ourselves, 'ok let's see what we can do in the quarter-finals'."
After Cameroon won a penalty shootout to eliminate heavy favourites Senegal in their last-eight match, Broos and his men started to believe they could go all the way.
"We got a real boost of confidence when we beat Senegal," Broos admitted.
"Our confidence showed against Egypt. We were dominated at first but in the second half what my team did, to come back from 1-0 down, it was tremendous."
The stop on the Inverness to Aberdeen line could be used by shoppers and people who work at the retail park.
It has also been suggested that students might also use the station to get to and from the nearby Inverness College UHI.
Highlands and Islands public transport body, Hitrans, has started exploring the potential uses and cost of the station.
The organisation already has proposals for a stop on the railway line close to Inverness Airport at Dalcross.
Stewart Nicol, chief executive of Inverness Chamber of Commerce, said a station at the shopping park could be well used.
He said: "We have got to continue to develop all forms of public transport across the Highlands.
"Part of the attractiveness of this is that there is a wide range of possible users. There are people who live and work in that part of the city, those who use the shopping park, the leisure facilities and the university campus."
Separate to the railway station plans, the shopping park is also set for a revamp following Highland councillors' approval of the new-look earlier this year.
Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members were due to walk out over pay from 17:00 BST on Thursday.
The strike would have coincided with concerts by One Direction at the Millennium Stadium and the Manic Street Preachers at Cardiff Castle on Friday.
Arbitration service Acas said a planned 48-hour strike next week has also been called off.
The veteran striker opened the scoring on 52 minutes, slotting home a low strike, before firing a second into the top corner.
Dean Brotherston added a third 10 minutes from time, just moments after coming off the bench.
Jean Yves Mvoto headed in a late consolation for Raith Rovers.
Dobbie was denied a hat-trick in the closing stages with his effort coming off a post.
But it was smiles all round at Palmerston when news of Hibs' surprise home defeat to Ayr filtered through, meaning Gavin Skelton's men take over at the top.
Match ends, Queen of the South 3, Raith Rovers 1.
Second Half ends, Queen of the South 3, Raith Rovers 1.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Kyle Jacobs.
Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Goal! Queen of the South 3, Raith Rovers 1. Jean-Yves Mvoto (Raith Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lewis Vaughan with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Jordan Marshall.
Foul by Darren Brownlie (Queen of the South).
Lewis Vaughan (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Kevin McHattie.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Steven Rigg replaces Dale Hilson.
Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Vaughan (Raith Rovers).
Foul by Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South).
Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Queen of the South 3, Raith Rovers 0. Dean Brotherston (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dale Hilson.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Dean Brotherston replaces Derek Lyle.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Lyndon Dykes replaces Grant Anderson.
Attempt saved. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Kyle Benedictus.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Grant Anderson.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Rudi Skacel replaces Ross Matthews.
Goal! Queen of the South 2, Raith Rovers 0. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Grant Anderson.
Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box.
Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Grant Anderson (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers).
Declan McManus (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South).
Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Grant Anderson (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers).
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Lewis Vaughan replaces Scott Roberts.
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Mark Stewart replaces Jordan Thompson.
Foul by Jamie Hamill (Queen of the South).
Iain Davidson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Ross Matthews.
Goal! Queen of the South 1, Raith Rovers 0. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Hamill.
Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Andy Dowie.
Second Half begins Queen of the South 0, Raith Rovers 0.
First Half ends, Queen of the South 0, Raith Rovers 0.
The Scottish Sun pledged the cash to Gorgie City Farm after holding a competition to name the miniature pair.
The Edinburgh venue was the scene of a campaign howler in which Mr Rennie was speaking on camera with amorous pigs in the background.
The Sun's winner was Agnes Martin who picked the names Kama and Sutra.
She told the newspaper: "I don't think anyone will forget those pigs. I won't, as I'll be keeping them on my mantelpiece."
At last week's Holyrood election, Mr Rennie won the Fife North East seat, beating SNP candidate Roderick Campbell by 3,465 votes.
Ahead of taking to the stage at the count in Glenrothes, the politician was handed the two pigs by BBC reporter Ken Macdonald.
Mr Rennie later thanked the journalist for the gift which ended up raising money for the city farm which is under threat of closure.
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The Dutchman, 63, claims he and his staff have been "twitching our ass" in the dugout any time he has been forced to ditch his favoured 3-5-2 system for the 4-4-2 formation that United fans are more familiar with.
Speaking ahead of his side's FA Cup fourth-round tie at Cambridge United, Van Gaal was repeatedly questioned on his use of 3-5-2.
It was when quizzed by a reporter about United's possession and efforts on goal that he amended the phrase Ferguson made famous.
"I know all the stats," said Van Gaal. "I read the stats. I know that we have won more with 4-4-2 in a diamond. But when you analyse the game, then we have twitched our ass on the bench.
"I said to my players I was squeezing my ass, but it was the wrong expression. I have twitched my ass on the bench because we were out of balance.
"All the matches when we play 4-4-2, like against West Ham United, it was always twitching your ass. I don't like that.
"We have won nine or 10 in a row, then we lose one match and then the discussion about the system is coming. It is ridiculous.
"Now I have answered your question in a very good way."
Despite Van Gaal's defence of the 3-5-2 system, former United defender Gary Neville is one of several former players to have criticised his tactics as "too slow and risk averse".
Even the United fans have started to voice their concerns, with many chanting "4-4-2" and "attack attack attack" during a goalless first half at QPR on 17 January.
Van Gaal switched to 4-4-2 after the break and United went on to win 2-0.
Some of Ferguson's statements to the media were legendary, but Van Gaal is building up his own portfolio.
In 2015 alone, he has dismissed the opinions of United fans by declaring: "I can't observe the fans because Manchester United have 600m fans all over the world. You can't take into account 600 million opinions."
He was also dismissive of questions about striker Radamel Falcao's absence from his squad to face Southampton on 11 January.
"If a player cost £95m or £5,000, it's not any different for me," said Van Gaal. "You have to prove yourself."
The £32m summer signing from Atletico Madrid scored twice in Saturday's thrilling 6-3 win over Everton and managed to annoy the Toffees players and their boss Roberto Martinez in the process.
Costa's goal tally stands at four in his first three Premier League games, which is some start for any striker at a new club in a new country.
To use an illustrious and similarly expensive example, Chelsea legend and current team-mate Didier Drogba took 12 league matches of his first season to do the same after joining from Marseille for £24m in 2004.
Fernando Torres - a then British record acquisition when he joined from Liverpool for £50m in 2011 - took 39 league matches to score four times.
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Costa has scored with his first shot in each of his games so far but, aside from the quality of his finishing, the speed with which the 25-year-old Brazil-born Spain international has adjusted to English football is the most impressive aspect.
Chelsea's fans have taken to him just as quickly, chanting his name throughout Saturday's game.
After wins over newly-promoted Burnley and Leicester, the trip to face Everton - who beat Chelsea at the same stage of last season - was viewed as their first serious test of the new season and they passed it in some style.
A lot has changed about Mourinho's team in the last 12 months but the attack, thanks to Costa, is where the most noticeable improvement has been made.
Against Everton, Costa scored in the first minute and the last, but offered plenty more in between. Everything his manager could ask for, in fact.
"It was a fantastic performance in every way," said Mourinho.
"He recovered the ball, he held the ball and he was aggressive. He was one-on-one [with Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard] three times and scored two goals. With the other chance, Howard made a good save."
The statistics give a pretty good indication of how poor Chelsea's strikers were last season - Costa already only needs one more to match the five goals recorded by both Fernando Torres and Demba Ba over the whole league campaign, and he is almost halfway to Eto'o's total of nine.
But against Everton we saw the other ways in which he compares favourably to his departed predecessors.
Costa showed the kind of confidence and sharpness so obviously lacking in £50m-man Torres, and the assured touch that always seemed beyond the enthusiastic but technically-limited Ba.
Eto'o demonstrated he is still a fine finisher by coming off the bench to score on his Everton debut. But, aside from his age, there are other reasons Mourinho allowed the 33-year-old to leave - he has never had the bustling physical presence that Costa possesses, or shown the same willingness to track back.
"It was not just Costa's attacking play that was impressive but also his defensive play," former Toffees defender and coach Phil Neville said on Match of the Day. "Every time there was a gap to fill he was back there making challenges. It shows what a team player he is."
The latter is the characteristic Mourinho values more than any other.
As well as scoring twice against Everton, Costa also picked up another booking to go with his harsh caution for diving against Burnley.
He was also the subject of a difference of opinion between the two managers. Mourinho argued that Everton's players had "tried to create problems" for Costa, but Toffees boss Roberto Martinez criticised the striker's propensity to go to ground.
The Chelsea manager said: "He has two yellow cards - one against Burnley when he did not simulate and it was a clear penalty, and one in this game where everyone was chasing to get him into trouble."
Did Mourinho have a point? "Some of the Everton lads were trying to wind him up," said BBC pundit Danny Murphy on Match of the Day. "They were giving him little nudges in the back.
"But he remained calm and it is not the most sensible thing to do to upset this player because he is a wonderful talent."
Martinez, meanwhile, alluded to how Costa had irked Everton's players with the ease that he fell under certain challenges, and the Goodison manager made it obvious how much his players were angered by the manner in which he taunted Seamus Coleman after his own-goal.
"I don't mind that," added Murphy. "He gives Coleman a bit of banter, a bit of a taste of his own medicine. Tim Howard went after him but he stayed calm and did not react. Jose kept him on and why? Because he gives him quality."
Creating conflict is nothing new for Costa, who relishes a physical battle and often seemed to enjoy making enemies during his time in Spain.
His current manager has been known to do the same, so he is unlikely to reprimand his striker too much, if at all, for his actions.
Some pundits saw this sort of success coming when Chelsea signed Costa but there were also some doubters.
A poor World Cup, albeit while recovering from injury, impressed no-one, while his prolific season for Atletico Madrid - 36 goals in 52 games in 2013-14 - was exactly that. Go back any further and his figures are far less impressive.
They don't seem to matter much now, though. It is still early days, but the signs are Mourinho has got the perfect fit in terms of the player he was looking for to lead the frontline in his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation.
Along with fellow new arrival Cesc Fabregas, Costa gives Mourinho more quality and more options in terms of how his team can play.
Question marks will remain over his character but, after just three games, we have already seen how difficult he is to stop when he is fully fit and in form.
Martinez was referring to Costa's attitude when he talked after Saturday's game about how the player will have to learn and adapt to the ethics and culture of Premier League.
The worrying thing for Chelsea's title rivals is that he has already settled in in every other way.
He is being investigated for alleged corruption in a kick-back scheme at the state run oil company, Petrobras.
A request for his resignation had already come from government supporters in Congress.
Mr Cunha holds the power to allow impeachment proceedings against the Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff.
One of the most powerful members of the PMDB (the Party for the Democratic Movement of Brazil), part of the government coalition and hostile to Dilma Rousseff, Mr Cunha has been under investigation for months for allegedly having benefitted from the Petrobras corruption scheme.
Prosecutors say firms bribed Petrobras executives to secure contracts and that some of this money was passed on to politicians in various parties.
In July Mr Cunha left the government coalition after allegations by a jailed former consultant to Petrobras, Julio Camargo, that he had demanded a $5m (£3.2m) bribe to push through contracts for equipment.
Mr Cunha has denied any involvement.
As speaker of the lower house of the Brazilian congress, Eduardo Cunha has the power to reject or push forward the numerous requests by opposition parties to open a judicial process against President Rousseff.
Earlier this week, a Brazilian audit court ruled that the president broke the law in managing last year's budget.
The opposition says the ruling by the Federal Accounts Court - which reports to Congress - paves the way for impeachment proceedings against Ms Rousseff.
But Mr Cunha's standing was damaged last week when the Swiss fiscal authorities transferred to Brazil an investigation into Mr Cunha for alleged money laundering and corruption.
A request for his resignation has also come from a group of MPs on the left, supporters of President Rousseff, who demanded Mr Cunha be investigated under the code of ethics of the lower house of Congress.
Mr Cunha has denied he had bank accounts in Switzerland. He told local reporters he would not resign and was preparing his defence.
Shell said 40 workers taken off Brent Bravo went to the Brent Charlie platform and 39 to Brent Delta on Sunday night, as a precaution.
The company said there were concerns over structural damage on one of Bravo's legs.
The Brent Bravo is 115 miles north east of Lerwick.
West Midlands Police said officers had been called to reports of a disorder in Bilston, believed to have started at about 23:30 BST on Thursday.
A man was found injured in Lichfield Street and died at the scene. It is believed the man who died was stabbed near Bilston High Street.
A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.
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Two men were taken to hospital with injuries, but are not in a serious condition.
Forensic investigations were being carried out on Friday and a post-mortem test will be carried out, the force added.
Firefighters found the man inside the farmhouse after being called to Pilsley Road in Morton, near Alfreton, at about 20:45 on Wednesday.
They attempted to resuscitate him and paramedics were called but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the blaze is not yet known, but the fire service and Derbyshire Police said they were investigating.
Group manager Bob Curry, from Derbyshire Fire Service said: "It was a relatively small fire in the lounge of the property which produced a large amount of toxic smoke, and we believe that is what affected the casualty."
The show, about the rise of hip-hop in 1970s New York, is said to be the most expensive ever made, reportedly costing $120m (£93m) for 12 episodes.
Reviewers criticised the pilot episode, directed by Luhrmann, as "indulgent".
However most agreed it showed promise in subsequent episodes, which were directed by other people.
The Hollywood Reporter's Tim Goodman said the drama "gets off to a bad start, but improves as it goes along", while Variety's TV critic Sonia Saraiya described it as "both messy and wonderful".
But there was much praise for the show's unknown lead actors - Justice Smith, who plays teen street poet Ezekiel, and Herizen F Guardiola, who stars as aspiring disco singer Mylene.
The first six episodes of the series, which was also produced by hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, are now available to watch on Netflix, with the second six expected to be released next year.
Luhrmann's 90-minute pilot is LuhrÂmann to the max: Exciting and messy, sublime and cornball. The camera is restless, the editing is frenetic, the music is electric, the emotions are huge.
In a year of indulgence, The Get Down Âultimately suffers by not having enough of it. The show adopts a more conventional, sustainable style as other directors take the show beyond Luhrmann's spirited, gaudy launch.
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This is myth in the making, laced with magic and martial arts and who knows what else. Some will grow bored with the style when the substance falters, but others are likely to be enchanted - particularly those who feel it's time hip-hop finally got its own cinematic celebration.
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The Get Down, like a verse crammed with three too many syllables, seems not to have been subjected to editing. It offers some of the more transcendent moments in recent TV memory, but to reach them viewers must slog through some of the dullest.
Subsequent episodes are tighter, but the 90-minute running time of the pilot, which indulges itself in meandering explorations of several blind alleys, should nonetheless be regarded as a harbinger.
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The Get Down, chronicling the rise of hip-hop and the downfall of disco in a smouldering, chaotic New York, is a gigantic hot mess from Baz Luhrmann.
It suffers from a 90-minute pilot that will be divisive in its aesthetic choices - think West Side Story, not Spike Lee - but rises again in the next two episodes to give all the crazy a chance at becoming something really good.
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The Get Down is narratively messy, frequently caricatured and tonally all over the shop. It is also a work of Class A magic and wonder.
Luhrmann's characteristic blend of spectacular stage business with lovestruck dizziness and hunks of epic cheese has always worked best with young actors, and this entirely non-white line-up, from Smith and Guardiola to smaller parts for Skylan Brooks and Jayden Smith (son of Will), represents his greatest ensemble of actors since his 1997 triumph Romeo + Juliet.
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The Get Down takes a few long and meandering hours to reach its own sweet spot. And the first episode, at a bloated 92 minutes, is a terrible introduction to the show.
The indulgently titled Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope For A Treasure is too long, too confusing, and laboured, rather than dreamlike; it feels and is workshopped to death.
What saves the show - for those willing to invest in a three-to-four episode payoff - is Justice Smith's preternaturally brilliant performance as Zeke.
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The Get Down is not just the sum of its much-sampled parts but all about the groove - even if it takes a bit to find it.
Once it gets going, Luhrmann's streaming-service debut has a lot more hits than misses as this version of the Bronx 1977 creatively burns brightly.
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The obscene material was seized during previous operations.
The project, called the Child Abuse Image Database (Caid), will be launched by the Prime Minister at an internet safety event on Thursday 11 December.
But one expert warned its success depended on it being properly staffed.
BBC News was given exclusive access to the database while it was under development.
It is intended to avoid offices duplicating each others' efforts when cataloguing identical copied images.
It was created by a team of coders working in a grey, concrete office block in central Gothenburg, Sweden.
They suggested the project would transform the way child abuse investigations were carried out in the UK.
"We're looking at 70, 80, up to 90% work load reduction," said Johann Hofmann, law enforcement liaison officer for Netclean, one of the companies involved.
"We're seeing investigations being reduced from months to days."
Two other tech firms - Hubstream and L-3 ASA - have also been involved in the effort, which is backed by a two-year, ??720,000 contract.
Detectives in the UK often seize computers, mobile devices or USB memory sticks with hundreds of thousands of images on them.
At present, they have to go through the images manually one by one to categorise their severity and start a prosecution.
It can mean some material is never analysed, meaning new victims are not identified and cannot be rescued.
Recently, the children's charity NSPCC said it was gravely concerned about a lack of police forensic experts. It claimed that forces were seizing hundreds of computers each year, but didn't have the staff to examine all of them.
Mr Hofmann said the software would help automate more of the process.
"We want investigators to spend more time looking at the new material, instead of looking at the same images over and over again," he explained.
"Because we know that these images are typically traded and the same images appear in investigation after investigation."
To help compare the images, Caid makes use of a unique signature assigned to each one - known as a hash value - the equivalent of a "digital fingerprint".
Detectives will be able to plug seized hard drives into the system so they can be scanned and their contents similarly encoded to see if the resulting signatures match.
Other techniques, including object matching and visual similarity analysis, are also employed.
The system should be able to identify known images, classify the content, and flag up those never seen before within minutes.
In a demonstration seen by the BBC, a green flag was triggered by innocent images, while known images of abuse were flagged red.
Caid will also be able to use GPS data from photographs to pinpoint where they were taken.
"Local investigators can spend more time being more victim centred, trying to find new victims," said Mr Hofmann.
Detectives will also be able to upload new, unfamiliar images of child abuse to a central computer server so that colleagues elsewhere in the UK can help try and identify those involved.
Tom Simmons, a former senior child protection officer who also worked at the National Crime Agency's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), said the initiative should lessen pressure on officers by reducing the amount of material they have to see.
"It's horrendous at times, clicking through image after image," he said.
He says a lack of resources, the harrowing nature of the material, and the scale of the problem can cause burn out.
"There could be hundreds of thousands, even millions of images on that hard drive that the officer may have to go through," he said.
"You could be seeing children effectively being tortured - that does become very difficult sometimes to get those images out of your head."
But some experts in the field have their doubts about Caid's potential.
A similar system, called Childbase, was launched in 2003 by Ceop and the Home Office.
It contained seven million images and used ground-breaking facial-recognition software.
It was rolled out to police forces across the UK, but in 2011 it was switched off.
Sharon Girling received an OBE for her work on the scheme. She believes it failed because of a lack of trained officers.
"We have increased numbers of offenders since 2011. How the heck are we going to get sufficient officers today?"
She fears that Caid may "fizzle out" unless it is properly resourced.
"Childbase ceased to exist because of a lack of resources, because there weren't sufficient officers."
"I can only see that happening again with Caid, as much as I don't want that to happen, I fear that it may well do".
Danny Williams won it for Reading in the 95th minute after Joey van den Berg went down in the area.
Jaap Stam's Reading had led at the break through Garath McCleary after Grant Ward was penalised for handball.
Ipswich then levelled within five minutes of the restart after Brett Pitman converted from 12 yards having been fouled by Tyler Blackett.
The result means Reading preserve an unbeaten home record this season, while Ipswich are still searching for a first win away from home.
Relive Reading's win over Ipswich
Referee Jeremy Simpson was the man at the centre of the three main talking points during a game in which both sides had their share of chances.
Reading led with the final kick of the first half when McCleary converted a penalty after Ipswich midfielder Ward had handled on the edge of the area from Blackett's attempted cross.
Blackett found himself at the centre of the action again following the restart when he was penalised for fouling Pitman at the back post as they tried to meet Jonas Knudsen's cross.
Pitman converted the resulting spot-kick and his side looked the more likely to go on and net a winner.
Ward latched on to Kevin Bru's low cross, but Royals goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi was able to palm away his neat turn and shot on the penalty spot.
John Swift went close for Reading after coming on as a second-half substitute, but Ipswich goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was able to push away his dipping strike.
Just as both sides looked set to take a point, referee Simpson finally punished Ipswich defender Knudsen for tangling with Van den Berg as both sets of players waited for a corner.
Van den Berg and Ipswich's Christophe Berra had moments before been warned for a similar tangle and referee Simpson appeared to lose patience at the next opportunity.
Williams stepped up to send Bialkowski the wrong way and secure the three points, leaving Ipswich players aggrieved at the final whistle.
Reading manager Jaap Stam: "It's difficult for referees, for sure. The first penalty, you can give it, because it is a handball and if it goes past that player, maybe it gives us an opportunity to score.
"The second one, wasn't a penalty at all. Maybe because of the situation, he made a decision to give it.
"Our second penalty is a penalty as they're just holding Joey in the box and that's why he went down."
Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy: "I'm not going to speak about the decision at the end, as I'll get myself in trouble, so it's best I leave it alone.
"I have to say I'm aggrieved with all three penalties. I'm pretty sure Jaap wasn't best pleased with the one we were given.
"Take those decisions out of the game, I thought we played really well today and it was a good performance. I thought we were the better team in the second half and we looked like winning it.
"Unfortunately, yet again one of our results has been based on a referee's decision. I would prefer to never, ever speak about refereeing decisions."
Match ends, Reading 2, Ipswich Town 1.
Second Half ends, Reading 2, Ipswich Town 1.
Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Reading 2, Ipswich Town 1. Danny Williams (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty Reading. Joey van den Berg draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Joey van den Berg (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Christophe Berra.
Attempt missed. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Luke Varney.
Stephen Quinn (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town).
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Freddie Sears.
Joey van den Berg (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Teddy Bishop (Ipswich Town).
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Luke Varney replaces Grant Ward.
Attempt missed. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Freddie Sears.
Attempt missed. Stephen Quinn (Reading) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Roy Beerens.
Substitution, Reading. Jordan Obita replaces Tyler Blackett.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Chris Gunter.
Stephen Quinn (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town).
Attempt saved. Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Joey van den Berg.
Attempt blocked. Paul McShane (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Roy Beerens.
Attempt missed. Roy Beerens (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Teddy Bishop.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Bartosz Bialkowski.
Attempt saved. John Swift (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joey van den Berg.
Foul by John Swift (Reading).
Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Teddy Bishop replaces Kevin Bru.
Attempt missed. Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kevin Bru with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Liam Moore.
Attempt saved. Brett Pitman (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Freddie Sears.
Substitution, Reading. John Swift replaces Garath McCleary.
Attempt blocked. Roy Beerens (Reading) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann Kermorgant with a headed pass.
Stephen Quinn (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Grant Ward (Ipswich Town).
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England had been reduced to 6-2 and then 35-3 chasing 278 to win, as Australia's pace attack threatened to take the game away.
But a thrilling partnership of 159 at almost exactly a run a ball between Stokes and Eoin Morgan first launched a counter-attack and then led a romp.
Australia, the reigning one-day world champions, will head home before the knockout stages without a single win, their defeat also sending Bangladesh through.
Having seen rain ruin their first two games, they found themselves pegged back from 147-2 at the halfway point of their innings, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood both taking four wickets.
Under grey skies, they were then helpless in the face of Stokes and Morgan's power hitting, all three of their quick bowlers going at more than five an over.
When the rain came again with 9.4 overs remaining, England were 240-4, well above the par score.
The hosts, already in the semi-finals after comfortable wins over Bangladesh and New Zealand, will be the only team in the last four with a 100% record, looking every inch the pre-tournament favourites.
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With the out-of-form Jason Roy going second ball and Alex Hales caught at slip for a duck, England found themselves two wickets down before the second over was done.
When Joe Root was dismissed for a quick 15, the first rain interruption seemed to offer sweet relief to the home side.
Instead, they resumed as if cantering, Morgan hitting the first two balls after the restart for four, the fifty partnership rattling up off just 44 deliveries.
Pat Cummins shipped 33 runs off his first four-over spell as the two batsmen raced each other to their half-centuries, Stokes reaching his off 39 balls with a brutal pulled six off Mitchell Starc.
Twenty of the deliveries he faced were dot balls, meaning he had scored 52 off just 19 balls.
And as the record crowd at Edgbaston celebrated, the two carried on at the same destructive rate, the hundred partnership garlanded by four sixes and 12 fours.
It came as a shock when a mix-up saw Morgan run out for an 81-ball 87, but Stokes and Jos Buttler steered them to the brink before the weather intervened for the final time.
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Australia had started their innings at pace, racing to 136-1 thanks to Aaron Finch's 68 off 64 balls and looking good to kick on, only for Rashid and Wood to intervene in thrilling fashion.
Rashid, dropped for England's first match of the tournament, initially tightened the screw, his opening spell of seven overs yielding only 26 runs.
And when he returned he reaped the benefit of that pressure, taking three wickets for 15 runs in his remaining overs - the wickets coming in a brilliant 10-ball burst.
Not once in his cumulative 10 overs was he hit to the boundary, keeping the Australia batsmen scoreless for 28 deliveries and down to a single off 23 more.
Wood, used in three bursts by skipper Morgan, took the key wicket of David Warner in his first spell and then returned to have the dangerous Steve Smith caught by Liam Plunkett at mid-off for 56.
Two balls after the same fielder had dropped a straightforward chance off Glenn Maxwell, Roy then took a sensational catch at deep mid-wicket, catching the ball high above his head and then flinging it up as he staggered across the boundary before stepping back to catch it again inside the rope.
It left Wood with figures of 4-33, his best return in one-day internationals, and Australia were grateful to Travis Head for a rapid 71 not out that took them towards a more competitive total.
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England captain Eoin Morgan on BBC Test Match Special: "This is a tournament you need to be at your best to win games of cricket, and we were close to it.
"The partnership was powerful - the way we went about it put Australia on the back foot a little bit and that bodes well for the semi-final."
Man of the match Ben Stokes: "To still have the confidence to play the way that we did even after losing those three early wickets is a credit to how far we have come.
"No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we keep going at it and backing our game."
Australia captain Steve Smith: "It's been disappointing to have not got a complete game in but you can't make excuses. We've got some quality cricketers but we didn't turn up."
Several would-be players of the new title, which launched on Tuesday, have posted comments online complaining that the game is taking "hours" to download.
Halo 5, which is available digitally, is 55 gigabytes (GB) but also includes a patch of a further 9GB.
The patch must be downloaded on launch day in order to play online.
One Twitter user commented that their download had been running for over seven hours.
"7 and a a [sic] half hours later and halo 5 hasn't finish game installation download... [Never mind] the online updates," they wrote.
Another, on Reddit, said their download became "stuck" at 85%. A few hours later they added a comment explaining that the download had completed.
"Now it's 9:00am and I got work in 20 minutes. So much for sleep lol," they wrote.
Yet another added, "Started my install nearly 10 hours ago and when I woke up this morning my download was at 34%. I am absolutely furious."
However, Microsoft has played down the issue.
"The download speeds for Halo 5: Guardians are normal and working as intended," a spokeswoman told the BBC.
"There were isolated reports of slower speeds last evening, shortly after the worldwide launch, but everything is now working as expected."
Issues with downloading large video game installation and update files are increasingly common, according to Piers Harding-Rolls, a games analyst at IHS.
"If you go for a digital version you've got to download the whole game and if it's a very popular one you're likely to be dealing with a slow network as well," he told the BBC.
While there are advantages in the sense that games can be updated with new and improved content, problems can occur when new files fail to distribute smoothly, he added.
"From the consumer point of view, it's not great to have to wait many hours to get access to content," he said.
"This is an issue that console companies and publishers really need to look at seriously."
Mr Harding-Rolls suggested that the approach of "pre-loading", in which a video game is downloaded to a console and then activated on launch day, is a good way around the problem.
While the main game file for Halo 5 did pre-load for many users, they were still forced to wait for the 9GB update file to download and install before they could start playing online.
It's not the largest "day-one patch" there's been. Elder Scrolls Online, for example, which launched on PS4 and Xbox One this summer, included a 15GB patch on launch day.
Only 30 overs were bowled because of rain on day two at Headingley.
But Sangakkara scored 91 of the 122 runs scored in a delayed first hour of play as Surrey raced from their overnight 374-6 to 516-7 declared.
Yorkshire reached 27-1 in 10.5 overs before the rain returned.
The hosts lost opener Adam Lyth, leg before to Sam Curran, in the eighth over of their reply, while England Test captain Joe Root ended the day unbeaten on 12.
The day-night match is one of nine being played this week to trial floodlit championship cricket featuring a pink ball.
Sri Lanka great Sangakkara, 39, reached his century off 136 balls and his 150 off only another 28, hitting 21 fours and four sixes in total.
He shared a 158-run stand for the seventh wicket with new England T20 international Tom Curran (44) to ensure maximum batting bonus points.
His 1,000th championship run of 2017, making him the first to achieve that feat in English cricket this summer, came with a four off Tim Bresnan.
Sangakkara, who played 134 Tests for Sri Lanka between 2000 and 2015, scored the 100th century of his career this month.
Yorkshire assistant coach Rich Pyrah told BBC Radio Leeds:
"Kumar obviously played really well, but I didn't think we hit our lengths as consistently as we can. It's a little bit frustrating.
"We know how important the new ball is with the pink one before it gets soft. We were inconsistent and let him get away again.
"But he's a class player. When he's playing like that at the end, it's very difficult to stop him scoring."
Surrey's Tom Curran told BBC Radio London:
"It was another masterclass from the great man. He's been unbelievable. His record speaks for itself. There's not much more we can say about him - it's all been said.
"He's a great player and a great man, and I was honoured to be out there watching him do his thing. It was a great experience for me. He makes it look a lot easier than I do.
"I find the pink ball all right. Jason Roy said yesterday that it doesn't sound as nice off the bat, but it still seems to go.
"Sam bowled beautifully, and we could have had a few more wickets between us.
"It was a huge honour to represent England for the first time and it has been a special few days. I've loved every second of it. But it's nice to be back with the Surrey boys."
A group of former residents of the St Francis Boys Home in Shefford are taking legal action against the Church.
Most allegations are against Father John Ryan who died in 2008, but the latest claim relates to another, also deceased priest and dates back to 1952.
The ex-resident only felt able to tell his family about the abuse this year.
He told the BBC: "I was 10 years old when I went to the home. One day the priest said he wanted to see me in his room to make the bed.
"So I went up to the bed and he sexually abused me, and did this again and again over a period of months. It was pretty traumatic."
The former resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was "disgusted" the Church had not apologised to the children abused at the home and that he would be contacting the police and offering to take part in the group action.
"The Church needs to be made accountable to all the lives it has ruined," he said.
A new investigation was started this year after allegations of sexual abuse in the 1950s and 1960s at the home run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton.
The man's brother, who also went to the home, said: "My brother was abused maybe 12 times. All he can remember is the priest's hairy chest, he then blanked out.
"I think the most important thing is that it comes out into the open, so people can see what really happened."
A spokesman for the Northampton Diocese of the Catholic Church, which ran the home, said it "deeply regrets" any hurt caused, but stressed the "claims are not proven".
The woman said she had been at a nightclub opposite the restaurant in Albion Street in Leeds and was barred when she went to get food.
She told the 999 call handler: "I went to McDonald's and they said I was too drunk to go in I'd had two drinks, I'd like a police officer please."
The call handler said it was a matter for McDonald's and not the police.
"It's not an emergency call, we won't be attending. Goodbye," he added.
Tom Donohoe, from West Yorkshire Police's contact centre, said staff handle about 1,000 calls a day.
"If someone is blocking our lines with non-emergency matters, or worse still non-police matters, they are potentially slowing down our response time to genuine emergencies," he said.
"I cannot stress enough that the 999 number is for emergency use only."
A McDonald's spokesperson said: "Our first priority is to ensure our restaurants are safe and welcoming for both our customers and employees.
"In this instance, entry to our St John's Centre restaurant was restricted due to the inappropriate behaviour the individual was displaying.
"This is not a matter for the police and nor is the individual banned from our restaurant."
Brandon and Gail Blackmore were convicted in February of taking a child across the border for sexual reasons.
They were sentenced on Friday in British Columbia to a total of 19 months in jail.
The girl was married to Warren Jeffs, the leader of a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, based in Bountiful, British Columbia.
Brandon Blackmore, 71, was sentenced to 12 months in jail by Justice Paul Pearlman, while his former wife Gail Blackmore was sentenced to seven months; the pair were also given 18 months' probation each.
A third defendant, James Oler, was found not guilty of transporting a 15-year-old girl during the trial, but he was convicted of polygamy in July alongside Brandon Blackmore's brother Winston Blackmore.
Jeffs, 60, had referred to himself as a prophet, and the Mormon breakaway sect he leads believes polygamy is the path to heaven. The sect's Texas compound was raided in 2008 and Jeffs was charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old, the latter with whom he fathered a child.
He was sentenced to life in prison by a Texas court in 2011.
Polygamy is illegal in Canada and across the Western world.
Brandon and Gail Blackmore brought the 13-year-old girl to Utah to marry Jeffs in 2004.
When police raided the Texas ranch in 2008 they found women dressed in frontier-style dresses and underage girls who were clearly pregnant.
The 10,000-strong sect, which dominates the towns of Bountiful, in British Columbia, Colorado City in Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, split from the mainstream Mormon church more than a century ago.
Former world champion Kong Linghui owes Marina Bay Sands 454,375 Singapore dollars ($327,600; £255,600), according to a Hong Kong court filing.
Mr Kong, nicknamed China's 'Ping Pong Prince', said the debt was accrued by someone else and that he was being "dragged into a lawsuit".
The casino resort declined to comment to the BBC.
The 41-year-old sportsman has now been suspended from his current role as head coach of China's women's table tennis team.
Mr Kong said he visited Singapore for four days in February 2015, accompanied by his parents, relatives and friends.
"It is only until today after media reports have exposed the incident that I have learned someone had left some debt unsettled with the casino," he said in a statement on Weibo.
"I am being dragged into the lawsuit. I have immediately requested the indebted to show up and clarify the facts."
"As we are in the middle of the World Table Tennis Championships, this incident has caused negative effect on the [national] team, which I feel deeply disturbed".
The court filing claims Mr Kong borrowed S$1m from the casino and put down a deposit to establish him as a "premium player" but has only repaid S$545,625.
Mr Kong was drafted into China's national table tennis team aged 16 and went on to become one of the sport's all-time greats.
He won a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and took a gold and silver four years later in Sydney.
And in 2000 he became only the third player to win the World Championships, World Cup and Olympics in the same year.
Mr Kong retired in 2006 and was made the head coach of China's women's national team in 2013.
In the past, UK ministers would often coolly, condescendingly watch high drama here such as during the Greek euro crisis, or at the peak of the migrant crisis, observing - with raised eyebrow - the threats, tensions and expansive hand-waving amongst their EU colleagues.
But in the days and weeks since the Brexit vote the tables have been turned.
The rest of the EU has gazed open-mouthed at the apparent political chaos in Britain - and yes, we've been compared to Greece but without the glorious weather.
So when I'm now asked about the immediate European reaction to Theresa May being named Britain's next Prime Minister, I can only tell you that EU leaders have largely decided to watch, to wait and only then to react.
A high level source said to me on Monday evening: "We will react to Theresa May when she actually does something."
Mrs May insists she will honour the UK referendum result - Brexit it is - but today Germany's Angela Merkel urged Britain to move quickly to explain how it sees its future relationship with the EU.
She and other EU leaders want to know if Theresa May wants full or close access to the European Single Market, for example.
If so, they insist that would mean accepting the free movement of people - access to the UK labour market for all EU citizens.
That of course, would go against the wishes of a loud number of Brexiteers and Theresa May is already seen in Brussels as something of an immigration hardliner from her many meetings here as British home secretary.
But EU sources also describe her to me as a pragmatist as well as a hard negotiator.
The Italian paper Il Sole 24 Ore calls her Britain's answer to Germany's Angela Merkel: "cold, competent and determined".
Grudgingly, Brussels recognises that Theresa May (who is said always to have come to ministerial meetings here well-briefed) is unlikely to bow to EU pressure to start formal Brexit negotiations before holding extensive consultations.
They will take place at home, in Brussels with Britain's team of hugely experienced civil servants and with European counterparts across the continent - perhaps with a tour of European capitals.
The European Commission is not thrilled with the idea.
Its post-referendum message to the UK had been "No negotiation without notification (of the UK's formal intention to leave the EU)" but it realises it cannot do much to stop informal consultations.
Frustrated EU leaders take comfort from their conviction that once the formal Brexit process is finally underway, the EU - not the UK under Theresa May - will be in the driving seat.
The left-hander made 52 not out off 35 balls as Sri Lanka chased down India's 131 to win by six wickets in Mirpur.
Sangakkara, 36, had scored only 19 runs in five previous innings in the tournament.
"The side carried me to the final and I was pleased I finally did something for the team," he said.
Victory ended a run of four defeats in global finals for Sri Lanka, who lost the 2007 and 2011 World Cup finals and the 2009 and 2012 World T20 finals.
"It was my fifth final and I can't be happier or prouder. It's been a long time coming," said Sangakkara.
"It means everything to me. My family and playing for Sri Lanka are the two most important things in my life. We wear these colours with a lot of pride."
"A thumping victory for Sri Lanka. Sangakkara is bowing out in some style with 52 from 35 balls - and we will see him this summer in England.
"That will be a popular result. India were very much nailed on as favourites but hadn't really been tested so far in this tournament. Everyone likes to see the underdogs win."
Sangakkara retired from international T20s with 1,330 runs in 55 matches at a strike-rate of 118, while long-time team-mate Mahela Jayawardene also ended his T20 career with 1,493 runs in 55 games at a strike-rate of 133.
"We have been waiting such a long time; we just hadn't been able to get across that hurdle," said 36-year-old Jayawardene, who made his Test debut in 1997, three years before Sangakkara.
"This is for all the fans in Sri Lanka. There were a lot of emotions; it will take a few days to really know these feelings."
Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga, who bowled brilliantly under pressure in the final overs of the innings to restrict India to a modest 130-4, said: "Jayawardene and Sangakkara are two world-class players.
"For the young players looking up to them, we hope they can get all the experience they can before their last few years in Sri Lankan cricket."
India batsman Virat Kohli made a superb 77 off 58 balls to take his tally for the competition to 319 at an average of 106 and win the player-of-the-tournament award.
He said: "Congratulations to Sri Lanka, especially the two guys in their last match. God was smiling on them.
"We had one off-day and can be very proud with what we have achieved and the way we played."
India captain Mahendra Dhoni added: "Virat was the only one who looked fluent. He has been brilliant for the last one and a half years.
"He has taken his opportunity with both hands. He plays authentic cricketing shots and scores runs."
The pilot of the Piper Cub was forced to make an emergency landing near Blackwater Reservoir last Friday.
The pilot and his passenger were uninjured and airlifted to Oban Airport by the Inverness Coastguard helicopter.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch was notified and is investigating the incident.
The plane was removed earlier this week.
Global demand for lithium - used in batteries for mobile phones and cars - is expected to triple in the next decade.
One of the investors said Cornish Lithium could become a "very significant player" in the industry.
The money will be used to decide where to put the first drill holes.
More on the lithium story, and other news
CEO Jeremy Wrathall said the county is the only current known source in the UK and the company will use data to "prioritise the best locations for subsequent drilling and sampling".
"There is a lot of excitement in the technical world about this," he said. "We hope to be the domestic source of lithium for the UK."
He said the £1m investment would be enough for more than a year - but that production is at least five years away.
The investors are Peter Smedvig, founder of investment firm Smedvig Capital, Keith Liddell, a metallurgical engineer and former mining CEO, and Chris von Christierson, director and principal of mining firm Southern Prospecting.
Mr Liddell told Reuters he believed Cornish Lithium could become a "very significant player" in the lithium industry in Britain and Europe.
High levels of lithium were indentified in the water in Cornish mines in the 19th Century, but there was no market for it at that time.
The government plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, raising the prospect of a huge increase in demand for lithium.
In January, Cornish Lithium said it had reached a mineral rights agreement with Canada's Strongbow Exploration, which bought South Crofty tin mine on Pool in 1998.
Strongbow Exploration will get royalties from any lithium extracted by Cornish Lithium.
The metal would be extracted by drilling at least 400m (1,300ft) into rock and pumping out lithium-laden water.
Most lithium is produced in South America, Australia and China, but the UK government has earmarked it as a metal of strategic importance to the country.
It came after the ailing lender published a make-or-break turnaround plan which initially caused the stock to rally by up to 26.5%.
Italy's third-largest bank said it would write down bad loans, lay off one in 10 of its workers and raise €5bn (£4.4bn).
The European Central Bank had ordered it to reduce its bad debt in April.
"There is a lot of speculation ahead of the bank's plan... amid rumours and leaks of possible interest of new investors in the bank," Vincenzo Longo, a strategist for IG Markets in Milan, told Bloomberg.
"We will soon discover if the plan is achievable and sustainable."
Concerns are mounting over Italian banks, many of which are weighed down by massive bad debts and thought to be a risk to the wider economy.
Four lenders were bailed out by investors last December and the government is seeking similar solutions for others.
Monte dei Paschi is one of the banks at the centre of the crisis, having been deemed Europe's worst-capitalised bank in recent EU stress tests.
On Tuesday, it reported a net loss of €1.15bn for its third quarter, compared with a net profit of €255.8m for the same quarter of last year.
That was largely due to €1.3bn in provisions for bad loans it booked in the period.
Before Tuesday, the bank's shares had lost almost 75% of their value since the beginning of the year.
In fact, some believe it may already be there.
This morning, the UK Purchasing Managers' Index revealed weakening optimism in a sector vital to the strength of the economy - services.
The PMIs - which cover the whole of the UK economy - are important for three reasons.
First, they are a survey of business activity.
Second, they are a record that goes back to 1996 and are therefore comparable.
Thirdly, there is a close correlation between the PMI figures and the country's gross domestic product (or, approximately, national income).
So, if the PMIs are suggesting poorer economic news, the GDP figures are likely to as well.
The services business activity PMI released this morning stood at 52.3, the lowest since February 2013 when Europe was still licking its wounds following the eurozone economic crisis.
Although the figure would need to fall below 50 to reveal an actual contraction in activity, 52.3 is still well below the 55.2 average over the past 20 years.
Today's figures follow the construction sector PMI released yesterday, which was also at a three-year low, and the manufacturing PMI which, at 49.2, has now fallen below that critical 50 figure.
According to Markit and CIPS, the two organisations that compile the data, uncertainty over the European Union referendum, higher input costs (some connected to the introduction of the national living wage) and the general global economic slowdown are weighing on sentiment.
Worries have already raised about weakening UK economic growth in the first three months of the year.
The concern now is that it is only the start of tougher economic times ahead.
As Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, says: "The slowdown in the service sector follows similar weakness in manufacturing and construction to make a triple-whammy of disappointing news on the health of the economy at the start of the second quarter [of the year].
"The PMI surveys are collectively indicating a near-stalling of economic growth, down from 0.4% in the first quarter to just 0.1% in April."
We may only see the full effects of the slowdown - in data terms at least - when the next economic growth figures are published in July.
Many are preparing for them to be grim.
The company's bosses told the London Assembly Environment Committee its response to flooding in December was "not adequate".
Many properties were evacuated after broken water mains flooded areas including Angel, Lewisham and Hackney.
The situation was described as "completely unacceptable" by the Labour group on the London Assembly.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes last month following a number of burst mains.
Thames Water's Danny Leamon told the committee it was aware of the Stoke Newington leak but it "didn't respond quickly enough to assess and resolve the situation".
He also confirmed the London Fire Brigade called it to alert them to the problems in Angel but the mains were not shut off for four hours.
The company's Richard Aylard said they were investing in devices that could provide warnings before bursts occurred.
However, only one of the burst pipes last year had this in place and it provided a warning of just three minutes.
Leonie Cooper, Labour London Assembly spokesperson for the environment, said: "It is also completely unacceptable that Thames Water has no idea which of their pipes are most at risk of bursting in the future.
"The maintenance and risk assessment system is clearly inadequate and while I welcome their review into this, for those forced out of their homes at Christmas it will seem too little, too late."
Mr Leamon told BBC London Radio: "To replace one kilometre of our largest pipes can take six to eight months, so that means taking out some the largest roads in London for a very long time.
"That's a 30 to 40 year programme and that's something we need to do faster and we have to get the investment in place to do that."
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Ugen, 24, equalled the indoor British record of 6.93m to finish third in the long jump, but world outdoor silver medallist Shara Proctor was eighth.
Porter was third in the 60m hurdles but James Dasaolu was disqualified after a false start in his 60m semi-final.
American Trayvon Bromell beat fastest qualifier Asafa Powell to win gold.
Jamaica's Powell ran 6.44 seconds in his heat and semi-final - the quickest in the world this year and fifth fastest ever - but his quest for a first individual global title goes on after he clocked 6.50secs in the final, three-hundredths behind Bromell.
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"I had it in me. I just didn't come out in the finals," said the 33-year-old.
His mood was matched by Londoner Dasaolu, who won the British Indoor 60m title last month, clocking 6.53secs in the final. "Words can't describe how disappointed I am. It's extremely frustrating," he said.
Ugen, however, was "ecstatic" as she held on to third place by four centimetres.
The Texas-based jumper, who finished fifth at the World Championships in Beijing last summer, said: "This is my first time getting on a podium, so it was fantastic to finally get some silverware."
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In contrast, Proctor described her performance, which featured a best leap of 6.57m, as "horrible" and blamed a hamstring problem which surfaced in the first round of jumping.
Porter's bronze was her third World Indoors medal after second and third-placed finishes in the previous two editions.
She said: "I was listening to the long jump and I'm just so happy to follow Lorraine with a bronze."
Morgan Lake, 18, finished seventh in the pentathlon with 4,499 points as Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton, snatched gold in the final of the five events.
Theisen-Eaton trailed Anastasiya Mokhnyuk of Ukraine by 150 points going into the 800m but beat her rival by more than 13 seconds to win by 34 points on 4,881.
Full results and medal table (official website)
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The whale was one of a group of about 30 seen off the city's harbour entrance in recent days.
Marine wildlife experts have expressed concerns for the other members of the pod who they fear may also strand.
Six years ago, 15 pilot whales died in a north Highland sea loch when a pod of 60 became stranded at Durness.
The defender had an operation after fracturing his wrist in the incident.
It led to Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Monaco being postponed and played a day later.
"These days when I look at my wrist, swollen and badly wounded, you know what I feel? Pride," the 26-year-old Spaniard said on Instagram on Friday.
Three explosive devices containing metal pieces went off when Dortmund were on their way to the game at their Signal Iduna Park home ground.
German police have detained a suspect with "Islamist links" following the attack.
Former Barcelona player Bartra, the only player to be injured, added: "I look at it proudly, thinking that all the damage they wanted to do to us on Tuesday stayed in this [injury]."
Bartra, who is expected to return to training in a month, has had regular visits from his family since being admitted to hospital.
"They are my everything, the reason I struggle to overcome obstacles and this has been the worst of my life, an experience I would not want anyone in this world [to have]," he said.
"The pain, the panic and the uncertainty of not knowing what was going on, or how long it would last... were the longest and hardest 15 minutes of my life.
"I think that the shock is decreasing more and more and, at the same time, it adds to the desire to live, to fight, to work, to laugh, to cry, to feel, to love, to believe, to play, to train, to continue to enjoy my people, loved ones, companions, my passion, to defend, to smell the grass as I do before the game starts and motivate me.
"The only thing I ask is for everyone to live in peace and to leave behind the wars."
Monaco won the rescheduled match 3-2 on Wednesday.
8 July 2015 Last updated at 16:39 BST
These five cute cocker spaniels are being trained to become sniffer dogs for the Metropolitan Police Service.
Sniffer dogs have a very important role, each one is highly trained to smell out stuff that could cause harm or be against the law like drugs, cash, or even illegal meat.
They're also used at Wimbledon to help keep the crowds safe.
These pups are being trained to help stop criminals from illegally transporting endangered plants and animals in and out of airports.
Murray said: "Sniffer dogs do an incredible job whether it's keeping us safe and secure here at Wimbledon, or fighting wildlife crime in Nepal."
Footage courtesy of Wimbledon.com.
The magic lantern slides were photographed by William Nowell and found during a recent loft clearance.
Auctioneer Graham Paddison said: "It is the extraordinary contrast in this set of 30 photographs that is so unusual."
Mr Paddison, of auctioneers Dee Atkinson & Harrison, said the pictures showed the gulf between rich and poor in late Victorian England.
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Mr Nowell was the manager of the Great Northern Steamship Fishing Company and a keen photographer. He shot the images between 1895 and 1902.
They were found in a house in Hessle, East Yorkshire, belonging to Mr Nowell's great-grandson.
The auction is to be held in Driffield on 30 September.
The local authority had proposed cutting funding to 28 smaller libraries around the county to save £1.5m.
After a consultation, it said it was considering a new approach involving a pilot of 10 communities working with professionals to run the service.
The buildings and staff in those areas would become part of new trusts, separate from the council.
Previously a briefing paper from Devon County Council proposed keeping 22 major libraries, to be known as Devon Centres. It also said in April that communities would be asked to take over the running of services, otherwise they would end.
Campaigners have given a cautious welcome to the new plans.
Paula Ferris, the chairperson of the Friends of Braunton Library, said: "I am not sure it's the right answer but it's certainly a bold one.
"Libraries are very highly valued and should be properly funded. I'm supportive they appear to have listened."
Roger Croad, the Conservative county councillor responsible for Devon's libraries, said: "I think we're on the right track.
"Nearly half our libraries have friends' groups who raise funds and we want to continue that involvement. We're looking to save in excess of £400,00 in business rates, we're making the larger libraries as efficient as possible."
The scheme has already been used in Suffolk where an Industrial and Provident Society (IPS) was set up in 2012 to run the libraries.
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The team initially fell just short of the points required but the title was sealed when Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was demoted from fifth to eighth.
The Finn was given a 30-second penalty for causing a last-lap collision with Williams driver Valtteri Bottas.
That saw Mercedes seal the championship with four races still to go.
Mercedes also clinched the title in Russia last year. Although there were three races to go in 2014, it is effectively the same stage of the season because double points were awarded at the final race of last year.
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The triumph confirms Mercedes' domination of the turbo hybrid engine formula that was introduced into F1 in 2014.
The team have lost only six of the 34 races that have been held since the start of the 2014 season.
Hamilton's victory means he can seal a second consecutive drivers' title at the next race in Austin, Texas on 25 October, if he out-scores Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel by nine points and his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by two in the US.
Full race results
It was the first major home attack of World War I, leaving 119 civilians dead and hundreds more injured.
Theophilus Jones, a 29-year-old private in the Durham Light Infantry (DLI), was hit by a shell, securing his place in history as the first soldier to be killed on British soil during the conflict.
Pte Jones's story, and the bombardment of the North East coast, is the focus of Teesside's project to commemorate next year's 100th anniversary of the start of the war.
The £400,000 programme of events, launched at the Heugh Gun Battery on Hartlepool's headland, will focus on making local museum artefacts more widely seen and encouraging children to learn about their own families' involvement.
Hartlepool Borough Council's senior WWI project officer, Katie Hammond, said: "We're now getting to a time where there's a whole generation of young people that haven't had that one-to-one contact with a First World War veteran or people who have lived through that time.
"They need to be reminded of what happened and how that changed and shaped the social fabric of the country that they live in today."
Although Pte Jones is almost universally credited with being the first soldier to die during the bombardment, conclusive evidence is scarce.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can only narrow it down to six members of the 18th battalion of the DLI killed on duty that day.
Walter Rogers, LD Turner, Alix Oliffe Liddle, CS Clarke and Thomas Minks - all from County Durham or Teesside - were with Pte Jones as the battery returned fire.
One was certainly the first to die and Hartlepool council WWI project officer Christine Hutchinson suggests Jones might have been selected "for propaganda purposes".
The government had already used the bombardment - which also hit the undefended towns of Scarborough and Whitby - for a campaign encouraging men to enlist.
Recruitment posters asked: "Men of Britain! Will you stand this?"
Miss Hutchinson believes having a "personal element" helped make the events "more real", both then and now.
Much of Pte Jones's story makes it compelling.
He was a young head teacher in Leicestershire but returned home to West Hartlepool to serve his country, one of the first to volunteer when war broke out.
A shard of the shell which hit his chest was found lodged in a prayer book given to him by his pupils, it was claimed.
Hundreds of people are said to have turned out for his funeral.
"It's important to us that we are helping to inspire and educate the young generation who may not know about the war," Miss Henderson said.
Hartlepool's part in it is "not as widely known as it should be", she added.
The town's ceremonial mayor Stephen Akers-Belcher said the war had brought "massive social change".
"Thanks to this generous funding from Arts Council England, the Tees Valley councils will be able to help the people of today to explore and understand the massive and irrevocable impact which it had on their local communities," he said.
"I am sure it will be a fascinating, poignant and very fitting commemoration of the 100th anniversary of 'the war to end all wars'."
Mohammed Kahar, 37, from Sunderland, appeared before the Old Bailey via video link from Wandsworth prison.
He is accused of 11 offences, including five of disseminating terrorist publications and three of supporting IS.
The father-of-six is due to stand trial in Newcastle next month.
The charges span a period between November 2013 and February 2014.
Documents allegedly disseminated include The Book Of Jihad and the IS magazine Dabiq 5.
Mr Kahar, of Burnville Road, spoke only to confirm his name and answer not guilty to each charge as they were read out to him.
He was remanded until the trial at Newcastle Crown Court on 19 October.
The full list of charges are:
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Guardiola spent around £200m this summer to bring in five players.
Defenders Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker and Danilo have all come in along with goalkeeper Ederson and midfielder Bernardo Silva.
"We want to put energy in the team for the next five years," said Guardiola.
"We have spent, of course, but all the teams have spent.
"In the next few years City will buy one, two, maybe three players. The current players are young and will stay for the future."
City had one of the oldest squads in the Premier League last season with an average age of 28.9 years.
With the new arrivals and the departures of Aleksandar Kolarov, 31, Gael Clichy, 32, and Pablo Zabaleta, 32, the average age of the City squad has reduced to 25.
After finishing third last season, Guardiola is hopeful a younger team can mount a stronger title challenge but insists he does not feel under any additional pressure to win the Premier League this term.
"Last season at my first press conference we were favourites, so nothing has changed," he added. "I was confident then too.
"We are going to see at the end of the season what happens."
Manchester City open their Premier League campaign at newly promoted Brighton on Saturday (17:30 BST).
The attack happened in the Jenkins Dale area of Chatham at 17:26 BST. The child, thought to be a young girl, was rushed to a London hospital in a critical condition.
The dog was shot dead by police firearms officers.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the attack and are in custody as police inquiries continue.
Neighbours told the BBC the injured child was a two-year-old girl who lived locally.
One eyewitness, Alisha Robinson, said she saw the girl receiving first aid.
"They were trying to keep her alive. You couldn't see her face, she was covered in blood. Then her mum came up screaming, that did it for me, I wanted to cry," she said.
Other people reported hearing a shot fired and seeing a child under a blanket being carried to an ambulance.
Jaspreet Uppal said: "First I heard a gunshot, there was a dog on the floor. A few officers carried out a child from the back area of the flats.
"There is a little park there. I could not see the child, they were covered. I think they were quite small."
Charlie Helder witnessed the police marksmen as they arrived in Jenkins Dale.
"I saw two police officers with guns," he told BBC South East. "One said 'stand back' and he shot it twice."
Following the attack, MP for Chatham and Aylesford Tracey Crouch, tweeted: "Horrid news from Chatham this evening. My thoughts and prayers are with the child & their family tonight."
Kent Police has asked that anyone with footage of the events to contact them and not upload it to social media.
Subhaan Ali, 11, died in the canal near Parkgate in Rotherham in July.
His mother said she believed he had been bullied by a group of children in the area. However, other children he was with told police he jumped in of his own accord.
The inquest at Doncaster Coroner's Court was adjourned because the coroner has found the evidence inconsistent.
Coroner Nicola Mundy said she would be asking South Yorkshire Police why the incident was not deemed suspicious.
Zaura Ali said her son was scared of water and would never have jumped in the canal of his own accord.
She told the court Subhaan could not swim well and only ever stayed in the shallow end at the swimming pool.
She said: "My son's death has devastated my life, which is over.
"I believe he must have been pushed. I will never accept he went into the water on his own."
Subhaan disappeared after entering the canal at Stone Row Way on 21 July.
His body was recovered after four hours, following a large search operation which included South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.
Statements by two boys who were with Subhaan gave differing account of events, but agreed he jumped in without force or coercion.
A police statement by Det Con Simon Taylor said one of the youngsters said: "He ran right fast, jumped high and landed in the middle of the canal."
He added: "[The boy] reiterated that no-one had pushed Subhaan into the water."
Both boys described how another boy in the group went into the water before Subhaan.
One said this boy lowered himself into the canal after Subhaan said: "One of you jump in and I'll jump in."
But the other young witness said in his statement that this other boy was pushed by another of the group.
After hearing evidence from South Yorkshire Police officers, Ms Mundy said "there were sufficient inconsistencies in evidence that warranted further investigation".
The coroner said she would write write to police about why the incident was deemed not suspicious. She said while it may not change the outcome of the inquest, she needed answers.
Mabbutt, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a teenager, underwent a five-hour operation to replace the main artery in his left leg in 2013.
The 53-year-old's diabetes triggered peripheral arterial disease, which blocked the blood vessels in his leg.
"I can no longer do any sport or go running, and my life is now a lot more sedentary," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It is frustrating that I cannot kick a ball ever again, but I still have my leg, which is the most important thing."
The former England international, who played for Tottenham for 16 years between 1982 and 1998, says he sought treatment after he woke in the middle of the night with leg pain.
"I was getting terrible pains in my left leg, which was freezing cold. I stayed up all night and called the specialist at 6 o'clock in the morning, and I was rushed to King's College Hospital in London," he said.
Mabbutt, who needed 112 staples in the leg to heal the 30-inch wound, says he is speaking about his situation to raise awareness for Diabetes UK's "Putting Feet First" campaign.
"In this country, there are 120 amputations on diabetics every week, of which 80% are avoidable if there is early identification and treatment is given," he said.
Figures from the US Department of Labour also showed the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.4%, compared with 4.5% in March.
The rebound in the jobs market could pave the way for the US central bank to raise interest rates in June.
The economy needs to create 75,000 to 100,000 jobs a month to keep pace with growth in the working-age population.
An unemployment rate of anything under 5% is considered to indicate full employment. The rate of 4.4% is the lowest since May 2007.
The rise in employment was driven by the leisure and hospitality sectors, health care and social assistance, financial activities and mining.
The report also showed average hourly earnings rose by 2.5% year-on-year, although this was down slightly on March's figure.
The jobs figures represented a strong bounce-back following the disappointing figures recorded in March, when only 79,000 jobs were created, said Kully Samra, UK managing director at Charles Schwab.
"With the Fed hitting the pause button in May, the recovery in today's employment data gives weight to the prospect of a further rate hike in June and the possibility of two or three more this year," he added.
Recent GDP figures showed the US economy grew at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first three months of this year, the slowest rate since the first quarter of 2014, raising concerns that the economy could be weakening.
Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate on hold in a range of 0.75% to 1%.
However, central bank also said it viewed "the slowing in growth during the first quarter as likely to be transitory" and still expected economic activity to "expand at a moderate pace".
This jobs report bolsters that interpretation, with gains across industries - even in sectors such as retail, which struggled earlier in the year, according to Gus Faucher, chief economist for PNC Financial Services.
"That's an indication that the economy is expanding at a steady clip in early 2017," he said.
With unemployment as low as it is, firms may have a harder time hiring and job growth could slow by the end of the year, Mr Faucher said.
But, he added, "that's not a sign of weakness in the US economy".
It was a sharp bounce back after a very weak labour market performance in March. The average job growth for the year so far has been 185,000, essentially the same as in 2016.
Certainly the April jobs figures look consistent with the idea that the slowdown in US economic growth in the first three months of the year was "transitory", a view expressed by policy makers at the US Federal Reserve earlier this week.
If the evidence continues to support that view, then we can expect the Fed to raise interest rates again at meeting next month. That's certainly what the financial markets expect. And they are always right, aren't they?
The last of the 11 attackers was killed late on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement. Of those killed 38 were civilians. Two policemen also died.
A number of hostages were seized by the insurgents in the 26-hour attack before Afghan forces finally regained control.
It was the latest in a series of audacious raids by Taliban fighters.
The Taliban briefly seized the northern city of Kunduz in September.
The group described its fighters as "martyrdom seekers" who had launched "thunderous attacks on foreign and hireling personnel" in Kandahar.
The Taliban assault on one of the largest air bases in Afghanistan coincided with a regional peace conference in Islamabad, where the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani asked Pakistan to help broker peace negotiations.
The Kandahar siege continued until one gunman who had held out on his own for several hours was killed late on Wednesday.
At least 37 people, including 17 military personnel and four police, were wounded. the defence ministry said. One of the Taliban fighters was also injured
The airport compound houses Afghan military and civilian sections as well as a Nato base.
Tolo News TV said the insurgents were dressed in military uniform and were equipped with light and heavy weaponry.
They breached the first gate and then entered an old school building, trading fire with security forces.
Witnesses reported that some of the militants took families hostage and used them as human shields.
US Army Col Michael Lawhorn said the Taliban fighters "never physically entered the airfield". There were no coalition casualties.
Correspondents say the attack is a huge security failure because the attackers were able to smuggle weapons into an area supposed to have been made secure by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Gatland, who is also head coach of the British and Irish Lions, says he is happy with Wales' group after they were drawn against Australia and Georgia.
Williams played under Gatland and says he is the man to lead them in Japan.
"If he does want to come back then the hierarchy will look at his record in World Cups," Williams said.
He continued: "That's why I think he will definitely get to the 2019 World Cup regardless of what happens between now and then, because he does get the team right for a World Cup campaign."
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips expects Gatland to return to his Wales role after coaching this summer's Lions tour of New Zealand.
Phillips reinforced his belief Gatland will return, saying he "made it very clear his intention was to come back".
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Gatland, who succeeded Gareth Jenkins as head coach in 2007, is contracted to Wales until after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
The former Ireland and Wasps coach said he rejected an approach from Super Rugby side Chiefs about leading them from 2018.
Wales finished fourth at the 2011 World Cup when they were beaten by France in the semi-final after captain Sam Warburton was sent-off.
Four years later, Gatland's Wales finished second in a pool containing Australia and hosts England to qualify for the quarter-finals where they narrowly lost 23-19 to South Africa.
Williams, who played in three World Cups, says Gatland's experience of previous tournaments will be invaluable to Wales.
"It would be his third World Cup," Williams told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"He's been very successful in the last two. Getting Wales out of the group of death [in 2015] was an achievement in itself and were very competitive in the quarter-finals against South Africa.
"We'll never forget the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand, where we could have got to the final."
World number one Selby set the standard for a near faultless display against Thailand's Dechawat Poomjaeng with an opening-frame 82.
And four more 50-plus breaks saw him wrap up a stylish 6-1 victory.
Murphy led 3-2 against Fu, but the world number 14 was in imperious form to hit back for a thrilling 6-4 win.
Fu said: "It was high-quality match at the start but both of us were edgy towards the end so I am just happy to get over the line."
Hong Kong's Fu scored breaks of 93 and 104 to go in at 2-2 at the interval, but a superb 83 by 2008 champion Murphy made it 3-2.
Two successive 50s by Fu saw him take a 4-3 lead, and he took advantage of some uncharacteristic errors by his increasingly anxious opponent to set up a meeting with either Liang Wenbo or Tom Ford.
In the afternoon session, world number 81 David Grace beat 2006 champion Peter Ebdon 6-2 to join Selby in the last eight.
Grace, from Leeds, took advantage of a couple of fluked reds to score breaks of 84 and 75 to establish a 2-1 lead.
And he stretched that to 4-1 before sealing an impressive win over veteran Ebdon.
But the truly high-quality snooker came from Selby.
The Leicester man admitted he was extremely lucky to scrape past Jamie Jones 6-5 in the third round.
But Selby told BBC Sport his display against Poomjaeng was the best he had played in "a single match all season".
"Winning is always great, but to play like that and win is even more special. I am very happy with the way I played," he said.
"Every time I got a chance I seemed to win the frame in one visit. You can't always play snooker like that, but it does put a marker down for other players.
"I probably shouldn't have been in the last 16."
Poomjaeng only edged through his third-round match late on Tuesday night, coming back from 5-0 down to beat Mark Joyce.
But there was never any question of a repeat fightback from the world number 51.
Selby, the 2012 winner, barely gave Poomjaeng a chance, scoring breaks of 58 and 48 in frame two, and following that with a stylish 106 and another 80-plus knock to lead 4-0 at the mid-session interval.
A 98 came immediately on the resumption, and although Poomjaeng finally got on the board, winning frame six, Selby closed out victory with a tidy clearance in a scrappy seventh frame.
Selby, one of only 10 men to have won snooker's triple crown of World Championship, UK Championship and Masters, faces England's Matthew Selt or Luca Brecel from Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Selby added: "I will be full of confidence after that performance. If you play like that and don't get confidence from it then there must be something wrong."
Mark Jones, 43, was found at Llety Bends, Mountain Ash, on 26 July 2015.
Stephen Bennett, 53, and Edward Bennett, 48, deny murdering Mr Jones as he sat in his Audi A3.
Cardiff Crown Court was told James McCallister was driving past when three men ran in front of his car, with one falling "face down on the floor".
Prosecutor Chris Clee said Mr Jones, a HMRC valuation officer, was involved with drug dealing with Edward Bennett and alleged the brothers shot him twice.
In the weeks before the incident, the prosecutor said Edward Bennett was trying to raise a large sum of money, asking the jury: "Was Edward Bennett in significant debt to Mark Jones? Was he under pressure to pay that debt?"
Mr McCallister described how he watched the three men "running circles in the road".
"One of them then fell flat on his face. I turned to see him face down on the floor," he said.
Mr McCallister then watched the two others try and "drag" him onto the pavement before "making off into a gulley way", with one of the men holding a handgun.
He said his partner dialled 999 before other cars began stopping.
The court also heard how breakdown repair man Christopher Gale was parked in front of a white Audi A3 - that belonged to Mr Jones - when he heard "two very deep bangs".
He turned and saw the driver and passenger doors open and "some blue smoke come out of the driver's side", before two people began running.
He then saw the driver lying on the road and the passenger trying to push him off on to the path.
Mr Gale said cars with hazard lights on were stopping and he thought somebody may have been knocked over.
He watched the passenger run off into bushes, adding: "There were quite a few people scattered around. A lady was trying to look after him and said 'I think he's been stabbed'.
"I said 'I don't think he's been stabbed, he's been shot'."
Mr Jones was taken to hospital but died on 26 September 2015 after 15 operations.
The trial continues.
Charges of £7.50 were introduced in August following a £8m revamp.
Figures from York Museums Trust (YMT) show that visits dropped from 81,000 to 46,000 compared with the same six-month period in 2012 before it closed for refurbishment.
YMT said the charges were needed due to cuts in its council grant.
The introduction of charges brought complaints from local residents, with some holding a protest outside the gallery.
'Fast reduction'
YMT's new chief executive, Reyahn King, said the fall in visitor numbers was "disappointing".
"We would prefer not to have to charge," she said. "But the reality of the funding situation is that was the only way we could absorb a very steep and fast reduction in our funding from the city council."
YMT said that its funding from City of York Council fell from £1.5m in 2013-14 to £600,000 in 2015/16.
It added that York residents could purchase an annual pass for £10, which allows unlimited visits to its museums.
The trust is a charity and runs 18 venues in the city, including York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum.
A consortium led by Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan bought a controlling stake of 60% in the Swans but the Supporters Trust retaining a 21.1% shareholding.
"We are delighted that the Premier League has ratified our deal to buy a controlling interest in the club," Kaplan and Levein said.
The deal is expected to be completed in July, the investors explained.
"We had a very positive meeting yesterday and we appreciate the fact the Premier League has moved so swiftly to give us the green light to move forward," they said in a statement on the club's website.
"There are still a few minor loose ends to tie up on the deal which we envisage will be completed before the end of the month.
"In the meantime, we are both extremely excited to be part of a new era for Swansea City and working with Huw Jenkins and the Supporters' Trust in taking the club forward."
BBC Wales Sport revealed in April which of Swansea's directors would be selling all or part of their shares.
Swansea City chairman, Huw Jenkins, added, "We are all extremely pleased with the outcome of the Premier League meeting.
"It will now enable us to move forward fully focussed and put everything in place for the start of another very important Premier League season.
"Everyone at the club is looking forward to working together with Steve and Jason for what will be a new and exciting chapter in the club's proud history.''
Swansea director Martin Morgan says the sale of a majority stake to an American consortium is "not a takeover".
They have now passed the Premier League test for prospective owners and Morgan expects the sale to be completed soon.
"I think it's a case of days, if not weeks," Morgan told BBC Radio Wales.
He continued, "It's not a takeover because the Trust will stay involved. I will still keep five percent, Huw [Jenkins] will keep five percent, as will Brian [Katzen].
"Every club that overtook us were billionaires and it's very hard to compete with that and we wanted some more muscle.
"Maybe, and hopefully, they can make Swansea a better team or secure our place in the Premier League".
Levien is the managing general partner of Major League Soccer side DC United, while Kaplan is principal of Oaktree Capital investment fund and vice-chairman of NBA franchise Memphis Grizzlies.
They are understood to be keen to buy Swansea's home ground, Liberty Stadium, which is owned by the local council, with a view to increasing its capacity.
Levien and Kaplan had initially been negotiating a deal which would have seen them acquire more than 75% of Swansea's shares, effectively giving the American consortium complete control, including the power to issue more shares.
However, the modified acquisition of 60% will see the trust retain its 21.1% stake and ensure continuity at board level with the retention of Jenkins and Dineen.
Swansea will be based in Washington DC, home of Levien's DC United, for their pre-season tour to the USA in July.
But friends of introverts, especially if they are extroverts, can find it difficult to understand the need for this "me time" which is often spent alone or at home.
So designer Rebecca Evie Lynch has come up with a new range of emojis to help introverts communicate their feelings.
Called "introjis", the images include actions such as reading and gaming.
They also describe some social activities or situations, such as a person feeling anxious in a group or feeling out of sync with other people.
Rebecca has told Co Create that she first came up with the idea after a relationship ended.
"My boyfriend of three years broke up with me, citing the need for more time alone," she said.
"I was surprised, as I've always considered myself an introvert, too, but I realized that my enthusiasm about being in a relationship sometimes overshadows my ability to read others' signals."
Some of the emojis are also designed to be used by extroverts who want to talk with an introverted person.
"Introverts tend to find the company of others draining," explained Rebecca.
The system is designed so that the "activity" emojis - which are green and blue in colour - can be combined with a "no company" one - coloured red and yellow.
Rebecca says this will hopefully make it a bit easier to answer the question "Can I come and be social with you now?"
Some people can mistake introversion for signs of mental health problems, such as depression.
"While introversion and depression are entirely different things—introversion is decidedly not a disorder—the need to be alone can often be mistaken for depression by others. Having these complex, distinctive emotional states represented in the toolkit can hopefully help clarify the difference," Lynch said.
The designer is hoping to make her emojis into a free app and is currently working through prototypes on her Facebook page, where she is also asking for people to submit ideas.
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It happened over the past three days in Jabal al-Zawiya, north-western Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Meanwhile, activists in Aleppo city told the BBC militants from one of the same jihadi groups, ISIS, had summarily executed at least 50 captives.
A regional battle is pitting ISIS against an alliance of rival rebels.
A coalition of moderates and other Islamists fighting to depose President Bashar al-Assad is ranged against ISIS in several parts of northern Syria.
The al-Qaeda-linked ISIS - Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - is accused by other rebel groups of undermining the struggle against the regime of President Assad, focusing on accumulating territory and imposing a rule of terror in the areas it controls.
The fighting is continuing in Raqqa, a city under full rebel control and previously an ISIS stronghold.
Separately, the Observatory says the death toll from a government air campaign launched in Aleppo province in mid-December now exceeds 600, including 225 children and women.
On its Facebook page, it pledged to "work tirelessly" for the prosecution of those responsible for the massacres in the International Criminal Court.
Most of the 34 reported dead in Jabal al-Zawiya were ISIS fighters, with the remainder from a smaller allied group called Jund al-Aqsa, the Observatory said.
The execution of the "non-Syrian" fighters had been confirmed by medical and local sources, it said.
Those executed by ISIS in Aleppo were said to include medics, local journalists and members of rival rebel groups.
None of the reported killings can be independently confirmed.
The reported killing of prisoners held by ISIS could undermine initiatives by radical clerics to reconcile the warring Islamist factions in northern Syria, says BBC Arabic correspondent Ahmed Maher.
Since last Thursday, large-scale attacks by an alliance of moderate Islamist factions and rebel groups have been taking place across northern and north-eastern Syria on ISIS strongholds and strategic positions, inflicting heavy losses on ISIS. Scores are said to have died, including civilians.
The alliance says that the offensive is driven by public anger in ISIS-controlled territories over practices including strict interpretation of Islamic laws as well as the kidnapping of journalists and horrific torture of prisoners, our correspondent explains.
Experts in Islamist movements, however, place the conflict in the context of a power struggle between all Islamist factions.
Profit was 33.6bn yen ($278m; £182m) in the three months to September, compared with a 136bn yen loss a year earlier.
The results are big turnaround for the firm that has seen years of losses and undergone a restructuring, which has resulted in job cuts and asset sales.
Its first half restructuring charges were down 35% at 15.7bn yen.
But sales of its smartphones continued to decline.
"In the Mobile Communications segment, sales decreased primarily due to a significant decrease in smartphone unit sales resulting from a strategic decision not to pursue scale in order to improve profitability," the company said.
Overall, its sales fell 0.5% to 1.8tn yen despite the uptick in demand for PS4 games and image sensors.
Expecting to sell more PS4 consoles, Sony left its forecast for earnings for the year ending in March 2016 unchanged.
"Sales are expected to be higher than the July forecast primarily due to an expected increase in PS4 hardware unit sales and PS4 software sales," the company said.
The earnings report comes a day after Sony announced that it would take over Toshiba's image sensor business.
But she needs a little personal care when other members of the family are out at school or work.
Louisa wasn't sure where to turn to organise things but discovered she could book her mother's care using an online service.
That makes it easy to plan care flexibly depending on when Peggy might be alone at home.
"I just log in via the internet using my phone and just select the number of hours and the day and the time I want the carer to come. It's really quick and also the payment's all done online," Louisa says.
The service is provided by CERA, the brainchild of Dr Ben Maruthappu, who formerly had a senior policymaking role at NHS England.
It's designed to appeal to a generation used to booking holidays or running their bank accounts with a mobile phone and who want the same convenience to organise their parents' care needs.
He says his business model allows better pay for care staff.
"By being more efficient, we take a much smaller margin for ourselves and in turn reimburse carers much better - which allows them to be better valued, but allows us to attract higher quality carers," Dr Maruthappu says.
At a time of squeezed local authority budgets, providing home care may not seem the most glamorous or lucrative business.
But new players in the market see the growing elderly population and the drive to look after more people in their homes as an exciting opportunity.
Cera is regulated by the Care Quality Commission, like traditional providers, and is a member of the UK Homecare Association (UKHCA).
UKHCA chief executive Bridget Warr welcomes the use of new technology but sounds a cautionary note.
"In a traditional home care provider, there will be human contact from the start, so somebody will come from the service to meet the client, to work out what the client wants, to work out together what they're going to deliver.
"With an online service, this is all done remotely," she says.
Ms Warr urges potential clients to check how companies train and recruit staff.
New technology is being harnessed both for booking carers and facilitating remote monitoring of the elderly, so reducing the need for home visits.
Hampshire County Council has developed telecare services to help people live independently in their own homes.
These include personal alarms, GPS tracking devices and movement sensors that are monitored 24 hours a day.
Tablet computers and video conferencing are also available to the elderly, to keep in touch with relatives and carers.
Graham Allen, Hampshire's director of adults' health and care, says there have been savings of £4.7m over three years because fewer visits by carers are required.
"Crucially, it's freed up formal care time, doing those tasks that only human beings can deliver to other humans. So it's a win win," he says.
Hampshire has a contract with PA Consulting to run these technology services.
David Rees, of PA, believes it's just the start of a process that could transform the quality of life for the elderly.
"There are a number of products in the marketplace that can be used to play music or radio if they're asked, and we're looking at how that might help an individual," he says.
"For example, it might remind an individual to take a medicine, or ask how they are, and, depending on their response, if they're not that well, we can alert a loved one or carer."
The advocates of technology argue that cash-strapped local authorities can only benefit from solutions that allow people to live in their own homes rather than needing residential care.
But it's a long journey. The immediate challenge is finding the money to sustain day-to-day services, never mind investing for the future.
The move would make Aramco - already the largest oil producer - the world's most valuable listed company.
In an interview in the Economist, deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman had said a move was being "reviewed".
The company released a statement on Friday confirming it was looking at a number of options regarding a sale.
"Saudi Aramco confirms that it has been studying various options to allow broad public participation in its equity through the listing in the capital markets of an appropriate percentage of the company's shares and/or the listing of a bundle its downstream subsidiaries."
Aramco has crude reserves of about 265bn barrels - more than 15% of global deposits - and with falling oil prices a sale would raise revenues for Saudi.
The government has a deficit nearing $100bn (£68.4bn) due to the collapse in oil prices over the past 18 months.
The deputy crown prince told the Economist he favoured listing Aramco shares on the stock market.
"Personally I'm enthusiastic about this step. I believe it is in the interest of the Saudi market, and it is in the interest of Aramco, and it is for the interest of more transparency, and to counter corruption, if any, that may be circling around Aramco."
He did not say how much of the company could be sold. Analysts have estimated that a full listing of Aramco would be worth more than $1 trillion.
The world's most valuable company currently is Apple, worth about $543bn.
Aramco produces more than 10 million barrels of oil per day, three times as much as the world's largest listed oil company, ExxonMobil.
Mohammed bin Salman, who as chairman of his country's new Council of Economic and Development Affairs has broad authority over the economy, said the government would sell a range of state assets in healthcare, education and some military industries.
"It will decrease some of the pressure that the government has, and some of them may create good profit," he told the Economist.
Fadel Gheit, analyst for Oppenheimer & Co, said an Aramco flotation "makes a lot of sense".
Even if, say, 20% of Aramco was sold it would fund Saudi Arabia's budget for a year.
East Dunbartonshire Council approved the move as part of wider measures to save just under £1.2m annually.
Under the new arrangements, existing school crossing patrollers will not be replaced as they leave or retire.
Instead, other staff working in schools will be trained to take on their duties as part of revised working conditions.
Grace Irvine, director of East Dunbartonshire Council's neighbourhood services said: "There will be no job losses amongst our school crossing patrollers.
"As we move forward, if a member of the team leaves, they will not be replaced by another school crossing patroller.
"Other members of the school facilities management team, who will all be known to the pupils, will take over these roles. Full training will be given before employees are expected to take on any new responsibilities."
Diana Beard, 69, said she had been made a "scapegoat" after being shown to play a part in Iain Watters' elimination.
Watters exited the show after throwing his melted Baked Alaska in a bin.
Yet some viewers have since called for his reinstatement, suggesting Beard engineered his dismissal by taking his ice cream out of the freezer.
Speaking on BBC Radio Shropshire, Beard - the oldest contestant to have appeared on the BBC ratings winner - cried foul over how Wednesday's episode was edited.
"I'm disappointed with the way it's been portrayed," she said. "I've been stitched up, haven't I?
"We were 12 amateur bakers, [there's] no prize money involved. Why would I sabotage Iain's Baked Alaska?
"This has made it look like some cutthroat competition," she continued. "I think someone's culpable for the editing, really."
Beard claimed Watters' ice cream had been out of the freezer for no more than "40 seconds" and that her "conscience was intact".
Celebrities involved in the show leapt to her defence after Wednesday's broadcast prompted a furore on social media.
Co-host Sue Perkins insisted there had been "no sabotage" and that the situation was "getting a little inflamed for my liking".
"This is a show about CAKES," the comedienne and broadcaster continued on Twitter. "Please, let's save the ire for real stuff."
"At the end of the day Mary [Berry] & I need something to judge," tweeted judge Paul Hollywood. "It's not about melted ice cream but about what's presented."
A BBC spokesperson said: "As shown in the episode, Iain became the fourth baker to leave the tent because he didn't present Mary and Paul with anything to judge in the showstopper challenge and both judges were very clear about the reasoning behind the decision.
"Due to the extreme temperature in the tent that day, many of the bakers struggled to get their ice cream to set as seen in the episode. Diana removing Iain's ice cream from the freezer for less than a minute was in no way responsible for Iain's departure."
An average of 8.1 million viewers tuned into The Great British Bake Off on Wednesday, which saw the show's nine remaining contestants attempt to impress the judges with their desserts.
Watters is the fourth contestant to leave the BBC One show after Jordan Cox, Claire Goodwin and Enwezor Nzegwu were shown the door in previous weeks.
The 70-year-old man and 65-year-old woman, from Leeds, were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle.
The incident happened on the B1251 between Fimber and Fridaythorpe, near Driffield at about 11:50 BST on Monday.
The driver of the second vehicle and his passenger were taken to Hull Royal Infirmary for treatment. Humberside Police have appealed for witnesses.
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The 24-year-old, who claimed silver in the keirin on Sunday, lost the first two races in the best-of-three final as Germany's Kristina Vogel won gold.
"I really wanted gold but Vogel is an incredible rider," said James.
Fellow Briton Katy Marchant beat Elis Ligtlee to bronze, winning the first race by more than a bike length and the second by a fraction.
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"All the hard work, sweat and tears has paid off. I cannot believe it," said Marchant who started as a heptathlete and represented Great Britain at the 2012 World Junior Championships but switched to cycling on the advice of Toni Minichiello, who coaches Jessica Ennis-Hill.
"It shows how hard myself and Becky have worked. So surreal."
The two medals came shortly after Laura Trott became the first British woman to win four Olympic gold medals by retaining her omnium title.
It has been an impressive Games for James, who missed London 2012, won two world titles in 2013 but then overcame a cancer scare and career-threatening injuries to secure her place in Rio.
James Bibby and Thomas Elmer, from Lancashire, died at the Sonae chipboard factory in Merseyside in 2010.
A 2013 inquest concluded their deaths were caused by a failure to follow procedures and highlighted a lack of training on how to use the equipment.
Sonae Industria and Valmet Ltd were fined £220,000 and £190,000 respectively.
They were also ordered to pay £107,000 each to cover prosecution costs.
The 2013 inquest found the two sub-contractors, who lived in Rossendale, had not been shown how to isolate the conveyor belt from the power supply.
The men were carrying out repairs at the Kirkby factory when the conveyor belt started up and they were dragged into the machinery.
The belt was triggered automatically as factory machinery started to dump wood chips into a silo.
A post-mortem examination found both men died from several injuries.
The site, which opened in 2000, was badly damaged by a large fire in August 2011 in which a demolition worker - James Dennis Kay, 62, from Heywood, Greater Manchester - died.
The plant was affected by a second fire in January 2012 and it closed later that year with the loss of 220 jobs.
Vote Leave is made up of Conservative, Labour and UKIP MPs and donors.
It is competing with a rival group, UKIP-backed Leave.EU, to be the official Out campaign in the referendum promised by the end of 2017.
David Cameron is to discuss his planned EU reforms with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Chequers later.
Vote Leave, whose supporters include Labour's Kate Hoey and UKIP's Douglas Carswell, says it wants to negotiate a new deal based on free trade and friendly co-operation.
The group is funded by people of different party affiliations, such as the City millionaire and Tory donor Peter Cruddas, Labour's biggest private backer John Mills and former UKIP treasurer Stuart Wheeler.
Its core message is about sovereignty, with "take control" the main slogan. It is planning to spend about £20m.
Ms Hoey called for an end to the "supremacy" of EU legislation over UK law, saying: "If we vote to leave, then the £350m we send to Brussels every week can be spent on our priorities like the NHS".
By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
The campaign's argument is simply that the EU has too much control over too much of our lives.
But stand by for clashes over how much money we get back, compared with what we put in.
The arguments over whether we really gain or lose economically will be a central strand of the referendum debate, with the government, most of the Labour Party, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and much of the business world pressing the case that the rewards of being in the EU are much greater than the costs.
But Vote Leave has money, campaign muscle, a plan to build a politically broad-based group, and a clear message.
Read more on Laura Kuenssberg's blog
The Electoral Commission has yet to designate the official campaigns on either side of the EU debate.
The chosen groups will benefit from increased spending limits of £7m during the campaign period, campaign broadcasts and a free mailout to households.
They all get access to public meeting rooms and to the electoral register, and are entitled to public grants of up to £600,000.
The commission says it will choose the campaign which represents "to the greatest extent those campaigning for that outcome".
UKIP has said it will stand "hand in hand" with the Leave.EU group, which party leader Nigel Farage has hailed as a "show of unity" of anti-EU groups.
Mr Farage welcomed the formation of Vote Leave, which is backed by the Business for Britain and Conservatives for Britain groupings.
He said he supported their "pro-business arguments" and that UKIP had been making them for "over 20 years".
"But we have to get outside of Westminster to reach millions of people who don't normally vote and for whom controlling our borders and having pride in our country are the biggest issues," he said.
Mr Farage said the two campaigns were "aiming at different audiences" and added: "Ultimately, I hope that we have one campaign that operates on a number of levels."
Explaining his decision to back a different group to his leader, Mr Carswell, UKIP's only MP, told BBC News it would be "quite wrong" for the party to only back one group.
He said the battle to be chosen as the official No campaign was a "one-horse race", with Vote Leave "almost certainly" going to be selected.
Asked about the two rival camps, he said the campaign to leave was "going to have one or two tensions", saying these could be managed, and predicted Vote Leave would be a "unifying force".
Mr Carswell also said it was "only a matter of time" before the two campaigns rolled into one.
Tory MP Steve Baker, co-chairman of Conservatives for Britain, said his group supported Mr Cameron's attempts to reform the EU, but added: "We also support the creation of a professional cross-party campaign that can fight the referendum if the EU does not give the PM fundamental change."
The In Campaign, which wants the UK to remain a member of the EU, said Vote Leave had launched "with deceptive claims and old assertions".
The group's deputy director Lucy Thomas told BBC News her campaign would be officially launching "very soon" and would be "explaining the benefits" of EU membership.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would not comment on the individual campaigns "or the people behind them".
The government, he said, was focused on renegotiating Britain's relations with the EU "so we can deliver a better deal for the British people".
He said he was "confident" reform could be achieved but added that if not "we rule absolutely nothing out", saying: "We will have to deal with that situation when we come to it."
No date has yet been set for the referendum on Britain's membership of the EU but David Cameron has promised to hold the vote by the end of 2017.
The prime minister has said he will campaign for Britain to remain in the EU if he secures the reforms he wants.
He will use his meeting with Mrs Merkel to discuss some of his demands, which include an opt-out from an EU ambition to forge an "ever closer union" of people across Europe.
He will also try to get restrictions on welfare benefits - in particular, tax credits - for migrants and more powers to block or opt out of new EU laws.
Officers found Gary Cameron, from Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire, shining the pen from the garden of his flat on the evening of 5 September.
The 42 year old pled guilty to a charge of culpable and reckless conduct at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
Sheriff William Gallacher deferred sentence until next month.
Prosecutor David McDonald said: "At around 9.10pm on the evening in question police were informed of a missing female in the Clydebank area.
"There was a certain amount of concern for this female and, at 9.35pm, a police helicopter was dispatched to assist with the search.
"Just after 9.50pm officers informed area control they were subject to repeated dazzling within the cockpit as a result of a laser pen being shone at them."
They discovered where the laser was coming from and officers on the ground were sent to Cameron's home.
Mr McDonald said Cameron continued to shine the laser towards the helicopter after the police arrived at his flat.
Cameron's lawyer said the act had been part of a campaign he had launched against Police Scotland which saw him carry out "interference in the sky".
Sheriff Gallacher described it as "an offence of the utmost gravity".
He released Cameron on bail ahead of sentencing.
The 27-year-old has 16 caps, and joins Gregor Townsend's squad from Gloucester after the Rugby World Cup.
"Gregor told me all about the club and after speaking to him I really wanted to sign," said Puafisi.
"It's a very ambitious club and a very competitive squad. I'm joining a team which won the league last season, so this is a really good move."
Prior to his arrival, Puafisi spent a year at the Tasman Makos in the South Island of New Zealand.
He was part of the Tonga squad which finished third in the Pacific Nations Cup and will play for his country at the World Cup in England next month.
"We've watched Sila for a while now and he has really impressed us," said Townsend.
"He's been in good form for Tonga in the Pacific Nations Cup and will add to the competition we already have in our front-row next season.
"He played a lot of games for Gloucester last season both in the English Premiership and European Rugby Challenge Cup and we believe he has the all-round game that will fit in well at Scotstoun."
Warriors also confirmed that back-row Hugh Blake has signed a two-year deal with the club, after the player revealed he had committed to the Pro12 champions earlier this month.
The 22-year-old, who won his first cap for Scotland in the defeat by Ireland in Dublin two weeks ago, has been on loan from Edinburgh since March.
"Hugh will add to the depth in the squad and has the ability to play anywhere in the back-row," added Townsend.
"He is an intelligent rugby player who has a big future in the game."
Maybin, six shots off a qualifying spot overnight, started promisingly with two birdies but then bogeyed the third before double-bogeying the fifth.
The Ballyclare man managed five further birdies but never seriously threatened to win a card as he signed for a 71.
Peter Lawrie missed out by one with Simon Thornton a further shot adrift.
In the high-pressure final round, Lawrie would have sneaked into the top 25 had to managed to play his final six holes in one under but six pars didn't prove enough for the Dubliner as he also shot a 71.
Thornton's steady closing 71 proved two shots too many for him as his second bogey of the day on the 15th effectively sealed his fate.
Kevin Phelan endured a chastening final day as his seven-bogey 76 dropped him back to level par and a shot adrift of Maybin.
After failing to secure cards, the Irish quartet will probably have to confine most of their competitive efforts to the Challenge Tour although they can expect to secure a number of starts on the main tour.
Northern Irishman man Maybin finished in 124th in this year's Race to Dubai standings some 44,000 Euro outside the 111th spot which would have ensured safety.
Maybin secured his European Tour six years ago after an impressive 2008 season on the Challenge Tour.
He finished 40th in the European Order of Merit in 2010 but has had to battle to hold on to his card in recent seasons before losing his playing privileges last month.
Finland's Mikko Korhonen won the qualifying school on 20 under after firing an impressive closing 67.
Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez was runner-up on 18 under with Italian Renato Paratore next on 16 under.
English talent Matthew Fitzpatrick secured on the precious cards after finishing on 10 under while Northern Ireland Open Challenge winner Joakim Lagergren also progressed on nine under.
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Tom Foden and his wife led their four-year-old daughter to safety when a shed in the back garden of the house in Clarehill Lane was deliberately set alight on Saturday morning.
The fire spread to an oil tank and badly damaged the outside of the property.
A 33-year-old man has been arrested.
The shed contained furniture, children's toys, clothes and photographs, all of which were destroyed.
Mr Foden spoke to BBC's The Sunday News about what had happened.
"My wife woke up she heard a noise and wasn't sure what it was, she thought it was the delivery of oil we were due to get yesterday morning, but it was actually crackling on the baby monitor she could hear," he said.
"She looked out the window and the whole street was lit up orange.
"As we were running out the door, I looked out a side window and saw the whole shed was alight and it was probably about 30 seconds to a minute from catching on to the oil tank.
"The side window in the house blew out only a couple of minutes after we got out.
"Our daughter's window which looked out over the shed was a couple of minutes from blowing out as well."
Mr Foden said his daughter was too scared to return to the house at present.
He said any belongings that the family could not keep in their house were stored in the shed which was not insured.
Mr Foden said he believed it was a "random" attack.
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The incident happened on the 501 service between Dumfries and Castle Douglas on Sunday at about 18:20.
The 16-year-old girl got on the bus at the Loreburne Centre before the man in his 50s boarded at the Whitesands.
He sat next to the teenager and engaged in "inappropriate conversation" before touching her a number of times. He later left the bus at Beeswing.
Police want to trace the man described as being in his mid 50s, of medium build and with short grey hair. He was unshaven and had dark, bushy eyebrows.
His appearance was said to be "unkempt" with yellow stained fingers and nails.
The man had a local Scottish accent and was wearing blue jeans and a black "trench style" jacket.
PC Anthony Cropley said: "We are appealing to anyone who may have been on this bus on Sunday night to come forward if they can help identify this man.
"Likewise anyone who regularly uses this service between Dumfries and Castle Douglas, if they have seen this man on other occasions and can help identify him then we would be glad to hear from them.
"This incident left a 16-year-old girl in a shocked and distressed state and we are keen to trace the man responsible."
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The National League Imps have exited at the first-round stage in each of the last three seasons but Raggett's first-half header and an effort from Alan Power after the break meant John Cyrus' late goal was no more than a consolation.
City were always the superior side and were desperately unlucky not to break the deadlock early on when Harry Anderson stole possession 25 yards from goal before thundering a first-time effort against the crossbar.
But the hosts didn't wait long to open the scoring as a pinpoint corner from Sam Habergham in the 21st-minute was headed home by Raggett from six yards.
Chance after chance fell to the Imps after the break as they searched for the killer second - Theo Robinson somehow heading wide from close-range after 55 minutes.
But they made no mistake on the hour mark as Nathan Arnold scampered through the middle before slipping in Power, who finished delightfully.
The National League North visitors, against the run of play, halved the deficit on 75 minutes when Cyrus rose above a static home defence to nod home a corner but it was too late.
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Match ends, Lincoln City 2, Altrincham 1.
Second Half ends, Lincoln City 2, Altrincham 1.
Attempt missed. Harry Anderson (Lincoln City) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Terry Hawkridge (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham).
Foul by Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham).
Alex Woodyard (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. James Lawrie (Altrincham) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Sean Raggett (Lincoln City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Harry Anderson (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Andy McWilliams (Altrincham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Terry Hawkridge (Lincoln City).
Corner, Altrincham. Conceded by Sam Habergham.
Goal! Lincoln City 2, Altrincham 1. John Cyrus (Altrincham) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by James Lawrie following a corner.
Corner, Altrincham. Conceded by Alan Power.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Terry Hawkridge replaces Matt Rhead.
Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham).
Alan Power (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alan Power (Lincoln City).
Tom Hannigan (Altrincham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Greg Wilkinson (Altrincham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Sean Miller (Altrincham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Altrincham. Conceded by Sean Raggett.
Hand ball by Harry Anderson (Lincoln City).
Attempt blocked. Sean Raggett (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Altrincham. Phil Marsh replaces Curtis Obeng.
Substitution, Altrincham. Simon Richman replaces Simon Lenighan.
Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Andrew Dawber.
Attempt saved. Harry Anderson (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Goal! Lincoln City 2, Altrincham 0. Alan Power (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Arnold.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Jack Muldoon replaces Theo Robinson.
Attempt missed. Harry Anderson (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Theo Robinson (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Nathan Arnold (Lincoln City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Theo Robinson (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Foul by Harry Anderson (Lincoln City).
Simon Lenighan (Altrincham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan had initially been negotiating a deal which would have seen them acquire more than 75% of the shares.
That would effectively have given them complete control, including the power to issue more shares.
The new deal will protect the influence of the Swansea City Supporters' Trust, which will retain its 21% stake.
Had Levien and Kaplan bought the initial stake of 75%, their ability to issue more shares could have diminished the value of the trust's shares.
The trust's Jim White had previously told BBC Wales Sport he and his fellow members were seeking "assurances" from the Americans, as a 75.1% share should have seen them hold sway over other shareholders.
Swansea had already confirmed chairman Huw Jenkins and vice-chairman Leigh Dineen would keep their roles in the event of a takeover.
At this stage, it is not known how many shares each shareholder will be selling.
Levien and Kaplan, who have been in negotiations with Swansea for months, will not comment publicly until a formal agreement has been reached.
The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the current Premier League season.
Officers found the body at a house in St George's Avenue in Yeovil, Somerset, after receiving a tip-off.
A 29-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of infanticide has since been released on bail. Officers said the discovery was not connected to the property's current tenant.
Avon and Somerset Police said it could not confirm whether the arrested woman was related to the baby.
"As our inquiries are continuing, we would ask the public not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding this incident," a spokesman said.
"We are continuing to work closely with the family concerned and helping them through this difficult time."
Officers said they launched an investigation last week after police were tipped off that a child may be buried there.
BG shares were up 242.60p to 1,153p after it agreed to a cash and shares offer from Shell that would value each BG share at about 1,350p.
Royal Dutch Shell 'A' shares fell 5.3% while Royal Dutch Shell 'B' shares dropped 8.6%.
The FTSE 100 fell 24.36 points to 6,937.41, but energy shares saw gains in the wake of the deal.
BP shares rose 0.5%, Ophir Energy climbed 7.4% and Tullow Oil jumped 4.4%.
"Already the largest FTSE 100 constituent by a considerable margin, this deal will further consolidate Shell's position in that regard," said Richard Hunter at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
"There are clear attractions from Shell's viewpoint, including its additional exposure to LNG, almost immediate cost synergies and, in due course, asset sales from a partial break up of BG's operations."
Shares in satellite broadcaster Sky rose 1.6% following reports that French media group Vivendi was mulling a possible bid for the firm.
The Reuters news agency cited three unnamed sources familiar with the matter as saying a bid for Sky was one of a number of options being looked at to expand Vivendi's TV group Canal Plus.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.78% against the dollar to $1.4925 and was up 0.76% against the euro to €1.3799.
The wooden interior of the new design means installing an internal cauldron could violate Japanese fire codes.
The stadium has been hit by delays and controversy over the cost of an earlier design by Zaha Hadid.
A cheaper design, by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, was chosen in December last year.
The new design will cost 149bn yen ($1.2bn; £825m) to build.
Ms Hadid's plan would have cost 252bn yen, making it the world's most expensive sports venue.
The International Olympic Committee deadline for completion is January 2020, ahead of the Games' start in July that year.
"It appears things were proceeding under the old plans without much discussion [of where to put the cauldron,]" Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo said.
"The lighting of the flame is the main event of the Olympics. As for exactly how it will be done and where the cauldron will be, that will be discussed at a later date," he added.
He said that he hoped a solution to the problem would be found before April.
Mr Endo will head a panel set up to review the situation of the cauldron.
The International Olympic Committee stipulates that the cauldron should be placed so that it is easy to see for spectators.
Designers had considered placing the cauldron outside the stadium, but this was met with opposition from Japan's Olympics committee.
The Olympic flame is lit in Olympia, Greece, before travelling across the world in a torch relay.
The lighting of the Olympic cauldron by the final torchbearer marks the start of the Games.
Not making it public would be "misleading", he said. He was aware of a risk of being "misunderstood", given that the FBI does not know the significance of the newly found emails.
Mrs Clinton said the FBI's move was "unprecedented" and "deeply troubling".
Her Republican rival Donald Trump has praised the bureau's decision.
On Friday, just 11 days before the presidential election, Mr Comey wrote to Congress, saying the FBI had learned of fresh emails which may be "pertinent" to its previous inquiry into the Democratic presidential candidate's use of a private server when she was secretary of state.
He has been heavily criticised by Clinton supporters - and according to the New York Times, justice department officials - for his decision to make the information public so close to polling day.
In the memo, reported by the NYT, Fox News and the Associated Press, he acknowledged that "we do not ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations".
But he said he felt an "obligation" to do so given that he had previously testified that the FBI investigation was complete.
Addressing cheering supporters at a rally in the key election state of Florida on Saturday, Mrs Clinton said: "It's pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election."
Earlier, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said the information provided by Mr Comey was "long on innuendo" and "short on facts", with "no evidence of wrongdoing. No charge of wrongdoing. No indication this is even about Hillary".
Mr Podesta said that 24 hours from Mr Comey's revelation, there was no real explanation for why he had decided to send that letter. The more that information had emerged, he said, "the more it seems overblown".
The FBI has already established that Mrs Clinton had held classified information on a private email server.
In July, Mr Comey said Mrs Clinton's handling of sensitive material during her tenure as secretary of state was "extremely careless", but cleared her of any criminal wrongdoing.
The latest emails were discovered as part of a separate investigation into the estranged husband of top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin.
Devices belonging to her and Anthony Weiner, a former high-flying congressman, were seized in an investigation into whether he sent sexually explicit emails to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
Mrs Clinton said she was "confident" the investigation into the emails would not change the FBI's original finding in July.
"It's imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question, whatever it is, without any delay," she told reporters on the campaign trail in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday.
Mr Trump said the move was the "biggest political scandal since Watergate", referring to the 1970s scandal that engulfed then-Republican President Richard Nixon.
He said he has "great respect" for the FBI and the justice department, now that they were "willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistake that they made" in ending the investigation earlier.
The former secretary of state's private email server was first revealed in March 2015 by the New York Times.
She did not immediately express regret, and said the main reason for her "[email protected]" address was "convenience".
Soon after that she apologised in an interview with ABC News, and has since said sorry to voters a number of times.
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Ray Matthews, from Maltby, near Rotherham, completed his challenge in September after starting in July.
He raised £29,975 for Rotherham's Newman School, which caters for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Mr Matthews described himself as "just a guy who goes out and runs marathons".
He said: "What I've seen since I've been involved with the school is just amazing - all I ever see when I walk in here is joy on the children's faces."
The money is to be used to improve the external areas of the school and provide new equipment.
Mr Matthews started the challenge shortly after his 75th birthday and described the marathon series as a 75-day "birthday present" to himself.
The majority of the routes he tackled were organised by running clubs in South Yorkshire, but he also completed two marathons in Rotherham's twin town of St-Quentin in France.
Mr Matthews said his only disappointment was the amount raised "isn't £75,000".
Four years ago, at the age of 71, Mr Matthews also ran 150 miles in 36 hours.
Macmillan Cancer Support said decisions on care should be made based on a patient's fitness, not their age.
It cited data which suggests 130,000 people over 65 diagnosed with cancer between 1991-2010 survived for more than 10 years.
NHS England acknowledged that it needed to deliver better services to people in the over-65 age group.
Macmillan Cancer Support conducted the research alongside the National Cancer Intelligence Network, found of the 130,000 who had lived with the disease for more than a decade, 8,000 had been diagnosed over the age of 80.
Despite that, many patients in the UK are being assessed on age alone, Macmillan said, adding that cancer survival rates in the age group are "poor".
A paper published in the Lancet, looking at five-year survival rates for common cancers - including prostate, breast, lung, stomach, ovary and kidney cancers - between 1999 and 2007 showed the UK and Ireland had a lower five-year survival rate than the rest of Europe.
"It's wrong to write off older people as too old for treatment," said Macmillan Cancer Support's chief executive Ciaran Devane.
"With a proper assessment and appropriate treatment, our research shows that many older cancer patients can live for a long time and can even be cured.
"While it's good news that so many older people are benefiting from treatment, many thousands more could live longer if our survival rates for over-65s matched those in comparable countries."
He said barriers to treatment, which include "age discrimination and inadequate assessment methods", must be addressed.
NHS England's national clinical director for cancer, Sean Duffy, said that with an ageing population, the study had come at an important moment in time.
But he added: "We need to deliver better services for people over 65 and 75 because we know there's an issue and interventions need to be designed to that end."
He said treatment for cancer can be complex "and should be based on what is right for each individual patient."
Dr Mark Porter of the British Medical Association said it should be a "key part" of the medical profession to ensure older patients are "treated with the care and respect they deserve".
British Medical Association GP leader Dr Chaand Nagpaul said doctors were having to rush patients to keep up.
And he said this could be potentially dangerous in terms of identifying cancer and getting medicines right.
But ministers in England responded by promising they would invest in services to address the concerns.
The frank admission by Dr Nagpaul comes as the BMA releases the results of an online survey of nearly 2,900 practices in England and 145 in Wales - about one in three of the total in both nations.
In England it showed that 55% thought the quality of the service their practices was providing had deteriorated in the past 12 months.
Some 68% said their workload was unmanageable, while 92% reported demand had increased in the past year.
Similar findings were reported in Wales.
Dr Nagpaul said: "It is unsustainable and getting to the point where it is not safe. The ageing population means many of our patients have multiple conditions and are on multiple medicines, but we simply don't have the time to properly consider how they interact.
"On cancer we are having to make rushed decisions. And we are seeing growing numbers of patients with dementia - and yet just have 10 minutes to see them.
"It's not enough. We are being forced to let down patients. We need to see more investment in general practice so we can keep up with demand and have longer 15-minute consultations."
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The issue has been raised by the BMA just a week after the NHS England report into the death of 12-month-old William Mead, from Cornwall, highlighted workload pressures as one of the possible reasons GPs failed to properly diagnose his chest infection.
Mr Nagpaul believes another 10,000 GPs could be needed to plug the current gap in England - the government has promised another 5,000 this Parliament, but that is expected to cover the push to provide seven-day opening.
To pay for this, funding for GPs will be increasing by 5% every year, the government has said.
Health minister Alistair Burt added: "General practice is at the heart of the improvement we want to see in the NHS. We recognise absolutely that it is under pressure, which is why we are delivering record investment.
"The health secretary will shortly announce further support for GPs, which should assist in meeting the pressures doctors are reporting."
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All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) General Secretary Tijani Tumsa said the plan was a "mischievous vote-catching exercise" for the 2015 elections.
Last week, the agriculture minister said the phones would help farmers "drive an agriculture revolution".
Akinwumi Adesina said their purchase would be financed through a tax.
He denied reports that the government had already set aside $400m (£249m) to buy the phones.
Mr Tumsa told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme the scheme was a ploy by the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to "connect" with voters in rural areas in the build-up to elections.
He said he doubted the plan would boost the farming sector.
"You are just creating business for the telecom companies. You are not impacting on agricultural production in Nigeria, unless the purpose is to have more phone coverage," Mr Tumsa added.
Defending the scheme, Mr Adesina said Nigeria had the highest number of mobile phones in Africa - an estimated 110 million - but many Nigerians in rural areas did not have them.
"Our goal is to empower every farmer. No farmer will be left behind," Mr Adesina said in a statement.
"We will reach them in their local languages and use mobile phones to trigger an information revolution which will drive an agricultural revolution."
He said five million of the 10 million phones would be given to women.
A government agency, the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), would help finance the scheme through a tax, he said.
"We intend to work with existing mobile operators in Nigeria through a public-private partnership," Mr Adesina said.
"Agriculture today is more knowledge-intensive and we will modernize the sector, and get younger entrepreneurs into the sector, and we will arm them with modern information systems."
The 36-year-old left Manchester City last summer and joined Espanyol, before starting his second spell at Malaga in January.
His final game - if selected - will be Sunday's home match against Real Madrid, who could win La Liga.
Demichelis, who can also play in midfield, won 51 caps for Argentina and also played for River Plate and Bayern Munich.
"Unfortunately this day comes to us all," said the veteran. "I've been deliberating it for some time, as I have always been very worried about the end of a professional football career.
"I am grateful to the profession, and in this case Malaga in particular, because they extended my career as a professional footballer."
The Dons thought they had triggered a release clause for the 27-year-old midfielder with a £200,000 offer.
"Greg's agent told us about the clause weeks ago and we met that clause," explained McInnes.
"It's unclear why he's not here and we feel he should be. We understand their desire to keep him but we are surprised that clause wasn't met."
The Highlanders are thought to have argued that the wording of the clause in Tansey's contract was ambiguous.
McInnes said that he had discussed the issue with his opposite number at Caley Thistle, John Hughes.
"We acted professionally and with integrity," he said. "John agrees with that, he has no problem with that.
"The only thing we are maybe guilty of is maybe not going in a bit earlier.
"When I found out on Friday that we could make the offer, it was my call not to disrupt their preparations for Saturday and when their game was called off in the morning that's when we put the bid in.
"£200,000 isn't easy for us to put together. I had to try and generate that through bits and pieces.
"We thought the offer would have triggered a clause in the player's contract that would allow him to be here."
McInnes did manage to add to his squad, with the deadline day signing of Wales striker Simon Church, on loan from MK Dons.
"In light of the injuries to Ryan Jack and Willo Flood, we targeted two players - a midfielder and a different option at centre forward.
"We got one, we didn't get the other.
"Simon brings real pedigree and he has a great enthusiasm to be here.
"He's a real team player, he works extremely hard and likes to put himself about. If we get good service into, he'll enjoy his time here.
"There were lots of names being thrown at us but I thought the two players we were after could come in and really help us now.
"You don't always get what you want and we may need to find out more about some of the youngsters before the end of the season."
Speaking in Seattle he said: "Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress."
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook were among those attending.
US companies are eager to tap into China's massive market of consumers.
Mr Xi addressed recent China's recent economic troubles, and said the government was taking steps to address it.
However he said, "I believe in the long run that the fundamentals of the Chinese economy are good."
Oh to have been a fly on the wall when President Xi sat down with Apple's Tim Cook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella of Microsoft and other US technology leaders. We are told the conversation covered regulation and clean energy - but surely there must have been something juicier?
The truth is that China and the tech giants both need and fear each other. The technology firms know it is where their future profits should come from - Apple now makes about a quarter of its revenue from China, while Amazon despite years of investment is still struggling to make an impact. For China, demand for American technology products is what keeps millions in manufacturing jobs.
But while both China and the US appear committed to expanding their technology relationship, their very different views on internet freedom mean progress will be difficult.
But at a time when demand for technology products is fragile, China still looks like a huge opportunity for growth. That is why the tech tycoons will have tried their best to charm their visitor.
Mr Xi stressed that reaching agreements to ensure continued robust international trade was a top priority.
US officials have said the two counties have made progress in negotiating a new trade agreement, but key issues remain unresolved.
Former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson moderated a closed-door discussion with more than 30 business leaders before Mr Xi's public remarks.
Representatives from Twitter and Google were notably missing from the event. China blocks those companies' websites.
However, Mark Zuckerberg the chief executive of Facebook, which is also blocked in China, met with Mr Xi during the forum.
Mr Xi travels to Washington DC on Thursday to meet US President Barack Obama.
The 44-year-old was promoted to the role on Wednesday after cricket manager and former player Robinson was appointed England women's head coach.
Davis made his Sussex debut as a player in 2001 before becoming second-team coach and later assistant coach.
"I learnt a lot from Mark Robinson, but my coaching style will certainly be different," he told BBC Sussex.
Davis takes over a side who were relegated from County Championship Division One last season and will report to a new director of cricket - a post Sussex are hoping to fill in the months ahead.
"Mark Davis' appointment is in keeping with the Sussex tradition of promoting from within. He served a long apprenticeship under the guidance of Mark Robinson.
"The priority will be to secure a prompt return to Division One of the County Championship, while also improving their form in one-day competition.
"His partnership with new captain Luke Wright could usher in an exciting new era for the club."
"I've known the players for a long time and I think that will be a benefit for me," he said.
"I'll take a lot from what 'Robbo' did before me and also Peter Moores, who I played under when he coached here. But I'm very clear in the way I'm going to move this squad forward.
"We were pretty unlucky with injuries last year, but we didn't play well enough and that's why we are where we are.
"It's a great chance to develop a team going forward that can hopefully get promoted, but also compete at that level."
Davis was part of the Sussex side which won the club's maiden County Championship title in 2003 and went on to take 188 wickets with his off-spin, as well as scoring more than 2,000 runs across all three formats.
Robinson, who led Sussex to two County Championship titles and four one-day trophies, has backed Davis to lead the club back to the top division of first-class cricket.
"Mark is different to me, with different strengths and qualities," Robinson told BBC Sussex.
"His values are good, his integrity is high and he will supplement and work well with (newly appointed captain) Luke Wright.
"I'd have loved to have left them in Division One, but the margins are really small. I'm convinced they'll go back up next year as there are a lot of great things happening behind the scenes."
Green fired home from Natasha Harding's cross to open the scoring before doubling the lead on 23 minutes.
Ward scored Wales' third from the penalty spot after Green was fouled by Begaim Kirgizbaeva, who was sent-off.
Reading striker Ward converted a second penalty with nine minutes remaining after Jess Fishlock was fouled.
Jayne Ludlow's side remain third in Group 8, five points behind leaders Austria and second-placed Norway.
Wales' remaining three games are all at home, including matches against Norway and Austria.
Kazakhstan are bottom of the group and Wales were 4-0 winners when the sides met in Haverfordwest in November.
Only the eight group winners and six best runners-up are guaranteed automatic qualification to the 2017 tournament in the Netherlands.
The other two group runners-up will play-off for the final qualification spot.
A black and white issue. In or out? Stick or twist. A straightforward "yes" or "no". Or rather, "remain" or "leave", after that tactical readjustment of the question itself.
If it is to be the latter, it would certainly be a long goodbye.
At least two years, probably more, would have to pass between a vote to "leave" and the negotiated exit.
Indeed, there is every sign that the severance arrangements would be even harder to broker than the terms David Cameron is struggling to negotiate for staying in - and we may not know what deal he comes back with until the year after next.
Equally, some observers think it could be early next year.
They reckon that the first European Council of 2016 could be the moment when the prime minister decides he cannot improve on the terms already on offer so he may as well cut his losses and make his move.
The UKIP leader Nigel Farage told me recently he thought the referendum could be as early as next March.
That simple monochrome picture acquires so many more shades and nuances when you factor in the vagaries of the terms and the timing.
And then you have to take account of the internal differences within and between our various business, political and social groupings.
Nigel Farage also told me there was now "a real debate" among Midlands business leaders he had been talking to.
They have traditionally been seen as broadly supportive of Britain's place within the EU, but a poll commissioned by the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce earlier this year indicates business opinion was more finely balanced than you might think.
The Chamber's Business Barometer reported that 47% of firms thought staying in the EU with a power transfer to the UK would be positive for the region, while the remaining 53% thought withdrawing from the EU would have a negative impact here.
Renowned Eurosceptics, headed by the former cabinet minister and Conservative MP for Shropshire North Owen Paterson and the indefatigable Bill Cash, Conservative MP for Stone, support Conservatives for Britain.
David Cameron said last week it was unlikely any renegotiation he could come back with would satisfy the likes of them.
They, along with Business for Britain and some UKIP supporters, including their only MP Douglas Carswell, are linking up with the Vote Leave campaign.
It is also backed by Labour's anti-EU group called Labour Leave. But others in UKIP, including Mr Farage himself, are backing the rival Leave.EU, founded by the UKIP donor Arron Banks.
On the other side of the argument, Britain Stronger in Europe is headed by the former boss of Marks and Spencer Lord (Stuart) Rose, who is leading the case for remaining in the EU, assisted by Lady {Karren} Brady, late of this parish.
At its launch event, he described a British exit, or Brexit, as "a leap in the dark, a risk which was not worth taking".
Some observers are already detecting signs that this campaign may be about to repeat the mistakes of Better Together during the run-up to the Scottish Referendum by placing too much emphasis on "scaremongering" about the consequences of leaving and not enough on the benefits of staying where we are.
But unlike the Scottish Referendum, the ambiguities surrounding the renegotiated terms allow ministers much more wriggle room than they had then.
The Business Secretary and Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid certainly enjoyed his opportunity to flex his Euro-sceptic muscles when he talked about "standing up to Brussels" during his recent party conference speech.
The biggest casualty in all this could well be the objective evidence.
I remember wasting three weeks of my life, and that of a BBC researcher, in an unavailing attempt to establish whether the Midlands was a net beneficiary of EU membership or not, setting incoming European funding and the wider benefits of the internal market against our share of the UK's outgoing EU budget contributions.
Answer came there none. It all depended on how you interpreted any number of statistical variables.
Lord Rose says the ratio of incoming to outgoing is in real terms about 10 to one in the UK's favour.
Nigel Farage accuses him of "inverting the truth". We can see already how detailed analysis is likely to be drowned out by overblown claims and counterclaims, with reliable information playing second fiddle to rhetoric, emotion and symbolism.
In the hope of generating light as well as heat, our BBC Black Country Political Reporter Rob Mayor has been gauging opinions among in the local business community.
We'll see his report in this week's Sunday Politics Midlands, when I'll be taking up these questions with the Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis James Morris, who is now the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Europe Minister David Liddington; and to the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley Jess Phillips, whose party has divisions of its own to contend with on this European issue.
We're back in our usual slot this weekend: 11:00 on BBC One Midlands this Sunday 18 October 2015.
That is the central mystery behind France's possible president-to-be, Francois Fillon.
Detractors say that behind the mask of taciturnity lies a retiring personality ill-suited for the task of head-of-state.
Mr Fillon, they say, is one of nature's lieutenants, a born second-in-command, a would-be leader without the guts to lead.
Far from it, reply his supporters.
If the former prime minister is reserved, they say, that is because he has a rich interior life - and personal convictions that do not need the reflected affirmation of the media machine.
And his path to the top may have been slow. But along the journey he has acquired a wealth of experience. The bid for the presidency, they say, comes from a man finally ready to assume the responsibilities of the office.
Mr Fillon's political career has certainly been a long one.
It was in 1981, aged 27, that he was first elected as a member of parliament, becoming the National Assembly's youngest member.
His party was the Gaullist RPR of Jacques Chirac. Gaullism features a strong centralised state with conservative and nationalist policies.
Mr Fillon's parents, a history professor mother and lawyer father, were also Gaullists, and he was brought up in comfortable circumstances near the western city of Le Mans.
He studied journalism and then law. In 1974 he met his future wife Penelope Clarke. She is Welsh and they have five children, the last born in 2001. They live near Le Mans, in the Sarthe department which remains Fillon's powerbase.
Mr Fillon's first ministerial post, higher education, came in 1993 under Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. He went on to hold five other cabinet posts, before serving as prime minister for five years until 2012 under Nicolas Sarkozy.
For nearly all of this time, Mr Fillon was identified with the movement known as "social Gaullism".
His friend and mentor was the late Philippe Seguin, who believed in strong state intervention in the economy and society. Mr Fillon also shared Seguin's Euroscepticism, and in 1992 both men voted against the Maastricht Treaty that ushered in the euro.
Later as social affairs minister under Jacques Chirac, Mr Fillon had the image of an honest dealer prepared to put in the hours during long negotiations with trade unions.
All of which sits rather oddly, some would say, with the policies of Francois Fillon the presidential candidate, which are avowedly those of a radical economic liberal.
In speech after speech in recent weeks, Mr Fillon has spoken in cataclysmic terms of France's "broken" social model, and the need for drastic cuts in state spending.
"Sometimes you need to tear the whole thing down," he says.
For Gaspard Koenig, of the free-market think tank Generation Libre, the explanation is that since leaving office in 2012 Mr Fillon underwent "a Damascene conversion".
"He spent the last three years travelling up and down the country. He came to see the exasperation of ordinary people and how they wanted more than anything to get the state off their backs," he says.
Mr Fillon's "virage liberal" (liberal U-turn) is a bold strategy in a country where fans of Margaret Thatcher, as he says he is, are not exactly thick on the ground.
And as his opponents seek to portray Mr Fillon as a dangerous right-winger, another weapon will also be to hand: his Catholicism.
He is a practising Catholic. He is personally opposed to abortion, but says he would never seek to repeal the law. Nor would he seek to ban adoption by gay male couples - though he wants the law changed so that a child can trace its birth mother.
For the left, these are signs of worrying ambiguity on matters that are central to a progressive society. The left-wing newspaper Liberation headlined last week on fears of a return of clerical power.
But it is not just left-wingers who see a link between Mr Fillon's Catholicism, his character, and his policies.
For Henri Guaino, a former Sarkozy adviser, Mr Fillon "believes in redemption through pain, the idea that you need to suffer in order to be saved. He believes the country has lived too luxuriously for too long.
"So now it needs to make sacrifices. It's like a purge."
The same Catholic conviction could explain Mr Fillon's famous taciturnity, a refusal to be ruffled, that can come across as either old-world courtesy or a cold reluctance to engage.
And it might also shed light on one of the big questions over his career: why for five years as prime minister he suffered the constant humiliations inflicted by his boss, the man he came to loathe, Nicolas Sarkozy.
But whoever seeks to caricature Mr Fillon as an emotionless masochist must accept that that is at best only part of the picture.
This is a man who fell in love with motor-racing as a child when the Austin Healey team stayed in his village during the Le Mans 24-hour race. He could have become a professional driver.
He says he has "always had a problem with authority" and as a boy was briefly expelled from school for leading a demonstration against a teacher.
He despises politicians who "think of nothing but politics day and night: they are obsessed and unbalanced". Among his other hobbies are mountaineering and piloting drones.
His friend and ally, former minister Roselyine Bachelot, admits the frigid exterior. But she says: "Under the ice there is fire."
Video assistant referees will review "match-changing" situations before informing the on-field official.
The referee will then be able to view footage for some decisions - something not permitted in previous trials.
Fifa's chief of technical development Marco van Basten said the move "represents a big step forward".
Video assistant referees have been able to assist officials during two international friendlies this year but the Club World Cup represents their first use in Fifa competition.
Previous usage has been in what Fifa call a "semi-live" scenario, where the referee was not able to review decisions on a pitchside monitor.
Under the live system, on-field referees will still make the final decision in the process but it is hoped video assistant referees will be able to correct clear mistakes in serious incidents.
"Ultimately, these tests should prove invaluable in terms of determining whether the processes are sound or whether any further refinements are needed," added Van Basten, a former Netherlands international striker.
"At the same time it's important to remember that we are entering somewhat unchartered territory here, given that we are going live for the first time."
Fifa intend conducting further live trials in several countries next year.
The Club World Cup, which features champion club sides from each of Fifa's six continental confederations, plus the domestic champions from the host nation, begins in Yokohama with Kashima Antlers taking on Auckland City. Europe's representatives Real Madrid play their first fixture on 15 December.
Barcelona won the 2015 tournament, beating Argentina's River Plate 3-0 in the final.
The idea, in which patients could use a high street provider for hearing tests but have their bill paid by the health service, was announced last November.
It followed a BBC News NI story highlighting soaring waiting lists for audiology assessments and treatments.
More than 24,000 people are waiting for a hearing aid, with over half breaching the 13-week target for treatment.
In a statement, the Department of Health said: "The Trusts have put plans in place to address the audiology waiting list to ensure that no patient over 55 years old is waiting longer than 9 weeks for access and 13 weeks to have a hearing aid fitted, once diagnosed, by 31 March 2017.
"It is expected that these plans will start to be implemented from October 2016."
A spokesperson said an alternative plan would involve the health trusts instead.
"It was agreed that all the health and social care trusts would review their current workforce and produce a workforce plan including a training needs analysis, succession planning and training plan to the health and social care board," said the spokesperson.
"The plan is due to be completed by February 2017."
Last November, following a BBC story on the number of people living with hearing loss, Department of Health officials said they were looking at ways to tackle the problem.
The pilot scheme looked set to be rolled out in Northern Ireland.
It is already up and running in parts of England and has proved successful.
The chief executive of the National Community Hearing Association, David Hewlett, has been involved in projects across England.
"There are a vast majority of people who need hearing care but who do not have a medical condition and do not need to go to hospital.
"The vast majority just simply need to see a trained clinician who can assess their needs and meet them in the home community.
"You don't, for example, go to hospital if you need your eyes tested or have a pair of spectacles fitted and hearing correction is very similar to vision correction."
But 10 months after Stormont's Department of Health announced the idea - when asked by the BBC what was stalling the scheme - the spokesperson said the plan has been put on hold.
Meanwhile, waiting list figures continue to climb.
One man who contacted the BBC said he has been waiting over a year to be fitted with a hearing aid.
What is unclear is why the Department of Health has rolled back from the idea.
Documents seen by the BBC reveal that in May 2015 the Health and Social Care Board was considering a procurement programme to taking soundings on possible solutions.
In February this year, a letter from the health minister's office to Specsavers confirmed that Health and Social Care Board had advised that it expected to commence the pilot shortly.
At the moment, people in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales attend hospital to have their hearing tested and if necessary a hearing aid fitted.
The Commissioner for Older People Eddie Lynch described the waiting lists as a serious problem and called on the health minister to take action.
"The impact on their quality of life can be significant even simple things like being able to hear the phone ringing but also not being able to communicate with family or friends," said Mr Lynch.
"They have described it to me as like living in silence.
"As a result waiting long times to have a hearing aid fitted or fixed has a really detrimental impact on their life."
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The Pescara player, 32, was sent off after leaving the field claiming he was racially abused during a Serie A game.
In a BBC interview, the ex-Portsmouth player claims racism is "everywhere and getting worse", and encourages players to go on strike to combat it.
"I went through hell, I was treated just like a criminal," he said.
"I went off the field because I felt it wasn't right for me to be on the field while I have been racially abused," he told BBC Sport's David Ornstein.
Muntari was initially banned for one game after asking referee Daniele Minelli to stop the Italian top-flight game at Cagliari on 30 April.
The ex-Ghana international was instead booked for dissent in the 89th minute, prompting him to leave the pitch in protest, and he then received another yellow card.
He angrily confronted Cagliari fans, shouting: "This is my colour."
Muntari had the one-match ban overturned after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said it had considered the "particular delicacy" of the case.
He says he would walk off the pitch again if he was racially abused and he has urged other players to do the same.
"If I had this problem today, tomorrow or the next game I would go off again," he said.
"And I'd recommend it to others. If they are not feeling it they should walk off."
Italian football's reputation around the world has been damaged by the incident, said FIGC anti-racism advisor Fiona May before Muntari's suspension had been reversed.
Meanwhile, Juventus' Morocco defender Medhi Benatia cut short a post-match television interview on Sunday after claiming to hear a racist insult in his earpiece.
World governing body Fifa and Uefa, its European counterpart, point out that the Muntari case was dealt with by the FIGC.
Muntari believes the two organisations are "not taking racism seriously", but backs Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who replaced Sepp Blatter in February 2016.
"Fifa and Uefa only care about what they want to care about. If they want to fight racism they should be able to jump right in and tackle it," he said.
"But they have nothing to say about it. This is a big deal.
"Maybe the new president Infantino will do something about it. He has a different mind.
"I think he is capable of doing something in a good way to fight racism. I want him to fight racism."
A Uefa statement said: "The fight to eliminate racism, discrimination and intolerance from football is a major priority for our organisation.
"Uefa condemns such deplorable behaviour and has always shown zero tolerance for any form of racism and discrimination."
Last week, Fifa said it would "like to express full solidarity with Muntari."
"Any form of racism on or outside the field is totally unacceptable and has no place in football. As to the disciplinary consequences, this falls under the jurisdiction of the relevant national body," it added.
Former Portsmouth and Sunderland player Muntari says he never experienced racist abuse in the Premier League and has urged other countries to follow England's example of combating the problem.
"I never heard anything like that in England because I think they don't tolerate it," he said.
"The people who are racist are really scared to do it in a stadium because they will get prosecuted or banned. But in Italy they go free.
"England is the example for the world. If a country doesn't tolerate it then it means you get rid of it."
Foreign players are more likely to experience some form of discrimination than domestic footballers, a survey by world players' union Fifpro found in 2016.
The survey, of nearly 14,000 players in 54 countries, found that 17.2% of players based abroad have experienced discrimination, with the figure rising to 32% in Italy.
Muntari said his ban was overturned after an outpouring of support, and he praised former Tottenham striker Garth Crooks who had called on players in the Italian league to strike if his one-match suspension had not been withdrawn.
"Last week I heard a comment from the ex-Tottenham player and I was really pleased with that - saying if they don't lift my ban all the players should go on strike - that's a brave move right there," he said.
"He changed a lot of things by saying that, he changed a lot. I really have great respect for him. He has just fought maybe a per cent of racism right there by speaking out.
"All players, if they think it's right and we want to fight racism, we have to come together and do it."
BBC Sport's David Ornstein
We arranged to meet Sulley Muntari in Milan, a city he and his wife love in a country they adore. They feel at home - accepted, respected, happy. An ideal place to raise their two-year-old son.
Muntari suggested his favourite hotel in the centre of town, where the tranquillity inside contrasted to the bustle all around; an environment that aptly reflects how the Ghanaian himself was feeling after a week he described as "hell".
Eight days after he was abused by spectators watching him playing a game of football, handed a one-match ban for protesting and walking off the pitch - only for that ban to be rescinded after an outpouring of support - Muntari was serene. Anger was replaced by calm, confusion by clarity.
He was energised, passionate and articulate. He has turned negative into positive and is desperate to use his experience as a defining moment in the fight against discrimination.
The League Two champions had taken a penalty shoot-out bonus point after a draw with Premiership outfit Dundee in their opening game on Saturday.
First-half goals from Kevin Smith and Paul McManus secured the win for Gary Naysmith's side.
The Sons misery was compounded by a red card for defender Grant Gallagher.
Stevie Aitken's side are bottom of the table with one point along with Dundee, who have played one fewer game but are four points behind.
League One side Peterhead moved into second after opening their campaign with a 2-0 win at home to Forfar Athletic thanks to an Andy Munro own goal and a Rory McAllister penalty against the side relegated to the bottom tier.
Falkirk recovered from a shock opening loss to Stirling Albion with a 3-0 home win over Elgin City.
Goals from Will Vaulks, Lee Miller and Bob McHugh mean the Championship outfit are in a four-way tie at the top of Group B.
League Two outfit Stirling fell to a 2-1 defeat away to Brechin City, with Ally Love and Alan Trouten scoring either side of a Blair Henderson penalty.
Brechin, from League One, and Premiership outfit St Johnstone have three points from their one game.
Falkirk manager Peter Houston: "It was important after Saturday's result to bounce back.
"The result probably should have been more and that's a slight disappointment, but anything was better than Saturday because we didn't play well at all at Stirling Albion.
"We go to St Johnstone on Saturday. That'll be a tough test for us.
"I'm looking forward to it. We wanted to play in the Premiership and we fell a bit short there, so here's an opportunity to see if we're good enough. I think the squad has got stronger."
Raith Rovers had to rely on a Lewis Vaughan penalty three minutes from time to defeat League Two side Montrose at Stark's Park and lead Group D after a second straight victory.
Chris Johnston, the Championship side's summer signing from Kilmarnock, had opened the scoring before Michael Bolochoweckyj replied after the break.
Jack Ross's much-changed Alloa Athletic started their campaign with a 4-0 demolition of Highland League champions Cove Rangers at Recreation Park.
Greig Spence had them ahead before the break before Andy Graham, Jordan Kirkpatrick and Isaac Layne ensured an easy win for the League One side, who are now level with Premiership side Ross County after one game apiece.
Striker Derek Lyle's first-half double ensured that Queen of the South made it two wins out of two in Group E after with a 2-0 win over League Two outfit Airdrieonians.
The Championship outfit lead Partick Thistle, who have played one game less, and Queen's Park by three points.
The Spiders recovered from their opening home defeat by Queen of the South with a 2-0 win away to League One rivals Stenhousemuir.
Sean Burns and Conor McVey got the Glasgow side's goals.
Queen of the South manager Gavin Skelton: "The players deserve credit. It was a really hot night, but some of the players have got cramp because they worked so hard.
"We'll be better for it, the fitness levels, from playing in this heat.
"We're really looking forward to Saturday. Partick Thistle are a good side, they move the ball about well and they'll have ambitions in this competition."
Airdrieonians first-team coach Kevin McBride: "We set our standards the other night against Partick Thistle and fair to say we dropped way below it today.
"There's a way to lose a game and that's certainly not it.
"We're not at full strength yet, we still need two to three players in, but we're not panicking."
Greenock Morton went top of Group H with a narrow win over Clyde that did not reflect their dominance over the League Two visitors.
Thomas O'Ware scrambled the ball over the line following a 77th-minute corner to put the Championship side on five points, two ahead of Kilmarnock, the Premiership side who have played one game less.
League One side Albion Rovers moved on to three points after two games after winning a penalty shoot-out to take the bonus point after a 0-0 draw away to League Two outfit Berwick Rangers.
She had been unwell and stopped eating earlier this month.
A vet at the elephant camp in Karnataka state that cared for her put her age at "between 85 and 90". Elephants normally survive to about 70.
Records show the oldest elephant ever to have lived in captivity was called Lin Wang. He died in Taipei zoo in 2003 at an estimated age of 86.
India has another elephant living in the state of Kerala who is thought to be a similar age.
Indira was brought to Karnataka's Sakrebailu camp, a rehabilitation and training centre for ailing and captive elephants, nearly 50 years ago.
Her diet which included "a lot of greens" may have been the secret to her long life.
But she stopped eating in early January and became weak, camp veterinarian Dr Vinay told BBC Hindi. Indira died on Monday due to an "acute inflammation of the peritoneum" and was buried after a post-mortem.
"She must have been between 85 to 90 years. Normally, around the age of 60-65 years, an elephant loses its molars," Dr Vinay said.
"Indira was on a soft food diet for almost two decades. About 15 years ago, she lost sight in one eye and about a month ago, she developed a cataract in the other eye."
Indira was caught in Kakkanakote forest in 1968 and was used to help capture and tame wild elephants. Dr Vinay described her as "highly disciplined and very docile".
As well as greens, she was fed a diet of "paddy stock, raw rice, jaggery [cane sugar] and salt".
Forest officials say her diet may have helped her live such a long life.
"It is certainly a subject matter for study. A longer life is entirely dependent on the feed elephants are given, particularly after the age of 60 years," senior forest official Dr UV Singh told BBC Hindi.
"Any elephant on a controlled and balanced diet with all the required ingredients is known to live long."
The 90-year-old man was a passenger in a Vauxhall Astra which was in collision with a Honda Jazz at about 12:10 BST on the A591 at Ings.
The man, from Bolton-le-Sands, died at Royal Preston Hospital on Monday morning, Cumbria Police said.
Maureen Runswick, 81 and from Staveley, died at the scene. She leaves behind two daughters and two grandchildren, who said she will be sorely missed
A 56-year-old man driving the Astra, also from Bolton-le-Sands, is in a serious but stable condition at Royal Preston Hospital.
The road was closed for five hours while emergency services dealt with the incident. Police are appealing for witnesses.
He was one of six people being treated in hospital in the city of Rennes.
The other five remain in a stable condition, the hospital said, four had "neurological problems", the fifth had no symptoms.
Reports that the drug was a cannabis-based painkiller have been denied by the French health ministry. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation
The trial, which involved taking the drug orally and has now been suspended, was conducted by a private laboratory in Rennes.
Ninety volunteers took the drug, manufactured by the Portuguese company Bial.
Ten of the other 84 have been tested, but did not display any of the "anomalies" of those admitted, the Rennes hospital said in its statement (in French).
On Friday, the chief neuroscientist at the hospital, Gilles Edan, said there was no known antidote to the drug.
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This is the bitter price of the new medicines we take for granted. Testing such experimental drugs, at the cutting edge of science, can never be completely risk-free.
The safety and effectiveness of these drugs are rigorously tested in animals. The risks are low but there must still be a leap of faith when they are tried in people for the first time.
This trial has been taking place since July without such major events being reported. Generally in Phase I trials the dose is increased slowly over time, which could be why the side-effects are appearing now.
The hospitalised men started taking the drug regularly on 7 January and began showing severe side-effects three days later.
It is a high price to pay, but thousands of people do safely take part in similar trials each year.
The trial was conducted by Biotrial, a French-based company with an international reputation which has carried out thousands of trials since it was set up in 1989.
The study was a Phase I clinical trial, in which healthy volunteers take the medication to evaluate the safety of its use, the ministry said.
Before any new medicine can be given to patients, detailed information about how it works and how safe it is must be collected.
Clinical trials are the key to getting that data - and without volunteers to take part in the trials, there would be no new treatments for serious diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and arthritis.
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The 20-year-old former England Under-20 international had been on trial at Wolves where he scored four tries in a reserve game against Hull FC.
"He's shown on the training park that he's able to pick up our game," head coach Tony Smith said.
"Which is a big ask for someone who's played another sport."
Prell was out of contract at the rugby union Championship side Yorkshire this summer and his new deal runs until November 2018.
"I've always liked rugby league and enjoyed watching it and I thought it was an opportunity to have a switch of codes," he said.
"Ultimately, I'd love to reach the top as everyone wants to play for England and represent their country - that would be my highest aim - but I'd love to get a run-out for the first team this season too."
The play was performed by Dublin's Abbey Theatre and Headlong at the Ulster Tower in Thiepval, France.
Friday will be the Centenary of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of World War One.
Among the dead were 3,500 soldiers from across Ireland. Two thousand of them were in the 36th Ulster Division.
The 1985 play by Frank McGuinness focuses on the experiences of eight Ulstermen who volunteer to serve in the division at the beginning of the war.
The story is told in flashback from the viewpoint of the only survivor of the eight.
From the Somme, the play will be taken on a tour of Northern Ireland, presented by the Lyric Theatre.
Lyric executive producer Jimmy Fay said it was absolutely amazing for the play to be staged at the site of the battle.
"It's been in planning for a long time but I think the actual permission was only given on Friday," he said.
"So the whole thing had to move quite quickly."
He said it was a powerful piece of work.
"The play's the greatest play written about 1916 in any form. It's got the most powerful resonance," he said.
"It's such a key part especially of the north's history, but also Irish history in general.
"We've done a tour of Orange halls in the last few weeks just enacting some scenes from the play with some young Belfast actors.
"It's brilliant that the theatre can do that - reach out to people from different parts of the community and different backgrounds that are finding common ground with it."
The two groups confronted each other in the town of La Ruana.
The vigilante groups were created almost two years ago by locals who said the security forces had not done enough to protect them from drug cartels.
Earlier this year, the government tried to gain control of the vigilantes by integrating them into a rural police force and registering their weapons.
Michoacan Security Commissioner Alfredo Castillo said the clashes were triggered by a "historic rivalry" between their leaders.
During Tuesday's two-hour shoot-out, five members of a group led by Hipolito Mora and six followers of his rival, Luis Antonio Torres, were killed.
Mr Mora's son Manuel was among those shot dead, officials said.
The "self-defence groups" were set up in February 2013 to fight a drugs cartel calling itself the Knights Templar.
Earlier this year, they took control of a number of towns in the western state and drove out the Knights Templar, who had been extorting money from local businessmen and farmers.
But tensions soon emerged between the different groups, which accused each other of having been infiltrated by the very same drugs gang they were set up to fight.
There were also disputes as the groups seized ranches and land previously held by the Knights Templar.
In March, Mr Mora was arrested on suspicion of killing two vigilantes from another group.
He was freed two months later, after prosecutors determined there was no evidence linking him to the crime.
On Tuesday night, the government said it had sent federal police officers to La Ruana to get the vigilantes under control.
The shoot-out comes at a time when tens of thousands of Mexicans have been taking part in demonstrations demanding the government do more to tackle the links between drug cartels and local law enforcement.
The high levels of collusion between the two were highlighted by the case of 43 students who are believed to have been killed by a drugs gang in neighbouring Guerrero state.
The 43 disappeared from the town of Iguala after having been handed over by the municipal police force to members of a local drugs gang.
Members of the gang say they killed them and burned their bodies, but so far only the remains of one of the 43 students have been identified.
Lions coach Warren Gatland's squad was announced at a Wednesday lunchtime media conference.
It means Scotland again have a smaller representation than England, Ireland and Wales.
Former Scotland cap Andy Nicol said: "There are lots of big names missing out and they are not just Scottish."
Gatland chose 16 players from Six Nations champions England, 12 from Wales, 11 Irish and two Scots in his 41-man squad.
Scotland this season finished fourth in the Six Nations, ahead of Wales, but Nicol believes that their 61-21 thrashing by England put paid to many of their Lions hopes.
"It has been a rollercoaster with the Lions throughout this calendar year," he said.
"When Glasgow went back-to-back with Racing 92 in the Champions Cup over Christmas and then demolished Leicester at Walford Road, then Scotland had that great start to the Six Nations against Ireland, I reckon we had about eight in the mix.
"But as the Six Nations went on, even though we beat Wales, Twickenham was the big problem.
"I was at a Lions event the week before Twickenham and Warren Gatland said to me he wanted to see how these Scotland players coped away from home at Twickenham and I don't think it could have gone any more wrong."
Sean Maitland's form for Saracens meant that the 28-year-old was being tipped as a contender, but Nicol was not surprised that fellow winger Seymour made it ahead of his Scotland colleague.
"He's a proven finisher, good under the high ball, he's in form," he said.
It is the first Lions squad since 1908 to not feature any Scottish forwards, and former Scotland captain Gordon Bulloch described the inclusion of only two compatriots in the squad as "disappointing".
He told BBC Radio Scotland: "Halfway through the Six Nations we were hoping for maybe five or six but the game against England really put paid to a lot of these guys' chances.
"It was a Welsh and English-based coaching squad, and that's likely to count for a lot.
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"These guys are working with the players day in and day out. They know their strengths - and you also have to look back to the four or five-year histories of some of these players.
"They've been in big, clutch-type matches in Europe and the Six Nations. Whereas the Scottish players, apart from maybe Glasgow in the Pro 12 a couple of years ago in winning that, haven't really been in a situation where they had to dig deep and grind out a win.
"Glasgow had the chance against Saracens [in the Champions Cup] and didn't quite come up with the goods. The game is all about playing right throughout the season and winning things.
"Scotland are on the up but unfortunately haven't quite managed to put a lot of wins together [resulting in] silverware and that's probably held some of the guys back."
"The lack of a Scottish voice in the selection meetings can't have helped, and Gatland was known to be unhappy when his offers to bring Gregor Townsend and then Jason O'Halloran onto the Lions coaching team were rebuffed.
"Perhaps what will rankle most with Scotland fans is the huge contingent - 12 players - selected from Wales, a team who Scotland finished above in the Six Nations and defeated with a bit to spare at Murrayfield.
"You would imagine several Scots fall into the 'first reserve' category, and the brutal nature of a Lions tour means we could yet see more Scots called into the squad down the line as injury replacements.
"Two Scots in the initial squad, however, is a hugely disappointing return for all involved with Scottish rugby."
Catalin Horhota, 42, of no fixed abode, was found unanimously guilty of nine counts including rape and sexual assault.
The Oxford Crown Court jury heard he raped one woman inside a property and returned an hour later to again sexually assault her, having stolen a pair of keys.
Horhota will be sentenced by Judge Peter Ross on 9 October.
He was found guilty on Tuesday of one count of burglary, two counts of attempted rape, three counts of sexual assault, one count of assault by penetration, one count of rape and one count of exposure.
Horhota burgled a property in Morrell Avenue, opposite South Park in Oxford, on 17 September last year and stole food.
Two days later he raped a woman at a nearby address in Headington. About an hour later he returned and sexually assaulted the victim again.
He then sexually assaulted another woman at the same address.
On 20 September Horhota sexually assaulted a woman in South Park by touching her inappropriately.
The final offence took place on 22 September when Horhota exposed himself in Abingdon.
Following Horhota's conviction, Det Con David Rogers said: "I would like to thank the victims for coming forward and reporting these serious offences to Thames Valley Police.
"Although horrific, I would like to reassure members of the public the offences carried out by Horhota are rare."
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The parents of TJ Martin, who had died after being born with a rare disease, appealed for witnesses after the theft that took place while they were burying their son.
The laptop was used to show pictures of TJ during the service.
It was stolen from Pentecostal City Mission Church in Willesden, north-west London, on 2 November.
TJ was born with Candle syndrome, a rare disorder characterised by inflammation and fever, and spent much of his life in hospital.
Scotland Yard said a man was arrested and charged with burglary on Saturday.
Franklyn Mathurin, 47, of no fixed address, appeared at Hendon Magistrates' Court on Monday.
He will appear in custody for a case management hearing on 14 December.
Ian Shanks, a banker who worked with the club to manage its debt, told the High Court in Glasgow that Mr Whyte said he "intended" to put cash into the club.
Mr Whyte is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
An email was read to the court from March 2011 in which Mr Shanks told his boss at Lloyds Banking Group that he did not want the issue of Mr Whyte's intent to be a "stumbling block" to any agreement.
Mr Shanks said in the email: "If Craig doesn't inject the cash he will be hounded by the fans and not (Sir David) Murray."
In 2011, in the months before the takeover, the club owed Lloyds Banking Group about £23m.
Mr Shanks, a relationship director within Lloyds, said the debt had reduced by about £10m since 2009 as the bank worked to "reduce its exposure" with both Rangers and the Murray Group.
Defence QC Donald Findlay suggested it was known there were no guarantees over future spending during the takeover, and that the situation was simply "I will if I can".
The witness agreed.
Letters sent between then-Rangers chief executive Martin Bain and Mr Shanks were also read in court in which Mr Bain discussed the prospect of "reviewing the bank's representation on (Rangers') board", referring to Murray Group directors Mike McGill and Donald Muir.
Mr Shanks said the two men were installed by the major shareholder, Murray Group, as part of a condition with the bank but that Lloyds was not controlling the club.
Referring to the letter, Mr Findlay said they were "clearly seen as the bank's men".
Mr Shanks replied: "That's his view."
The court heard that both Mr McGill and Mr Muir were "incentivised" to sell the club.
Asked who was in charge of the sale of Rangers, Mr Shanks said: "The Murray Group. There was strong involvement from the bank to get our debt repaid."
Other email discussions between Mr Shanks and colleagues were read which discussed the potential of removing banking facilities to Rangers and changing the board in the run-up to the May 2011 takeover.
Mr Findlay asked if this was intended to threaten and put pressure on the board to approve the deal.
Mr Shanks replied: "Leverage", adding that it was "negotiation tactics".
Earlier, the witness had denied applying pressure over the sale.
Mr Shanks said he first became aware of Whyte's offer for the club at the end of 2010.
When asked by Advocate Depute Alex Prentice QC if there was "something of substance" to the bid, the witness agreed.
He said he attended a meeting with Whyte's representatives and was later sent details of a bid that agreed to pay off an £18m loan to Lloyds and restructure other debt.
The bid was later revised twice, but Mr Shanks said the bank was "happy with the final bid, in the context of everything".
Prosecutors allege Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial before eight men and seven women continues on Wednesday.
The 43-year-old said he accepted responsibility for their performance in the 5-1 loss at Gillingham on Tuesday.
The former Scotland international took over at Highbury Stadium in 2012 and guided them to promotion, winning the League Two play-off final in 2014.
Fleetwood sit 20th in the table, with just two wins from 10 games, a point above the relegation places.
"It is an extremely unpleasant part of being chairman having to make such a decision," chairman Andy Pilley told the club website.
"However ultimately, for a number of reasons, I felt this was in the best interests of the club.
"I would like to place on record my personal thanks for the success Graham brought us with the promotion to League One, his supreme professionalism and for all the hard work he invested over his time here at Fleetwood, and wish him all the best for the future."
Last season was their first ever in the third tier and Alexander guided the Cod Army to a 10th-placed finish just six points off the play-off places.
Alexander had a playing career spanning 22 years, where he featured for Scunthorpe, Luton, Burnley and had two spells at Preston.
The club are yet to announce who will take charge of the first team for their game at Scunthorpe on Saturday.
The South Western Ambulance Service pilot began in February.
It gives staff three minutes, rather than the current government target of one minute, to assess calls that are not immediately life threatening.
The trial was launched in response to the "unprecedented increase in demand for ambulance services".
It was announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in January and covers Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
He said the aim was to establish if allowing a longer assessment could help ambulance services maintain or even improve the clinical outcomes for patients.
In situations where a patient is not breathing or unconscious, an ambulance is still dispatched within the 60 seconds.
Neil Le Chevalier, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust's director of operations, said since the pilot began it had doubled its "hear and treat" rate because it had the time to assess and advise over the phone.
"It's been very successful and there have been no safety issues," he told BBC News.
He said the main benefit was being able to determine the most appropriate response.
"When somebody dials 999, they're in a panic, so it can take up to 45 seconds just trying to find out where the patient is and we're frequently sending an ambulance out under blue lights on an address incident only, not knowing what we're dealing with," he said.
"This new pilot gives us two extra minutes to ascertain exactly what's wrong."
In the first 26 weeks, he said more than 400,000 emergency calls had gone through the system with "70,000 ambulances not dispatched".
Mr Le Chevalier said call handlers ask a series of questions using a triage system of assessment approved by the Royal College of Surgeons and they also have a directory of services available to them.
"Instead of dispatching an ambulance, we can send a mental health team, a falls team or indeed refer to a GP if that's more appropriate," he added.
Police Scotland said Abdelnabi Alainani, 30, was found in Scunthorpe on Saturday and was now in the care of Humberside Police and the NHS.
A major search operation was launched after Mr Alainani left the Midpark Hospital.
A lorry driver who travelled from Dumfries reported seeing a man getting out of his vehicle in Scunthorpe.
Police thanked the media and members of the public for their assistance during their inquires.
Brian Moore, 25, was shot on Saturday while attempting to question a suspect from an unmarked police car in the borough of Queens.
Officials said he died from his injuries on Monday at Jamaica Hospital, where he was taken after the shooting.
Demitrius Blackwell, 36, was arrested soon after the incident and has since been charged on several counts.
Moore is the fifth police officer to be shot - and the third to be killed - in New York in the past three months.
Mayor Bill De Blasio praised the police officer for making "the ultimate sacrifice to the people of New York City".
"Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the loss of Police Officer Brian Moore," he said.
Police said Mr Moore and his partner Erik Janssen were in an unmarked car when they saw a man adjust something on his belt.
Suspecting he was carrying a gun, the officers approached him. Blackwell pulled out a gun and fired several times at the vehicle, they added.
Blackwell was recently paroled after serving seven years in prison for attempted murder and reportedly has a history of assaulting police officers.
In December, two officers were shot dead in their car in New York by a man who then committed suicide. The gunman in that case had posted anti-police messages on social media but there is no indication of a similar motive in the latest shooting.
It comes amid heightened tensions in the US over the police's use of force, with riots sparked last week in Baltimore after the death of a black man in police custody.
Six police officers are facing criminal charges over the death of Freddie Gray, which has been ruled a homicide. They deny any wrongdoing.
The woman was taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea with serious injuries following the incident on Friday at about 20:30 GMT at Cymmer Road, Maesteg.
South Wales Police is asking anyone who saw the crash, or a white Seat Ibiza in the area, to contact them.
The road was closed for about two hours after the incident.
The measure will make it more difficult for private information to be hacked or handed to law enforcement agencies.
On Thursday, Apple said that devices running its new iOS8 software would be encrypted by default, with even the company itself unable to gain access.
Both firms have offered encryption for some time, but many users were unaware of its existence or had not enabled it.
Earlier this week, Apple's boss Tim Cook posted an online message assuring users the company's philosophy was that a "great customer experience shouldn't come at the expense of your privacy".
As well as announcing default encryption for all devices running the new iOS8 software, Mr Cook took a thinly veiled swipe at Google, saying that Apple would not use its customers' information to sell things to them.
"We don't 'monetise' the information you store on your iPhone or in iCloud," he wrote, "and we don't read your email or your messages to get information to market to you."
He added that although Apple does have an advertising business, called iAd, the function can be disabled by users.
Shortly after, Google announced its stance on privacy, also embracing default encryption. A spokesman said: "For over three years, Android has offered encryption, and keys are not stored off of the device, so they cannot be shared with law enforcement.
"As part of our next Android release, encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you won't even have to think about turning it on."
Both Apple and Google follow in the footsteps of the now somewhat beleaguered Blackberry, which has encrypted data by default for some time.
The firms' focus on privacy comes after nude photos of celebrities were leaked online earlier this month.
The breach, which affected actress Jennifer Lawrence, among others, was linked by some security experts to vulnerabilities in Apple's iCloud storage service.
The introduction of default encryption also protects US firms from having to hand over data to law enforcement agencies.
As the companies themselves do not have access to users' passwords, which unlock the encryption, they are not actually in possession of the data concerned.
Several of the largest US tech firms have been fighting government requests for their users' private data, including Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Facebook and Dropbox.
David Emm, a senior researcher at security firm Kaspersky Lab, told the BBC that automatic encryption was "probably more about privacy than about protection".
"Customers will find some reassurance in the fact that their data can't routinely fall into third-party hands," he said.
However he added that the measure only "applies to stuff on a [Apple or Android] device, but not necessarily to stuff you put in the cloud, which could still be accessible to law enforcement agencies".
First - messaging app Telegram says it has blocked 78 accounts that were being used by the so-called Islamic State group to communicate propaganda. It was "shocked" to learn the service was being used in this way. Worth stressing, again, that the BBC reported this fact weeks ago.
My colleagues at BBC Monitoring told me that since the account closures, several new pro-IS channels have been set up on Telegram, rapidly amassing followers.
However, I've just checked one of these new channels and it has been disabled, suggesting Telegram is, like many other apps, engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with extremists.
Second - the call for encryption backdoors has, as predicted, intensified.
The Manhattan district attorney has published a report demanding that a method to access passcode-locked phones be built in to iOS and Android, the two major players in mobile software.
The document reads: "Apple and Google are not responsible for keeping the public safe. That is the job of law enforcement.
"But the consequences of these companies' actions on the public safety are severe."
My colleague Chris Baraniuk has been covering the report today. Read his story here.
And finally, in Paris, there's doubt that the attackers were using encrypted messaging apps at all - according to The Intercept, citing French newspaper Le Monde, communications about the atrocity were sent using bog-standard SMS text messages.
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Cameras placed around the office tell the chairs where they are, so they can gather around tables.
Nissan developed the furniture, which it has no plans to sell, while working on its own self-driving car technology.
Numbers have been steadily increasing since 1995, when 426 fatal overdoses were recorded.
The latest statistics from the National Records of Scotland showed more than 70% of deaths were among people aged 35 or over.
Critics say the continuing rise calls into question the effectiveness of the Scottish government's drugs strategy.
However, the minister for public health, Aileen Campbell, said "unfortunately" the figures for Scotland were representative of a general trend of increasing drug deaths "across the UK and in many other parts of Europe".
She added that the problem in Scotland was complex and based on a legacy of drugs misuse "stretching back decades".
Ms Campbell explained: "What we are seeing is an ageing group of people who are long term drugs users.
"They have a pattern of addiction which is very difficult to break, and they have developed other chronic medical conditions as a result of this prolonged drugs use."
She said she recognised more needed to be done but that there were "no easy solutions".
The Scottish Conservatives urged ministers to embark on a new strategy in light of the "appalling" figures and the Scottish Greens said there was "little sense" in funding cuts to initiatives combating drug and alcohol problems.
A breakdown of the figures showed that;
Dave Liddell, chief executive of the Scottish Drugs Forum, said the scale of the problem was a "national tragedy that requires a fundamental rethink of our approach".
He said: "Other countries have achieved a reduction in overdose deaths by ensuring that people are appropriately retained in high-quality treatment and we must aspire to do the same."
In 2008, the Scottish government introduced its Road to Recovery strategy focused on tackling the country's drug problems "through prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, education and enforcement".
Danny Campbell, who is project manager at North Edinburgh Drug Advice Centre, believed the strategy had been "distorted" to become "just about abstinence".
He insisted that becoming drug free was not the right solution for all addicts.
Mr Campbell told BBC Scotland's social affairs correspondent: "The Road to Recovery was about whole journey from chaos to an element that may not include abstinence.
"It may be that some of those clients are going to have medication of some kind to help them cope with life, whether it be physical health or mental health conditions, anxiety, depression and therefore total abstinence is never going to be a realistic place for them to be in."
These are people's family - daughters, sons, they are not just statistics."
The latest rise in the number of drugs deaths has prompted campaigner Julie Biggley to highlight that behind every statistic is a human being with a story.
Her nephew Graham Biggley died earlier this year from a drugs overdose. He was the fourth member of her family to die from addiction - she has also lost a cousin and two nieces in recent years.
Ms Biggley helps run Kilmarnock-based Someone Else's Addiction (SEA) which supports families of drug abusers.
Of those who die from overdoses, she said: "These are people, these are people's family - daughters, sons, they are not just statistics. I believe that those best to support are the families, but the families can't cope, they can't cope themselves."
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Miles Briggs said the figures were nothing short of "appalling". He went on to urge the government to embark on a new drugs strategy. Mr Briggs said: "People will be stunned that the death rate here is more than twice that of the rest of the UK, and that poses some extremely tough questions for the Scottish Government. For decades now we've had a drugs policy that simply parks people on methadone programmes, offering them zero hope of ever beating addiction completely."
Scottish Green health spokeswoman, Alison Johnstone, said that given the rise in drug deaths it made "little sense" as to why the Scottish government had cut funding for drug and alcohol initiatives. She added: We need a serious rethink of how we support people with addictions. Often, they are being asked to jump through hoops, where rather than making a single phone call to register for support, they are instructed to make phone calls and attend appointments at specific times - no easy thing to do if you're struggling with addiction and a chaotic lifestyle and little support. Regardless of location, equal access to a range of treatment is key."
Scottish Labour's Monica Lennon also criticised cuts to funding for alcohol and drug partnerships. She said: "SNP ministers need to give themselves a shake and take responsibility for their actions. If you under-fund vital substance misuse services, people die. I urge the SNP Government to have the courage to take a different course."
Some 2,000 posters showing the entrance to the Nazi Auschwitz death camp and asking people to come forward with information have been displayed in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne.
The US-based Simon Wiesenthal Center offers rewards for useful information.
It estimates there to be 60 people alive in Germany fit to stand trial.
Some are suspected of having served as guards at Nazi death camps or being members of death squads responsible for mass killings, particularly early on in the war.
"Unfortunately, very few people who committed the crimes had to pay for them," leading international Nazi hunter and the centre's Jerusalem branch director, Efraim Zuroff, said.
"The passage of time in no way diminishes the crimes."
Simon Wiesenthal Center: Most Wanted
As part of its "Operation Last Chance II" project, the centre is offering rewards of up to 25,000 euros (£21,500; $33,080) for information which helps to prosecute war criminals in Germany.
The centre, which is one of the largest Jewish human rights organisations, is asking for tip-offs via a hotline it has set up.
The posters depict a black and white photo of the railway tracks leading into Auschwitz and say in German: "Late, but not too late. Millions of innocents were murdered by Nazi war criminals. Some of the perpetrators are free and alive. Help us take them to court."
Auschwitz, in occupied Poland, was the biggest Nazi death camp where more than 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered.
The poster campaign comes two years after the conviction of Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk for his role as a Nazi guard at the Sobibor death camp.
Demjanjuk, who died in March 2012 at the age of 91, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2011 based solely on his service in the camp.
The centre says his conviction set a precedent allowing German prosecutors to reopen hundreds of investigations and prosecute former camp guards as accessories to murder, even if there was no proof the defendants personally killed anyone.
Germans are divided between those who think war criminals should be pursued to the grave and those, often younger people, who say the crimes are remote from present-day Germany, says the BBC's Stephen Evans.
In May, a 93-year-old former Auschwitz guard was arrested in southern Germany, accused of participating in the mass murder and persecution of innocent civilians, primarily Jews, between October 1941 and 1945.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center had named Hans Lipschis as number four in its list of most-wanted Nazis.
And it knows that the the total resources available for day to day departmental budgets will fall in real terms - down by 5% by 2020.
Finance Minister Arlene Foster has warned - again - of hard choices to come.
The first thing the executive needs to do now is strike a budget for 2016/17.
The timetable is tight - a budget paper will need to be produced before the end of the year and a draft budget released for consultation in January.
With a freshly minted agreement between Sinn Féin and the DUP, that process should be less than fraught than in recent years.
And with the chancellor's tax credits u-turn, the parties have one unexpected issue to grapple with.
Last week's 'Fresh Start' agreement set aside £240m to mitigate the impact of tax credit cuts - what does it get used for now?
The finance minister is not committed to using that money for other welfare mitigation.
She argues that "vulnerable people" can be protected by spending it in other areas like health and that the executive will need to discuss it further.
I would be amazed if Sinn Féin do not insist that the money stays in the welfare mitigation pot.
The parties also need to decide to what extent they want to follow in the chancellor's footsteps by continuing with protection for the health and education budgets.
They might also need to think again about their revenue raising powers.
Local councils in England will be allowed to increase council tax by up to 2% in order to fund adult social care.
That's a sector that is under major pressure due to tight budgets, rising demand and the impact of the National Living Wage.
Those pressures also apply in Northern Ireland - so could the executive consider its own "social care precept" by increasing the long-frozen regional rate?
The paper, Kommersant, says a Col Shcherbakov of the Russian foreign intelligence agency had been working for the Americans.
Ten Russian sleeper agents were arrested and sent back home, in the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.
It was the biggest US-Russian spy scandal since the end of the Cold War.
Col Shcherbakov had a senior role in Russia's foreign intelligence agency, Kommersant says; his job: to plant moles in the United States, secret agents deep under cover.
But at some point the colonel changed sides.
Quoting intelligence sources, the newspaper says Col Shcherbakov fled to America in June, just three days before President Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to the US.
A few days after that, once the Russian president was back in the Kremlin, the Russian agents were seized.
Kommersant cited sources who claimed Col Shcherbakov visited one of the arrested spies, Mikhail Vasenkov, in prison to try to convince him to confess.
But the spy, who went by the alias Juan Lazaro, insisted he was not Russian.
Col Shcherbakov then presented Mr Vasenkov's dossier to US officials, according to the newspaper.
A year before the spy scandal, Col Shcherbakov had reportedly been offered a promotion at work, but had turned it down, to avoid having to take a lie detector test.
The newspaper claims Col Shcherbakov's bosses had overlooked the fact his daughter had been living in America for years.
Kommersant quotes an unidentified Kremlin official as suggesting that a Russian hit squad was already planning to kill the colonel.
The Kremlin source predicted Col Shcherbakov would spend the rest of his life fearing retribution.
A spokesman for Russia's foreign intelligence agency refused to comment on the newspaper report.
But Gennady Gudkov, deputy chairman of the Russian parliament's security committee, confirmed that Kommersant's report was correct.
"Shcherbakov turned over our agents in the USA - I knew of this long before the publication today in Kommersant," Mr Gudkov said.
"It is a major blow to the image of the Russian intelligence services," he told Reuters news agency.
The party claimed the Scottish government had failed to meet its own target on the issue.
Recent figures indicated 35% of households were in fuel poverty - defined as those who spend more than 10% of their income on heating costs.
The Scottish government said £1bn was being spent on tackling the problem and on improving energy efficiency.
It promised to look at any "constructive" proposals put forward by opposition parties.
It has also announced that an independent review of the definition of fuel poverty would be carried out.
Labour said it hoped the Scottish Parliament could unite around a new approach.
Deputy leader Alex Rowley said: "The last Labour-led government set a target to eradicate fuel poverty, but the deadline for that target has been missed and the SNP government so far has shown no appetite or ambition to reset it. That has to change.
"Labour will call on all of the parties in the Scottish Parliament to unite and set a new, ambitious target.
"This winter, thousands of children and pensioners will be cold in their own home and the government's response is to review the definition. They should be resetting the target, not moving the goal posts."
He added: "Labour wants to see a Warm Homes Act to drive up standards and regulations along with a measurable plan of action that will show year-on-year targets for eradicating fuel poverty in Scotland."
The Scottish government has defended its record on tackling fuel poverty.
A spokesman said: "By 2021, the Scottish government will have committed £1bn since 2009 to tackle fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency, helping people to heat their homes affordably.
"We have a range of schemes in place to support those who may have difficulty paying fuel bills or keeping their home warm and are already committed to introducing a Warm Homes Bill.
"As part of that process we will give careful consideration to any constructive suggestions put forward by opposition parties."
Sue Faulkner got in touch with Get Inspired to tell us all about how she recently took on her first triathlon - at the age of 63. This is her story.
"Last year I went to visit my son and his family to watch him do a sprint triathlon. I was chatting with my daughter-in-law (who already runs marathons) and she joked that she'd be game for trying out a triathlon... but only if I did too.
To her surprise, I took up the challenge!
We realised that we could do it on the same day as my eight-year-old granddaughter, who would also be doing her first triathlon, so we would have three generations doing it on the same day.
My first question was: 'OK, I'm going to do this, but how do I start?'
Firstly, I bought some trainers - I didn't own a pair previously. My first run was with my granddaughter alongside the canal, which was nice and flat. I could only manage 20 paces at a time before walking a short way, then running another 20 paces. It was a start.
I was more confident when it came to the swimming, as I swim regularly at a small pool in my village, although I only learned to swim front crawl 11 years ago when I was living in Japan.
I had accidentally joined a swimming class, thinking it was an exercise group, but luckily it was all done by demonstration as no one spoke English. I am sure I missed the finer points but it was just enough.
Now for the bike. I hadn't ridden one for 10 years and was a bit nervous. The bike I used initially was an old one of my son's which was a bit worse for wear as he'd had it when he was 15. I was rather wobbly and didn't feel at all safe. However, after several tentative weeks, my lovely husband bought me a new hybrid bike for Christmas. I was so excited and at last I felt in control of the bike instead of it being in control of me.
My first run was with my granddaughter by the canal, which was nice and flat. I only managed 20 paces before walking a short way, then running another 20 paces. It was a start
The running gradually improved and after about eight weeks I could run 2.5km, which was the distance of the race.
All was going well until eight weeks before the race. Frustratingly I caught a cold, which gave me a cough, so I couldn't run. I then had a stomach upset which left me feeling weak, followed by an ear infection which meant I couldn't swim. My balance was also affected so there would be no cycling.
For four weeks I couldn't train and at times I felt as if I would never regain my normal strength, let alone enough energy to race. But there was no way I could quit, as by now there was a lot riding on this challenge.
I am the chairman of our local swimming club and had decided to get sponsorship to raise funds for a replacement pool. Our pool is going to be demolished to make way for a housing development and hotel, so a large amount of money is required and I was hoping my funds would be a start.
The pool is rented out by the hour and is fully booked - 12 hours a day, seven days a week. In that sense, it's financially sustainable. It is kept warmer than most pools, so is suitable for the young, the not-so-young and those with disabilities. Ultimately we feel it is a vital part of our community, especially keeping our older residents active - the oldest swimmer is 93 - and we desperately need a replacement.
This all meant there was a lot resting on my shoulders as I didn't want to let anyone down, so I did manage to resume training.
The day of the triathlon dawned; it was bright and sunny after an early morning shower. We arrived at Kimberley (in Nottingham) and got ready for the swim.
My supporters tell me I did 12 lengths instead of 10: I got lost between the pool and transition, found a dead end and had to retrace my steps (my glasses were with my bike and I couldn't make out the gateway to the field). The bike section was fun but the run was really hard. It has always been my least favourite element but I ran all the way, never walking and finally crossed the finishing line.
There was lots of support from six of my grandchildren cheering: "Go Nanna go!"
I expected to come last, so imagine my surprise when I saw the results. I was 26th out of 41 and first in my age group (60-64). I was on 'cloud nine' for days. My daughter-in-law and granddaughter completed their course too.
I am so pleased to have become fitter that I am determined not to lose it, and am contemplating doing double the distance next year... you never know!
I have also raised over £1200 in sponsorship towards our new pool. It's a small step, but one in the right direction."
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Part of Earhart Park was closed following the discovery of a suspicious object in the area.
The alert ended just before 20:00 GMT. The PSNI tweeted "A viable pipe bomb type device has been taken away for examination".
The Shantallow Community Centre was opened for residents who had been moved from their homes.
Alex Robinson was drowned in a bath by Stewart Greene at his Lincoln home two days before Christmas in 2014.
Last November Greene was jailed for life for his murder, which was described as "one of the most callous killings" a psychiatrist had ever seen.
The family's comments came after a report concluded Alex's death "couldn't have been predicted or prevented".
Greene had been angry with Alex's mother, who refused to let him live with her following his discharge from a mental health unit just 12 days before the killing.
During the trial, Alex's mother told the court she had pleaded with staff at the mental health unit not to let her father out.
A serious case review by Lincolnshire's Safeguarding Children Board ruled: "The only individual responsible for the tragic death is the maternal grandfather."
In the six months before Alex's death, his grandfather was admitted to an acute mental health unit for assessment by the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT), the board said.
In its report, the board stated: "There were several missed opportunities for LPFT to respond differently."
It said the trust had discharged Greene without "a full analysis and risk management plan of risk to others".
The board also said: "However, there were limited indicators of the risk he posed to specifically to children and the degree of his violence towards Alex could not have been predicted or prevented."
In a statement, the family said it "cannot agree... Alex's death was not preventable or predictable".
"We believe Alex's death certainly was preventable."
Anne-Maria Olphert, director of nursing and quality at the trust, said it accepted the report's outcomes and would use it "to improve services".
"It will be tough game - Larne have started the season well and they will enjoy coming to Windsor," he said.
"I expect they will probably sit in and hit us on the counter-attack."
Cliftonville are chasing a fifth straight League Cup success and the Reds host Lisburn Distillery in one of 16 second-round games on Tuesday night.
Distillery have dropped down to the Intermediate League just five years after winning the competition.
Glenn Ferguson was among the top players in the side which defeated Portadown 2-1 in the decider, with David Cushley scoring the winner.
Premiership champions Crusaders start their League Cup challenge against Loughgall at Seaview.
Crues boss Stephen Baxter is set to give fringe players a run-out after Saturday's 2-1 win over Portadown put the north Belfast side back at the league summit.
"We will assess injuries from Saturday but the players waiting to come in are very capable with loads of Irish League experience," said Baxter.
"Whatever side takes to the pitch on Tuesday night it will be a very experienced Crusaders line-up."
Coleraine entertain Limavady Utd in a derby encounter while a busy night of fixtures also includes Glentoran travelling to take on Championship minnows Annagh United.
There will be live commentary and reports on the League Cup action on BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 and the BBC Sport website.
Kerr carded a one-over 73, but a birdie on the 17th hole took her to the top of the leaderboard on five under.
Overnight leader Karrie Webb fell to second after a round of 75, while South Korea's Sei Young Kim and Sun Young Yoo share third on three under.
Carly Booth is the highest-placed Scot on one over, while defending champion Isabelle Boineau missed the cut.
The Frenchwoman, seven over after a second-round 75, missed out on the weekend by two strokes. New Zealand's Lydia Ko finished nine over.
Booth said: "I played really solid golf today and I played really solid golf yesterday too.
"I just played positive, picked my line and played confident putts."
Georgia Hall is in a share of seventh on level par, while English compatriots Charley Hull, Inci Mehmet and Florentyna Parker and Scot Catriona Matthew are four over along with world number one So Yeon Ryu.
Two-time winner Matthew described the windy conditions as "worse than we've ever had", with only six players under par at the midway stage.
"It was a little harder out there," she told BBC Scotland.
"I played well again and got no birdies, which makes it tough. Certainly the windiest we've ever had it."
Wales' Amy Boulden is two over and Scot Sally Watson joined Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow and England's Annabel Dimmock and Bronte Law just inside the cut on five over.
Kerr, 39, has 26 professional wins, including the US Women's Open (2007) and the Women's PGA Championship (2010).
"I'm trying not to get ahead of myself in this weather," she said. "Just try to hit it pretty well and make some putts.
"I didn't hit it that great but I still managed. My caddie and I managed the golf course well and we made the recovery shots when we needed to."
Greg Gianforte, 56, pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist from the UK's Guardian newspaper on the eve of his election last month.
A judge initially sentenced the Republican to four days in jail before reducing the penalty.
Gianforte is expected to be sworn in to office later this month.
Gallatin County Justice Court Judge Rick West gave Gianforte a 180-day deferred jail sentence.
He was ordered to pay $385 (£304), complete 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of anger management counselling.
Ben Jacobs, the reporter who was attacked after asking the candidate whether he supported the Republican healthcare plan, agreed not to sue Gianforte if he wrote a letter of apology and donated $50,000 (£39,500) to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Following Gianforte's sentence, Mr Jacobs released a statement saying "while I have no doubt that actions like these were an aberration for Congressman-elect Gianforte personally, I worry that, in the context of our political debate, they have become increasingly common".
"This needs to stop," he added.
He said he hoped the "court's decision can send a strong message about the necessity of civil discourse in our country, the important role of the free press and the need to help heal our political system".
Alicia Acuna, a reporter from Fox News who witnessed the attack, said Gianforte "grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground", before he began "punching" the reporter.
The politician initially claimed Mr Jacobs had grabbed his wrist, pulling them both to the ground. His spokesperson called it "aggressive behaviour from a liberal journalist".
But in his formal apology, Gianforte acknowledged his actions and took full responsibility.
Gianforte won the special congressional election in Montana, just hours after he was charged with assault.
The multimillionaire technology executive and Christian conservative beat Democrat Rob Quist, a banjo-playing folk singer, to fill an empty seat in the House of Representatives.
In a victory speech Gianforte said he had "learned a lesson" and was "sorry".
President Donald Trump praised the victory during an official trip to Italy, calling it a "great win in Montana".
A 32-year-old man is being questioned in connection with her death.
Ms O'Connor's remains, including her head and hands which were found in a bag, were discovered in eight places, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported.
Gardaí (Irish police) are investigating whether the murder is linked to a personal dispute.
Detectives believe the victim, who was in her 50s and from Rathfarnham in southern Dublin, was killed in the city.
Gardaí also believe she was killed at a house in Rathfarnham at the end of May after being struck with a blunt instrument during a row.
She was reported missing on 2 June.
Detectives believe her remains were dismembered in a field outside Kilmuckridge in County Wexford, 130km (80 miles) south of Dublin, and buried in a shallow grave, RTÉ reported.
It is understood that while some body parts have been discovered in that field, detectives believe the killer came back two days later, disinterred and dismembered the rest of the body.
Gardaí believe the killer then drove back to Dublin through the Wicklow Mountains dispersing the victim's remains along 20km of the Military Road route, which crosses the mountains.
A 32-year-old man subsequently presented himself to police, was arrested and is being questioned at Bray Garda Station in County Wicklow, 12 miles south of Dublin, where he can be questioned for up to 24 hours.
Two new crime scenes were sealed off in Dublin and Wexford on Wednesday.
The search of the Wicklow mountains continued on Wednesday as more than 200 gardaí and Irish soldiers continued to look for evidence and human remains.
Eight locations remain sealed off there.
Garda Supt Pat Ward, described the unprecedented case as "troubling".
"We are conscious of the fact that the body found is that of a loved one," he said.
"What we have found are limbs, we've also found some significant parts of the torso and we've also found in one of the locations, in a bag, the head and the hands of the deceased."
The party gained its target seats Weaver Vale, Warrington South and Crewe and Nantwich from the Conservatives.
Labour also increased its majority from 93 to 9,176 in marginal constituency Chester.
Labour's Mike Amesbury received 26,066 votes in Weaver Vale, a swing of 4.7% from the Conservatives while in Warrington South, Faisal Rashid won 29,994 votes - a swing of 4.4%.
Meanwhile, Esther McVey held the Tatton seat for the Conservatives.
Labour's Laura Smith said she "can't wait" to become "Crewe and Nantwich's voice in Westminster" after she won the seat with a majority of 48 votes from Conservative MP Edward Timpson.
"It's really emotional," she said. "I'm an ordinary mum from Crewe, I'm a teacher and I'm fighting for the schools, for the health service".
The turnout in Weaver Vale was 73.3%.
Conservative candidate Graham Evans came second there with 22,138 votes. Paul Roberts came third with 1,623 votes.
Mr Amesbury won with a majority of 3,928 and said he was "humbled" by the result.
He said Labour's manifesto offered "hope... inspiration and opportunity" in contrast to "austerity and fear" from the Conservatives.
In Warrington South, Mr Rashid has a majority of 2,549. Conservative candidate David Mowat came second, polling 27,445.
Liberal Democrat candidate Bob Barr came in third, receiving 3,339 votes.
There was a turnout of 72.4%.
Mr Rashid, who was the mayor for Warrington, said he was "over the moon".
"We used to have this seat for 18 years and we have won it back," he said.
He said his priorities as MP will be education, housing and hospitals.
Labour also held Warrington North as Helen Jones increased her majority by almost 9%, gaining 56.4% of the vote.
Labour's Chris Matheson increased his majority in Chester by more than 9,000, gaining 32,023 votes. He was defending a majority of 93.
Considered a marginal seat, Chester was the number one target for the Conservatives in the UK.
He said he was "delighted with the size of the majority" and that his party leader has proved many people - including him - wrong.
"There's no doubt Jeremy has energised people and brought people into the political system that felt disaffected and disconnected", he said.
Tory candidate Will Gallagher came second, polling 22,847. There was a turnout of 77.4%.
Former employment minister Esther McVey, who lost her Wirral West constituency in the 2015 General Election, secured 59% of the vote.
The seat was previously held by former Chancellor George Osborne, who resigned to become editor of the Evening Standard in London.
Elsewhere, Labour held Ellesmere Port and Neston and Halton and the Conservatives retained Macclesfield.
In total, five seats changed hands across the North West of England.
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Harry Clarke, 58, was due to attend a disciplinary hearing on Friday but the council received his resignation letter earlier in the day.
The hearing was called after it emerged at the inquiry into the crash that Mr Clarke failed to tell his employers and the DVLA of his history of blackouts.
He was unconscious when the lorry went out of control on 22 December 2014.
Erin McQuade and Jack and Lorraine Sweeney, from Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Stephenie Tait, 29, and Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were killed when the lorry veered out of control during a routine rubbish collection in Glasgow city centre.
The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the crash was adjourned at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 28 August by Sheriff John Beckett who is due to report his findings next year.
The inquiry heard that Mr Clarke was unconscious at the wheel when the Glasgow City Council bin lorry veered out of control in Queen Street.
Before it crashed into the side of the Millennium Hotel in George Square, the lorry had killed six people and injured 15 others.
The FAI heard that Mr Clarke had suffered blackouts before - one of which was at the wheel of a bus in 2010.
He did not fully disclose this incident to his own doctors, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) or on application forms or medical declarations for council jobs.
The council is understood to have initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr Clarke after it emerged at the inquiry that he had not fully disclosed his health issues.
The 58-year-old resigned before the hearing was due to take place on Friday.
Success is valued so highly that some people now make their living offering hints and tricks about how to prove popular.
Nick Taylor is one such expert at London-based PeerIndex - a firm that crunches data on millions of tweets a week to advise its clients on what works.
He stresses a need to start with the basics. Pause to think about your profile picture and description before you start tweeting.
"Pick something personal which says something about you specifically," he says.
"Remember the Twitter profile photo is very small so a full-face image is going to be easier to see than a full-body."
"With your bio try telling people about the sort of things you tweet about, that way they can easily decide to follow you based on shared interests."
Twitter's new layout allows you to add a Facebook-style banner image at the top - so, it's worth thinking about whether you want to use the virtual real estate to post a second larger photo of yourself or another image that tells visitors about your interests.
An uncluttered wallpaper that also speaks to your personality can also make your profile seem appealing. But once you have finished fiddling with the layout how should you reel people in?
Time to turn to David Schneider - an actor who has starred in I'm Alan Partridge and Mission: Impossible, and who now uses his comedic skills to help brands and businesses boost their Twitter engagement.
"Your perfect tweets will have at least one of the following: information, insight, and humour," says the founder of the consultancy That Lot.
"If it has all three then it is going to be incredibly shareable.
"Information is stuff that people want to know. Insight is 'here you are behind the scenes', and humour is humour."
He adds that it is also important to get the right tone, saying successful tweeters usually sound as if they are writing an email to a mate.
His colleague David Levin later follows up with a few other dos and don'ts - all helpfully running to less than 140 characters:
Twitter etiquette suggests that you should also follow and retweet others.
It's not obligatory - a spoof account for the Queen has racked up more than one million followers without doing so.
"One's a leader, not a follower," explains @Queen_UK.
But parody accounts aside, it can prove wise to appear neither too self-involved nor too trigger-happy.
"The follow-back can become a bit of a game on Twitter, which is not what it's designed for," says Mr Taylor.
"You should only really be following someone if you're going to be interested in what they tweet.
"Some users will un-follow you if you don't follow them back after a certain period - but are these really the followers you want in the first place?"
He says there are also a couple of rules to be aware of when using the network's name function.
"If you are talking about someone - especially when you have something bad to say - mention their @ handle - it's rude to talk behind people's backs," he explains.
"And remember that any tweet starting with @person will only be seen by the people who follow you and @person, no one else.
"If you want to start with their name but have it seen by others, put a full stop before it. For example: '.@person is great.'"
While breaking through the 1,000-follower barrier can be seen as a sign that you're doing something right, one expert suggests you should not become too fixated on your follower-count.
Dr Meeyoung Cha used software to analyse the network's first three-and-a-half years of public posts - a total of nearly two billion tweets.
"Our work is about how individuals, companies, and celebrities exploit social media to increase their influence," says the academic at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science.
"What we find is that follower count does not equal influence - in fact it is a bad indicator.
"We came to this conclusion after seeing those with the highest number of followers do not receive the same high level interaction with the audience - like retweets or mentions.
"It takes other qualities to make someone do an action like forwarding your message, engaging in conversations, being talked about."
It seems your Twitter skills can only get you so far. Ultimately it's what you do with the rest of your time that determines your true social status.
Or, as Brooklyn-based artist and rapper Cortez told his 30,000 followers last month: "Why have followers if u do nothing with them? 40k followers & no mixtapes, videos, Merch, shows! Nothing!!!#HustlinBackwards"
Erwin, 22, moves back to the Scottish Premiership from English Championship outfit Leeds United.
The striker, who also spent loan at Oldham Athletic and Bury, scored five league goals in 2014-15 for 'Well.
"I'm delighted to get it over the line," Erwin told Kilmarnock's website. "It was Lee [McCulloch] who was pushing me to come here."
The striker is aiming for a top six finish and a good cup run this season, and believes he will benefit from his time playing in England.
"I was playing against a lot of good, experienced players," he added. "It's just been about gaining experience in different leagues and [getting used to] different ways of English teams playing."
The striker revealed he had spoken to Kilmarnock about a possible loan deal in January which failed to come to fruition.
"In the summer, I was speaking to him [McCulloch] and decided to come back up to Scotland."
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Some of the hundreds of sensitive documents stolen from the Pope's desk over an extended period found their way into the Italian mainstream media and into a bestselling book earlier this year.
Pope Benedict wanted closure on the Gabriele case and he got it, only hours before the start of the most important Vatican event of the year, which begins on Sunday.
He has called a three-week long Synod of Bishops from around the world to advise him on how to spearhead what the Vatican is optimistically calling "The New Evangelisation".
This is code for a high-octane effort by the Catholic Church to counter the insidious spread of secularism within countries - particularly in Europe - that once confidently proclaimed themselves Catholic, but where Sunday mass attendance is now falling yearly to ever-lower levels.
The butler trial has hijacked the Vatican's planned autumn religious news agenda and has concentrated world attention on yet another episode contributing to the credibility crisis affecting the Holy See.
Sunday's edition of the Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, predictably put a brief report on the butler trial at the bottom of its back page.
In theory, under a treaty signed between the Vatican and Italy in 1929, people convicted of crimes carried out in Vatican territory serve their sentences in Italian jails, as there are no suitable long-term detention facilities within Vatican City State.
But if Gabriele, a Vatican citizen, were to be transferred to a jail in Italy, he might be tempted by lucrative offers to reveal other details about what he learned while in the Pope's service.
His lawyer has indicated that the former butler does not intend to appeal and is ready to serve his sentence by remaining under house arrest in his "grace and favour" apartment situated inside the walls of Vatican City.
However, a second embarrassing trial looms.
In about a month, the Vatican court is due to hear the case against Claudio Sciarpelletti, a computer technician who worked in the Vatican's Secretariat of State - the equivalent of the papal Cabinet Office.
He was originally charged with aiding and abetting Mr Gabriele in his theft of documents, but the Vatican judges decided to hold his trial separately.
Mr Sciarpelletti has called as one of his witnesses the first upper-level cleric - other than the Pope's personal secretary - to give evidence in the Vatileaks scandal. He's an Italian monsignor in charge of documentation in the Secretariat of State.
The Vatican prosecutor is also considering further possible, and more serious, charges against both Paolo Gabriele and Claudio Sciarpelletti - including violation of state secrets and attacking state security. These would involve heavier punishments than for aggravated theft.
The newly-appointed Vatican communications strategist, Greg Burke, formerly a Fox News TV correspondent, admits that the Pope has personally been very upset about the Vatileaks scandal.
He told the BBC: "There are four or five people in the world who have the chance every day to talk to the Pope and get five minutes of him with no distractions. Paolo Gabriele could have done it that way. Instead, he went off and caused the scandal that it became."
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Garcia beat England's Justin Rose in a play-off on Sunday to finally end his run of 73 majors without a victory.
His win comes on what would have been the 60th birthday of fellow Spaniard Ballesteros, the 1980 and 1983 winner of the Green Jacket, who died in 2011.
"It has been such a long time coming. I am so happy," said Garcia, 37.
"To do it on Seve's 60th birthday and to join him and [Jose Maria] Olazabal, my two idols in golf, it's something amazing.
"Jose sent me a text on Wednesday telling me how much he believed in me and what I needed to do, believe in myself, be calm and not let things get to me as I had in the past."
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Five years ago, Garcia claimed he was not good enough to win a major after shooting a three-over-par 75 at the 2012 Masters to drop out of contention.
Prior to Sunday's victory he was on the longest run of majors without a win of any active player - the closest he had previously come was a tie for second at the Open (in 2007 and 2014) and the US PGA Championship in 1999 and 2008.
He revealed that he had identified the Masters as his most likely chance of a major after he tied for 38th and was the leading amateur in 1999, the year Olazabal won the event for the second time.
And he finally made the breakthrough, by winning the first hole of a sudden-death play-off after he and Rose had both tied at nine under after 72 holes.
"I felt like this course was probably going to give me one major," he said. "That thought changed over the years as I started feeling uncomfortable on the course but I came to peace with it and accepted it."
On Sunday's performance the world number 11 added: "I knew I was playing well. I felt the calmest I ever felt in a major.
"Even after a couple of bogeys I was still positive that there were a lot of holes I could get to. I am so happy."
It was a sensational battle between Garcia and European Ryder Cup team-mate Rose at the Augusta National.
Starting the final round level with Rose on six under par, the Spaniard moved three ahead after five holes but trailed by two after 13 before missing a four-foot putt to win it on the last, However, he kept his nerve in the play-off, winning with a birdie to Rose's bogey.
"We are both trying to win but we are all people," added Garcia. "We have to represent our game.
"We are good friends so we were very respectful of each other. We were cheering each other on. We wanted to beat the other guy, not the other lose it."
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Parliament recently approved a bill to give MPs the power to select members of the body that nominates judges.
Opponents say the move would erode the independence of the judiciary.
In a televised address, Mr Duda proposed that nominations to the body would need more than a simple majority in parliament.
It would mean the governing conservative and populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) would need the support of at least one other party to ensure its nominees are approved.
President Duda said that if the lower house did not approve his change to the bill, he would not sign a separate controversial bill on changes to the supreme court.
That bill would mean that all sitting supreme court judges would lose their posts and the National Council of the Judiciary would appoint new judges.
Mr Duda is a former PiS member who was nominated for president by party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
However, relations between the two have not been good for some time, the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says.
If President Duda had signed the bill as it stood, the Law and Justice party would be able to appoint members to the body that selects judges.
Opposition parties and human rights groups have said the reform erodes the independence of the judiciary because currently the council is selected by professional legal associations.
The government says the reforms are needed because the judiciary is corrupt and serves only the elite.
On Tuesday, several thousand people holding candles gathered outside the presidential palace to protest against the reforms.
Parliament has been cordoned off since Sunday when thousands staged demonstrations in Warsaw and other cities.
If Natacha Bouchart's suggestions are approved, offenders could be jailed for up to 10 years and face fines of 150 000 euros (£111,100).
She wants breaches of security at the tunnel in Coquelles to be dealt with as "attacks on national infrastructure".
At least 13 migrants have been killed trying to get into Britain since late June, mainly around the tunnel area.
Ms Bouchart's proposal has been passed by the Senate in Paris but still has to go to the National Assembly to become law.
"The adoption of a legal amendment is a reaction to the lax penalties currently faced by migrants," she has said.
Ms Bouchart's demand comes after repeated breaches of the tunnel site by migrants in recent months.
Last week more than 120 migrants broke into the tunnel, causing long delays to passenger and freight services to the UK.
Emwazi, from west London, made a number of journeys abroad before heading to Syria in 2013, according to London-based human rights group Cage.
He came into contact with security services on those travels, the organisation said, beginning with a trip to Tanzania in August 2009 - just after graduating from the University of Westminster.
Source: Cage
Emwazi first appeared in an Islamic State video last August, when he apparently killed the US journalist James Foley.
He was later thought to have been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of US journalist Steven Sotloff, British aid worker David Haines, British taxi driver Alan Henning, and American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter.
Zak Damarell scored a hat-trick as the islanders beat London Edwardians 3-1 in their second-round tie in the capital.
"It's enormous," Guernsey coach Andy Whalley told BBC Sport.
"They're an unbelievable side, they've been European champions, their pedigree is great, everyone knows Reading."
Guernsey went a goal down inside the first 10 minutes of their second-round tie, but Damarell's first goal ensured it was level at half-time.
Guernsey had to weather huge pressure from their hosts, with Adrian Gidney making a string of important saves in goal, as Damarell twice scored on the break.
The island side is made up of players from the Guernsey league and does not play in a league itself.
But they have a fine pedigree in the second-tier EH Trophy, making the last five finals, winning twice.
"We've got an awful lot of work to do, but we're excited and looking forward to it," added Whalley.
"It's a game we're not expected to win, they'll be massive favourites, but you never know what might happen on the day - we've got some wonderfully talented players in our squad."
Leigh Halfpenny - who landed 20 points in all - kicked them into a 15-10 half-time lead, with Liam Messam crossing for the hosts' try.
The Lions forwards dominated the second half and they earned a penalty try when they took the Maori apart at a scrum.
Maro Itoje crossed four minutes later as the Lions laid down a Test marker.
Warren Gatland's side came into the game with two wins from four games, following Wednesday's 23-22 defeat by the Highlanders.
That made this a must-win game and Gatland went with power in a bid to neutralise the dangerous Maori attack.
And the tourists did just that with a combination of smothering defence and precise kicking pinning the Maori back.
A tight first half saw Messam pounce to score an opportunist try after George North had fumbled Nehe Milner-Skudder's grubber kick.
But that was a rare foray into the 22 for the Maori and the hosts barely got out of their own half after the break as the visitors' power up front told.
They scored in the 10 minutes the Maori were without Tawera Kerr-Barlow after the scrum-half was yellow carded for a dangerous tackle on Halfpenny.
Many of the Lions team that started the game in Rotorua played themselves into contention to start the first Test against the All Blacks on Saturday, 24 June.
It was no surprise that the Lions' two tries came from the pack.
They were imperious throughout the match, winning all of their scrums and line-outs.
The scrum brought the first try on 51 minutes as the Maori forwards, defending their 5m line, were forced to turn it illegally by the power of the Lions, with referee Jaco Peyper given no choice but to give the score.
Minutes later and it was another scrum, another score. This time Taulupe Faletau drove from the base but was held up just short of the line and lock Itoje, who had been outstanding all game, picked up and dived over from close range.
With his forwards excelling in the wet conditions, albeit against a disappointing Maori side, Gatland might be praying for rain in Auckland in a week's time.
Peter O'Mahony, who started as captain, was excellent in the back row alongside Faletau and Sean O'Brien and tour captain Sam Warburton will not be an automatic starter in Auckland.
With Owen Farrell an injury doubt for the first Test, England centre Ben Te'o produced the perfect audition to nail down the number 12 jersey.
The Worcester back was the visitors' most dangerous attacking threat, running for 70m in total and being able to break the gainline against a big, physical side.
His centre partner Jonathan Davies was another who excelled in the tricky conditions and both could start in midfield against the All Blacks.
Ireland half-backs Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton looked nailed on for the nine and 10 jerseys, while Halfpenny, with his metronomic kicking, will be hard to dislodge at 15.
While George Kruis looked one-dimensional in attack, his leadership of the line-out will be invaluable to Gatland, and Itoje's all-action game means he will surely start at lock.
Anthony Watson, despite being starved of possession, did enough to suggest he could start against the All Blacks, but doubts remain over North's form on the opposite wing.
Lions boss Warren Gatland: "It was pretty good. If you look at territory and possession we dominated things. A couple of stupid penalties in the first half but we managed the game well and squeezed the life out of them.
"We've been guilty of putting ourselves under pressure but we got some going forward - even the try they scored was a lucky, speculative kick through.
"We're benefiting from the experience of playing the quality of sides we are."
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Former Lions and England winger Ugo Monye
The Saturday team is unbeaten on tour and today's performance will have given them a huge shot of belief a week before the first Test. The fundamentals and foundations of the gameplan for the Lions were there for everyone to see, namely All Blacks boss Steve Hansen, who was an interested spectator in the stands.
Physicality, set-piece, line speed, work-rate and a top-notch kicking game are the hallmarks of a strong Gatland team, and these Lions are not going to deviate from what has brought him plenty of success before.
In saying all that, as impressive as tonight's victory was, you just know they'll have to be 10 or 20% better next weekend at least in order to win. Roll on next Saturday.
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Maori All Blacks: J Lowe; N Milner-Skudder, M Proctor, C Ngatai, R Ioane; D McKenzie, T Kerr-Barlow; K Hames, A Dixon (capt), B May, J Wheeler, T Franklin, A Ioane, E Dixon, L Messam.
Replacements: H Elliot, C Eves, M Renata, L Price, K Pryor, B Hall, I West, R Thompson.
Lions: L Halfpenny (Wales); A Watson (England), J Davies (Wales), B Te'o (England), G North (Wales); Sexton, C Murray (both Ireland); M Vunipola, J George (both England), T Furlong (Ireland), M Itoje, G Kruis (both England), P O'Mahony (capt), S O'Brien (both Ireland), T Faletau (Wales).
Replacements: K Owens (Wales), J McGrath (Ireland), K Sinckler (England), I Henderson (Ireland), S Warburton (Wales), G Laidlaw (Scotland), D Biggar (Wales), E Daly (England).
Manager Gordon Strachan says he was keen to arrange a warm-up match before the Euro 2016 qualifier against Republic of Ireland eight days later.
It is regarded as essential to keeping the players fit with the Scottish Premiership and the top two tiers in England having finished in May.
"The match will give us competitive match time," said Strachan.
"We are all looking forward to the next fixture in the European qualifiers and, given the June fixture arrives at a difficult time for ourselves and the Republic of Ireland, essentially between the end of the current season and prior to the start of next season, it is important we plan as meticulously as we can while realising that we won't know the full picture in terms of our squad's individual circumstances until May.
"We will ensure those [players] whose seasons finish in early May will have a fitness programme to work on over the break, those involved in play-offs have adequate recovery and maintenance, and those who may be involved in the Scottish Cup final or FA Cup final also have a programme tailored to their needs."
Qatar have won their last two internationals, both 1-0 at home, beating Algeria and then Slovenia to move up 37 places to 99th in the world rankings.
Scotland have moved up 10 places to 29th after last month's victories over Northern Ireland and Gibraltar, although the latter win did not count as their opponents are not recognised by football's world governing body.
Their rise up the rankings has boosted their chances of being included in pot two for the 2018 World Cup qualification draw, which is made in Saint Petersburg on 25 July.
However, that will depend largely on the result in Dublin as even a win over Qatar might not help their cause.
The 6-1 victory at home to Gibraltar took Strachan's side into third place in Euro qualifying Group D, just behind second-placed Germany on goal difference, before the visit to Dublin's Aviva Stadium.
The match against Qatar will have a 19:45 BST kick-off.
Qatar will use the FA's national football centre at St George's Park as their base for the match against Scotland and their challenge match against Northern Ireland on 31 May.
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It found that despite some improvements, Galashiels North, Galashiels West and Langlee remained the "most negatively affected".
The regional alcohol profile summary uses information from police, health services and the council.
It also found that alcohol-related antisocial behaviour had fallen to its lowest level in five years.
Among its other key findings for 2015/16 were:
Overall, the report found the region had a lower rate of alcohol-related hospital stays than the Scottish average.
However, parts of Galashiels, Hawick, Eyemouth and Peebles exceeded those rates.
The rate of alcohol-related deaths in the region has also remained "consistently" below nationwide levels.
The full findings of the report are available online.
Military officials also revealed that the plotters had 35 planes, 37 helicopters, 74 tanks and three ships.
Meanwhile, detention warrants have been issued for 47 journalists as part of a crackdown that has already resulted in detentions of nearly 16,000 people.
The government says US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind the army-led attempted coup - a claim he denies.
At least 246 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured in clashes during the abortive coup.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Turkish military's General Staff said that "a total of 8,651 military personnel took part in the coup attempt".
It added that 1,676 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, as well as 1,214 military students, joined the plotters.
Separately, the authorities ordered the detention of another 47 journalists - just several days after similar warrants were issued for 42 reporters.
Those on the new list were mostly members of the now defunct Zaman newspaper, Turkish officials were quoted as saying by local media.
The authorities ordered the closure of several media outlets soon after the attempted coup.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" he says caused the revolt.
He launched a widespread crackdown, arresting thousands of service personnel and sacking or suspending thousands of judges, government officials, school teachers and university heads.
Human rights group Amnesty International says it has received credible evidence of detainees being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, since the coup attempt.
Last week, Turkey declared a three-month state of emergency, allowing the president and the government to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.
21 June 2017 Last updated at 09:03 BST
Hope tripped and fell into the pool in her enclosure and was struggling to swim.
Luckily her mum and aunty were quick off the mark and went into the pool to help her to get out safely.
Pictures from Seoul Grand Park Zoo.
Ian Bell's measured 91 was the cornerstone of England's 269-6, while Jonathan Trott made 47 and Ravi Bopara supplied late impetus with 46 not out off 37 balls.
Despite 55 from stand-in skipper George Bailey and James Faulkner's lusty unbeaten 54, Australia laboured to 221-9 on a largely blameless surface.
237: J Anderson (170 matches)
234: D Gough (158 matches)
168: A Flintoff (138 matches)
155: S Broad (98 matches)
145: I Botham (116 matches)
115: P DeFreitas (103 matches)
111: P Collingwood (197 matches)
103: G Swann (78 matches)
92: T Bresnan (73 matches)
80: B Willis (64 matches)
Anderson claimed 3-30 to become England's leading wicket-taker in one-day internationals, Tim Bresnan took 2-45 and James Tredwell, playing in place of the injured Graeme Swann, had tidy figures dented by some late hitting.
Victory not only gave England the early advantage in Group A after the first of their three round-robin games, but served as an early psychological blow against Australia before the Ashes start next month.
However, one suspects Sri Lanka, at The Oval on Thursday, and New Zealand will pose a stiffer test than an Australia team that were bowled out for 65 in their final warm-up game and were missing injured captain and best batsman Michael Clarke here.
There remains room for improvement for England - a middle-order collapse threatened to undermine a promising start with the bat and two catches and a stumping, albeit tough, went begging - but coach Ashley Giles can be pleased with their performance in front of an exuberant crowd basking in the Birmingham sunshine.
13 June: Sri Lanka, Edgbaston
16 June: New Zealand, Cardiff
The skills exhibited by Anderson and company, who found reverse swing that eluded the Australia seamers on a dry yet flat surface, rendered the debate over England's total redundant after they wasted a start that saw them reach 168-1 having won the toss.
Stuart Broad located David Warner's edge early on and Bresnan had Shane Watson taken at gully via inside edge and pad for 24 in one of four maidens bowled in the first 15 overs of Australia's reply.
Phil Hughes had twice been reprieved by the time he was lbw for 30 attempting to pull Joe Root's part-time off-spin, and Bailey's resourceful contribution became increasingly futile as four wickets tumbled for 24 runs in 27 balls.
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The exceptional Anderson was central to that collapse, accounting for Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade in an over that saw him surpass Darren Gough, on 234 wickets, as England's most prolific bowler in one-day cricket.
Adam Voges was bowled by Bresnan and Bailey hoisted Tredwell to long-on either side of that; Mitchell Johnson - jeered all day - skied a Bopara full toss to point; and Anderson capped another record-breaking day by cleaning up the third Mitchell in the Australia side. Faulkner's 38-ball half-century was all but irrelevant.
Man-of-the-match Bell and Cook batted with as much fluency as anyone in the game in adding 57 for the first wicket before the skipper was caught chasing Watson.
Steady accumulation was the principal feature of Bell and Trott's 111-run alliance for the second wicket, although the fact they managed a combined five fours in 22 overs suggested scoring was not as easy as many observers initially expected on a pale, dry surface.
Both teams now have 25 wins, with two ties and one no-result
The most notable feature of Trott's innings was a verbal exchange with Wade after he inadvertently impeded the Australia wicketkeeper, but any sense that England's momentum would improve with his departure proved premature as five wickets fell for the addition of 45 runs.
After Trott wafted at a Starc delivery which would have been called wide had he missed it, left-armer Faulkner arced one back to bowl Bell, then Root clipped the impressive Clint McKay tamely to midwicket in the next over.
Eoin Morgan was bowled round his legs as he stepped across his stumps to McKay, and a leaden-footed Jos Buttler played on driving at Faulkner two balls later.
With England's ambitions of reaching 300 long since revised, it was left to Bopara - mixing the occasional drive over the top with sprightly running - and the muscular Bresnan to carry them to a total that proved more than adequate.
Australia were fined for a slow over-rate after it was ruled they were one over short of their target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration. Skipper Bailey was fined 20% of his match fee while his players received 10% fines.
More than 9,000 species, from single-cell organisms to penguins and whales, are chronicled in the first Antarctic atlas since 1969.
The book will be launched by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research at its Open Science Conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
Across 66 chapters, the atlas contains around 100 colour photos and 800 maps.
It is called the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean.
"It's been an enormous international effort and will serve as a legacy to the dedicated team of scientists who have contributed to it," said Dr Huw Griffiths, one of the atlas's authors and editors, from the British Antarctic Survey.
Dr Griffiths said he believed the atlas would appeal to "anyone interested in animals living at the end of the Earth".
All together 147 scientists from 91 different institutions around the world contributed to the work, which has taken four years.
They hope the publication will help inform conservation policy, such as the issue of whether marine protected areas should be established in open swathes of the Southern Ocean.
The data include the distribution of different species, insights into their evolution and genetics, their interaction with the physical environment and the impacts of climate change.
Researchers say that compiling the information together can help predict how the habitats and distribution of important species will change in the future.
The book's chief editor, Dr Claude De Broyer from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, said: "This is the first time that all the records of the unique Antarctic marine biodiversity, from the very beginnings of Antarctic exploration in the days of Captain Cook, have been compiled, analysed and mapped by the scientific community."
Dr De Broyer described the atlas as "an accessible database of useful information" for conserving the marine life of the Antarctic.
Khalid Mir, who had been drinking bottles of vodka and Baileys, spat and swore at cabin staff.
The air rage incident happened on board a seven-hour flight from Dubai to Birmingham in November 2016.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Mir, 39, had a mask placed over his face after head-butting a video screen.
Prosecutor Philip Brunt told the court the cabin crew suspected Mir was drunk, as he was last to board the flight and had his own alcohol with him.
Mir, of Havelock Road, Saltley, Birmingham, became abusive 30 minutes into the flight and was given a warning by flight staff, the court heard.
He was then issued with a second warning but responded by swearing and throwing a drink across the cabin.
More on this and other Birmingham and the Black Country stories.
The court heard how the married father threatened to rape a female passenger before having his hands and feet bound with plastic cuffs, as some passengers, including children, were reduced to tears.
Mir, who has over 50 previous convictions, pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to being drunk on an aircraft and failing to obey the lawful command of the jet's pilot.
Passing sentence, Judge Avik Mukherjee told Mir: "The mechanisms used to curb your behaviour ran the whole gamut, from being warned, being formally warned, being cuffed, being strapped, to then a mask being placed over your face.
"Being drunk on a plane requires severe punishment - others who wish to behave in this way must be deterred."
President Hassan Rouhani accused one of his rivals of abusing religion to win power and another of wanting to beat up students.
In return he was accused of corruption, economic mismanagement and failing to bring any benefits from a landmark nuclear deal.
Mr Rouhani is seeking a second four-year term in next Friday's election.
Although seen by some as a reforming figure, Mr Rouhani has cast himself more as a moderate pragmatist working within the establishment.
It was, however, clear that the reformist vote remained an important focus, given the three hours of fierce exchanges with hardline opponents.
Cleric Ebrahim Raisi, seen by some as a protégé of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former Republican Guard commander and police chief, were his main targets.
Mr Rouhani said: "Mr Raisi, you can slander me as much you wish. As a judge of the clerical court, you can even issue an arrest order. But please don't abuse religion for power."
The president attacked Mr Qalibaf's handling of protests when police chief in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
"You wanted to beat up students," Mr Rouhani said.
His opponents focused on his failure to make economic progress despite the lifting of some sanctions following the 2015 agreement with global powers on the curbing of Iran's nuclear programme.
Mr Qalibaf said: "The country is facing an economic crisis, with unemployment, recession and inflation. A tree that has not borne any fruit in four years will not yield anything positive in the future."
Mr Raisi said 250,000 small businesses had closed and he called for an increase in cash payments to the poor.
Mr Rouhani insisted money was becoming available for investment and that he would work to lift the remaining sanctions.
But the fiercest clashes were on corruption.
Mr Raisi alleged Mr Rouhani had blocked an inquiry into corruption charges against relatives and claimed some of his ministers were linked to illegal imports.
The president was also accused of receiving heavily subsidised public properties.
Mr Rouhani in turn alleged public funds had been diverted to Mr Raisi's campaign, adding: "Some security and revolutionary groups are bussing people to your campaign rallies... Who finances them?"
He also said that if he had published a dossier he had obtained in 2005 on Mr Qalibaf "you would not be sat here today".
The other three candidates are Eshaq Jahangiri, Mostafa Hashemitaba and Mostafa Mirsalim.
All the candidates have been screened for their political and Islamic qualifications by the Guardian Council, made up partly of clerics.
If no candidate wins 50% of the vote on 19 May, there will be a run-off between the top two one week later.
Roseann Mallon, 76, was killed by UVF gunmen as she watched television at her sister's house near Dungannon.
A lawyer for her family outlined nine points that, he said, reinforced the family's view that the loyalist paramilitaries did not act alone.
But a lawyer for the PSNI and Ministry of Defence said it was wrong to say there had been collusion.
He accepted that while the police investigation had been extensive, the inquest proceedings had identified some frailties and shortcomings.
However, he added that "it would be totally wrong and manifestly unjust to translate these frailties and shortcomings into evidence of collusion".
The lawyer for the Mallon family said: "In their view there were state forces at work here, in both events leading up to the murder and events that followed."
The judge described police attempts to explain a delay in providing some documents to the inquest as "like reading Alice in Wonderland".
Mr Justice Weir told the court that he hoped the evidence would be formally closed once an outstanding disclosure issue relating to one document had been resolved.
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Owen, 36, who scored 40 goals for England, said the 22-year-old had been unfairly criticised because he likes to play out of defence rather than hack it clear.
"The problem is that because he's so much better than most other players no-one can relate to how he's thinking," Owen says.
So is Owen right to put Stones on such an elite pedestal? Do statistics back up the former England striker's view?
Another ex-England international, defender Sol Campbell, recently stated that Stones makes too many mistakes to be considered for the England starting XI at Euro 2016.
BBC Sport team selector users are also decided - centre-backs Chris Smalling (825,000 selections) and Gary Cahill (789,000 selections) start in the majority of the 1m teams, with Stones the 12th most popular player with 384,000 picks.
Back in March, a slip by the young defender eventually led to a Netherlands penalty in the 2-1 win over England, and in January a risky backpass to keeper Tim Howard resulted in Everton conceding a penalty to Swansea.
In fact, according to Opta's statistics, both Stones and his fellow Toffees centre-back Phil Jagielka made the most errors directly leading to goals in the last Premier League season - three. Only Southampton's Maya Yoshida and West Ham's Aaron Cresswell made as many.
Stones' rivals for the England centre-half spot, Manchester United's Smalling and Chelsea's Cahill, made no such errors.
"He will make the odd mistake but so will everyone - everyone just goes on and on and on about mistakes," Owen says.
So is Stones a liability? Not according to these statistics.
The Barnsley-born player conceded only 11 fouls in the Premier League last season, giving away a free-kick only once every 2.8 games.
That is a better rate than Smalling and Cahill, and many of his other Premier League and European counterparts.
Both Pique, 29, and Javier Mascherano, 31, have been rocks in the Barca backline this season. Only Atletico Madrid conceded fewer goals (18) than the Catalan side's 29 in La Liga last season.
But the graphic below suggests the 22-year-old Everton defender would not be such a bad fit for Luis Enrique's La Liga champions after all.
If you widen the comparison to include the best on the continent, then again he fares well.
Aside from conceding fewest fouls, his pass completion rate in the third best and he has a high rate of success in one-on-one situations.
BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty:
"Stones received heavy criticism during a tough season at Everton - but there is no doubt there is a truly outstanding defender waiting to re-emerge.
"He suffered from playing under Roberto Martinez's management in an Everton side where good defending was almost regarded as optional, allied to a dip in form that often afflicts younger players.
"Stones was also arguably a victim of Martinez's indulgence, where he was almost actively encouraged to stick rigidly to his natural ball-playing style at any cost rather than adopt a more risk-averse approach. This led to nervousness, not just in Stones but Everton's supporters, and consequently mistakes.
"In stronger coaching hands, at least defensively and with greater emphasis on positioning, there is every chance the defender perfectly suited to all aspects of the modern game - one with pace, vision, aerial ability and timing in the tackle - will be back.
"Whether this will eventually all add up to a defender good enough to grace Barcelona is another matter. Stones still has much developing to do before he can keep that elite company, but there is no question the potential is there in a talent that was allowed to fall into disrepair at Goodison Park last season."
Security think tank Quilliam said the fighting group was going to huge lengths to sell itself as a viable and functioning transnational state.
IS media teams produced 900 separate reports, rulings, videos and radio programmes in one month, it found.
It said 469 of these - more than half - focused on civilian life and statehood.
These were spread worldwide through social media search terms and hashtags, to dodge attempts to close down its "official" social media channels.
Read the full BBC News Magazine article: Fishing and Ultraviolence: The strange world of IS advertising
IS operates some 40 media operations across the territory it controls, is attempting to seize or claims to have an operational presence. Most of the output is in Arabic, but many reports are translated into English and other target languages.
Over the course of a month, the counter-extremism think tank logged all announcements, broadcasts and publications which it said could be clearly attributed to the group's media teams.
Quilliam recorded almost 900 individual online messages and publications covering one of six core propaganda themes: war, brutality, victimhood, mercy, belonging and civilian life.
Charlie Winter, the study's author, said: "The overall narrative has shifted in favour of victimhood, war and utopianism.
"The brutality, mercy and belonging narratives are still present - but instances of those three are vastly outnumbered by the others."
In the 469 instances which focused on statehood, IS media teams sought to prove that it was capable of administering land under its control - including examples of supposedly functioning public services and economic life.
"Statehood is the group's chief appeal, one that is just as important domestically, as it is abroad," said Mr Winter.
"Through the portrayal of seemingly every facet of life in the 'Caliphate' - from treatise on hijab [headscarves] and martyrdom to melon agriculture, Islamic State's propagandists are able to create and cultivate a comprehensive image of utopia."
The fighting group had originally operated a series of official and branded social media accounts, but as they were increasingly blocked or removed by internet service providers, its media teams began embedding specific hashtags and search terms to ensure its messages could be spread by followers around the world.
Substitute Zak Jules, who had replaced Stephen McManus early on, fouled Moussa Dembele and the Frenchman scored the resulting penalty.
James Forrest's strike doubled Celtic's lead before the break.
Dembele and Scott Sinclair threatened with further efforts for the hosts in the second half as they moved to within five wins of the title.
Brendan Rodgers' side could have their lead cut to 24 again when nearest challengers Aberdeen visit Kilmarnock on Sunday but, with a far superior goal difference, Celtic could effectively win the league and secure a sixth straight title with 15 more points after clinching a 20th straight Premiership win.
Motherwell slip to 10th - three points above the relegation play-off place.
Motherwell's last visit to Celtic Park saw them frustrate the champions for long spells of the first half and so it was again in the east end of Glasgow.
The visitors had to suffer early frustration of their own, though, losing two experienced defenders from their starting XI before the game really got going.
Steven Hammell pulled up with a hamstring problem before kick-off and was replaced by former Celtic youth player Joe Chalmers. And, five minutes into the game, Jules replaced McManus in central defence after the former Celtic captain had pulled up with what looked like a groin problem.
In response to their own adversity, the men in claret and amber packed their defence and Celtic struggled to create meaningful chances.
Manager Mark McGhee, sent to the stand during his side's 7-2 thumping at the hands of Aberdeen on Wednesday, sat passively but pleased as his men held Rodgers' side at bay.
His head was in his hands just after the half-hour, though, when his side gifted Celtic the lead.
Jules needlessly brought down Dembele inside the box and the striker duly sent goalkeeper Craig Samson the wrong way from the spot. The familiar roar from the Celtic Park stands signalled the home side were on their way.
It was only going one way after that and Forrest doubled the lead when his dancing run on the right ended with him firing low inside Samson's right-hand post. Celtic now looked in the mood.
Liam Henderson's replacement Stuart Armstrong provided another boost for the league leaders by playing the whole of the second half after four games out.
Dembele and Sinclair both passed up good chances but the match settled into a bitty affair with Celtic dominating rather than demolishing Motherwell.
The visitors started to sneak forward as the game progressed knowing there was nothing to lose but Louis Moult and Scott McDonald were denied by a home defence keen to make it 12 clean sheets in 14 matches.
Celtic's usual intensity was missing but they never looked like dropping points against a side who were up against it before a ball was even kicked.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: "The players were technically very good on a very, very difficult surface.
"Moussa gets the penalty, uses his body really well, draws in the foul. The second one's a great bit of play. I thought [Forrest] was outstanding. He gets a really good second goal.
"We were much better second half, used the sides better. [We] maybe could've scored two or three more goals.
"In the main, very pleased. Another clean sheet. Defensively we were strong. Another good victory."
Motherwell manager Mark McGhee: "Given Celtic's recent form, to come out of here with a decent performance and a 2-0 defeat, in the scheme of things, is not a bad performance and not a bad result.
"Zak Jules has come up on loan from Reading and he made a mistake for the penalty but other than that I think he was excellent.
"James Forrest tore Joe [Chalmers] apart at the goal but James Forrest is unplayable for anyone in the country when he's playing like that, so we can't be too upset about that. He stuck to his task and overall I'm quite pleased with the young players.
"It's not so much put to bed [the midweek 7-2 defeat at Aberdeen] as you never forget a result or performance like that. But what it does do is give you optimism and the belief that what we thought about them is true. For instance, the two Rangers games and the Hearts game that we ended up losing we could just as easily have won.
"The reality is we'd have rather not come here after that result [at Pittodrie] but we had to come here and we stood up to it, which I think is really important in the run-in."
Match ends, Celtic 2, Motherwell 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Motherwell 0.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Zak Jules.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Keith Lasley.
Attempt blocked. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Scott Sinclair (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Scott McDonald (Motherwell).
Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Nir Bitton.
Attempt missed. Stephen Pearson (Motherwell) right footed shot from very close range is too high following a corner.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Dedryck Boyata.
Foul by James Forrest (Celtic).
Craig Clay (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Scott Brown (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Jozo Simunovic.
Attempt missed. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Stephen Pearson.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Ben Heneghan (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Craig Clay (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ryan Bowman (Motherwell).
Attempt missed. Craig Clay (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Scott Sinclair (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack McMillan (Motherwell).
Attempt missed. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Nir Bitton (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Clay (Motherwell).
Substitution, Motherwell. Ryan Bowman replaces Chris Cadden.
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
Scott McDonald (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Craig Samson.
Attempt saved. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Second Half begins Celtic 2, Motherwell 0.
Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Liam Henderson.
Peacekeepers opened fire when demonstrators tried to force their way into the UN headquarters, says a BBC reporter, who saw bodies being taken away in a police vehicle.
The UN denies using live bullets and says its soldiers only used tear gas.
A group of Central Africans wants the UN mission to withdraw, saying it is failing to protect people.
The peacekeepers were deployed after civil war broke out in 2013 when then-President Francois Bozize was ousted by mainly Muslim Seleka rebels.
But the UN has been hit by several allegations that its troops have been sexually abusing children.
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A coalition of civil society organisations called on residents of the capital, Bangui, to stay at home in protest at the UN mission in CAR, known by its French acronym, Minusca.
The coalition says Minusca is supposed to protect civilians and tackle armed groups in the city.
"But wherever the UN forces go there is violence," protest organiser Gervais Lakosso told AFP news agency.
As well as the four civilians killed, 14 people were injured in the clashes on Monday, with five peacekeepers among those hurt, according to a Minusca statement.
The BBC's Max Allaroum in Bangui says the deadly shooting took place at the main square in Bangui, not far from the UN headquarters.
The UN soldiers tried first to disperse the protesters by shooting in the air. They then shot at the crowd when it became more agitated and advanced on the building.
Minusca spokesman Vladimir Monteiro told our reporter the UN had only fired of tear gas to disperse the demonstration.
Numerous armed group still operate across the country - both Seleka and Christian self-defence forces set up to tackle them, known as anti-Balaka.
Mr Salmond was giving evidence to the Commission on Parliamentary Reform at Holyrood days after the London attack.
Questions have been raised about security at Westminster after the fatal incident on Wednesday.
The MP said security was important to prevent "tragedies", but said "the show has to go on for the people".
Five people were killed, including attacker Khalid Masood, and at least 50 people were injured in the attack near the Houses of Parliament.
Questions have subsequently been asked about security and whether the attack could have been prevented, although several MPs have warned against turning the parliament into a "fortress".
During an evidence session on parliamentary reform at Holyrood, Mr Salmond said it was important to balance security concerns with allowing the public access to politicians and parliament.
He said: "Accessibility is increasingly challenging, as we saw from the tragic events at Westminster.
"The decision to build the [security] annexe in this place was looking specifically at the danger of a knife attack.
"It's the challenge of balancing necessary security and accessibility.
"Direct public accessibility in the modern world is a constant challenge, but it can be done and must be done, because if a parliament is not accessible it can't be a parliament."
He added: "At the end of the day, the show has to go on, and the show has to go on for the people.
"People have to have access to their parliamentarians, and therefore security provision to do our best to prevent tragedies like the one that occurred this week are necessary, but cannot stop public access."
The independent Commission for Parliamentary Reform was set up by Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh to give Holyrood an "MOT", and is being led by former Electoral Commissioner John McCormick.
It has previously heard from Mr Salmond's fellow former first minsters Jack McConnell and Henry McLeish, who called for "radical" changes to the parliament and its electoral system.
Mr Salmond agreed with their call to have elected committee conveners, something he called "perfectly feasible".
And he backed a suggestion by Mr McLeish that the number of MSPs could be increased, arguing that Holyrood was likely to take on extra powers in future, either due to extra devolution as a result of Brexit or via Scottish independence.
The Aberdeenshire MP said a "relatively modest" increase in the number of elected members could help committees scrutinise the work of government, although he suggested changes to the current additional member electoral system, which currently sees 56 members elected from eight regional lists.
He said: "I think the lists should be national, as opposed to geographical. I've never been convinced by the regional aspect of the list, I see absolutely no reason why the list shouldn't be national. And in that national list, the political parties should put forward a list which is balanced across the community."
The commission is expected to report back to the presiding officer in June 2017.
The disgraced drugs cheat will join ex-England footballer Geoff Thomas for the hilly stages on 16 and 17 July.
Cancer survivor Thomas and a team of amateurs are aiming to raise £1m for Cure Leukaemia by cycling each stage a day before the official peloton.
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"We know Lance's involvement has split opinion, so we've tried to be as respectful as possible," said Thomas.
"The stages Lance will be riding come towards the end of week two, when I know all the riders will need some support.
"I know his arrival will give them the encouragement they will need to carry on with this gruelling challenge and in turn raise as much money as possible for blood cancer patients."
Armstrong will ride the 198.5km 13th stage between Muret and Rodez on 16 July and the following day tackle the 198.5km 14th stage from Rodez to Mende.
The American was stripped of his record seven Tour titles and banned from most organised sport for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) in 2012. He later admitted on US television that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during all of his Tour victories, and news of his controversial return to France has shocked many within the sport.
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In March the Texan was warned not to take part in the ride by International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson, who said it was "completely disrespectful" to the current riders, cycling authorities and the race.
"Lance would be well advised not to take part in that," he said. "I'm sure Geoff Thomas means well, but frankly I think that's completely inappropriate."
Armstrong, who recovered from life-threatening cancer in 1996, told the BBC in January that his ban made it very hard to do the charity work he did throughout most of his post-cancer career.
Thomas was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2003, a year after he retired from a 20-year football career that saw him captain Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final and win nine England caps.
Inspired by Armstrong's story, he rode the 2005 and 2007 Tour de France routes ahead of the professionals, raising £250,000 to fund research nurses at the Birmingham hospital that treated his cancer.
Now 50, he is trying it again and persuaded Armstrong to join the team in a bid to raise money for the Cure Leukaemia charity.
Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford told The Times Armstrong had "done enough damage" to cycling and the Tour already.
"For the sake of all clean riders in the peloton, who've already suffered enough from that era, leave them alone - enough's enough," Brailsford added.
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Gayle, 26, followed up September's Norwich treble with another against Birmingham as the Magpies climbed above Brighton, who went top by beating Leeds on Friday night.
It took his personal tally to 16 and also ended a three-game winless run.
"It's important to get back to winning ways," Gayle told BBC Newcastle.
"I set myself a target of 20 at the start of the season.
"Scoring is the best thing for me to help the team pick up three points and to go back up to the top of the table is great for us."
Newcastle's attacking threat was exemplified by the running of Gayle and the quality of Jonjo Shelvey and Matt Ritchie, particularly from wide areas.
The quartet of goals took Newcastle's total for the season to 41, the highest in the division and third highest overall behind Scunthorpe and Doncaster throughout the top four leagues.
"Playing with the quality we've got it can come from anywhere," Gayle continued.
"It's fantastic to play up front being supplied by the players behind me."
Manager Rafael Benitez has been rewarded for the decision to pay £10m for Gayle, who arrived in the summer from Crystal Palace.
"Dwight is a clever player, if the team plays well he will have chances and score goals," Benitez added. "I'm very pleased for him and the team."
The New York Times said a "shadow campaign" had been set up by some Republicans on the assumption Donald Trump would not stand again.
Citing multiple sources, the article said Mr Pence had implied that he would plan to run if Mr Trump did not.
Mr Pence said the report was an attempt to divide the administration.
The Times story said the turmoil around the White House, including investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year's election, had prompted some Republicans to take steps "unheard-of so soon into a new administration".
Mr Pence, it said, had created an "independent power base" and set up a political fund-raising group.
In a statement, Mr Pence said: "The allegations in this article are categorically false.
"Whatever fake news may come our way, my entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the president's agenda and see him re-elected in 2020. Any suggestion otherwise is both laughable and absurd."
Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also dismissed the report as "complete fiction".
"It's absolutely true the vice president is getting ready for 2020 - for re-election as vice-president," she told ABC's This Week.
A New York Times spokeswoman stood by the article, saying: "We are confident in the accuracy of our reporting and will let the story speak for itself."
The Pilgrims, second in the table, were beaten by Accrington on Saturday, while Rovers won to extend their advantage.
"We're out of the title race now. Six points behind, Doncaster have a better goal difference - that's out of the question now," Adams told BBC Devon.
"We've still got a job to do, we've still got 18 points to play for."
Plymouth ended Doncaster's unbeaten home league record on 26 March to move within three points of Darren Ferguson's side, but Adams is now focused on simply securing promotion, having lost to AFC Wimbledon in last season's play-off final.
The Devon side need nine more points to be sure of going up to League One.
"The finishing line is there but you've got to do it. It's a wake-up call for everybody at the football club, not just the players," added Adams.
"We've got to try and gain that automatic promotion, but we have to play a lot better."
Barry Lyttle, from Ballycastle, County Antrim, was filmed on CCTV punching his younger brother, Patrick, outside a nightclub in Sydney, A January.
Patrick Lyttle spent a week in a coma but made a good recovery. He asked the court to show leniency to his attacker.
Barry Lyttle broke down as a prosecutor said he should be jailed.
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported that both brothers arrived together for the hearing at Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Thursday.
Patrick Lyttle read an emotional impact statement, saying "everyone can see how much my brother has suffered".
He told the magistrate that the only way he could make a full recovery was for his brother Barry to be allowed to go home to Northern Ireland with the rest of their family.
"When my family is healed I will be healed," he said.
Patrick Lyttle added that if his brother was released without jail, the pair intended to travel around Ireland together, speaking to young people about the consequences of violence.
However, a prosecutor said he believed that a full-time jail term was "the only appropriate sentence" for the attack.
Barry Lyttle is due to return to court to be sentence on 24 April.
His lawyers say he needs urgent spinal treatment unavailable in Pakistan.
Mr Musharraf returned from self-imposed exile in 2013 to fight elections, but soon found himself fighting an array of charges relating to his time in power.
Before he left the former president told reporters that he would return to face all pending cases against him.
"I am a commando and I love my homeland. I will come back in a few weeks or months," he said according to local media.
BBC correspondents say observers are sceptical about his promised return.
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The charges relate to the former general's imposition of a 2007 state of emergency and the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto the same year.
Mr Musharraf, 70, denies all the charges and has called them politically motivated.
The way for Mr Musharraf's departure to Dubai was cleared by the Supreme Court earlier this week when it struck down a court order restricting his travel. Legally, the government could have issued fresh orders to continue those restrictions, but chose otherwise.
This is in sharp contrast to its attitude in November 2013 when, shortly after coming into power, it charged the former president with treason, ruffling feathers in Pakistan's powerful army, of which Mr Musharraf is a former chief.
Initially upbeat about a civilian-led process of normalisation with India - traditionally the military's domain - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government was nearly brought to its knees by protests in Islamabad in 2014, which many blamed on the military. Since then, Mr Musharraf's trial has been on the back burner and relations with India have cooled.
Mr Musharraf had ended his exile in March 2013 to contest election and face court cases pending against him. His departure on Friday is seen by many as the end of an era. But some believe he may still return to face his cases, just as he did three years ago.
Mr Musharraf seized power in a coup in 1999, when he was army chief. He remained president until 2008, when a democratically elected government came into power.
He left the country soon afterwards to live in self-imposed exile in Dubai and London.
However, he returned in 2013, hoping to lead his party into elections - but was disqualified from standing.
He faces a murder claim for failing to prevent the assassination of Ms Bhutto. Other charges relate to events in the same year - the state of emergency, his suspension of judges during that period and the death of a cleric during a siege at the Red Mosque in Islamabad in 2007.
In January he was cleared over the 2006 killing of Baloch rebel leader Akbar Bugti, his first acquittal in the cases in which he is charged.
General Musharraf's departure dominates broadcast and print media. "The general is free to walk away" says Pakistan Today newspaper. "Nawaz surrenders to Gen Musharraf," declares The News daily.
The government's decision to give a him a safe exit was a "cruel joke" that "badly exposed the hollowness of the system", Ansar Abbasi writes in The News, warning that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "has further weakened himself and left the door wide open for future military interventions".
Other papers criticise the leeway shown by courts to the general, with Pakistan Today asking whether there is genuine rule of law in the country. It adds that Gen Musharraf's pledge to return is not worth more "than the constitution which he violated".
Urdu-language daily Pakistan notes that the general cannot now complain about the government "taking revenge", adding that "it is now his duty to fulfil the promise to come back".
Paul Thornley and Noma Dumezweni were photographed in costume in Charlie Gray's portraits.
It was also revealed their daughter, Rose Granger-Weasley, will be played by Cherrelle Skeete - who is pictured in her Hogwarts uniform.
Previews of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begin at London's Palace Theatre on 7 June.
Images of Harry Potter, his wife Ginny and their son Albus were released earlier this week.
Skeete has previously appeared in productions of The Lion King and Wind in the Willows, as well as television series Call the Midwife and Danny and the Human Zoo.
"I can't think about how big it is or I'll just faint," the actress said.
"Putting on my uniform, ready to go to Hogwarts, and seeing everyone else in their uniform was exciting. I've been looking at it every day in the wardrobe department, waiting for the day I can get on the Hogwarts Express."
The Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official story of the franchise to be presented on stage.
The casting of Ron and Hermione was announced in December, but the new portraits mark the first time the actors have been seen in costume.
Dumezweni said: "Every time I'm in the auditorium I turn around to people or say to myself, 'I'm in that show, I'm in that show.' I want to see it so much. I am so proud that I am in it."
JK Rowling said: "I saw Noma workshop the part and when [director] John Tiffany told me he'd cast her, I was overjoyed. She gets Hermione inside out."
Referring to the plot of the play, Thornley explained: "It's 19 years later when the play begins. Ron is married to Hermione Granger and they're now the Granger-Weasleys.
"Our magnificent daughter Rose Granger-Weasley is about to start at Hogwarts, which is obviously a big day for everyone."
Ron is seen in a grey-and-orange striped jumper in the photos.
"We had to make it look as though he doesn't really care what he wears in the morning," Thornley said.
"We wanted to find a jumper, that is definitely his favourite jumper, and that I think gets washed occasionally. He wants to essentially be comfortable at all times, hence comfortable cords, comfortable jumper, comfortable shoes. I don't believe he's a man who spends an awful lot of time shopping."
Rowling said: "Ron in his forties isn't very different from Ron in his teens, except that his feet hurt a bit more. Paul's so funny and brilliant in the role."
When the role of Hermione was cast, fans asked Rowling on social media how she felt about Hermione being played by a black actress.
The role was played by Emma Watson in the film series, but Rowling said that the character's race had never been referenced in the books.
Rowling tweeted: "Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione."
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is one play but will be presented in two parts. Both parts will run in the theatre simultaneously, split between matinee and evening performances.
The final photos of cast members in costume will be released on Thursday.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb hailed it as "a significant step forward on the path towards a lasting devolution settlement".
He said flexibility over income tax rates will help make the Welsh government more accountable.
However, devolution of income tax powers will be subject to a referendum.
Power over landfill taxes, stamp duty and the aggregates levy will pass to Cardiff Bay in 2018 as the Wales Bill becomes law, with Royal Assent expected by the end of the year.
Mr Crabb told MPs debating the bill on Wednesday that the so-called "lockstep" proposal ensuring all income tax bands change by the same amount was being dropped.
"The National Assembly for Wales will be able to set separate Welsh rates of income tax for each band," he told MPs.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith accused the Conservatives of a "handbrake U-turn" on the lockstep, which he said the UK Treasury had previously defended as being necessary to ensure income tax was used as a tool to redistribute wealth across the whole of the UK.
The Pontypridd Labour MP urged the UK government to explain in more detail how tax devolution would benefit the people of Wales.
"The very least we owe the Welsh people is therefore to consider extremely carefully the likely impact of these radical changes to such a cornerstone of the union - that redistributive union - as taxation because they will have impacts on the potential prosperity and the wellbeing of the Welsh people," he said.
Mr Smith has previously claimed that due to its lower-wage economy Wales could have been up to £1bn worse off over the last four years if tax powers had been devolved.
Lennon was left angry by referee Bobby Madden's decision not to award a penalty when a John McGinn shot appeared to strike Mark Russell's hand.
"We got done by a referee," Lennon told BBC Scotland.
"Russell puts two hands on the ball - it was as clear as day and the only people who didn't see it, or decide not to give a penalty, are the officials."
The incident happened when Championship-leaders Hibs were a Jason Cummings goal to the good against Ton.
And Lennon was furious given the fact Hibs conceded a penalty against Dunfermline in similar circumstances last week.
"I need to know what the handball rule is," he added. "The ref said he felt he couldn't give it because it was hit hard at him.
"I am lost for words. I hate going on about officials but I'm unhappy with Bobby's performance today, I thought he was very much pro-Morton in a lot of decisions and certainly that's a big moment in the game as we could have been going in 2-0."
This is not the first time this season that Hibs have been unhappy with officials' decisions, the Easter Road outfit having had three red cards overturned on appeal.
Lennon added: "It's embarrassing that we have had five red cards, by the way not one bad tackle, and three have been rescinded."
Morton earned a point thanks to a Lawrence Shankland penalty after Jamie McDonagh was brought down by Darren McGregor.
Hibs remain nine points clear of nearest challengers Falkirk and could secure the Championship title next week if results elsewhere go their way, but Lennon insists the matter should already be settled.
"We're not ruthless enough," he said. "We have Jason Cummings, who is a superstar, and the rest aren't ruthless enough in front of goal.
"We've had 13 draws now - 10 of them we should have won - but our inability to put the ball in the net or get across people and head balls in the net is the reason why we're not promoted just yet."
Lennon and Morton counterpart Jim Duffy, who were involved in a pitch-side altercation when the sides last met, were on far friendlier terms ahead of this one.
And Duffy was pleased to earn a point against the league-leaders.
"Hibs were better in the first half, I don't think there's any doubt about that," he said. "They imposed themselves on the game and got to the second balls better, they were more on the ascendancy.
"There wasn't too many goal-mouth opportunities but when you take a point against Hibs you've got to be pleased."
Police are appealing for witnesses after the Northern Ireland striker told them of the incident during the 1-0 defeat by Hearts on Saturday.
"It is in the hands of the police," said Clark. "It is a police matter.
"Josh is in a happy place as a person, as a lad. He has done what he had to do and that is the way it will remain."
Kilmarnock, who sit second bottom of the Scottish Premiership, host Ross County on Tuesday and Clark insisted that Magennis' preparations will not be hampered by the incident.
"He was in yesterday morning and he will train this evening," said the manager. "There's no issues."
Police have issued a description of a man, thought to be sitting in Lower Section E of Hearts' Wheatfield Stand, who is said to have directed racial abuse towards Magennis.
The index closed up 0.3% at 17,720.43 points - its highest closing level since July 2007.
The weakening yen, which is good for Japan's exporters, fell to a new seven-year low against the dollar.
The Nikkei's highs come despite a move by Moody's earlier this week to cut Japan's credit rating.
On Monday, the ratings agency cut its rating on Japan by one notch to A1 from Aa3, underlining concerns about the nation's economy.
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.8% at 5,321.80, despite official figures on Wednesday showing weaker-than-expected economic growth for the July-to-September quarter.
Analysts said the weak gross domestic product numbers were due largely to a drop off in mining investment.
Australia's economy grew by 0.3% in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, and was up 2.7% year-on-year, according to official numbers.
Economists had expected quarterly growth of 0.7% for the period and year-on-year growth of 3.1%.
The Australian dollar fell to a new four-year low on the news.
Shares in Greater China reversed earlier gains to close down 1% with the Hang Seng index at 23,428.62.
In Shanghai, stocks headed in the opposite direction with the benchmark composite index finishing up 0.6% at 2,779.53.
In South Korea, the Kospi index was up 0.2% at 1,969.91, boosted by strong US sales numbers for November, while the South Korean won moved closer to a 15-month low.
Shane Bryant, 29, fell ill during an arrest outside the Co-op in Market Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on Thursday night.
Mr Bryant was taken to hospital where he died on Saturday morning.
A 24-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of GBH has been released pending further inquires.
Leicestershire Police said further tests were being carried out after a post-mortem examination.
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Ryan Thomas posted on Facebook that father-of-two Mr Bryant "would put a smile on anybody's face".
He wrote: "God has taken you too early, absolutely ruined! Fly high Shane Bryant rest in piece (sic) bro! "Won't forget you!"
Mairead Evans, who has known Mr Bryant for more than 13 years, said: "I loved him like a brother. He always had my back."
Serina Larvin said the family was "absolutely heartbroken" after their "much loved friend... got taken away".
She has set up an online fundraising page to raise money "to give to his children and help support the family".
The page has raised more than £1,500, with one person donating £1,000.
Police said two men entered the store threatening staff with a baseball bat and golf club, and demanding cash.
Mr Bryant was stopped by members of the public while the other suspect left in a car, which was waiting outside.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has begun an investigation into the death.
The University of Exeter has announced an "international partnership" with education giant Pearson to develop online masters' degrees.
The university says they are "currently researching the potential to deliver online postgraduate degrees in a variety of subjects".
It adds: "It is intended that courses will start as early as September 2016."
Pearson, best known in the UK as an educational publisher and owner of the Edexcel exam board, already helps run similar courses in the United States at Arizona State University, which offers more than 70 degrees entirely online at both graduate and undergraduate level.
The announcement says the Exeter degrees will allow students, many of whom will be fitting their studies around full-time jobs, to access course material when and where it suits them.
The university says it will focus initially on taught masters' degrees which will be "competitively priced with 'on the ground' courses".
The new courses will include weekly interactive online teaching sessions delivered from university faculties, it adds, while students who take degrees in this way would have to meet the same entry standards as those who study in person.
Exeter University's provost, Prof Janice Kay, said the partnership offered exciting possibilities.
"The University is already well-known for its innovative approach and global ambitions and this initiative will help us realise our goals more quickly and effectively," she explained.
The project would help widen access to higher education for vulnerable and disadvantaged people, Prof Kay added.
Pearson's UK managing director, Mark Anderson, said the project represented "an opportunity to make the UK's highest quality courses far more widely available".
Exeter and Pearson will also collaborate to research issues such as progression to higher education for students with vocational rather than academic qualifications and the development of degree-apprenticeships.
A number of higher education institutions already provide online courses.
The Open University, the UK's largest academic institution, is a world leader in flexible distance learning. It set up the Futurelearn platform, which carries massive open online courses from universities including Warwick, Kings College London and Sheffield which are taken by more than a million students,
Other online innovations from the OU include Open Science Lab, and the OU Anywhere app.
An Exeter University described the OU as "terrific" but said the new courses would explore "some of the really exciting work and discovery that's happening at Exeter" as well as taking it "to as many people as possible around the globe".
The aim would be to explore and test innovative and rigorously academic methods of delivery, said the spokesman.
Court cases for failing to send a child to school rocketed from 60 in 2007 to nearly 500 in 2011.
Merthyr Tydfil council said asking for conditional discharges had been more successful than fining parents.
But Education Minister Leighton Andrews said fines were one aspect of policy to tackle truancy.
BBC Wales' Week In Week Out went behind the scenes with Merthyr council officers, whose education department was put in special measures last month.
Suzanne Lewis has a suspended prison sentence over daughter Shauna's school attendance record.
She said: "They want to see me getting her to the school gates. That's what we've done.
"We've got up in the morning, taken her to the school and then we've had phone calls [to] pick her back up, perhaps an hour after.
"She won't go into class with the other children and she will not do any work. I'll most probably end up in prison because of it."
Shauna said: "Mam shouldn't be going through that really because it's not her fault why all this has happened.
"I do feel guilty sometimes. I was scared in case they put her in prison because I don't know what I'd do without my mam."
The council said asking magistrates to impose conditional discharge sentences - requiring parents to co-operate with the authority or face a return to court and possible jail term - has been much more successful than handing out fines.
The Welsh government has finished a consultation on £120 on-the-spot fines for parents who fail to send their children to school.
Councils in England issued more than 30,000 spot fines last year but attendance rates have not improved.
One parent, Gavin Vanden Berg, told the programme that he did not think fines would work. His 15-year-old son Brandon has a sporadic attendance at school.
"If a parent is really trying their best to get their child to school, other than physically taking them to the school themselves, what else can they do?" he said.
Prof Ken Reid, an adviser to the Welsh government on its truancy and behaviour policy, said fining parents was the wrong approach.
"All the evidence from research in England is that actually they don't work at all. All the legal penalties we've had over the last 50 or 60 years on truancy have never made much difference and have never worked."
Mike Cotton, a former school governor and father of four from Morriston, Swansea, said truancy was a "major problem, even with quite intelligent children", and the 700% increase was "absolutely amazing".
He added that parents have overall responsibility for their children, and "teachers are there to teach, not be social workers".
Education Minister Leighton Andrews told Week In Week Out that penalty notices were just one aspect of a national policy to tackle truancy in Wales, based on recommendations made by Prof Reid.
But four years after writing his report, Prof Reid was disappointed with the progress.
"There is no national strategy at all yet on behaviour and attendance despite the assurances we were given that it would happen four years ago."
Week In Week Out - Parents on Trial is on BBC One Wales, at 22:35 GMT, Tuesday 5 March.
He is the second act announced for the festival, which was under threat of being cancelled.
The 71-year-old singer will be closing the festival, with Arcade Fire playing on the Saturday night. Previous headliners at the festival include Queen and The Who.
The four-day festival at Seaclose Park, Newport will run from 8-11 June 2017.
He made 203 on day two of the second Test against New Zealand to help his side to 356 all out, a lead of 135.
Sangakkara will quit one-day international cricket after the World Cup, which starts in February.
But the 37-year-old said he will "see whether there is a few more months of cricket in me Test-wise".
Sangakkara, who spent the first third of his Test career keeping wicket - claiming 178 catches and 20 stumpings before giving up the gloves - also became the fastest player to reach 12,000 Test runs on day one.
"It just depends on how everything pans out after this World Cup," added the former law student.
"It's really hard to predict what will happen and what my thoughts will be at the end of the World Cup about my future."
Day two in Wellington ended with the Kiwis 22-0 in their second innings.
Sri Lanka need to win the Test to level the two-match series after an eight-wicket loss in Christchurch.
The flats in Lorne Street, owned by The Miss Agnes Hunter Trust, are being sold to Places for People Scotland.
The trust said the costs of the 92 flats were diverting funds from the causes it was set up to support.
Residents, who feared for 18 months they might lose their homes, said it was "absolutely fantastic news".
Places for People Scotland confirmed the sale of the property portfolio would not affect the lease agreement and rights of the tenants.
The Miss Agnes Hunter Trust is a grant-making charitable trust set up by her will in 1954 to provide financial help to charitable organisations which support health and social welfare in Scotland.
Walter Thomson, chairman of the Miss Agnes Hunter Trust, said: "The trustees have considered the offer carefully and are confident that Places for People Scotland and its associated organisation Castle Rock Edinvar have the expertise and resources to take management of the property portfolio forward and that the sale is in the best interests of the tenants.
"We have written to the tenants informing them of the sale and advising that The Miss Agnes Hunter Trust will remain their landlord until the settlement date of 28 November 2016 after which tenancies will transfer to Places for People Scotland.
"The sale will enable the Trustees to carry out the specified wishes of Miss Hunter by maintaining the financial grants to registered charities which support people suffering from arthritis and cancer, physical disability and mental health problems or learning disabilities, or which provide youth education and training for disadvantaged people.
"Currently grants amount to around £350,000 each year."
Melanie Weigang, 48, secretary of Lorne Street Association, told the BBC Scotland news website: "This is absolutely fantastic news and a huge relief.
"This has been dragging on forever and to find out before Christmas that we are not going to be evicted is just brilliant.
"There are a lot of elderly people who have been living in Lorne Street for decades and families use the local school so they did want to move from their homes and the area."
Alister Steele, managing director of Castle Rock Edinvar/Places for People Scotland, has also written to the tenants introducing their new landlord.
He said: "We are pleased to be able to finally announce the purchase of the 92 properties from Agnes Hunter Trust and end a period of uncertainty for the residents.
"We have a proud track record in investing in Edinburgh's housing stock and in managing the purchase of tenanted housing.
"We will now begin a dialogue with the residents to give reassurance on our commitment to the future of the properties and to discuss our services and investment plans.
"We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Scottish government and City of Edinburgh for their help on this matter."
Deidre Brock MP said: "I'm thrilled to bits to hear this news.
"What a fantastic day for the tenants of Lorne Street who have been worried about eviction since June last year."
Cammy Day, of City of Edinburgh Council, said: "I am really pleased that we have reached a positive solution for the residents of Lorne Street.
"The council and our partners have been working closely with tenants since they first approached us over a year ago with concerns that they might be made homeless."
Austrian Wiesberger hit a seven-under-par 65 to move into a four-stroke lead over Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen and South African Dylan Frittelli.
Like Olesen and Frittelli, Scotsman Ramsay had a four-under-par 68.
First-round leader Bubba Watson was tied with Ramsay but had his second round suspended after five holes.
By that time, the American two-time Masters winner had improved by one shot after his opening 66 at Genzon Golf Club in China.
Half the field had yet to complete their second 18 by the time play came to a halt because of lightning and heavy rain.
The second round will resume on Saturday, with the third round now due to follow off two tees.
Scotland's Scott Jamieson and England's Jordan Smith were among those to have finished their round and lie in a tie for seventh after second-successive 69s.
Duncan Stewart and England's James Morrison lie two strokes further back, the Scot having picked up three strokes in the eight holes he managed to complete.
After his bogey-free round, Wiesberger told the European Tour website: "It was a long day. I got up at 04:30 to finish a couple of holes.
"I played a few holes on Tuesday and I said to my caddie it feels like a course that suits me and suits my game."
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The 27-year-old returned to Portugal as part of the deal which sees Marcos Rojo move to Old Trafford.
Sporting wanted the loan agreed before they would sanction Rojo's £16m move.
Meanwhile, United have rejected reports that they were interested in signing Germany's attacking midfielders Thomas Muller and Marco Reus this summer.
"It is not true," said a United spokesman.
Nani joined United in 2007, since when he has won four Premier League titles and the Champions League.
He played in all three Portugal matches at this summer's World Cup.
He was afforded a hero's welcome on his return home on Tuesday.
Sporting play FC Arouca on 23 August and major rivals Benfica on 31 August.
Re-entry was over the Pacific, it said, and only a few fragments were expected to hit the sea.
The unmanned cargo ship was launched from Kazakhstan on 28 April, but control was lost soon afterwards.
The Progress M-27M was carrying more than three tonnes of supplies to the International Space Station.
Russian space agency Roscosmos said: "The Progress M-27M spacecraft ceased to exist at 05:04 Moscow time (02:04 GMT) on 8 May 2015. It entered the atmosphere... over the central part of the Pacific Ocean."
Progress was to deliver food, water, fuel, oxygen and clothing to the crew of six people on the ISS, which orbits about 420km (250 miles) above Earth.
But after a communications failure, it began spiralling out of control.
Since then, it has been slowly descending, and orbiting Earth in a pattern that takes it over the eastern United States, Colombia, Brazil and Indonesia.
The capsules were designed to burn up in the atmosphere after delivering their cargo.
A special commission has been set up in Russia to investigate why Progress was lost.
In 2011, one of its predecessors was destroyed when it crashed soon after take-off in Siberia.
Even after Progress' loss, the astronauts have enough supplies to keep them going until the next expected delivery on 19 June.
A Roscosmos spokesman told Reuters that the loss was valued at 2.59 billion roubles ($50.7m; £32.9m).
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Eric and Ann Whalley, originally from Cockermouth and Maryport, have given the money to the Cumbria Community Foundation's Flood Recovery Fund.
The appeal was launched in the wake of heavy storms in December.
The Whalleys, who now live in Boston, emigrated 27 years ago.
Mr Whalley lost sight in one eye and suffered shrapnel damage to his brain when terrorists detonated two bombs close to the finish line of the city's annual marathon on 15 April 2013.
His wife sustained shrapnel and burns injuries to her limbs, neck and face.
They underwent more than 20 operations each in the aftermath.
A social media campaign launched following the attack raised £100,000 for the medical bills of the former Cockermouth Grammar School pupils.
In a statement accompanying their donation, the couple, who are both 68, said: "We were so touched by the well wishes, kindness, support and generosity from family, friends and fellow west Cumbrians which helped significantly with our recovery.
"We are sad to learn about the devastation resulting from the floods in Cumbria and we would like to thank you all by giving forward."
Andy Beeforth, chief executive of the foundation said the Whalleys "embody the true 'Spirit of Cumbria' which we have seen time and again since the terrible floods".
A section of the northbound motorway in Northamptonshire was closed from about 03:00 GMT after the body was discovered on an unlit stretch.
Police said the death of the man, named as Ashley Hayes, 46, from Shepherd's Bush, London, could be suspicious.
Det Sgt Tony Hopkins said: "This may have been an accident or something more serious."
The carriageway was closed between junction 16 and 18 until about 14:00.
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Police were first alerted to the body, between junctions 16 and 17, just after 02:00 after receiving a number of calls from motorists.
They said Mr Hayes suffered "catastrophic" injuries on a 50mph stretch of the road near Watford Gap services.
Mr Hopkins said Mr Hayes may have been in the Toddington Services area, in Bedfordshire, at about 01:30.
"He may have been given a lift from there, or may have hidden himself in a lorry, to enable him to get to where we discovered him," Mr Hopkins said.
"This may have been an accident or something more serious. We need to determine the circumstances that led to his death."
Martin Hamilton's body was found near West Calder in West Lothian on 17 December.
Officers are now working in the Mosside area of Blackburn.
Police believe Hamilton, who suffered serious injuries before he died, was murdered soon after he was last seen in Glasgow in April.
Det Supt Kenny Graham said: "Whilst examinations and searches are ongoing near West Calder where Martin Hamilton's remains were found, we are now conducting further work in nearby Blackburn.
"As the investigation has progressed we have identified this area of Blackburn as of interest, and I am keen to speak to anyone living or working here who may have any information which could assist.
"As well as some search activity, officers will be carrying out extensive house-to-house inquiries and high-visibility patrols of the area."
Hamilton, from Glasgow, was previously one of Scotland's most wanted men.
He was released from prison in September 2014 but was sought by police in April for breaching the terms of his licence.
At the time, police described him as "potentially dangerous".
In October, an appeal was made on the BBC's Crimewatch programme and the Crimestoppers charity also offered a reward of £2,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Hamilton was nicknamed the Blackhill Butcher, after the Glasgow housing estate from which he operated.
He had been on the police's most-wanted list before he was jailed in 2000 over a string of charges including drug dealing, torture, abduction and sodomy.
Hamilton was sentenced to a minimum of nine years in prison after being found guilty at the High Court in Inverness.
The case was moved 200 miles from Glasgow amid fears that witnesses could be intimidated.
Hamilton had evaded justice on 12 previous occasions when witnesses were too terrified to testify.
Accident and emergency services at the hospital remain suspended for under 16s due to concerns about safety.
The hospital trust said it decided in September to ask the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to carry out an independent review.
It is set to visit the trust for the first time on Thursday.
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The suspension of A&E services for children followed an external review by the West Midlands Quality Review Service and advice from senior clinicians.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust said it would work closely with the RCPCH "to ensure they acquire all the necessary information to complete their review", which is due to end in January.
There have been more than 240 responses to a public survey by the RCPCH regarding children's emergency services at the hospital, which were halted for under 18s in August.
Services were reinstated on October 10 for people aged 16 and 17. A minor injuries unit for children at the hospital was "operating well", clinical director Dr Anne Marie Morris, said.
The hospital, under its former guise of Stafford Hospital, was the subject of a public inquiry after a higher than expected number of deaths between 2005 to 2008.
The trust took over the hospital in October 2015, after the previous trust was declared clinically and financially unviable.
The now-defunct Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust was fined £500,000 last year after admitting four charges over the deaths of elderly people, between 2005 and 2014.
Nine bus passengers and a soldier were shot dead after coming "face-to-face" with heavily armed militants in Zigague, they add.
The son of a local chief was kidnapped in the attack, local media reports.
Boko Haram, based in north-eastern Nigeria, has intensified cross-border raids into Cameroon in recent weeks.
It follows the deployment of more than 1,000 soldiers to Cameroon's long and porous border with Nigeria last month, in a bid to prevent such attacks.
"A group of people we think are linked with Boko Haram made an incursion this afternoon in Zigague. They blocked the road and opened fire," a police officer told AFP news agency.
The villagers were killed when the militants were confronted by Cameroonian soldiers, according to local media.
State radio said suspected Boko Haram militants - who are fighting for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria - were behind the attack.
Militants were also seen storming the house of a local chief and abducting his child, the radio reported, quoting an army commander.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya sacked two senior army officers at the forefront of the battle against Islamist militants last week.
The decision came just days after the deputy prime minister's wife was abducted by militants from the northern town of Kologata, along with her maid, a religious leader and the local mayor.
Militants have also kidnapped foreign nationals in northern Cameroon before, including a French family and Chinese workers.
They should also aim to build a lunar base in 30 years' time and send people to Mars by 2025.
Prof Hawking said that the goal would re-ignite the space programme, forge new alliances and give humanity a sense of purpose.
He was speaking at the Starmus Festival celebrating science and the arts, which is being held in Trondheim, Norway.
"Spreading out into space will completely change the future of humanity," he said.
"I hope it would unite competitive nations in a single goal, to face the common challenge for us all.
"A new and ambitious space programme would excite (young people), and stimulate interest in other areas, such as astrophysics and cosmology".
He addressed the concerns of those arguing that it would be better to spend our money on solving the problems of this planet along with a pointed criticism of US President Donald Trump.
"I am not denying the importance of fighting climate change and global warming, unlike Donald Trump, who may just have taken the most serious, and wrong, decision on climate change this world has seen," he said.
Prof Hawking explained that human space travel is essential for the future of humanity precisely because the Earth was under threat from climate change as well as diminishing natural resources.
"We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth," the Cambridge University theoretical physicist explained.
The head of the European Space Agency (Esa) Jan Woerner has said he envisages the construction of a Moon base to replace the International Space Station in 2024 and is collaborating with Russia to send a probe to assess a potential site. China has set itself the goal of sending an astronaut to the Moon.
Nasa has no plans to return to the Moon, instead focusing its efforts on sending astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. Though if other space agencies begin to collaborate on constructing a lunar base it would be hard to see Nasa not participating.
Prof Hawking said that there was no long-term future for our species staying on Earth: it would either be hit by an asteroid again or eventually engulfed by our own Sun. He added that travelling to distant worlds would "elevate humanity".
"Whenever we make a great new leap, such as the Moon landings, we bring people and nations together, usher in new discoveries, and new technologies," he continued.
"To leave Earth demands a concerted global approach, everyone should join in. We need to rekindle the excitement of the early days of space travel in the sixties."
He said that the colonisation of other planets was no longer science fiction, though he did pay tribute to the genre in his closing remarks.
"If humanity is to continue for another million years, our future lies in boldly going where no one else has gone before.
"I hope for the best. I have to. We have no other option".
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London Design Festival is hoping to raise £120,000 for the Visionary Crazy Golf, which has been dreamed up by artists and designers, including the late Dame Zaha Hadid.
Festival organisers say it will be "futuristic, functional, fun and free for the public to play".
Funding permitted, the golf course will run from 16-22 September.
The dates coincide with the London Design Festival.
Members of the public who pledge funds, from £5 up to £5,000, will receive rewards, including clothes and mugs, by one of the designers.
Organisers have until 6 June to raise the money.
The design teams involved include Mark Wallinger, Tom Dixon, Camille Walala, Ordinary Architecture, HAT Projects, Neon Studio, and Atelier Bow-Wow.
Each will create a miniature art installation, as part of the golf course, with each one making a statement about the future of architecture.
Holes include Tom Dixon's, with its funnel and nest of pneumatic tubes through which golf balls will hurtle; a circuitous maze by Mark Wallinger; and a netted driving range by the Japanese studio Atelier Bow-Wow.
The mayor's office has given permission for the scheme if funding is secured.
Liu became a sporting idol at home after winning China's first ever male track and field Olympic gold medal, but recurring injury meant he crashed out of two further Games.
Here are some of his career highs and lows in pictures.
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Liu first came to prominence in 2001 with first place finishes at the East Asian Games in Japan and China's Universiade and National Games, and a place in the semi-final at the World Championships in Canada.
After bronze medals at 2003's IAAF World Indoor Championships and World Championships in Athletics, Liu went on to take 110m hurdle gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics - China's first male Olympic gold in track and field.
His gold medal brought him fame and fortune at home and placed huge expectations on his shoulders.
In 2006, Liu was living up to the promise he showed in Athens. He set a new world record in the 110m hurdles with a time of 12.88 seconds, and in August 2007 he won gold in Japan to become World Champion for the first time.
But in May 2008, he was forced to pull out of New York's Reebok Grand Prix with hamstring problems. He turned his attention to training for his home games in Beijing that summer.
Defending champion Liu was China's best, and possibly only, hope for gold medal success at the Beijing Games 2008. His picture was everywhere, from billboards to sides of stadiums.
But ahead of his first round heat at the games, Liu appeared to be suffering.
The heat was cut short by a false start from another athlete, but instead of returning to the starting blocks Liu tore off his race number and walked away. An old injury to his Achilles tendon had flared up. The crowd were stunned to silence and his coach reduced to tears.
Liu faced months away from racing while he recovered.
Liu returned to some success after 2008 - notably gold at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2011 - but disaster followed at the London Olympics in 2012. His Achilles injury returned and he crashed out at the first hurdle.
Liu's head trainer, Feng Shuyong, said at the time: "At the moment of take-off, the tendon would bear very, very big pressure. He could not make the movement."
Liu picked himself up and hopped all the way to the finish line, helped by fellow competitors. He kissed the last hurdle before being put in a wheelchair.
"Seeing him hopping to the line shows the true spirit of the Olympics. He was still determined to go to the line," said his trainer.
Despite being held back by his injuries, Liu achieved huge popularity in China and made millions of pounds from sponsorship deals with the likes of Nike and Coca-Cola. He was mobbed by journalists at China's all-party political conference in March 2015.
Liu announced his retirement on 7 April on Weibo - China's equivalent of Twitter - saying: "I'm retiring. I want to start a new journey. Though I still have hot blood pumping through my heart, my leg has time and again told me no."
For 10 years he resisted demands for reform until economic pressures finally saw the demise of Poland's last Communist leader.
Wojciech Jaruzelski was born on 6 Jul 1923 and raised on the family estate in Wysokie.
The signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in 1939 persuaded Jaruzelski and his family to flee to Lithuania, before they were deported to South Western Siberia where his father died in a labour camp.
He too became a forced labourer in the Karaganda coal mines in Kazakhstan suffering permanent damage to his back and eyes as a result.
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Russians began forming Polish army units and the young Jaruzelski became one of the first to join.
He fought in the Battle of Berlin in May 1945 which saw the final collapse of Nazi Germany and ended the war as a lieutenant.
As an officer in the Polish People's Army he took part in the suppression of the Polish wartime resistance movement which was opposing Poland's pro-Soviet government.
After graduating from the Polish Higher Infantry School and general staff academy, Jaruzelski rose quickly through the ranks.
His career progression accelerated after the departure in 1956 of the Soviet Field Marshal, Konstantin Rokossovsky, who had been installed by Stalin as Poland's Commander in Chief and Minister of Defence.
Jaruzelski became the chief "political officer" of the Polish armed forces in 1960, chief of staff in 1964, and defence minister in 1968 shortly before the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in which Polish troops took part.
He was also moving up the ranks of the communist party becoming a candidate member of the Politburo in December 1970 and a full member the following year.
In 1971 Polish militia opened fire on striking shipyard workers in the Baltic ports and more than 40 people died.
Jarulzelski was later accused of ordering the action, something he later strenuously denied claiming the orders came direct from the Prime Minister.
In February 1981 he was appointed Prime Minister of Poland and, 10 months later, First Secretary of the Communist Party.
He found himself being squeezed between the growing popularity of the pro-democracy Solidarity movement within Poland and pressure from the Soviet Union which had massed 20 tank divisions on the border.
In December 1981 he declared martial law and thousands of Solidarity members were arrested including the movements charismatic leader Lech Walesa.
Jaruzelski justified his action as a means of preventing a Soviet invasion although the Russian leader Boris Yeltsin later released files which indicated that the Soviets had no such plans.
Martial law was lifted in 1983 although Solidarity remained a banned organisation.
It was economic pressure which forced change on the Jaruzelski government coupled with the influence of reform in the former USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev.
There was growing unrest in the country and a series of strikes forced Jaruzelski to begin negotiations with Solidarity in 1989.
After two months of talks Jaruzelski was forced to concede a radical change in the structure of the administration in Poland.
Solidarity triumphed in the resulting elections, despite the Communist party being guaranteed 65% of the seats in the new lower chamber.
Jaruzelski, whose name was the only one the communists allowed on the ballot for President, won by just one vote.
His offer of a coalition with Solidarity was turned down and, in December 1990, he stood down as Poland's leader to be replaced by Lech Walesa.
Jaruzelski went on trial in 2001 for his alleged part in the 1971 shipyard massacres but legal wrangling and his declining health saw no hope of an end to the hearings.
In February 2008 Jaruzelski told a reporter that he did not expect to be alive by the time any verdict was reached.
Solidarity activists attempted to have him tried for the imposition of martial law in 1981 but the courts refused to hear the case on the basis that the post-communist Polish Parliament had exonerated him in 1996.
Opinion polls also suggested that a majority of Poles were prepared to accept Jaruzelski's explanation of martial law as the "lesser evil" intended to prevent a Soviet invasion.
Described by many Poles as a dictator, who acted according to instructions from the Kremlin, he insisted he was a Polish patriot who had always tried to do the best for his country.
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The four-time major winner was five over par after six holes, but had four birdies on the back nine to card a 71.
He revealed caddie JP Fitzgerald lifted him on the sixth tee, saying: "You're Rory McIlroy, what are you doing?"
Meanwhile, co-leader Jordan Spieth rated his display as "nine out of 10".
The world number three shot a bogey-free round and is tied for the lead on five under par with fellow Americans Brooks Koepka, the US Open champion, and Matt Kuchar.
However, the 23-year-old will tee off in round two on Friday afternoon, which is when the weather forecast is predicting the strongest wind and heaviest rain.
"Given the forecast coming in, I thought you really needed to be in the red," said Spieth, a two-time major winner.
"Everything was strong. I give it a nine across the board for everything - tee balls, ball-striking, short game and putting. So things are in check. It's just about keeping it consistent.
"I'd call it a top five major round that I've played."
Northern Ireland's McIlroy, 28, has struggled for form this year after being affected by a rib injury, and missed the cut at the US Open, Irish Open and Scottish Open in recent weeks.
He said he thought he was destined for "another weekend off" before a pep talk from Fitzgerald changed his round.
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "It was a rough start, I was just indecisive out there. Mentally I was not engaged and I was half caught between playing the golf shot I needed to and my golf swing.
"My caddie JP gave me a talking to which helped to keep me positive. He tried to remind me who I was and that I had won this tournament before. He told me not to feel any pressure and to play my game and I started to play my game after that.
"It was nice to make birdies coming in. At least I feel I got myself back out of the hole I was in and get back into the tournament.
McIlroy, who will tee off at 09:47 BST on Friday, added: "With the weather expected tomorrow I feel like I am still right in this golf tournament. I will go out and play a good quality round of golf in the morning and try and get in the clubhouse somewhere around even par or under par and I will be well there for the weekend."
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Spain's Jon Rahm was at the centre of a rules controversy for the second time in two weeks.
He was penalised two shots for moving a plant close to his ball on the 17th hole but the penalty was lifted after rules officials accepted his explanation that the lie of his ball was not improved.
The 22-year-old, who ended one under rather than one over par, moved a piece of vegetation that he thought was dead and therefore a loose impediment. However, playing partner Lee Westwood realised it was growing.
"We asked the rules official. He said improving my lie by moving an impediment that was not loose was a two-stroke penalty.
"That is what we agreed on. They said it was a two-stroke penalty and we were going to review the footage afterwards. Unfortunately for me I was the only one that saw it, there were no cameras to back me up.
"But it was never on my lie, never on my line, never on my swing path. It was not going to bother me any way.
"I explained my version of what happened. Basically after that they made the decision there was no stroke penalty."
Rahm escaped punishment earlier in the month after a query relating to marking his ball on the sixth green on his way to victory at the Irish Open.
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England's Ian Poulter was the early clubhouse leader on three under par, after a 67 gave him his lowest opening round in his 54th major.
The 41-year-old missed last year's tournament with a foot injury that also ruled him out of the Ryder Cup and he was ranked outside the world's top 200 in March.
He was also in danger of losing his PGA Tour card, however a rule change allowed him to retain it for the remainder of the season.
Poulter was runner-up at the Players Championship in May and is back inside the world's top 100, but he had to come through qualifying to reach this year's Open.
"To go out there and post a red number on the board on a good, strong golf course always feels great, " said Poulter, who was runner-up to Padraig Harrington at the 2008 Open, the last time the tournament was played at Royal Birkdale.
"It feels even better that I had to go through qualifying to get here."
"I love this golf course, the love affair has not changed since 2008. I remember walking up the last hole with the scorecard in my hand and it was a pretty special feeling. I have gone out there today and performed just as well."
England's Paul Casey is tied for second place on four under par and will celebrate his 40th birthday on Friday.
"I don't mind working on my birthday," said Casey.
"Royal Birkdale is one of my favourite links courses, maybe the best in the world. I love being back in England and what a way to spend my birthday doing what I love to do and things are just getting going.
"I am not putting that much pressure on myself, but very much wanting to win it. The odds are in my favour. Seven first-time winners [in the past seven majors]. And it would be a hell of a party."
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Wales' Stuart Manley finished on two under on his major debut and he said his opening round of 68 exceeded his own expectations.
But the 38-year-old admitted he felt the nerves on the first tee.
The world 520, who had an eagle-birdie finish told BBC Radio Wales: "That's probably the most nervous I've ever been on a tee shot but at least I know what to expect for tomorrow now and I'll have a better game plan I guess."
Manley, who turned professional in 2003, is the only Welshman at Royal Birkdale this week.
He added: "I have quite a few guys up from my local golf club, Mountain Ash, and my family is here so it's nice to put in a good score for them.
"It hasn't sunk in yet. Maybe tonight when I watch a little golf it'll sink in but I'm pretty chuffed. I thought par would be a decent score on my first attempt."
Southport-born world number 14 Tommy Fleetwood finished fourth at the US Open and, allied to the fact he used to sneak onto the Royal Birkdale course as a child, had some tipping him for Open success.
But despite plenty of vocal support on the tees - and playing alongside joint leader Brooks Koepka - the 26-year-old felt luck deserted him as he struggled to a six-over-par 76.
"I got a few bad breaks. If I did hit a bad shot it really kicked me in the teeth. Then when I hit good shots I didn't make the birdie putts," he said.
Yet Fleetwood is confident he can still hit form for the fans who supported him on day one.
"It's so easy to feel like you've disappointed them a little bit when I played the way I did, but I will try my hardest tomorrow," he said.
"They did their part, I just didn't do mine - but I've come back from bad rounds before."
The procedure was performed on a woman aged 60 at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
It involved "seeding" a tiny patch with specialised eye cells and implanting it at the back of the retina.
The London Project to Cure Blindness was established a decade ago to try to reverse vision loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Ten patients with the wet form of AMD will undergo the procedure.
All will have suffered a sudden loss of vision as a result of defective blood vessels in the eye.
They will be monitored for a year to check that the treatment is safe and whether their vision improves.
The woman who was the patient - and does not wish to be named - had the operation last month.
Prof Peter Coffey, of the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, who is co-leading the London Project, said: "We won't know until at least Christmas how good her vision is and how long that may be maintained, but we can see the cells are there under the retina where they should be and they appear to be healthy."
The cells being used form the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) - the layer of cells that nourish and support the photoreceptors in the macula - the seeing part of the eye.
In macular degeneration, the RPE cells die, and as a result the eye loses function.
Patients with AMD lose their central vision, which becomes distorted and blurred.
The cells used in the operation were originally derived from a donated early embryo - smaller than a pinhead - which has the potential to become any cell in the body.
Prof Lyndon Da Cruz of Moorfields Eye Hospital, who carried out the surgery, said: "This is truly a regenerative project. In the past it's been impossible to replace lost neural cells.
"If we can deliver the very layer of cells that is missing and give them their function back this would be of enormous benefit to people with the sight-threatening condition".
If the treatment is successful, the scientists say, it would also help patients in the early stages of dry AMD, and could potentially halt their vision loss.
AMD affects more than 600,000 people in the UK and is the leading cause of sight loss in the developed world.
It is estimated that one in every 10 people over 65 has some degree of AMD.
The team at Moorfields is working in partnership with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which is funding the trial.
It is not known how much the one-off surgical treatment might cost, although the scientists involved point out that treating and dealing with sight loss is a huge burden on the NHS.
It is not the first time that scientists have used stem cells derived from human embryos in patients with sight loss.
In 2012, patients with Stargardt's disease - which leads to progression deterioration of vision - were injected with embryonic stem cells in a safety trial carried out in the US and UK - which also involved a team at Moorfields.
Of more relevance to the current trial are the 40 AMD patients already treated at Moorfields with cells taken from their own eyes.
Prof Da Cruz said "We saw extraordinary recovery, with some people being able to read again and drive, and that recovery being sustained for years."
He explained that using the patient's own cells was complex and carried risks, which is why the London Project opted for the embryonic stem cell line, which can produce a limitless supply of specialist cells.
Prof Da Cruz said animal studies had shown that surgery to introduce the sheet of cells into the eye was feasible.
So although the team cannot say whether this trial will work, the years of planning give them confidence that this treatment has huge potential.
It is far too early to make any judgment, but if successful, it would be a stunning medical advance of huge implications.
The results from the first patient, and subsequent volunteers, will be eagerly awaited.
The Finance Bill amendment, which would have forced a negotiation with the EU for a reduction in the 5% VAT rate, was rejected by 305 to 287 votes.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says the VAT rate charged on the items is the lowest allowed under EU law.
The government said change would need the agreement of every EU member state.
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, said during the debate that the government "sympathises [with] the aim of this clause" but said: "The UK does not have the ability to extend unilaterally zero rating to new products."
He said he would raise the issue with the European Commission and other EU member states.
Labour cut the rate when it was in government from the then standard rate of 17.5% - imposed in the 1970s - to the lower rate of 5%, but was prevented from going any lower by the European rules.
A petition calling for a change in the law has more than 250,000 signatures.
Labour MP Paula Sherriff's amendment, backed by shadow chancellor John McDonnell, would have required Chancellor George Osborne to publish, within three months, a strategy for negotiating an exemption with EU institutions.
One of the Conservatives supporting the motion, Bernard Jenkin, said the situation was "an example of where the EU has taken over jurisdiction over our tax where it should not have".
SNP MP Alison Thewliss added: "It is absurd that while men's razors, children's nappies and even products like Jaffa Cakes, exotic meats and edible cake decorations are free from VAT, women are still having to pay additional costs on what is already an expensive yet vital product."
A Treasury spokesman said: "The UK has set the VAT on sanitary products at the minimum rate permissible under EU rules."
Any change would require a European Commission proposal and the unanimous agreement of all 28 member states.
Asked about the calls for a zero VAT rate, the prime minister's spokeswoman said: "What is being proposed is not something that being looked at we think is achievable."
Over a long time it is thought that when bigger animals become extinct rats will grow to fill the environment that they lived in.
Rats are known to be really good at changing to survive wherever they live. The way animals change over a long time is called 'evolution'.
So scientists think that rats will 'evolve' to grow bigger and bigger - growing to the size of other animals.
Dr Jan Zalasiewicz said, "Given enough time, rats could probably grow to be at least as large as the capybara, the world's largest rodent, that lives today, that can reach 80 kilos ".
He expected rats to change in different ways other than becoming larger.
The expert from the University of Leicester also said "There will be future thin rats, future fat rats, slow and heavy rats, fast and ferocious rats, probably future aquatic rats - the list goes on. Other animals will likely follow the same pattern, such as domestic cats, rabbits, goats and more."
The largest extinct rodent known, Josephoartegasia monesi, lived three million years ago, was larger than a bull and weighed over a ton. It lived in South America like its modern-day relative, the sheep-sized capybara.
It will take a long time for rats to grow bigger though - so don't worry about seeing any giant rats anytime soon.
And they won't be the first species to grow over time. It's thought that fifty million years ago a relative of the species we now know as the blue whale was the size of a wolf!
They face Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Scarlets in a round-robin event with the top two teams going forward to the finals in Coventry on Sunday, 7 August.
The other finalists will come from three groups involving the 12 English Premiership clubs.
"The Singha 7s has been an incredible success for the Dragons," said coach Nick Wakely.
Welsh regions have been included in the tournament since 2014, with the Dragons losing finalists in 2014 before beating Wasps to clinch the title in 2015.
Wakely, who coached the winners last season, says the event has been a valuable stepping stone for developing players.
"Angus O'Brien and Ashton Hewitt, Harrison Keddie have kicked on and hopefully will get more exposure this year," he added.
Keddie - who scored the winning try against Wasps in the 2015 final - is again included in a youthful Dragons squad.
Ospreys include Wales sevens specialist Morgan Williams and 15-a-side internationals Dafydd Howells and Jonathan Spratt in a squad which is coached by Tom Smith and Richard Fussell.
Scarlets include a number of Welsh Premiership club players and will be led by Carmarthen Quins' Iolo Evans and coached by Dai Flanagan.
Sevens specialists Evans, Jake Conway, Matthew Owen, Aron Evans, Shaun Pearce, Aaron Warren and Rhodri Jones all featured in last year's finals day at Twickenham.
Hosts Cardiff Blues include Wales seven internationals Adam Thomas, Ben Roach and Owen Jenkins in their squad.
They have also selected Wales Under-18 international James Botham - the grandson of England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham.
"We are lucky to have Adam Thomas, Owen Jenkins and Ben Roach, who are Cardiff Blues boys and have experience on the sevens stage," said elite performance pathway manager Richard Hodges.
"We've recruited them to be the real leaders in the group.
"Then we can expose our tier two academy, guys just out of the under-18s like Dane Blacker, Ben Jones, Callum Bradbury and Jimmy Botham."
Newport Gwent Dragons: Ross Wardle, Darran Harris, Harrison Keddie, Aled Brew, Ethan Davies, James Benjamin, Geraint Rhys Jones (capt), Elliot Frewen, Jonny Lewis, Arwel Robson, Chris Levesley, Luc Jones.
Ospreys: Joseph Scrivens, Steff Andrews, Will Jones, Dafydd Howells, James Ratti, Tom O'Flaherty, Morgan Williams, David Evans, Joe Gage, Phil Jones, Jay Baker, Jonathan Spratt (Capt).
Scarlets: Iolo Evans, Matthew Owen, Jake Conway, Shaun Pearce, Rhodri Davies, Ashley Evans, Aron Evans, Dion Jones, Rhodri Jones, Nathan Edwards, Scott Gibson, Aaron Warren.
Cardiff Blues: Adam Thomas, Ben Roach, James Botham, Luke Crocker, Joe Tomlinson, Ben Jones, Owen Jenkins, James Beale, Dane Blacker, Geraint Walsh, Ben Thomas, Declan Williams.
Fixtures (Friday, 22 July; all times BST): 19:00: Cardiff Blues v Scarlets. 19:25: Ospreys v Newport Gwent Dragons. 19:55: Ospreys v Scarlets. 20:20: Cardiff Blues v Newport Gwent Dragons. 20:50: Scarlets v Newport Gwent Dragons. 21:15: Cardiff Blues v Ospreys.
Sir Salman has made these remarks in his upcoming memoirs Joseph Anton, excerpts from which have been published in The New Yorker magazine.
Many Muslims regard The Satanic Verses as blasphemous. The book is still banned in India.
The writer won the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children in 1981.
He lived in hiding for many years after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his execution.
Sir Salman writes that on 6 October 1988, his friend Salman Haider, who was the deputy high commissioner of India in London, called to "tell him formally, on behalf of the government, that The Satanic Verses had been banned in India".
"The book had not been examined by any properly authorised body, nor had there been any semblance of judicial process," he writes.
"The ban came, improbably, from the finance ministry, under section 11 of the Customs Act, which prevented the book from being imported.
"Weirdly, the finance ministry stated that the ban 'did not detract from the literary and artistic merit' of his work."
"Thanks a lot, he thought," writes Sir Salman in the memoirs, which is written in third person.
In January, the author withdrew from attending India's Jaipur Literature Festival, saying that sources had told him of a death threat.
He was also forced to abandon plans to address the gathering by a video-link after protesters threatened to march on the venue.
Sir Salman was born in India but is a British citizen and has lived in the UK for most of his life.
They were under house arrest after accusations of inciting violence during anti-government protests in 2014.
The two have been taken to Ramo Verde military jail, family members say.
The Supreme Court, which critics say is dominated by government loyalists, said it had received intelligence reports alleging the two were trying to flee.
The court also said that it had revoked Mr Ledezma's and Mr López's house arrest because they had made political statements.
The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, said he was "deeply concerned" that the pair had been taken back into custody.
The move comes just two days after a controversial vote for a constitutional assembly saw violence on the streets, with at least 10 people killed.
President Nicolás Maduro convened the assembly to rewrite Venezuela's constitution amid spiralling anti-government protests on 1 May.
He argued that the move would create peace and foster dialogue by bringing together different sectors of Venezuela's polarised society.
But the opposition accused the president of trying to rewrite the constitution in order to maximise his power and sideline the opposition-controlled legislature.
They boycotted the vote and called on Venezuelans to take to the streets in protest. The election was condemned by Latin American leaders, the European Union and the US.
The day of the election was the deadliest so far since the current wave of protest began.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced on Monday that the US had imposed sanctions on President Maduro and called him a "dictator who disregards the will of the Venezuelan people".
Mr López was taken from his home at 12:27 local time (04:27GMT) on Tuesday, his wife, Lilian Tintori, wrote on Twitter.
A video posted showed him being taken away by members of the Venezuelan intelligence service, Sebin.
Lilian Tintori wrote that she would hold President Nicolás Maduro responsible if something were to happen to her husband.
The daughter of Mr Ledezma, Vanessa Ledezma, also posted a video of her father, wearing pyjamas, being taken away by the Sebin.
A woman can be heard shouting "They're taking Ledezma, they're taking Ledezma, dictatorship!"
The European Union criticised the detentions as a step in the wrong direction and Chile's foreign minister said they "sent an abysmal signal".
The US also condemned the arrests. Republican Senator Marco Rubio noted that US Vice-President Mike Pence has spoken to Mr López last Friday, and characterised the arrests as a response to the sanctions placed on Mr Maduro.
Both Mr Ledezma and Mr López were key figures in the wave of protests which swept through Venezuela in 2014 in which 43 people from both sides of the political divide were killed.
They have played a less prominent role in the most recent protests because they have been under house arrest but their video messages still get reported and shared widely on opposition websites.
The Scotland international, 34, will sign a one-year deal at Pittodrie, subject to completing a medical.
Maloney was offered a new one-year deal by Hull, where he played 14 games last season, but the lure of signing for his hometown club proved decisive.
The former Celtic winger should be available for the Dons' Europa League second round qualifier on 13 July.
The arrival of Maloney will help the Dons compensate for the loss of Jonny Hayes, who has moved to Celtic, and Niall McGinn, who is believed to be on the verge of a move to a South Korean club.
Maloney had two spells in the Scottish top flight with Celtic, interrupted by a year with Aston Villa.
He left the Glasgow club a second time in 2011 to join Wigan Athletic and joined Hull after leaving Chicago Fire.
Singer and songwriter Karine Polwart kicks off proceedings at the Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries on 26 May.
A wide range of theatre, music and comedy performances will follow throughout the region.
Billed as Scotland's largest rural performing arts festival, it runs until 4 June.
Among the events being highlighted by organisers are:
Ken Gouge, who chairs the festival, said the event had been going from strength to strength.
"We're anticipating our audience figures increasing again," he said.
"In the last two years we have more than doubled our audience figures and, indeed, our ticket income has gone up by 131% over the last two years.
"So we are clearly doing something right."
The full programme is available on the arts festival's website.
The Hearts centre-back, 19, needs more top-level experience, McManus believes, before he is ready to challenge for a senior Scotland call-up.
He is certain, though, that Souttar has the attributes to eventually make the grade at international level.
"He's going to be a tremendous asset for the country," said McManus, 34.
"He's not played in a lot of high-profile games, [but] he's developing very well. It's important with guys like that, that you don't pin all your hopes on them, because it puts pressure on their shoulders when they're so young.
"You need to nurture them. He's at a very good club with good people in charge. He's just got to concentrate on playing week in, week out at Hearts and performing the best he possibly can.
"Unfortunately for John just now, he's not tasting Champions League football, or European football.
"The one thing you know is going to happen with young centre-halves is that they're going to make mistakes. The one thing you need to do is earn the manager's trust, at international and club level, and you can only do that by limiting your mistakes and playing week in, week out."
Motherwell's McManus believes Scotland Under-21 cap Souttar can take "a lot of positives" from fellow Tynecastle defender Callum Paterson's place in Gordon Strachan's senior Scotland side.
"He [Souttar] will think there's no reason he can't be the next one," McManus explained. "Just now, the right thing is to go with the players who are there, the ones with experience. If John Souttar keeps progressing, he'll get in the squad soon enough.
"Of course you want players who are playing week in, week out, but the lads, especially the centre-halves like Russell Martin, Grant Hanley, Gordon Greer, they're experienced enough now, they know how to look after their bodies, they're professional."
Scotland opened their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-1 win over Malta on 4 September and the national team's next game is at home to Lithuania next month.
McManus scored when Scotland defeated Lithuania 3-1 at Hampden in 2007 and is confident, having worked with them both, that the management team of Strachan and Mark McGhee can steer Scotland to World Cup qualification.
McGhee is McManus's boss at Well and the defender previously worked with Strachan at Celtic and Middlesbrough.
"If I was with the group just now, I wouldn't want to work with anybody else than those two," McManus added.
"They're both managers, very good on the training ground, and they trust each other, they work well together.
"I believe in the group of players, the squad is settled and there are some very good players, who are starting to hit a bit of form."
The Newport Gwent Dragons captain, 34 returned to Wales from Clermont Auvergne for the 2014-15 season, but underwent surgery in November.
"I'm frustrated to be in this position, but happy to have fulfilled all my rugby ambitions at both club and international level," he said.
He helped Wales win the 2008 Grand Slam and scored 10-tries in a 46-cap career.
Byrne's last Wales appearance came as Wales beat Fiji 66-0 at the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. He also won a British and Irish Lions cap in South Africa in 2009.
The former Scarlet and Ospreys player added: "I have made terrific friends and have had incredible experiences.
"I would also like to thank [director of rugby] Lyn Jones for making me the Dragons captain.
"I'm glad I had the chance to play a small part in this season's success and its great to know that I am leaving with the region on a high, with such good things to come."
Jones was saddened by Byrne's decision, describing him as "a fantastic rugby player" and "a great influence on many of our younger players".
Former Ospreys boss Jones recalled the first time he saw Byrne in action.
"I was in a pub in Neath watching Scarlets play out in France and I remember him kicking and I couldn't get over how far he was kicking the ball," Jones told BBC Radio Wales.
"I phoned [backer] Mike Cuddy up and suggested to Mike 'I think we've found our next full-back' that we needed at the time and we recruited Lee [in April 2006] to come and play for the Ospreys.
"And he was excellent for us and a very popular member of the squad.
"He had really good angles of running when he hit the line.
"He could really see a gap early."
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said an investigation into the claims would report within six months.
He was facing questions from MPs on the Public Administration Select Committee.
Metropolitan Police officer James Patrick has alleged rape and sexual offences were being under-reported by as much as a quarter.
PC Patrick, who is currently subject to disciplinary proceedings by the force, told the committee in November that crimes had been reclassified to get them "off the books".
Massaging figures to hit performance targets had become "an engrained part of policing culture", he said.
The officer had found disparities between the numbers of burglary reports and those finally recorded while working in a specialist role looking at the recording of crime.
He had also found that "the Met had effectively been under-recording rape and serious sexual offences by between 22% and 25%".
Met Commissioner Sir Bernard told the committee some of the claims were "worthy of further investigation" but that he needed "to hear more detail".
He labelled some of the allegations incomplete, adding: "On occasion there might be some inaccuracy but I think on the whole there's a truth there we need to hear."
The commissioner said he had not spoken to PC Patrick about his claims but that the Met would in due course.
He refused to comment on the details of the misconduct allegations.
An internal inquiry, led by deputy commissioner Craig Mackey, has been launched into around 20 claims made by the officer.
"If he has been making these claims for a long time it would have been best they were resolved before now," Sir Bernard added.
Tom Winsor, who as Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, is leading an inquiry into crime statistics, told the committee he was in no doubt it would uncover "some fiddling of the figures".
Arguing "it was just human nature" for people in all sorts of organisations to fiddle figures in order to make their performance targets look good, he said he did not believe any "institutional corruption" would be discovered.
Elsewhere, former commissioner Lord Stevens has said "fiddling of figures" has been going on since he joined the police.
He told the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday that officers had warned him the massaging of crime statistics was the "biggest scandal coming our way", the Daily Telegraph reported.
The 26-year-old retired from boxing earlier this year after he had to be put into an induced coma following a defeat by Chris Eubank Jr.
Blackwell does not have a licence to fight because of his previous injury.
"I couldn't believe Nick would be so stupid as to put his health at risk," said his former trainer Gary Lockett.
"I can't believe the boxer he sparred with, and coach or coaches involved, would ever allow Nick to spar when he's had a brain injury.
"In due course, I hope they are dealt with by the British Boxing Board of Control in the correct manner."
Lockett said he was "shocked" when Blackwell's brother Dan, also a former boxer, told him the news.
He said: "I couldn't believe it. At this time, all our thoughts are with Nick and his family."
Lockett encouraged Blackwell to get his trainer's licence and he had been due to be in Liam Williams' corner for his fight in Cardiff on Saturday but was taken ill after sparring on Tuesday, 22 November.
"We thought that was all going very well and while we knew Nick missed boxing, we obviously didn't realise the extent to which he missed it," Lockett told BBC Wales Sport.
"I am deeply saddened by what has happened. Nick is not just an ex-boxer of mine, but also someone I consider to be a friend."
British Boxing Board of Control secretary Robert Smith says an investigation will begin on Monday.
"What we understand is that Nick Blackwell sparred, he was taken ill and taken to hospital where he is in a stable condition," he told the Telegraph.
"He no longer has a boxer's licence, but he does have a trainer's licence, which is a completely different thing. He should not have been boxing.
"I'm sickened by it. It's a very tough sport and the doctors here did a wonderful job to save his life.
"He made remarkable recovery and for somebody to go and do what he's done, for what I thought was a very sensible young man, is just beyond belief."
The Daily Mail reported Smith as saying: "We need to find out how this was allowed to happen. I really can't believe Nick has got in the ring again after what had happened, I honestly can't. I don't know what he was doing - it makes no sense."
Eubank Jr, tweeted: "Nick Blackwell is back in hospital, after he tried to start sparring again. He's a tough, tough kid, I know he'll get himself through it again.
"I honestly hope everything is OK and the procedure he's had is not a serious one."
The elevation of those nations by governing body, the International Cricket Council, means they can regularly play cricket's top nations.
"We now have a clear pathway that will enable us to get to Test status and full membership status of the ICC," Brian told BBC Radio Scotland.
"There's a good chance we will."
Brian, who became Cricket Scotland's chairman two years ago, is buoyed by Scotland's victory over Zimbabwe in Edinburgh on 15 June, which was the nation's first win over a Test-playing side in an official one day international.
"We beat Zimbabwe last week and Sri Lanka four weeks before so we've beaten two Test nations in the last month - something Scotland has never achieved before," he said.
"We have a bigger population and a bigger playing population than Ireland. We're seeing an improving men's team.
"What Ireland and Afghanistan have done, due to a change in the constitution of the International Cricket Council, is effectively break the glass ceiling that has been preventing associated nations like them and us becoming full members of the ICC and Test-playing countries.
"We're definitely on the right pathway and I'm very optimistic for the future."
The first public "flight" on the 531ft (161m) British Airways i360 tower on Brighton seafront is at 14:00 BST, with fireworks planned for 22:00 BST.
Fireworks were to have been set off on a boat off Brighton beach but it has been unable to get to the location.
Organisers blamed high seas caused by a storm off the Sussex coast.
Visitors to the i360 ascend 450ft (137m) in a 360-degree curved-glass pod on the site once occupied by the entrance to Brighton's ruined West Pier.
The attraction itself, which is fully booked on the opening day, will operate as planned.
The fireworks will be rearranged for another date, with tickets remaining valid.
The tower, which offers views of up to 26 miles of Sussex coastline, has divided local opinion.
Valerie Paynter, of the saveHove campaign, said it was "like something springing horribly out of the earth in a horror movie".
But Glynn Jones, chairman of the West Pier Trust, thought the "vertical pier in the sky" showed "the city is, once again, embracing and celebrating world-class, stunning architecture".
Those going on board can see from Bexhill in East Sussex to Chichester in West Sussex with the South Downs to the north.
Curtis, 61, is in charge until the end of the campaign after Swansea failed to find a long-term successor to Garry Monk.
Swansea are a point above the drop zone and Curtis says he would not have a problem stepping down.
"I've got no sort of vanity (that I must) be here until the end of the season," he said.
"I'd expect to be here until the end of the season, but if results go against us and the club deem it that they need to bring someone in at short notice, then so be it.
"We've worked hard to get into the Premier League. It's important we stay here not just for next season but for seasons to come as well."
Curtis was appointed until the end of the season after picking up five points from five games as caretaker following Monk's sacking on 9 December.
But Swansea have since been knocked out of the FA Cup and were beaten 4-2 at home by relegation rivals Sunderland on Wednesday.
The former Wales striker does not think the Sunderland defeat will have a long term impact on Swansea's bid to stay in the Premier League.
"There was a bit of anger, if anything, after the result on Wednesday," Curtis added.
"I would hope they would want to right the wrongs, they felt a couple of decisions went against us.
They are a strong group and you look to the leaders of the group like Ashley Williams. Leon Britton and Neil Taylor.
"They're the type of people who will come forward for us."
A senior police officer told the BBC that the man had been holed up in a house in Lucknow, the capital of northern Uttar Pradesh state.
He added that "the militant was part of an IS-linked group" which planned a train blast in central Madhya Pradesh state that injured nine on Tuesday.
Six more members of the group have been arrested from different locations.
The police operation happened on the eve of the last day of polling for critical assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
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Police spokesperson Rahul Srivastava told the BBC that the operation took 12 hours because they "wanted to catch the gunman alive".
"We had information about two men hiding in the house from our colleagues in Madhya Pradesh. But we found one heavily-armed person hiding there," he said.
Mr Srivastava added that the police had "recovered more than 600 bullets, pistols and an IS flag from the house".
"We recovered a laptop and have also questioned the arrested men. These people were radicalised through social media, and were in contact with other IS members," he said.
The chancellor said the cut was prompted by the fact that the number of bingo halls had "plummeted by three quarters over the last 30 years".
Bingo hall operator, Rank Group, announced plans for three new clubs following the announcement.
But bookmakers called an increase in duty for fixed-odds betting machines to 25% an "ill-considered raid".
The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) said the increase in duty - from its current rate of 20% - had cast a shadow over 15,000 jobs and 3,000 betting shops.
Shares in Ladbrokes, Britain's second largest bookmaker, fell by more than 12% on the news, and market leader William Hill saw its shares fall more than 7%.
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The changes to taxes on bingo received a much warmer welcome.
Campaigners had been calling for the levy to be reduced to 15% to bring it into line with other gambling activities.
The Bingo Association had gathered more than 330,000 petition signatures and the support of a more than 50 MPs for the proposal.
It had blamed the previous 20% tax rate for bingo hall closures and the loss of almost 2,000 jobs.
Gambling Commission figures show the number of people employed in the bingo sector fell from 17,822 in the 2010-11 financial year to 16,048 in 2012-13.
"Everyone is absolutely delighted," the association's chief executive, Miles Baron, said.
"The decision to reduce duty by 10% means bingo clubs will get an even bigger boost than we had hoped for."
Rank Group chief executive, Ian Burke, said the tax cut "created a basis for renewed investment and innovation".
As well as the potential for new clubs, his company said the tax cut would help preserve the future of a number of its existing 97 Mecca Bingo sites. Rank shares rose by almost 7%.
The cut brings the tax on bingo below the 12% imposed on National Lottery tickets, and the 15% for bookmakers, along with the new rate for fixed-odds betting terminals.
Taxes on the latter were only introduced last year, at a rate of 20%, something the industry says has already cost bookmakers £50m.
"Increasing the rate to 25% so soon after it was first introduced makes a bad policy much worse," the ABB said in a statement.
"This could the cost the industry an extra £75m.
"Thirty percent of our shops, and many are small family run businesses, make less than £300 in profit a week. This knee jerk and ill-considered tax raid means their futures are now on the line."
The ABB also claims the tax increase will have no effect on the levels of problem gambling in the UK, which it says are already low at 0.5%.
The peer received the medal during a ceremony at the French embassy in London for devoting "his entire career" to serving the UK and EU.
"Lord Mandelson has been a long-time friend of France," a spokesman said.
Tory Andrew Bridgen accused the peer of having "a bad dose of Europhilia".
Lord Mandelson, credited as one of the co-creators of New Labour, held a number of Cabinet positions under Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was a Britain Stronger in Europe director during last year's EU referendum campaign.
He was also European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008.
During the referendum he attacked the case to leave the EU as a "fantasy" and accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of sabotaging the campaign to keep the UK in the 28 nation bloc.
French ambassador Sylvie Bermann presented the former Hartlepool MP with the medal, on behalf of the French president, during a ceremony at the ambassador's official residence in London on Wednesday.
"Lord Peter Mandelson was made Officier de l'Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur for his entire career devoted to serving the United Kingdom and the European Union, be it through his active involvement in world affairs or through his work updating policies for tomorrow," he said.
"Lord Peter Mandelson has been a long-time friend of France."
The Legion d'honneur, created by Napoleon Bonaparte, is conferred for gallantry in action or 20 years of distinguished military or civilian service in peacetime.
Numerous British politicians have also been decorated recently, including the last British governor of Hong Kong, former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Patten, former Conservative attorney general Dominic Grieve and Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen said of Lord Mandelson's award: "The French seem to have a habit of giving out medals for battles they have lost."
He added that Brexit was "the best remedy" for Lord Mandelson's "bad dose of Europhilia".
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral will host a Mass at 11:00 BST by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
It will be followed at 15:00 with a special service attended by leaders of all of Merseyside's Christian churches.
The church was consecrated on 14 May 1967, but its opening is celebrated annually during Pentecost, which moves each year in line with when Easter is.
The cathedral was designed by architect Frederick Gibberd, who was also responsible for Didcot Power Station and London Central Mosque, and attracts more than 350,000 visitors a year.
Liverpool Archbishop Malcolm McMahon said the building "strikes the eye as it reaches towards the sky".
"Sir Frederick's very modern design speaks of the hopes of the Catholic people of Liverpool soaring upwards to heaven," he added.
Cardinal Nichols, who was born in nearby Crosby, began his ministry in the area and was ordained as a priest to the Archdiocese of Liverpool in 1969.
One of them, Monmouth MP David Davies, will be on the front line in London on Wednesday in his role as a special constable.
Mr Davies arrived back from holiday earlier in the afternoon before joining the patrols.
He called for the police to be encouraged to take tougher action.
"We should give people a few minutes to clear the area and then go in with batons and dogs," he said.
"There's no point if you're policing a riot in a nicely, nicely fashion.
"Nobody has complained about police brutality and that's because the police are letting the rioters carry on."
Prime Minister David Cameron said every action would be taken to restore order, with contingency plans for water cannon to be available at 24 hours' notice.
After a meeting of the government's Cobra emergency committee, Mr Cameron said that police had the legal backing to use any tactics necessary to bring the situation under control, including using baton rounds.
MPs will discuss the riots in Parliament on Thursday, which Mr Davies and so far, 26 other Welsh MPs will be in attendance for.
That figure includes all eight Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru's three.
Some MPs have either delayed holiday plans or are returning to the UK early from abroad to take part in the debate.
Some others are still assessing whether they can make travel arrangements to return from holidays overseas.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the Welsh Government would monitor the situation in England, but said he hoped "people have more respect for each other" in Wales.
On Wednesday, police said there were no outbreaks of serious disorder in Wales as violence and looting returned to some of England's cities for a fourth night.
London stayed largely quiet overnight but there was unrest in cities including Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham with shops being looted and set alight.
Three men died when they were hit by a car in Birmingham - locals claimed they were protecting their neighbourhood.
As MPs prepared to travel to Westminster, Alun Michael, former Home Office minister and a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said the government should "go back to the drawing board and rethink their policies generally".
Asked about the recent riots and the proposed cuts to police services, the Cardiff South and Penarth MP said: "We've always said on the Labour side that these cuts were coming too fast, they were deeper than were necessary".
He added: "They're front-loaded, which gives enormous problems to the police in having to maintain the services and the response that the public expect, they aren't really helping to restore and redevelop the economy and I think the government should think again, not just because of the events of the last few days but because they're getting it wrong from the beginning."
The A358 upgrade between Taunton and Southfields was part of the Conservative's £15bn roads project.
Taunton Deane Borough Council said it was unable to give a full response to the plans as they lacked detail and only one option had been submitted.
Highways England said the consultation offered "the chance to see our initial proposal at an early stage".
A Highways England spokesman added: "Publication of more detailed plans and consultation is due to follow in 2018, where everyone will have another chance to comment and provide feedback."
Parish councillors in the A358 area have also told the BBC they are unhappy with the initial proposals.
They have cited concerns about noise, pollution, how the new junction would work with the M5 and the location of the new section of road linking the A358 to the M5.
Stoke St Mary Parish Council has also lodged a formal complaint with Highways England.
Councillors at Taunton Deane are due to meet to discuss the proposals and what steps can be taken later.
The authority previously rejected a bid by the Trail Riders Fellowship (TRF) to add rights for bikes and 4x4s to its records of five countryside tracks.
The court ruled the authority was wrong to reject the applications.
The council would not reveal the extent of its legal costs but said it would pay TRF's bill of £10,000.
It will now discuss and consult on the TRF applications.
They date back more than 10 years, before a change in the law extinguished unrecorded rights of way for "mechanically propelled vehicles".
In 2004, Friends of Dorset's Rights of Way applied to have five routes recorded as "byways open to all traffic"
They were: Bailey Drove in Batcombe, bridleways at Cheselbourne and Dewlish, a route in Tarrant Gunville and two separate tracks in Beaminster.
TRF, which campaigns to preserve green lanes or byways, where all vehicles are permitted, took up the application but Dorset County Council refused it in 2010 because the council said the maps TRF used were not of the required scale.
Council leader Robert Gould said: "This ruling gives us a reasoned, balanced outcome that we can apply consistently in the future.
"Modifications to the definitive map often raise opposing viewpoints. Our job is to consider the evidence presented and apply the law before deciding whether the map and statement should be changed."
The case has already been through the High Court and Court of Appeal.
When asked what the council had spent on the appeal, a spokeswoman said: "It is in the public interest that the council continues to ensure it is receiving the best possible value for money when determining its contracts with external providers... Release of this information may jeopardise that situation."
Surgeons at Kansas State University said it was the first time that they had implanted such a device, used to control heart rhythms, on a ferret.
Zelda, four, was admitted to the Veterinary Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas, shortly after Christmas.
She had a third degree heart block, which could have shortened her life.
Her condition meant that Zelda suffered from a low heartbeat and a lack of energy.
The university said that Zelda had undergone a number of tests to determine whether or not she was a good candidate for a pacemaker before carrying out the operation.
The device had to be specially ordered because of Zelda's size and small veins.
Zelda was released two days after surgery and is expected to enjoy a normal ferret life, which should last for about ten years, the university's veterinary college said.
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Mr Durst is waiting to be transferred from Louisiana to Los Angeles to face trial for the 2000 murder of his friend Susan Berman.
The former real estate tycoon was arrested on 14 March - a day before a documentary aired that appeared to show him confess to three killings.
His lawyers say he is innocent and his arrest was illegal.
Mr Durst has spent the much of the past week in a prison's mental health unit.
The 71-year-old millionaire appeared in court wearing padded handcuffs and seated next to his lawyers. Last week, officials deemed him at risk of committing suicide.
Mr Durst is being held in Louisiana on gun and drug charges.
He was arrested at a New Orleans hotel where he had registered under the name Everette Ward.
Mr Durst agreed to be transferred to California to stand trial for Ms Berman's death, but the gun and drug charges have delayed his extradition.
One of the weapons charges alleges that he had a .38-calibre revolver, which he is not allowed to possess after previous felony convictions.
The other charge accuses him of having illegal drugs while in possession of a weapon.
Prosecutors have not said whether they will take those charges to a grand jury.
Police said they found his passport, almost $43,000 (£28,700) in cash, the gun, and a latex or rubber mask that could cover his neck and head when they searched his hotel room.
Mr Durst has long been suspected in the disappearance of his first wife, who went missing from their country home in New York state in 1982. He has never been charged.
He was acquitted of the death of his neighbour Morris Black, after claiming the killing was done in self-defence.
He was recently the subject of The Jinx, a multi-part documentary on the American cable network HBO.
The Jinx chronicled his links to his first wife's unresolved disappearance decades ago, the death of Berman and the killing and dismemberment of Black.
In a recording that was made during a break in the filming of the documentary, Mr Durst can be heard saying "I don't know what's in the house," just before saying he "killed them all".
According to new data, up to 57% of all Amazonian trees may already fit the criteria of being globally threatened.
If confirmed, the estimates would raise the number of threatened plant species on Earth by almost a quarter.
Forest cover in the Amazon has been shrinking for decades, but little is known about the impact on individual plant species.
The trees at risk include iconic species like the Brazil nut tree, food crops such as cacao, the source of chocolate, as well as rare trees that are almost unknown to science.
The research, published in the journal, Science Advances, compared data from almost 1,500 forest plots with maps of current and predicted forest loss to estimate how many tree species have been lost and how many are likely to disappear by the middle of the century.
It found that the Amazon - the world's most diverse forest - could be home to more than 15,000 tree species.
Of these, between 36% and 57% are likely to qualify as being globally threatened under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species criteria.
Prof Carlos Peres from the University of East Anglia's School of Environmental Sciences in Norwich is one of 158 researchers from 21 countries who worked on the study.
He said there was a big gap in knowledge about all the plants and animals in the Amazon, from trees and ferns to bats and birds.
"Our research estimates that more than half of all species may face extinction," he said.
"Fortunately protected areas and indigenous territories now cover over half of the Amazon basin, and likely contain sizeable populations of most threatened species. "
He said parks and reserves - which face "a barrage of threats - from dam construction and mining to wildfires and droughts" - will prevent extinction of threatened species only if they are properly managed.
"In a sense this is a call for more effort into the 'last chance saloon' to discover this diversity before it goes inevitably extinct," said Prof Peres.
William Laurance from James Cook University in Australia, who also contributed to the study, added: "Either we stand up and protect these critical parks and indigenous reserves, or deforestation will erode them until we see large-scale extinctions."
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is regarded as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species.
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Health boards received 3,000 complaints in 2012, slightly less in 2013, then 3,471 in 2014, and 955 so far in 2015.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams said the "staggering" figures showed staff were "in desperate need of help".
The Welsh government said NHS staff numbers had risen by a third since devolution in 1999.
The Welsh Lib Dems asked health boards how many complaints they received from workers about a lack of qualified staff.
"These figures paint a picture of a Labour-run NHS that is under enormous strain and in desperate need of help," Ms Williams said.
"The Welsh Lib Dems' More Nurses Bill would see Wales become the first country in the UK with a legal duty on safe nurse staffing levels.
"It will save lives by ensuring a safe level of nurse staffing in our hospitals."
Eluned Parrott, Lib Dem AM for South Wales Central, denied the party was raising the issue now in an attempt to seek political leverage for its More Nurses Bill, which has reached the amendments stage in the assembly.
"Absolutely not," she told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme. "What we're raising here is a serious issue about the concerns that staff have within the NHS."
She said the bill was one way of looking to tackle the problem, but other staffing levels also needed looking at.
A Welsh government spokesman said: "Our commitment to the NHS is clear - more than 43% of the total Welsh budget is invested in our health service every year.
"There are more doctors, more nurses, more midwives, more paramedics and more dental staff working in the Welsh NHS today than there were 10 years ago."
National Australia Bank (NAB) saw shares climb to a 6-week high, up by 3.11%.
The country's biggest lender said its cash profit for the six months to March rose 6.5% to A$3.31bn ($2.47bn; £1.69bn).
As for the benchmark index, the S&P ASX 200 was flat during the morning session, at 5,276.70 points.
Shares of NAB's rivals - Westpac and ANZ Bank have also traded higher, up by more than 3%.
Many of the banks in Australia have decided to pass on the latest rate cut by the central bank, in full.
On Tuesday the Reserve Bank of Australia trimmed its key lending rate to a record low of 1.75%, citing lower-than-expected inflationary pressures.
Meanwhile other Asian markets have traded lower on Thursday, tracking losses from the US and Europe.
Over in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index has opened lower by 0.79% - or 161.97 points - to 20,363.86.
On the mainland the Shanghai composite index was also flat at the open, at 2,987.02.
US markets closed lower for a second day after a private sector report showed weakness in the labour market in the month of April.
Markets in South Korea have shut for a long weekend from Thursday, and trading there will resume on Monday 9 May.
And markets in Japan are shut for three days of national holidays and will re-open on Friday.
It is a round that has rarely failed to deliver drama and excitement over the years.
Last season Queen of the South ended holders St Johnstone's dream of making it two-in-a-row, Raith Rovers shocked Rangers at Ibrox and Spartans took Berwick Rangers to a replay.
Ahead of Sunday's live game between East Kilbride and Celtic, BBC Scotland takes a look back at six classic last-16 clashes in Scotland's premier cup competition.
Although the second half of the 1960s was to become a happy one for Celtic, in 1962 the team were struggling to get their hands on silverware. After winning the league in 1953/54 they would have to wait 12 years before they would claim it again.
Their luck in the Scottish Cup was not any better. Winners in 1954, they would lose the final four times before finally seeing it in green and white ribbons again in 1965.
Hearts had enjoyed a more profitable few years. League winners in 1958 and 1960, they had also lifted the cup for the fifth time with a 3-1 win over Celtic in 1956. A few months after this game they would win the League Cup, though what they did not know at the time was that would be their lot until 1998.
The Jambos had added incentive having lost that season's League Cup final in a replay to Rangers, and over 35,000 fans packed Tynecastle for the clash with Celtic, with just one point separating them in the league table at the time.
After Bobby Blackwood cancelled out a John Divers opener for Celtic, Johnny Hamilton gave Hearts the lead to set up an enthralling last 20 minutes.
Stevie Chalmers and Divers had Celtic leading again, Danny Paton levelled, but Pat Crerand's late penalty settled it.
Hearts: Marshall, Kirk, Holt, Ferguson, Cumming, Higgins, Rodgers, Wallace, Paton, Blackwood, Hamilton.
Celtic: Haffey, McKay, Kennedy, Crerand, McNeill, Price, Chalmers, Jackson, Hughes, Divers, Carroll.
After playing second fiddle to Aberdeen and Dundee United for much of the 1980s, the Old Firm were back to going head to head at the top of the table, at least for a few years. From Celtic winning the double in 1988, it took a Joe Miller goal in the 1989 Cup final to deny Rangers the treble.
However, in 1989/90 the fortunes differed vastly for both sides. Graeme Souness' Rangers were embarking upon their record equalling nine-in-a-row run of league titles, though another tilt at the treble had been put to bed by a League Cup final defeat to Aberdeen.
Celtic on the other end were to finish a distant fifth, and needed to win the Scottish Cup if they were to avoid the ignominy of failing to qualify for Europe.
Tommy Coyne, at the time a much maligned £500,000 signing from Dundee, was the hero when he pounced on the rebound after goalkeeper Chris Woods parried Joe Miller's shot just before half-time.
Rangers threw everything at Celtic in the second half but could not find a way through. It was a rare high point in a poor season for the Parkhead faithful, and their hopes of making Europe failed when they lost the final on penalties to Aberdeen.
Celtic: Bonner, Morris, Wdowczwk, Galloway, Elliot, Whyte, Grant, McStay, Dziekanowski, Coyne (Walker), Miller.
Rangers: Woods, Stevens, Munro, Ferguson, Spackman, Butcher, Steven, Walters (Vinnicombe) (Dodds), McCoist, Johnston, Brown.
The two sides meet on Sunday in a much anticipated showdown at Tynecastle. For those clad in maroon, though, the 90 minutes will have to go some way to beat the 1994 derby win at Easter Road.
It was the day Hearts celebrated getting the key to the door. It had been 20 derbies - and five years - since the Hibees had managed to beat their capital rivals.
Hearts were 32 years without a trophy. Hibs were smarting from Ally McCoist's overhead kick that settled the season's League Cup final.
John Robertson, so often the hammer of Hibs, opened the scoring in the second minute. But Hibs fought back and Keith Wright had them level.
With four minutes to go and a replay looking likely, Wayne Foster raced onto a long ball, squeezed between two Hibs defenders, and smacked the ball through the goalkeeper's legs.
Hearts went on to make it 22 in a row without defeat against their Edinburgh rivals before their famous run was finally stopped in August that year.
Hibernian: Leighton, Miller, Beaumont, Farrell, Tweed, Lennon, McAllister, Hamilton, Wright (Evans), Jackson, O'Neill.
Hearts: Smith, McLaren, McKinlay, Levein, Berry, Millar, Colquhoun, Mackay, Robertson (Foster), Johnston, Leitch (Weir).
This was the low point of a depressing period for Aberdeen fans. Bottom of the league and fighting to avoid relegation for the first time, club legend Willie Miller had been sacked weeks earlier.
Roy Aitken's first game in charge was a 2-0 win over Rangers. However, six days later and they were brought back down to earth with an incredible bump at Ochilview Park.
Despite the Dons boasting a line-up including internationals Theo Snelders, Eoin Jess, Duncan Shearer and Billy Dodds, it was dairy farmer Tommy Steel who grabbed the only two goals of the game in one of the great Scottish Cup shocks.
Both sides lifted trophies the following season. Aberdeen winning the League Cup against Dundee, and Stenhousemuir humbling Dundee United in the Challenge Cup final.
Stenhousemuir: Harkness, Clarke, Donaldson, Armstrong, McGeachie, Christie, Steel, Fisher, Mathieson, Hutchison, Sprott.
Aberdeen: Snelders, Wright, Glass, Kane, Inglis, Smith, Jess, Shearer, Miller, Dodds, McKinnon.
It was not often that Andy Goram conceded eight goals in a four days, however it was a taxing week for a Steelmen in an otherwise impressive season, where they were strutting their stuff at the top end of the table and only missed out on European qualification by two points.
The other team in Ayrshire, Kilmarnock, had made the journey to Fir Park in midweek and scored four times.
If any extra incentive was needed for the Honest Men when they had their turn, that was it.
The sides shared six goals in a frantic first half; Gary Teale with a double and Neil Tarrent scoring for Ayr, with Lee McCulloch, Don Goodman and Ged Brannan finding the net for the Steelmen.
The question was, could First Division Ayr keep it going for another 45 minutes? They answered that by pegging Motherwell into their own half and taking the lead again before the hour mark through Tarrent, but then had Michael Reynolds sent off just four minutes later.
However, Motherwell could not find an equaliser and Ayr went on to make it as far as the semi-finals.
It was the tie that brought us the "Broony" and a confrontation that still has us asking what Ally McCoist said to Neil Lennon on the touchline.
In the first game at Ibrox both sides finished with 10 men in an enthralling contest. Jamie Ness had the hosts in front within three minutes, but Kris Commons equalised before Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster was sent off as he conceded a penalty, which was scored by Steven Whittaker.
Scott Brown levelled with a curling shot, then turned and taunted nemesis El-Hadji Diouf.
Steven Naismith got a second caution for simulation and the game went to a replay at Celtic Park, which was to be even more controversial.
Rangers had three players sent off as tempers boiled over; Whittaker and Madjid Bougherra, followed by Diouf after the final whistle for a second yellow card - his first coming after squaring up to Celtic manager Lennon.
Mark Wilson's goal settled the game in Celtic's favour, but even at the final whistle the action did not stop, with McCoist and Lennon pulled apart while shaking hands.
No one on the ground was hurt although the plane nearly stuck a vehicle.
"It's a miracle, literally a miracle, that no other cars were hit," DeKalb Fire Capt Eric Jackson said.
The Piper PA-32 crashed minutes after taking off from DeKalb Peachtree Airport on Friday.
Rescue workers shut down Interstate 285 in both directions so investigators could determine what happened. The closure created traffic problems through the city.
Authorities did not immediately release the names of the victims.
"It looked like it was struggling. You could see him trying to get the nose of the plane up. It was edging up, and then it just dropped," witness Don McGhee told the Associated Press. "It was just a huge fire, just smoke and fire."
Bernadette Smyth, of Suffolk Street, Ballymena, denies harassing Marie Stopes clinic director Dawn Purvis twice in January and February.
The Marie Stopes clinic opened in Belfast in October 2012, amid protests from anti-abortion groups.
It provides medical termination of pregnancy up to nine weeks gestation, subject to legal criteria being met.
A woman can only have an abortion in Northern Ireland if it can be proven her life is at risk or if there is a risk of permanent and serious damage to her mental or physical health.
In a previous court hearing, Ms Purvis said that on one occasion she asked protesters to stop heckling and harassing her, but Ms Smyth replied: "You ain't seen harassment yet, darling."
A defence lawyer told Belfast Magistrates Court on Tuesday that this was "a cheeky, silly" remark made in a theatrical way with an "American/Ballymena drawl".
When he put it to his client, in the witness box, that the comment had left Ms Purvis "terrified and in fear for her life", Ms Smyth replied: "There's no way Dawn Purvis could be frightened - Dawn knows that.
"It was said as a joke."
The defence lawyer told the court it was difficult to believe Ms Purvis regarded this as harassment, given that she was a former leader of the Progressive Unionist Party which had "links to the UVF".
"Dawn Purvis is not a shy, retiring violet," he said.
Judgement in the case is expected on Friday.
The Irish airline said it plans to cut its weekly service to London from seven down to six. The change will come into effect from 30 October.
City of Derry Airport said it understands the move has been made because of the budget airline's financial results and growth plans.
Ryanair said it wants to "pivot growth" away from the UK towards Europe.
A spokesperson for City of Derry Airport said management is involved in ongoing discussions with Ryanair regarding the winter schedule.
They added that in addition to the remaining six weekly services to London Stansted, the airport provides five weekly services to Glasgow International and five weekly services to Liverpool.
The Airport said it had also enjoyed a very successful summer season.
Ian Brunner, of Byron Crescent, Bedford, admitted at Luton Crown Court killing John-Mark Duffy on 22 January.
A post-mortem examination revealed the 39-year-old, who died in an ambulance in Byron Crescent, had suffered a stab wound to the chest.
Brunner is due to return to the crown court on 22 June for sentencing.
17 November 2016 Last updated at 09:19 GMT
He asked for governments around the world to act quickly to help save vulnerable animals from being poached.
The illegal hunting of animals is driving many species to the edge of extinction.
Prince William said that endangered animals are still being killed in "horrifying numbers" and work to tackle the crisis must speed up
"We know that we aren't moving fast enough to keep up with the crisis. Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, lions, they are still being killed" he told the conference.
But he also said there was "much to be proud of" when it came to efforts to stop illegal poaching and believes there is hope these animals can be saved.
He called on governments to send a clear signal that trading in ivory is wrong. He said out that China has already said it will bring in a total ban, the USA already has done so and that other nations including the United Kingdom are considering it.
The UK government said they are doing "more than ever before" to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
While the international trade in ivory has been banned since 1989, it is still possible to sell antique ivory in the UK as long as it was carved before 1947.
Prince William is on a two-day visit to Vietnam to highlight the damage the illegal trade in wildlife has on some of the world's most iconic animals.
Chances were at a premium until Wright guided a looping header back across goal and over debutant keeper Marek Rodak from Danny O'Shaughnessy's chipped ball 10 minutes into the second half.
From there, it all fell apart for Stanley. Unmarked defender Mark Hughes hit the Cheltenham crossbar from six yards with the goal gaping before midfielder Scott Brown was harshly sent off for halting the run of Billy Waters on the halfway line.
Substitute Shay McCartan skied a close-range effort for the 10 men and within seven minutes, a blunder at the back made the game safe for the Robins.
James Rowe's raking pass found Waters on the right and his cross was passed back into the arms of Rodak by Accrington defender Omar Beckles to concede a close-range free-kick. Despite Stanley packing the goalmouth, Carl Winchester touched the ball to Diego De Girolamo to drill home from six yards.
Waters then nudged Rowe's floated ball past the advancing Rodak to seal the points with 12 minutes to play.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Cheltenham Town 3, Accrington Stanley 0.
Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 3, Accrington Stanley 0.
Attempt saved. Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Terry Gornell (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card.
Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alex Pike (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley).
Attempt missed. Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town).
Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town).
Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Dayton (Cheltenham Town).
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. James Dayton replaces Diego De Girolamo.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jack Munns replaces James Rowe.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Kyle Storer replaces Carl Winchester.
Goal! Cheltenham Town 3, Accrington Stanley 0. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Rowe with a cross.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Terry Gornell replaces Jordan Clark.
Goal! Cheltenham Town 2, Accrington Stanley 0. Diego De Girolamo (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carl Winchester following a set piece situation.
Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Diego De Girolamo (Cheltenham Town).
Attempt missed. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley) is shown the red card.
Foul by Scott Brown (Accrington Stanley).
Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Shay McCartan replaces Jonathan Edwards.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by William Boyle.
Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by William Boyle.
Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box following a set piece situation.
Jonathan Edwards (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carl Winchester (Cheltenham Town).
Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Accrington Stanley 0. Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Daniel O'Shaughnessy.
Attempt missed. Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Boyle (Cheltenham Town).
Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Geologist Dr Alan Cobb said it was "possible" and "probable" that the water collected after manager Malcolm Fyfield inspected it.
He told Swansea Crown Court water could have rushed in from an older Victorian mine underneath Gleision drift mine.
Mr Fyfield and owners MNS Mining Ltd deny manslaughter charges.
David Powell, 50, Charles Breslin, 62, Philip Hill, 44, and Garry Jenkins, 39, drowned when water gushed into the area they were working in after they blasted into a flooded old section of the mine.
The miners had been using explosives to create a tunnel into the old workings to improve air circulation.
Dr Cobb, a chartered engineer and expert on the behaviour of underground water giving evidence on behalf of MNS Mining Ltd, said water could have flowed in from a mine underneath Gleision if the workers had made a connection with the workings.
He told the court it was impossible to say where the water had come from, but said it could have been stored in the sandstone the mine was carved from.
Mr Fyfield had told the jury he noticed only a "ponding" of water when he inspected the area the day before the incident.
Dr Cobb agreed it was possible, if not probable, that the water had not been there at the time of the inspection.
The trial continues.
TS Queen Mary, one of the oldest Clyde-built steamers, arrived at the city's science centre after being towed from Greenock.
Built in Dumbarton in the 1930s, the 250ft ship is being restored by a charity but needed a safe berth over the winter.
Its current home in Greenock is required for commercial marine work.
The ship, which spent 40 years taking up to 2,000 people at a time for excursions 'Doon the watter", was bought by charity Friends of TS Queen Mary, who have launched an appeal to restore it to its former glory.
Charity trustee Iain Sim said: "Glasgow Science Centre has been fantastic, giving us a safe place to berth her over the winter months."
Mr Sim added that he is sure the people of Glasgow will be "chuffed" to have her back.
History of a steam ship
Built in 1933 at Dumbarton, The TS Queen Mary was one of the last steamships to be launched from the famous Clyde dockyards.
It sailed passengers 'doon the watter' from Glasgow to destinations such as Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport and Arran.
At the outbreak of World War Two, the steamer - known as TS Queen Mary II at the time - became a lifeline for Scotland's island communities.
While other vessels were commandeered to sweep for mines or to protect Scotland's skies from German bombers, it helped maintain a vital passenger and freight service between the mainland and the islands.
As cars became more affordable and British holiday habits changed, the ship was eventually retired in 1977 and spent several years as a floating restaurant on the Thames.
Friends of TS Queen Mary tendered a successful bid for the ship in 2015, after they found it languishing in a dockyard on the Thames Estuary,
Glasgow Science Centre said it was "delighted" to be assisting the Friends of the TS Queen Mary in their efforts to restore the ship.
A £2m fundraising campaign was launched in June 2016 to restore and re-open it as an arts and culture venue.
The charity has already secured more than £300,000 of donation to enable the ship to undergo essential repairs.
The release late on Friday revealed millions of dollars in assets held by top White House aides and officials.
Neither President Donald Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence nor cabinet appointees were part of the release.
White House officials said these were "not the current holdings that everyone has today" but what employees held before joining government. Staff are required to divest themselves of potential conflicts of interest when they enter office.
Here are five key points found in the documents.
This should not come as too big a shock.
The documents show President Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have assets valued between $240m and $740m (£191m- £590m).
That includes a stake in Trump International Hotel, which earned Ms Trump between $1m and $5m last year.
The financial disclosure was made when Mr Kushner was appointed as a senior adviser to Mr Trump - it also details his wife's finances. She has since been appointed to the White House staff, so will have to fill in her own disclosure forms.
Mr Kushner's previous interests, which he has now divested, make for a long read. The documents show that Mr Kushner had stakes in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and 21st Century Fox businesses - the pro-Trump channel Fox News is owned by the latter.
One person named in the disclosure no longer works at the White House - Boris Epshteyn, who worked in the press office and regularly appeared on TV during Mr Trump's campaign to defend him.
Born in Russia and a naturalised US citizen, Mr Epshteyn left his role last week for reasons not yet divulged.
The documents show he owned stakes in two restaurants - Quality Italian in New York City ("a modern take on the Italian-American steakhouse tradition") and Quality Meats restaurant in Miami, one of the specialities of which is broccoli and Cheetos crisps.
Omarosa Manigault rose to fame as a contestant on Mr Trump's reality TV show The Apprentice, and is now a senior White House communications official.
The documents show she received "a wedding dress, custom veil and accessories with an estimated value of $25,000" as part of her appearance on another reality TV show, Say Yes to the Dress.
The documents also show she is a beneficiary from a trust, worth between $1m-$5m, established by her late fiance, the Green Mile actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who died in 2012.
Steve Bannon was once the head of the right-wing website Breitbart News, but is now one of Mr Trump's most important strategists.
He made his money in media financing (helping get the comedy show Seinfeld, among others, off the ground).
The White House papers show his property and other holdings could top $50m - the documents list asset values within a range, rather than giving precise figures.
Those are not the deepest pockets in the White House though - Gary Cohn, a former president of the Goldman Sachs bank who is now head of the White House National Economic Council, detailed assets worth at least $230m.
Mr Bannon is not the only Breitbart alumni to occupy the corridors of power - among them is Julia Hahn, who is now a White House policy strategist.
The documents show she earned $117,217 last year for her work as a senior investigative reporter for Breitbart (as well as another $74,082 for producing a show on the right-wing Ingraham Radio network).
The US Department of Labor says the average salary for reporters and correspondents last year was $49,770 - less than a third of what Julia Hahn made.
Daryl Hargrave, who had a history of mental health problems, was found hanged in his cell in July 2015.
He had been on remand for six days, an inquest in the city heard.
The jury found there was a failure to provide treatment for psychosis, and a decision not to put him under constant supervision also contributed to his death.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, which manages healthcare at HMP Winchester, apologised for its failings and "the distress this process has caused the family".
It added improvements had already been made, including all mental health referrals now going to one point of contact and defibrillator training for all clinical staff.
Assistant coroner Karen Harrold said she had concerns about the risk of future deaths at the prison and felt further steps were needed.
Mr Hargrave's death was one of three self-inflicted deaths at HMP Winchester in two months during 2015.
Following an unannounced visit in 2014, inspectors described the prison as "insufficiently safe" with ineffective anti-bullying measures.
After the inquest, Mr Hargrave's mother Nicky said: "All we can ask is that lessons are learned and for the prison to get more resources and more training."
Solicitors representing the family said Mr Hargrave, from Gosport, had shown "clear symptoms" of psychosis days before his death and had told staff he had "demons in his blood, telling him to harm himself".
The jury heard he was arrested for allegedly being involved in a fight, and had been in prison for six days when he died.
His mother said he had struggled with addictions and had a history of mental health problems and self-harming.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not yet commented.
"Many Australians don't have any associations with bush food at all, have never tried it [and] feel it belongs around a campfire," explains Ms Mayall, deputy chair of the sector's top body, the Australian Native Food Industry Limited (ANFIL).
Early white settlers considered native cuisine a "poor man's food", she adds, and thought it had "no nutritional value whatsoever".
The stigma stuck. Gimmicky "Bush Tucker" restaurants, which sprang up in the 1980s serving often tasteless cuisine and sporting gaudy interiors, only served to reinforce popular opinion.
Today, that is changing as uncultivated, sustainable, and foraged food becomes fashionable.
In cities across the world chefs are just as likely to serve wild handpicked mushrooms as farmed potatoes, and Australia is following suit.
Acclaimed Danish chef Rene Redzepi, who has done so much to highlight the value of foraging and wild food with his award winning Copenhagen Noma restaurant, is relocating his entire restaurant staff to Sydney next year with a menu inspired by native flora and fauna along the shoreline.
Restaurants such as Attica in Melbourne, Billy Kwong and Quay in Sydney, and Bistro Dom in Adelaide, are incorporating native foods such as old man saltbush, warrigal greens and wattleseed into their menus.
Italian-born artist and forager, Diego Bonetto, who offers guided wild harvesting trips in Sydney, links the growing interest in eating foraged foods to "environmental guilt".
"We as a society are becoming - rightfully - concerned with the impact we are having on other species and resources," he says.
"Attention to provenance and seasonality is an answer to that, trying to reduce the environmental costs of a distribution chain that transport items back and forth all over the world."
Meanwhile, scientific research is starting to show the health benefits of indigenous foods that grow wild in native soil, free from fertilisers and genetic modification.
Many are rich in antioxidants, enzyme regulators and anti-inflammatories; others, such as the Kakadu plum, are being pegged as super-foods.
Foraging was not always the domain of chefs and tourist tours, however. Growing up in Scotland, Jock Zonfrillo remembers it was commonplace for ordinary families.
"It was pretty normal having that connection to the land," says the UK chef, who relocated to Australia in 2000, and has his own TV show, Nomad Chef.
"That all disappeared when food got fancy and everyone got obsessed with Michelin stars."
Used by indigenous Australians for tens of thousands of years, the recent rediscovery of bush foods is due to "new fads" in the industry, says Mr Zonfrillo.
At Adelaide restaurant Orana, (which means "welcome" in many Aboriginal languages), Mr Zonfrillo uses no less than 68 wild and foraged ingredients in his tasting menu.
He hired a forager in Byron Bay, Peter Hardwick, and trained his chefs to search for ingredients more local to the restaurant in the Adelaide Hills or along the South Australian coast.
Crucially, Mr Zonfrillo, spends time with rural Aboriginal communities in the bush to learn about their cuisine.
He is now in the process of setting up the Orana Foundation, which will categorise local native ingredients and protect and preserve Aboriginal food knowledge by connecting with Indigenous Australian elders.
"We would never ever go down that path without having authorisation [from Aboriginal people] to be on that land and secondly to find out from an Aboriginal community what that use of an ingredient is, its nutrition, or how it's ingrained in their culture," he says.
Foraging is not without issues, including the risk of depletion of native plants as it becomes more popular.
Mr Bonetto warns: "Never over harvest, leave no trace, be nice to soils and colonies."
Foragers also have to be careful not to pick from areas sprayed with herbicides or near industrial sites where they may have been contaminated by heavy metals.
In 2012, a chef and his kitchen hand in Canberra died after accidently picking and cooking death cap mushrooms on New Year's Eve.
"If you are unable to identify it, don't pick it - rule number one," insists Mr Zonfrillo, who has ingredients tested by scientists at local universities before adding them to the menu.
Ms Mayall wants Australians to move away from hackneyed ideas of native cuisines and recognise it is easy to incorporate them into everyday life.
"I just think, quite simply, eat what the land provides and you couldn't get closer," she says.
"It's not hard to put some wattleseed into muffins, make a jam with Davidson Plums or use Tasmanian Mountain Pepper on our eggs and bacon. It really is that simple."
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore is a Sydney-based arts writer.
Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams was appointed to the Labour cabinet by the first minister.
She defended her policy of cutting infant class sizes after questions were raised.
Cutting class sizes is one of nine commitments within an agreement between Ms Williams and Carwyn Jones.
Ms Williams said: "The main challenge that we have is building confidence in our education system.
"Truly ensuring that everything that we do puts the child front and centre, that we listen to the concerns of parents and the teaching profession."
She said that cutting infant class sizes to no more than 25 pupils would help improve standards.
An education expert and a Labour AM have claimed there are more effective ways of spending scarce resources.
But Ms Williams said smaller classes are "a major priority for parents and it's an important aspect of a teacher's workload".
She added: "Is it on its own the one thing that we need to do to raise standards?
"No, of course not. But this isn't an either or situation, this is about applying all the levers the Welsh Government has to raise standards."
The Liberal Democrat manifesto also pledged to protect school funding, though that is not part of the agreement with Mr Jones.
"I will be doing everything that I can to ensure that we have the resources that we need to protect school budgets," she said.
The Diamond review on higher education funding and student finance is due to publish its findings in the autumn.
As Welsh Liberal Democrat leader during the assembly election campaign, Ms Williams said she would scrap the grant currently available to Welsh students to help with their tuition fees because it was not "affordable or sustainable".
Instead, her party wanted to provide a new, less generous, grant to help with living costs and the money saved would be pumped back in to universities.
But as education secretary in an otherwise Labour cabinet, could not guarantee she will be able to implement that policy.
She said her priority is to "recognise that everybody that has the ability to go on to university or higher education should have the opportunity to do that".
"We know that for many students it is the day to day living costs that make it difficult to access a place in higher education," she said.
"The agreement that I have with the first minister is that we will look for an early implementation of the Diamond review.
"I'm hopeful that the Diamond review will show us a way forward that will ensure that if Welsh students have the ability and the desire to go to university they will not be put off from doing so because they cannot afford the day to day costs of doing so".
Ms Williams and Mr Jones have maintained that they are not in "coalition", though Ms Williams concedes her "progressive agreement" with the first minister has some "shared characteristics".
Former owner Dicky Evans has returned as a director as part of a £1.5m 're-capitalisation' of the club, which includes a tie-up with the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise.
"The club was in great danger of going under," Evans told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"I wouldn't have let it, no matter what happened, because my heart is in the club."
Evans, who saved the club from bankruptcy in 1990s, left in the summer of 2014, but agreed to remain a sponsor for the next two seasons.
This summer, after his sponsorship ran out, the club were forced to part company with director of rugby Ian Davies in a cost-cutting measure and operate with a smaller playing squad.
However, Evans, New Zealand-based Cornish businessman Colin Groves, shareholder Martin Hudson and former England player Martin Haag have all joined the Pirates board, with chairman Ian Connell among three directors stepping down.
"We had a situation where I had to come back to help fund the club going forward.
"We've got a good plan and a good club going forward and I've never felt more excited about the Pirates," Evans continued.
"I won't be putting as much money in as I did before, the money I put in before was just sponsorship, the money that goes in now is in terms of a shareholding.
"I'm putting in quite a lot of money this year, we've got to survive."
Under the plans, the Waikato-based Chiefs will provide commercial and coaching assistance to the Pirates.
"The Chiefs have a strategy to build four worldwide international partnerships, we've got two already, one in Japan and one in south east Asia, so it's a natural thing to develop one in the UK," said chairman Dallas Fisher.
"There's am lot of similarities between Waikato where we're based and Cornwall and we're very excited about the opportunity to put something together.
"We're working on finalising a high-performance partnership with the Chiefs which would see coach swaps and the exchange of rugby intellectual property.
"The aim is the have that in place so we can start exchanges in May next year."
Evans has also hinted that former Pirates coach Chris Stirling could return to the club.
Currently the high performance manager of the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise in Wellington, Stirling coached at the Mennaye between 2008 and 2012, taking charge of the side from February 2009 until his departure.
"He said if the time is right and there's a possibility, we could actually take it forward," Evans added.
"Chris is a superstar and the boys would love to have him back. There is a real possibility that Chris could come back."
English fourth seed Matthew, 36, lost 11-9 11-4 11-9 to the sixth seed who will now play world number one and compatriot Mohamed Elshorbagy.
"I feel great, over the moon, especially because I had a very slow start to the tournament," said Gawad.
Top seed Elshorbagy beat another Egyptian, Ali Farag, 11-8 11-5 11-8.
The other all-Egyptian quarter-final between Fares Dessouky and Ramy Ashour, and fellow countryman Tarek Momen's match against Frenchman Gregory Gaultier, will be played on Wednesday.
Matthew won the World Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Steve Sansweet, who runs Rancho Obi-Wan museum in California, said more than 100 pieces had gone missing.
In a post online, he said many of the collectibles had already been resold.
Star Wars actors Mark Hamill and Peter Mayhew have both rallied behind the collector on Twitter.
Mr Sansweet, whose museum houses at least 350,000 artefacts linked to his beloved films, is a former head of fan relations at Lucasfilm, the studio that produced the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
Mr Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the film franchise, wrote: "Maybe publish a list of stolen items to protect potential victims from purchasing 'hot' merchandise. #TheFraudIsStrongInThisOne #SithHappens."
Chewbacca actor Mr Mayhew said: "This is despicable. Keep an eye out. Get the word out."
Mr Sansweet said the stolen items included vintage action figures, "many of them rare and important pieces".
He said they were taken surreptitiously over many months in late 2015 and 2016.
He urged fans with information on the missing items to email [email protected].
Police have arrested another Star Wars collector, 45-year-old Carl Edward Cunningham, in connection with the crime. He has been charged with felony grand theft.
Mr Sansweet, who considered the fellow fan a longstanding friend, said he was "devastated".
Mother-of-three Valerie Armstrong, 35, died after being hit by the bike while walking in Colin Glen Forest Park in west Belfast last year.
Gary Lewis, 18, of Colinvale, Dunmurry, admitted causing her death by dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
The court heard he believed he should be jailed as community service would be disrespectful to the Armstrong family.
Mrs Armstrong, who was walking her dog, died the day after she was struck by Lewis in July 2016.
The court heard Lewis had asked for a ride on his friend's bike, but lost control when an eyewitness said he swerved to avoid Mrs Armstrong's dog.
One eyewitness said he could have been driving as fast as at 40 miles per hour, but that was disputed by the defence who said tests showed he was not doing anymore than 20 at the time.
The judge said it was impossible to determine the speed.
The prosecution said when Mrs Armstrong was struck, Lewis was heard to shout: "She's dead, that's me away."
However, his defence counsel said other witnesses in the park said they saw him holding his head in his hands, sobbing: "Oh my God, what have I done".
He was seen placing a towel under Mrs Armstrong's head and holding her hand until an ambulance arrived.
The defence said he had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity to prevent any further trauma for the Armstrong family and had written a letter to the family which was handed into court, an indication, the defence said, of his remorse.
They described it as a tragic case with "no winners in this whatsoever".
The court heard that Lewis, who has seven previous convictions for non-driving offences, wanted to change his behaviour when he's released.
Sentencing the 18-year-old, the district judge said: "Human life, the life of Valerie Armstrong, can't be restored nor its loss measured by a custodial sentence.
"No term of months or years can take away their anguish."
A 33-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man, both from Worcester, had been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting attempted murder.
The attack happened at an address on George Street, Worcester at 23:00 BST on Sunday.
Investigations are continuing, West Mercia Police said.
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Seventh-place Pompey drew 1-1 at Yeovil on Saturday and travel to Barnet on Tuesday as they look for a first away win in more than two months.
"The reality is we have missed chances to put pressure on the teams above us," Cook told BBC Radio Solent.
"It's the teams below us that are now putting pressure on us."
Portsmouth have lost just twice away from home in the league all season, but sit six points adrift of Oxford in the last automatic promotion place with a game in hand over the U's.
"Our inconsistency this season has so far been our consistency," Cook added. "Other teams in the division are doing stuff they haven't been doing before.
"AFC Wimbledon have won six out of the last seven, Cambridge United under Shaun Derry are putting a good run together.
"All season we have dropped points away from home and at home. But, how can we only lose twice away and not be in a better position?"
Portsmouth will be without Christian Burgess at Barnet, with the central defender suspended for one game after being sent off at Yeovil.
Opener Vusi Sibanda set the Test side on the way with 59 from 46 balls, while Elton Chigumbura hit three late sixes to help them post 158-8 from 20 overs.
Hong Kong's hopes rested with former Warwickshire batsman Jamie Atkinson.
But when he fell for 53 from 44 balls, Hong Kong's slim chances disappeared with him as they finished on 144-6.
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Despite having 44-year-old ex-Australia batsman Ryan Campbell making his debut, Hong Kong had struggled to keep up with the required run rate before Atkinson hit two sixes.
One team from Group B, which also includes Scotland and Afghanistan who meet later on Tuesday, will qualify for the Super 10 stage when the eight major teams enter the competition.
A tour will allow visitors to see the entrance to the dungeon where the Pendle witches were held in 1612.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the trials, which led to ten people being hanged for witchcraft.
The former prison's courtyard will also be opened up, allowing views of the witches' tower above the dungeons.
The tour, being held over the Easter weekend, has been jointly organised by site owner, the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lancashire County Council.
Colin Penny, manager of the castle's museum, said the tour would allow visitors to see the castle from a new perspective.
"As the inner courtyard was previously part of the prison, it is surrounded by high walls so wasn't accessible to the public.
"Opening up this area provides visitors with a fantastic opportunity to see the castle's historic structures and prison buildings up close."
He added: "Even the walls provide a fascinating insight into history with some displaying graffiti produced by some of the many prisoners over the years."
Only part of the Grade I-listed building is currently open to the public. It closed as a prison in March 2011.
The Duchy took possession of the site from the Ministry of Justice at the start of this year.
The exact age of the castle is not known, but the oldest existing structure dates back to about 1150.
The tour will last about 75 minutes and take place from April 7 to April 9.
South Wales Police said he was discovered by a dog-walker just after 08:00 GMT on Sunday at Llandaff Fields.
A spokesman confirmed four units attended, plus a team of five specialist officers.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Preliminary toxicology reports show Alton Banks had a mix of the painkiller and heroin in his system after he collapsed at a local pool.
Officials said they do not believe the boy was exposed to fentanyl at home but could have ingested it elsewhere.
Alton could become one of the youngest victims of the opioid crisis.
"At this point, we have every reason to believe that their preliminary findings are that it was a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that killed this little boy," said Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
"We don't believe he got it at his home," she added. "It could be as simple as touching it. It could have been a towel at the pool."
Police said Alton could have come into contact with the illegal drug on his walk home in Overtown, a poor, high-crime neighbourhood that the Miami Herald newspaper described as "ground zero" for the city's opioid epidemic.
Alton returned home after the pool on 23 June, when he began vomiting and was later found unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office is still conducting tests and is expected to issue a final report determining how the boy died.
Ms Fernandez Rundle said she commented on the preliminary findings due to the unusual nature of the boy's death and to solicit tips.
Alton's mother, Shantell Banks, told the newspaper her son was a "fun kid" who loved the NFL Carolina Panthers football team and wanted to be an engineer. She was informed of the preliminary findings last week.
Of the 853 people in Florida who died from fentanyl or a related strain in the first half of 2016, only nine were under the age of 18, according to state records.
More Florida residents died of opioid abuse in the Miami-Dade county last year than there were homicides, the Miami Herald reported.
Fentanyl is an extremely strong, synthetic painkiller that is prescribed for severe chronic pain and is often used to treat cancer patients.
But more recently the drug, which is considered to be 50 times stronger than heroin, has made headlines amid the country's devastating opioid epidemic.
Drug dealers often sell heroin cut with fentanyl on the streets while police have warned the painkiller is so powerful that even touching it could be toxic.
However, the American College of Medical Toxicology issued a statement last week saying: "Incidental dermal absorption is unlikely to cause opioid toxicity."
"To date, we have not seen reports of emergency responders developing signs or symptoms consistent with opioid toxicity from incidental contact with opioids," the board wrote.
But two months ago a policeman in Ohio said he accidentally overdosed on fentanyl after a drug arrest.
East Liverpool Police Department's Chris Green said he was exposed to fentanyl while searching the car of two suspected drug dealers.
Mr Green was wearing the required gloves and mask to conduct the search, but later brushed off white powder on his shirt with his bare hand.
Shortly after he passed out and was transported to the hospital.
Elaine Steele, 59, of Oxhenholme, Cumbria, was struck by the five tonne vehicle while walking by the A591 at Troutbeck Bridge in February 2015.
Angus Freemen, a farmer, admitted causing death by careless driving.
The judge at Carlisle Crown Court sentenced the 33-year-old to a 24-week prison term, suspended for 12 months.
He was also banned from driving for a year and told to pay £545 costs.
The court heard Freeman, who used the route every day, could give no explanation for failing to observe a "give way" sign immediately before joining the A591 and striking Ms Steele,
The US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, arrived in Europe saying he was not looking to start a new Cold War.
But, in reality, both Nato and Russia are stepping up their rhetoric and strengthening their military posture.
Last week President Vladimir Putin announced he was adding another 40 long-range ballistic missiles to his nuclear arsenal.
In return, Nato accused Moscow of "sabre rattling".
The 28-member alliance is doing a bit of that too.
On a barren plain in northern Poland, Nato has been testing its new rapid-reaction, or spearhead, force for the very first time.
Its proper title is the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VHRJTF) - it is meant to be more nimble than its name.
It is a direct response to the crises in Ukraine, with the aim to have boots on the ground within 48 hours.
In the past, it would have taken the best part of a month to mobilise Nato forces to defend its own borders.
Military units from nine Nato countries have been taking part so far - including Dutch and German forces from the west, and Norwegian and Lithuanian troops from the north.
After dozens of military convoy moves - by road, rail and air - they converged on Poland to carry out the first "live fire" exercise. Called Noble Jump, it is clearly designed to send a signal to Moscow.
Officially, the "enemy" could be anyone. In reality, there are similarities with what has happened in Ukraine.
In the exercise scenario, they are fighting a militia, not a conventional army.
It is not that dissimilar to the "little green men" who appeared in Crimea to help Russia annex it from Ukraine.
First Special Forces are sent in to capture or kill the militants, followed by helicopter gunships and tanks.
The spearhead force is meant to be just the tip of Nato's combined firepower.
Britain is promising to commit at least 1,000 troops to the 5,000-strong VHRJTF from next year, while the US will contribute soldiers, surveillance drones and fast jets.
Gen Philip Breedlove, the most senior Nato military commander, says: "We need to be ready because of provocation."
Like many Nato officers and officials, he seems reluctant to mention Russia.
The alliance does not want to take the blame for fanning the flames, but at the same time it wants to talk tough.
Gen Breedlove is also keen to emphasise the difference between Nato's own exercises and those carried out by the country he does not name.
He says: "Remember our exercises are open and transparent and are sized not to be provocative.
"Put that against their snap exercises, with large forces moving unannounced that in one example turned into an invasion that changed the shape of the land." That is a clear reference to what happened in Crimea.
True, Russia has been conducting large-scale military manoeuvres involving tens of thousands of troops.
But by the end of this year, Nato will have conducted more than 300 combined military exercises, 100 more than last year.
It is still being pushed to do more by its newer member states, those that feel more vulnerable on Nato's eastern flank.
As we watched his special forces in action on exercise Noble Jump, a Lithuanian general told me the Baltic states could be Russia's next target.
He said: "Just on the other side of our border, we see large military units that can mobilise at short notice."
Old Warsaw Pact countries want reinforcements - especially from the US.
This week, the US defence secretary has announced plans to pre-position US military equipment in Europe.
After pulling out all of its tanks two years ago, The US is sending them back in.
A US armoured brigade - with 250 armoured vehicles, including Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles - will be in Europe by the end of the year.
Some will end up in Poland and the Baltic States.
Nato has already set up new military bases in those countries along with Romania and Bulgaria.
Poland's Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Tomasz Siemoniak, says: "Pre-positioning US military equipment seems like a very good idea to us because it means increasing our security."
He reminds me that, given its history: "Poland thinks very seriously about threats."
Where will this all end?
1949: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, UK, US
1952: Greece, Turkey
1955: West Germany
1982: Spain
1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
2009: Albania, Croatia
Already, there is talk the US might seek to strengthen its own nuclear posture in Europe to counter any threat from Russia's new missiles.
For now, that seems unlikely.
But the US has made a calculation that it needs to park the tanks near Russia's backyard, even if they are relatively few in number.
But how does this help "de-escalate" tensions?
While Nato insists this is not a new Cold War, it is starting to look and sound remarkably similar.
The schoolboy died on Friday following the collision on Ninian Park Road, Riverside, at 16:00 GMT.
South Wales Police said the 25-year-old man, questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, had been released pending further enquiries.
The child was in collision with a white Audi S3 and was pronounced dead at the University Hospital of Wales.
From July to the end of September, an average of 384,000 people listened weekly to BBC Radio Wales, down 24,000.
BBC Radio Cymru saw its audience drop 12,000 to 104,000 in the same period.
A BBC Cymru Wales spokesman said: "As ever, we'll analyse these figures to ensure we continue to offer the best possible content for our audiences."
It was Radio Cymru's lowest recorded figure, a drop of 1,000 from this time last year. The Radio Wales figure was the station's lowest for six years.
In the commercial sector, some of the most popular stations in Wales saw increases in their weekly audiences.
Heart South Wales gained 94,000 listeners, up from 458,000 to 552,000.
Heart North Wales was up 7,000 to 136,000 listeners, while Capital South Wales was up 16,000 to 215,000.
But others saw falls. Juice FM, which broadcasts in north east Wales and Liverpool, was down 34,000 to 217,000, and Swansea Sound dropped 6,000 to 44,000.
Stena Line said two flagship vessels used on the Cairnryan-Belfast service were included in the upgrade.
Most of the work was carried out at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
Paul Grant, the company's Irish Sea north route manager said: "Over the last five years alone Stena Line has invested more than £250m in its Irish Sea business."
He added: "The latest investment commitment of £6m is to help keep our Belfast fleet operating at optimum performance levels and ensures that our leisure and freight customers continue to benefit from award winning facilities and service."
In addition to the Cairnryan route, the ferries also sail from Liverpool and from Heysham to Belfast.
The state government said that over 500 villages in 13 districts of the state had been affected after early monsoon rains swelled the Brahmaputra river.
Floods are an annual occurrence in the region during the summer monsoon.
Assam has sufficient food stocks and medicines to cope, its revenue and disaster management minister said.
No wonder so many of us blunder into lamp-posts and each other rather than looking where we're going.
But which dedicated chat app do you use? WhatsApp, Snapchat, Viber, Line? That largely depends on where in the world you live.
In China the biggest chat network is WeChat; in Japan the market leader is Line; KakaoTalk rules OK in Korea; Kik is huge in Canada and the US; Hike bosses India; while in the Arab world niche networks such as Palringo and Soma dominate.
And the number of chat platforms continues to proliferate, as tech companies aim to emulate the eye-watering valuations achieved by the leaders.
Snapchat was recently valued at nearly $20bn (£15bn). Facebook bought WhatsApp for $22bn in 2014 and this week changed the app's privacy policy to allow businesses to message its billion-plus users directly.
In July, Line raised about $1.3bn in a stock market flotation that valued the company at around $6bn. And now chat networks are even investing in each other, with China's WeChat recently leading a $175m funding round in India's Hike network.
But can the market sustain so many platforms? Can we have too much chat?
In 1993, US researchers James C McCroskey and Virginia P Richmond created the Talkaholic Scale, a method of identifying people who were aware of their tendencies to "over-communicate in a consistent and compulsive manner".
In the intervening two decades, this scale could be applied to the way people obsess about their mobile devices.
Source: Statista
Initially it was SMS and text messaging that made such communication compulsive. Then it was instant messaging with text, photos and videos.
And now you can access banking, shopping and other services within these chat apps.
"WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, Snapchat and a handful of others would seem to have the platform side sewn up as we head towards a one-stop-shop approach, where messaging apps become almost a command line for people's lives," says Eamonn Carey from Techstars, the tech start-up accelerator.
So how do the newcomers differentiate themselves in such a crowded market and keep their users loyal?
The trend is towards chat that can be conducted in a safe place by users who share a common interest.
"Niche networks will have a big role to play in what otherwise is a saturated market," says Mr Carey.
For example, London-based Palringo is a social chat platform that helps people find games that can be played in chat groups of up to 2,000 people.
This combination of chat and games helped Palringo become one of the fastest-growing UK tech companies last year, with these chat games making up to 50% of its revenues through in-game purchases.
"The proliferation of chat networks when there are different territory-specific market leaders meant we had to find a common language," says Palringo chief executive Tim Rea.
"That language is games and we're seeing huge growth with our in-chat games."
Wire offers chat with ad-free embedded YouTube videos and gifs (short animations).
Backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, the company says it is attracting 200,000 users a month. It focuses on privacy as its unique selling point.
Co-founder and chief technology officer Alan Duric explains: "Wire is a privacy-focused messaging app that works across devices and incorporates chat features that users love - text, voice, video and pictures - underpinned by end-to-end encryption that is completely open sourced."
Popular chat app Telegram has also emphasised encryption as a key feature, much to the annoyance of European leaders concerned about the use of such secret platforms by potential terrorists.
But the battle to keep users is even more fierce than the battle to attract them. Chatters are a fickle lot it seems.
In August, picture messaging app Instagram released its "Stories" feature where users can post moments of their day in a slideshow of video, photos and captions.
This feature almost replicates a similar component that has proved very successful on rival chat network SnapChat, uncannily also known as "Stories".
This duplication of content reflects how users of chat networks are quick to jump ship if another app is offering something new and appealing.
According to a survey of 30,000 people aged 12-25 from comparison app Wishbone, 43% of respondents would delete Snapchat if Instagram's new Stories emulated the popular "filters" feature originally created by Snapchat.
Filters enable chatters to distort their photos and overlay them with cartoonish add-ons, from a dog's ears to a cat's whiskers.
Away from the consumer world, business chat apps are also flourishing.
Intercom is a messaging platform that is trying to establish itself as a business platform, while having the look and feel of the best consumer messaging apps. It works with 13,000 businesses and more than a billion people use it.
"What's really exciting to us is the potential of messaging, as it is the most personal medium we have to communicate virtually," says Eoghan McCabe, Intercom's chief executive.
"Businesses can use messaging to avoid being faceless, stuffy brands and connect on a human level with their customers."
There are plenty of others, from Slack to Flock, HipChat to Zapier - the list seems endless.
Although chat apps don't appear to have reached saturation point just yet, new entrants are having to box clever to find their niche in this ever-expanding market.
Not all may survive, but with the number of global smartphone users forecast to rise from about two billion now to nearly three billion in 2020, it looks like there's going to be a lot more chatting going on.
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The invitation was made in a letter congratulating him on his election victory, dated 9 November 2016.
Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness told Donald Trump that he could be "assured of a warm welcome".
In November, a statement was released in which Mrs Foster and Mr McGuinness congratulated the president-elect.
But that statement did not include their invitation to President Trump.
In a joint letter released after the story appeared in The Impartial Reporter, the former first and deputy first ministers described Northern Ireland as a small region with "strong historical, economic and political ties to the United States".
The letter says Northern Ireland has "become a magnet for American companies looking for a European base" and they tell Mr Trump: "Our relationship has proved mutually beneficial for both your great country and our small but dynamic region."
Mrs Foster and Mr McGuinness then wish Mr Trump every success in his new role and extend an invitation to visit.
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Seven members of Glasgow Central Mosque executive committee resigned, saying their efforts to make reforms had been opposed by traditionalists.
They also said they and their families were subjected to threats and abuse.
No-one from the mosque was available for comment. Police said they were looking into the allegations.
The resignations from the executive committee were announced on the mosque's website.
The statement said: "A number of people have been undermining day-to-day operations, meetings and even sabotaging mosque property, alongside threatening physical harm to executive members including their wives and children.
"The following people are protesting against the backwardness displayed by a minority of people by resigning from the executive committee."
Commenting on the resignations, Glasgow-based lawyer Aamer Anwar said: "It is a real tragedy that those who bravely led the calls for equality and diversity at Scotland's largest mosque have resigned.
"The fact that they did so because of alleged threats of violence towards their families is abhorrent and criminal."
He said the committee had "the decency and courage to expose corruption, misogyny and racism" but certain people at the mosque had "tried to destroy them".
Mr Anwar said the situation at the mosque meant it was more difficult to tackle extremism.
He added: "Today is an extremely sad and shameful day for Scotland's Muslims, but it's time the silent majority spoke up."
At the weekend, Mr Anwar wrote an article for the Sunday Herald in which he was highly critical of practices and attitudes of senior figures at the mosque.
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Police are investigating allegations that prominent Muslims at Scotland's largest mosque have been threatened amid an ongoing internal dispute.
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The two bodies were discovered at a property in Rosefield Street in the city's west end.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the deaths were being treated as unexplained.
The property has been sealed off by police while officers investigate.
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Many migrants want to get asylum in Germany or Sweden, but those countries want their EU partners to show "solidarity" and share the burden.
Many have fled the conflicts and abuses in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea.
But there are also many economic migrants fleeing poverty in the Balkans and countries like Nigeria and Pakistan.
Why is Europe so divided over migrants?
The Greek islands near Turkey are the main focus of EU attention, as thousands of migrants continue to come ashore there daily.
For months tensions have been escalating between Greece and some of its EU partners. They accuse Athens of deliberately waving through migrants who ought to be registered as soon as they enter the EU.
The row with Austria got so bad in February that Greece withdrew its ambassador to Vienna.
Greece insists that it cannot become Europe's holding centre for migrants - it demands fair burden-sharing.
In January-February this year more than 120,000 migrants arrived in Greece - out of more than 130,000 who crossed the Mediterranean to reach the EU, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.
The total in just two months was nearly as many as in the first half of 2015.
So far this year more than 400 migrants have drowned in the Aegean Sea, highlighting how risky the journey is.
The EU has given Greece until 12 May to fix "serious deficiencies" in its control of the EU's external border in the Aegean.
Four extra reception centres - called "hotspots" - are nearly ready on the islands.
The EU plans to give Greece €700m (£544m; $769m) in emergency aid to tackle the crisis. It is the first use inside the EU of funds earmarked for humanitarian disasters outside the EU.
Improving co-operation with Turkey on the migrants issue is a top priority for the EU.
But progress has been very slow. Meanwhile, people-smugglers in Turkey remain very adept at shipping desperate migrants across the Aegean, for extortionate fees.
Turkey is reluctant to readmit large numbers of migrants - but it is under intense EU pressure now to do so.
Under the current rules, only migrants who have no right to international protection can be sent back to Turkey. That means economic migrants.
The reason is that only one EU country considers Turkey "safe" for returning migrants. EU data shows that 23% of asylum claims from migrants of Turkish origin were deemed well-founded in 2014.
Turkey is demanding a high price for its co-operation, arguing that it has already spent €8bn helping refugees from the Syrian war. It is struggling with the influx, already housing 2.5 million in camps.
As a candidate to join the EU, Turkey wants to see real progress in its accession negotiations. The EU has pledged that, and is offering visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the Schengen passport-free zone.
Historic tension between Greece and Turkey makes the Aegean operation to stem the migrant flow difficult - as does Turkey's long, zig-zagging coastline.
Schengen: EU free movement deal explained
A migrant bottleneck has built up on the Greece-Macedonia border since Macedonia put up a razor-wire fence at the Gevgelija-Idomeni border crossing.
More than 10,000 migrants are camping in squalid conditions near the fence. Some - children among them - are sleeping rough in icy conditions, with little food or medical help.
Some of Macedonia's Balkan neighbours have sent border guards to help police the new flashpoint. Anger boiled over in early March, with migrants battering down a gate before police fired tear gas to chase them away.
Migrants continue flocking to the border because they want to get to northern Europe. Yet under the EU's controversial Dublin Regulation a migrant's asylum claim is supposed to be processed in the country where he/she first arrives.
Macedonia also hopes to join the EU, but this crisis is just adding to the obstacles in its bid.
Its migrant policy appears discriminatory: it has been letting in small numbers of Syrians and Iraqis, but not Afghans.
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Last year Hungary became a gateway for migrants bound for Germany.
It became the focus of world attention when Hungarian riot police fired water cannon and tear gas at a big crowd of migrants at the border with Serbia in September.
There was widespread criticism of Hungary for its decision to build a razor-wire fence and prosecute migrants entering illegally. But many Hungarians supported their government's tough stance, according to reports.
After completing the Serbia section Hungary extended the fence to stop migrants entering from Croatia.
The conservative Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said Europe's Christian heritage is under threat because most of the migrants are Muslims. He accused Germany of encouraging the influx by welcoming so many migrants.
Hungary and its northern neighbour Slovakia refuse to be part of an EU quota plan for distributing 160,000 migrants across the EU. They are currently in Greece and Italy - and so far fewer than 600 have been transferred.
The European Court of Justice is now considering a Hungarian-Slovak complaint against the EU.
Last year migrants poured into Austria from Hungary, en route to southern Germany. The authorities did not push them back.
But Austria re-imposed border checks - as did Germany on its border with Austria - as a temporary, emergency measure, allowed under Schengen rules. Slovakia - on Austria's eastern border - did so too.
The crisis caused major disruption to road and rail travel between Austria and its neighbours. Crowds of migrants gathered at Vienna's main stations, waiting for trains to take them north.
In the latest twist, Austria set new daily limits: a maximum of 80 asylum applications and 3,200 migrants in transit to other countries.
The European Commission has protested to Austria, saying those limits violate EU law.
Around 1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in Germany in 2015 - a record number. That put great strain on local authorities, who had to create emergency campsites.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will look after genuine refugees, fulfilling its international humanitarian duty.
That welcome does not extend to the many economic migrants. Those from Balkan countries like Kosovo, Albania and Serbia can now being sent back - Germany recently classified those countries as "safe".
Mrs Merkel has been much criticised for her "open door" policy on refugees. The critics include fellow conservatives, notably the Bavarian CSU party.
Last year there was an outpouring of sympathy and help for the new arrivals from many ordinary Germans.
But there were also many street protests by the right-wing Pegida movement, which claims to be defending Germany from "Islamisation".
There have been hundreds of attacks on migrant hostels - usually empty buildings allocated for new arrivals. In many cases they were gutted by fire.
Anxiety was fuelled by the Cologne attacks, when hundreds of women were assaulted at New Year, many of them sexually molested. Victims and witnesses mostly blamed gangs of migrant men from North Africa.
Germany wanted its EU partners to accept mandatory quotas, to spread the migrants EU-wide. France, Italy and Greece backed Germany on that - but EU leaders as a whole decided on a voluntary scheme.
French demolition squads have been tearing down migrant shacks at the "Jungle" - a squalid campsite in Calais, where about 4,000 migrants are hoping to get across the Channel to the UK.
Basic, clean shelters have been erected instead - but migrants yearning to reach the UK do not want to stay there, and are avoiding registration.
The UK has immigration checkpoints at Calais and Dunkirk, under an agreement with France.
There have been warnings that France could end that arrangement if British voters reject EU membership in the UK's June in-out referendum.
Most of the Calais migrants are from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea or Sudan.
France re-imposed police checks on its border with Belgium after the November Paris attacks, in which jihadists murdered 130 people.
News that two of the killers had passed through Greece fuelled alarm about freedom of movement under Schengen.
Marine Le Pen's National Front (FN) is a major force in French politics - it is anti-EU and deplores mass immigration.
Last summer Greece became the main Mediterranean gateway for migrants - previously it had been Italy.
Several factors have made it riskier for migrants to head for Italy by boat: hundreds have drowned in repeated disasters at sea; war-torn Libya is extremely dangerous; the voyage is longer - even to Lampedusa, a tiny island near Tunisia.
More EU resources have been put into Frontex, the border agency now monitoring migrant routes from Libya. But EU officials say a bigger effort is needed, as the sea area is vast.
Italy is angry that some EU partners are so unwilling to share the migrant burden. Its reception centres - especially in Lampedusa and Sicily - are overcrowded, like those in Greece.
The Danish stance on immigration is among the toughest in Europe. Controversially, Denmark has given police the power to seize valuables worth more than 10,000 kroner (€1,340; £1,000) from refugees to cover housing and food costs.
In January Sweden introduced identity checks for travellers from Denmark in an attempt to curb migrant numbers.
The clampdown has slowed transit across the Oresund bridge - a rail and bus link - as now all travellers have to present their ID at checkpoints. And rail commuters have to change trains at Copenhagen Airport.
More than 160,000 asylum seekers arrived in Sweden in 2015, more per capita than any other country in Europe.
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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.
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Big fault lines have opened up across the European Union - both east-west and north-south - because of the migrant crisis.
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The quarterly rate of growth was 1.2%, the slowest since December 2014.
The pace of growth is still many times above general inflation, but one senior economist has warned of a "serious risk of an extended and marked downturn" following the Brexit vote.
The figures from the Halifax cover the period before the referendum result.
The annual rate is down from 9.2% in May.
"House prices continue to increase, albeit at a slower rate, but this precedes the EU referendum result, therefore it is far too early to determine any impact since," said Martin Ellis, Halifax's housing economist.
Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said there was likely to be a major impact on house prices in the months ahead: "Despite the Halifax reporting a marked rise in house prices in June itself, we believe that the prospects for the housing market have deteriorated markedly following the Brexit vote.
"Housing market activity and prices now look to be at very serious risk of an extended, marked downturn following the UK's vote to leave the EU."
In the meantime the Halifax said the average price of a house has risen to another record high, at £216,823.
An analysis by a firm of estate agents suggests that few buyers have backed out of house purchases since the referendum result.
Jackson-Stops and Staff looked at 750,000 properties for sale in the UK on Friday 24 June.
It found that 41% of homes on the market were already under offer.
A similar analysis on 6 July found that 39.9% were under offer - virtually the same proportion.
In addition, the number of properties for sale has increased by 21,000 since 24 June.
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Annual house price growth eased to 8.4% in the month of June, the lowest rate in a year, according to the Halifax, the UK's largest mortgage lender.
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Among those convicted was photographer Francois-Marie Banier, given three years in prison and ordered to pay €158 million ($170 million) in damages.
But a former ally of ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy was acquitted.
The verdict brings to an end a long-running case that began with a feud between Mrs Bettencourt and daughter.
In 2007, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers filed charges against Banier, who had become a close companion of her mother.
Mrs Bettencourt had lavished the photographer with gifts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including artworks by Picasso and Matisse.
She even made him her sole heir - although this was later revoked.
At the time Mrs Bettencourt said she was a free woman, and her daughter would just have to accept it.
Ms Bettencourt-Meyers said her mother, who medical records later revealed suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, was being exploited by Banier.
The court agreed. The president of the hearing in Bourdeaux said Banier had "a real moral and psychological hold" on Mrs Bettencourt.
Patrice de Maistre and Pascal Wilhelm, who oversaw her estimated $40.1 bn (£26.1 bn) fortune, were given fines and 18-month jail sentences.
But Eric Woerth, who served as campaign treasurer during Nicolas Sarkozy's successful bid for the presidency in 2007, was cleared of taking donations from her.
Mr Sarkozy was placed under criminal investigation for allegedly receiving illegal funding from Mrs Bettencourt but this was dropped in 2013.
The plans, for the site of a sawmill on the A78 near the A770 junction, were announced by Ardgowan Distillery Company last year.
Inverclyde Council has now given planning approval for the scheme.
The company said there was potential for new jobs during construction and once it opened in 2019.
Sir Ludovic Shaw-Stewart, the 12th baronet and owner of the estate, said the history of his family at Ardgowan stretched back over 600 years.
"King Robert the Bruce fought here prior to Bannockburn and his descendent King Robert III granted the estate lands to my ancestor Sir John Stewart in 1404," he said.
"The Ardgowan Distillery will be a fantastic new chapter in the history of this area."
The facility will resurrect the name of the Ardgowan Distillery, which was founded in 1896 and located in Baker Street, Greenock.
Rob Curtis, 50, was originally accused of sexually assaulting his victim on Skomer Island last June but the charge was dropped.
Curtis, who sits on Barry town council, received a two-year conditional discharge by Haverfordwest magistrates in May.
He was a Vale of Glamorgan council cabinet member until earlier this year.
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, also known in India as Chhota Rajan or "Little Rajan", is accused of multiple murders.
Nikalje was detained when he flew into Bali airport from Sydney on Sunday.
Police were acting on a tip-off from the Australian police who say he was living there under a different name.
Nikalje, 55, is wanted in the western Indian city of Mumbai in connection with at least 17 cases of murder.
The chief of India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Anil Sinha, told the Press Trust of India news agency that the Bali police had arrested "Chhota Rajan at CBI's request made through Interpol".
Bali police spokesman Heri Wiyanto told BBC News that they detained Nikalje as soon as he arrived at the Bali airport.
Mr Wiyanto said the Bali police had received the tip-off about Nikalje and his status as red notice, from Interpol.
"The tip-off came directly from Canberra to Indonesia's police headquarters in Jakarta. The headquarters then instructed Bali police to arrest Nikalje," he said.
According to Mr Wiyanto, the Bali police only sent one officer to arrest Nikalje at the airport.
"He showed no resistance at all."
Nikalje has been placed in a cell with other inmates in the Bali police office.
Mr Wiyanto said the Bali police has contacted the Indian consulate and the deportation process is now being prepared.
"But we don't know when the deportation will be conducted," he said.
Interpol's website states that Nikalje was born in Mumbai, and is wanted for multiple charges including murder and possession and use of illegal firearms.
Henry Hicks, 18, was being followed by two unmarked police cars in Islington, north London, on 19 December 2014 when his moped crashed into another vehicle.
His sister told the inquest that life without him was like "living in a world without colour".
Mr Hicks was found with 5.7g of cannabis on him.
In a statement to the inquest Mr Hicks' sister Claudia said: "I could fill a stadium with people whose lives had been made better by my brother."
Mr Hicks was "our family's glue", and without him they had "fallen apart", his sister said.
"He was my sister's protector, her best friend and guidance. I think when he died a large part of my other brother died too. We feel completely broken and to say we miss him is an understatement," she added.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation revealed Mr Hicks had been stopped and searched on numerous occasions between October 2011 and December 2014.
Following the crash seven bags of skunk cannabis in a plastic bag were recovered by police evidence officer Det Sgt Arvinder Marwaha, who arrived at Wheelwright Street at around 23:00.
It was "highly unlikely" Mr Hicks was carrying the seven bags solely for personal use, Det Sgt Marwaha said, and the inquest separately heard that toxicology reports showed no drugs in his body.
Mobile phones were also recovered from the scene and nearly 100 texts with the phrase "banging lemon" were discovered on one of two phones Mr Hicks was carrying, the inquest at St Pancras Coroner's Court was told.
Asked by Neil Saunders, representing the four police officers following Mr Hicks, if this was a "well-known phrase for people who are dealing in drugs, Det Sgt Marwaha agreed adding it was particularly the case in reference to skunk.
Mr Hicks had previously been given a youth caution for possession of a small amount of cannabis, and at the time of the crash was on bail pending a trial for affray, the inquest heard.
The hearing continues.
The victims were abducted outside a cricket stadium in Narayanganj during a power struggle in the city.
Their bodies were found three days later floating in a river, their bellies sliced open.
Local politician Nur Hossain was among those sentenced to hang for paying the police unit to kill political rivals.
It's thought to be the first time members of the notorious Rapid Action Battalion have received the death penalty. One of the three officers, Tarek Sayeed, is the son-in-law of a government minister.
Many other defendants in the case were regular policemen.
Witnesses saw the murdered men, who included local government officials, being bundled into an unmarked van in Narayanganj in April 2014.
A lawyer who filmed the abductions was himself seized, along with his driver. Their bodies were later found with the others in the river.
Among those killed was local councillor Nazrul Islam, a political rival of Nur Hossain.
Hossain, an Awami League politician, was last week repatriated to Bangladesh from India. He was found guilty of paying senior RAB members cash to carry out the abductions and killings.
Twelve of those found guilty were convicted in absentia. Nine others received prison sentences.
The killings caused nationwide shock and sparked a wave of protests.
The Bangladesh Daily Star has quoted the main prosecuting lawyer in the case as welcoming the death penalties and calling for them to be implemented as speedily as possible.
It could be many years before the men exhaust the legal appeals process, the BBC's Waliur Rahman in Dhaka says.
It was formed in 2004 to take the lead in crime fighting in Bangladesh and recruits its personnel from the army, navy, police and other forces.
The unit has been implicated in hundreds of killings in recent years.
Successive governments have argued it is in the forefront of the fight against militants and criminals, and faces dangerous gunmen.
Human rights campaigners want the government to investigate more than 300 cases of people who have gone missing in RAB custody since 2009.
It is not clear how many RAB members are among the 25 policemen sentenced to death in the case.
The fed-up bobby laid into anti-social teenagers, parents, and community support officers in the message.
It appeared on the GMP Irlam and Cadishead page on 7 May, prompting a complaint from a teacher, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Greater Manchester Police's Salford branch said it is investigating.
Ch Insp Glenn Jones said: "We have launched an internal investigation after we received a report of an inappropriate post on a GMP Facebook account.
"Officers and staff are expected to uphold the standards of behaviour in all of their duties including on social media."
The post has since been deleted.
"Good Morning everyone.
"An update on what's occurred in the area over the past 24hrs or so. It would be very quiet if it wasn't for one thing...or several "things"
"Kids/Yoofs/Yobs/Delinquents (cross out which one).
"There was a call to Heron Drive, Irlam to youths sitting or jumping on vehicles. The youths had gone home to mummy when officers arrived and no damage was found.
"There was a report of drunken youths on the fields at Sandy Lane, Irlam. Again, they had made off back to mummy, probably claiming that they had been doing their science project homework at a mates. How to get alcohol out of £3.60 dinner money.
"Please try and find out what your little Keanu or Beyonce are doing at night. If they're drinking or smoking weed, there will be signs. If they are, they will no doubt be causing mither in the street.
"Youths were throwing stones at residents houses and residents themselves, from the railway viaduct over Roseway Avenue, Cadishead.
"And finally, there was a call to Tesco at Woodrow Way, Irlam. Security called to report one man and his dog at the Cashpoint machines.
"Many cashpoint areas have points where you can leave deposits for the bank. They did so.... Defecating at the cashpoint... Not the dog.... The man.We have a description (Of the man- not the deposit) and CCTV of the incident. The dog is entirely innocent... Wonder if it's a shih-tzu?
"Only me in today as the PCSO's don't work on Sunday's. They have the day off to play with their crayons and Lego.
"Take care and lock your kids up till school time on Monday."
The new centre would replace the 42-year-old River Park Leisure Centre which needs at least £3m of repairs.
Winchester City Council has agreed to develop plans to build a new out-of-town centre at Bar End.
If it goes ahead, it is expected to take three years to complete.
The council said it would now develop a business case and finalise designs for the new complex which would include a 50m swimming pool.
The authority said it planned to borrow the money needed and also hoped to secure additional partnership funding from the University of Winchester.
The existing building at North Walls will be knocked down and the site then offered for reuse.
In 2013, the council sparked protests when it announced plans to rebuild the existing centre and expand it into what campaigners called "Winchester's only park".
The tweet from Edryd James, 18, of Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, was investigated by Dyfed-Powys Police after complaints from the public.
The teenager apologised to Mr Owens at Carmarthen Police Station on Wednesday.
A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesman said: "We will not tolerate discrimination of any kind. He realises his mistake."
The meeting was part of an Adult Community Resolution project, which is a way of resolving crimes.
It allows victims to be involved in deciding how the offender can be dealt with by choosing from a list of out-of-court options.
Mr James also posted an apology on Twitter on Monday and tweeted Mr Owens directly to say: "Sorry pal".
Earlier, Mr Owens tweeted his followers to say: "Thanks for all ur support. The winner this weekend was rugby its players & genuine supporters."
A statement from the palace on Sunday said he was undergoing tests at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok but did not say when he was likely to return to his home in the coastal city of Hua Hin.
The 87-year-old monarch has been in poor health for some years.
He is revered by Thais and is often seen as an arbiter in the country's divided political arena.
He has rarely been seen in public since he went into hospital last October to have his gall bladder removed.
In early May, he briefly appeared at events marking the 65th anniversary of his coronation, then a week later he left hospital for his Hua Hin home.
The king's popularity stems partly from his long reign, but he is also seen as a pillar of stability in Thailand. Strict lese majeste laws ban any criticism of him or the royal family.
Although he has no formal political role, many think King Bhumibol is needed now more than ever. Thailand is currently governed by the military, which took power in a coup last year.
General Prayut Chan-ocha led the takeover and is now the country's prime minister. He has promised to hand back power to a civilian government, but there is no firm timetable for when that will happen.
The man was driving a Ford Focus when it was involved in a crash with a Renault Traffic van near to Knowesouth Steading, Jedburgh.
The incident took place on the Kelso to Denholm road at 21:20 on Saturday.
The road was closed for several hours for collision investigations. Police have appealed for witnesses.
Sgt Andy Gibb said: "Sadly this collision has resulted in a young man losing his life and we would like to ascertain the full circumstances of the collision."
So far four zones have been rolled out across the city and a further 10 are set to be brought in by next spring.
Protester Tony Miles said: "People feel that they have not had full consultation."
Mayor George Ferguson, who is behind the parking plans, described the tank manoeuvre as "a hilarious stunt".
Mr Ferguson added: "It does make the point that the car lobby will do absolutely everything - and I'm not anti-car."
Along with the petition, a motion of no confidence in the mayor will also be heard at the full council meeting.
The petition calling for Mr Ferguson to step down over his handling of the parking plans surpassed the 3,500 trigger point, at which it must be debated.
However, it will not affect the mayor's term in office as it has no legal standing.
The protesters previously drove a tank through the streets in April.
The current talks process is due to resume after Easter.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said at the weekend that if political talks do not produce a deal to restore Stormont then there must be another election.
Stormont's parties have yet to reach agreement on forming an executive six weeks after the assembly election.
Mr Donaldson, the MP for Lagan Valley, told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster that Sinn Féin needed to change their attitude if a political deal was to be achieved.
"They are constantly making public statements and talking about negative outcomes," he said.
"We are not, we have focused on the issues.
"We are in the talks, we are negotiating, we are putting forward our positions we are talking to Sinn Féin, we are talking to the other political parties.
"But as things stand at the moment I have to be honest with you I think we are heading towards direct rule."
Mr Adams said it was the Irish government's responsibility to ensure direct rule was avoided and an election held if no deal emerged.
He was speaking at a republican Easter Rising commemoration in Carrickmore, County Tyrone.
The political deadlock began after a snap election on 2 March brought an end to Stormont's unionist majority.
Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire warned that either direct rule or another election will be the result of no agreement being reached by early May.
However, Mr Adams told the commemoration the Irish government must ensure that an election took place.
"The current talks process has paused. But let me be very clear, it is the British government's intransigence on legacy issues and the DUP's rejection of the principles of equality, parity of esteem and rights that have made it more difficult to reach a deal," he said.
"Sinn Féin wants a deal. But if there is no deal then there has to be an election.
"The role and responsibility of the Irish government must be to assert that an election is the only legal course open to the British government, if the current talks fail to elect an executive."
He added that "progressive parties should not fear an election".
Mr Adams also said that "if what we have seen from the DUP in recent times continues, that will only guarantee that there will be no DUP first minister and no return to the status quo at Stormont".
Under Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement, the executive must be jointly run by unionists and nationalists, with the largest party putting forward a candidate for first minister.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first minister in January in protest against the DUP's handling of a botched green energy scheme.
The party said it would not share power with Mrs Foster as first minister until the conclusion of a public inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Mr McGuinness died last month at the age of 66.
His headstone was unveiled as part of the Easter Rising commemoration in Derry's City Cemetery on Sunday, which was attended by Sinn Féin's deputy leader Mary-Lou McDonald.
7 November 2016 Last updated at 16:47 GMT
The front-runners for the job are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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Former United captain Neville, 40, has been appointed head coach until the end of the season, despite having no previous managerial experience.
"Valencia is a very big club in Spain with a lot of history," said Van Gaal.
"They have won a lot of titles also, so it's a big step, a big challenge for him. I am very happy but also curious how he will do."
Valencia have won La Liga six times but are without a major trophy since winning the Copa del Rey in 2008.
They are ninth in La Liga ahead of Saturday's home game with champions and leaders Barcelona.
Van Gaal had two spells managing in La Liga, both with Barcelona.
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The 64-year-old, who won back-to-back domestic titles at the Nou Camp in 1998 and 1999, believes not speaking Spanish is a big hurdle for Neville to overcome, although he has his younger brother, Phil, on the coaching staff to help him.
"He doesn't speak the language so it's very difficult," added Van Gaal.
"He has his brother, he speaks fluent Spanish, but still it's a big challenge and I wish him a lot of luck because he needs luck."
However, asked if the language barrier would prove to be Neville's biggest obstacle to success, Van Gaal said: "No, you have also culture dimensions, that is also difficult to understand."
Neville's first match in charge will come next Wednesday when Valencia host Lyon in the Champions League.
Phil Neville and interim head coach Voro will take charge of Saturday's home game against league leaders Barcelona.
In March, Cricket Australia proposed salary increases for men and women, but this would mean players no longer receive a percentage of CA's revenue.
The offer was rejected and CA said it would not pay players after 30 June.
Ex-Australia captain Mark Taylor said the Australian Cricketers' Association "aren't negotiating at all".
Taylor, who is also a CA board member, told a sports chat show on Nine Network on Sunday: "I have had players say to me in January that we could well be on strike in July."
A letter from CA chief executive James Sutherland to the players' association said 2016-17 contracts would not be renewed without a new agreement.
But the ACA said the proposal was "a win for cricket administrators but a loss for cricket".
ACA chief executive Alistair Nicholson added: "The point lost on CA is that the players will not respond to threats."
Several Test players responded on Twitter, using the #fairshare hashtag.
Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins tweeted on social media in response to the email: "Players are staying strong #fairshare".
Former Test paceman Mitchell Johnson added: "Players past & present will stay strong #fairshare".
If the dispute is not resolved, there would be uncertainty over what team Australia could field after 30 June, with a two-Test series scheduled in August in Bangladesh before a home Ashes showdown with England, which runs from 23 November 2017 to 8 January 2018.
In a letter sent by CA to the ACA, chief executive James Sutherland said "players with contracts expiring in 2016-17 will not have contracts for 2017-18" unless the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) negotiates a new MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)".
The current MoU will expire midway through the women's World Cup, which starts in England and Wales on 24 June.
"The Australian women's World Cup squad will be paid in advance of the June-July World Cup and will be employed until the end of the event," Sutherland said.
CA declined to comment further when contacted by Reuters.
"There is incoherence and aggression in what we have experienced at the negotiating table from CA," Nicholson said in a statement on Sunday.
"However, despite these threats, the players affirm their offer to participate in independent mediation.
"Quite simply, one side entered these negotiations in good faith with an intent to provide a win-win result, and the other is trying to remove player unity and drive a wedge in Australian cricket."
President Nicolas Maduro announced on Sunday that the banknote, currently the country's highest-value note, would be pulled from circulation.
He said the move would combat cross-border smuggling and hoarding of the banknotes in neighbouring Colombia.
But many Venezuelans are angry they now face long queues.
Financial institutions were closed on Monday because it was a bank holiday so when banks opened on Tuesday morning long lines began to form almost immediately.
According to the central bank, there are more than six billion 100-bolivar notes in circulation, amounting to almost half of the country's currency.
Many Venezuelans fear that they risk losing their money if they do not manage to deposit the soon-to-be obsolete bills within the 72 hours allotted.
While that period will be followed by another 10-day grace period in which the 100-bolivar bills can be exchanged for new, higher denomination ones, this will only be possible at branches of Venezuela's central bank, of which there are few.
Sunday's surprise announcement by President Maduro was greeted by anger and mockery by many on social media.
Venezuela is in the midst of a severe economic crisis and analysts say the move is likely to further worsen the cash crunch the country is already experiencing.
But President Maduro argues it will put powerful cross-border smuggling rings, who he says hoard the high-denomination bills, out of business.
He also ordered the closure of the border with Colombia to prevent the smuggled notes from being brought back into Venezuela.
Critics of the government have argued that, while this may constitute a temporary blow to the smugglers, they are likely to start hoarding the new higher-denomination notes due to be released from 15 December instead.
Many Venezuelans commented on Twitter under the hashtag #ColaBancaria (#BankQueue) that their lives seemed to have been reduced to endless queuing as chronic shortages of basic goods mean that a simple shop often turns into a day standing in line.
But Portugal will be without Bale's club-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been granted time off after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid.
Hodgson thought facing Ronaldo would be good preparation for facing Bale.
"We were thinking about Gareth Bale," Hodgson said when he explained why Portugal had been chosen as opponents.
Bale, the world's most expensive player, scored seven goals in qualifying as Wales reached a major finals for the first time in 58 years.
"Of course he [Ronaldo] has been an unbelievably influential figure for all the clubs he has played for and Portugal as well, and we were thinking that Gareth Bale is in a somewhat similar position," Hodgson said.
"So when we thought Portugal, we were thinking not only about their technical qualities and the fact they are a very good football team, but they also have a special individual."
Wales and England meet in Lens on 16 June in Group B, which also contains Slovakia and Russia.
"I believe now that might not be the case [that Ronaldo will play] but we're happy with the two opponents we've had so far [Australia and Turkey]. They've certainly put us to the test," Hodgson said.
"I've been able to use quite a lot of players in those two games and we expect another tough test [against Portugal].
"But if we can get through that test and come away satisfied with what we've done and I can be satisfied with what I've seen, then I'd have to say the three preparation games have served their purpose."
Chris Coleman's side are four points behind both group leaders Serbia and second-placed Republic of Ireland with five World Cup qualifiers remaining.
Wales will be without Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale for Sunday's game in Belgrade due to suspension.
"We have shown in the past in big games we can go and win matches people think we probably can't," Gunter said.
"We are in a situation where we have to go to Serbia and perform and pick something up.
"If we go and play as we have done over the course of the last two to three years, we give ourselves a really good chance."
Wales began their campaign with victory over Moldova but are third in Group D after drawing against Austria, Georgia, Serbia and the Republic of Ireland.
"It's been a strange group in terms of we haven't done a lot wrong but we probably feel we could have a couple more points," Gunter told BBC Wales Sport.
"At the start of a group you know to qualify you need to put a run of wins together and we haven't done that in the first-half but it doesn't mean you can't in the second half of the group.
"We come away from Serbia with something and we are right in the group with the games we have left to play."
Newport-born Gunter, who made his senior international debut against New Zealand in May 2007, is set to win his 79th cap in Serbia.
Defender James Collins and midfielder Andy King are out injured while Real Madrid's Bale and defender Neil Taylor of Aston Villa miss the game through suspension.
Bale, 27, will miss his first competitive Wales since October 2013 but Gunter believes they can cope without their talisman.
"You always want your best eleven out but we have shown in the past we have been able to manage," Gunter said.
"We have some really good players ready to come whatever way the manager wants to go."
Elizabeth Mulcahy, of Llandaff, Cardiff, has been charged with six counts of indecent assault against a female under 13.
The offences are alleged to have taken place in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The jury, sworn in at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday, heard Mrs Mulcahy had denied all the charges.
Clare Wilks, prosecuting, said the woman had shown the girl medical journals of female and male genitalia and touched her inappropriately.
"The defendant said if she was to say anything about what happened there would be serious consequences," Ms Wilks added.
The trial continues.
The 18-year-old has been on the fringes of Mick McCarthy's side at Portman Road, having twice been on the bench.
Benyu, a London-born Zimbabwean, has been brought to Aldershot with the help of a new supporter-funded scheme to boost the playing budget.
"Kundai will add extra depth and quality to the squad," manager Gary Waddock told the club website.
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Cas have not won at Saints in the league since 1990 and that run looked set to continue as the hosts led 20-8 at half-time.
Regan Grace made it two tries in a row to extend St Helens' lead after Greg Eden's tries brought Cas within two.
Ben Roberts sneaked in with the hooter beckoning, but the Tigers fell short.
Although Cas won at St Helens in pre-season, their last competitive victory in the town came in the 1992 Regal Trophy, two seasons after their last league success, at Knowsley Road.
There was much optimism surrounding their trip across the M62, given the upheaval at Saints following Keiron Cunningham's departure and, when they took an early eight-point lead, it seemed as though they might bring their jinx to a halt.
However Saints scored 20 points without reply, with tries from Matty Fleming, Luke Douglas and the influential Mark Percival, who kicked five goals.
The second half both began and finished in the same vein, with tries from Roberts, but Saints did enough in between to hold out and give the interim coaching team of Jamahl Lolesi, Sean Long and Derek Traynor their first win in charge.
St Helens coach Sean Long:
"The boys turned up and it was a short turnaround following the Good Friday game against Wigan. We found a way to win and Cas are a class team and to beat them is pleasing.
"I thought we could have closed this game out a bit easier but I can't fault the boys' effort, it was unreal.
"Regan [Grace] was good. He's been working really hard and has pace to burn but has a lot to learn. He's taking his chance very well and he wants to work - and that's a sign of a good player.
"Every young kid thinks he's ready and we've give Regan a chance - and he's taken it."
Castleford Tigers head coach Daryl Powell:
"In the first half we just got beaten for attitude and energy. We started okay but their speed at the play the ball was far superior to ours.
"We defended well on our line but we made too many errors in possession. Weight of possession at Easter is always going to be crucial - and we were on the wrong end of it.
"We were just not right in between our ears today. I said to the boys at half-time that we needed to keep them out if we were to go on and win - but we didn't manage to do it."
St Helens: Makinson; Swift, Fleming, Percival, Grace; Fages, Smith; Amor, Lee, Walmsley, Taia, Wilkin, Thompson.
Replacements: Douglas, Walker, Peyroux, Knowles.
Castleford: Hardaker, Minikin, Webster, Shenton, Eden; Roberts, Gale; Lynch, McShane, Moors, Millington, McMeeken, Massey.
Replacements: Holmes, Milner, Sene-Lefao, Cook.
Referee: Chris Campbell (RFL).
The poll of 1,650 Britons by YouGov found 56% would quit the competition.
And it found those who backed Leave in the EU referendum were most likely to want to drop out, with 76% to 21% in favour of quitting. Remain voters were 65% to 35% in favour of competing.
The UK first entered Eurovision in the second year of the contest in 1957 and has won five times - the last in 1997.
That victory for Katrina and the Waves with Love, Shine a Light, followed wins by Sandie Shaw (Puppet on a String, 1967), Lulu (Boom Bang-a-Bang, 1969), Brotherhood of Man (Save Your Kisses for Me, 1976) and Bucks Fizz (Making Your Mind Up, 1981).
However, since 1997 the UK has finished last three times - in 2003, 2008 and 2010 - and has failed to make it into the top 10 for the past seven years.
This year's contest will take place in Kiev on Saturday, following Jamala's win for Ukraine last year singing 1944.
The UK will be represented by former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones, who will sing her ballad Never Give Up On You, but according to YouGov only a fifth of Britons (22%) are intending to watch the show.
Of those planning to watch, 26% of people said their reason for watching was the "amusing commentary", which will again be provided by Graham Norton, 19% are planning to make fun of the show and just 9% say they tune in because they like the music.
The Great British Tennis Weekend (22-23 July) provides free tennis sessions across the UK and you don't even have to bring equipment - racquets and balls are provided by participating clubs.
It's effectively a nation-wide open day for tennis clubs and centres, so if you or your children have been inspired by events in SW19 to head out on the courts, this is the perfect opportunity to get playing.
To find activities and clubs near you, go to the LTA's session finder and simply put in your postcode or have a look on the Get Inspired Activity Finder.
While the weekend of 22-23 July is one of the year's nationally supported weekends, events are happening throughout the summer.
So if you run a tennis club and want to get involved, you can sign up here.
And if you want to find out more about getting into tennis, check out our Get Inspired guide.
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Goals from Trésor Mputu Mabi and Rainford Kalaba were enough to give the holders a win in Lubumbashi on Sunday.
It means Mazembe are top of Group D, following SuperSport United's 2-2 draw with Horoya on Friday.
16 teams feature in the Confederation Cup group phase.
Zambia's Zesco United kicked off their Confederation Cup group campaign with a slender 1-0 victory over Egypt's Smouha on Saturday in Group C.
The hosts left it late in front of their own fans in Ndola before Jackson Were stepped up to score from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute.
Zesco are aiming to become the first Zambian winners of the Confederation Cup having reached the Champions League semi-finals last year.
Also on Saturday, record three-time Confederation Cup winners CS Sfaxien of Tunisia found the going tougher than expected against group-stage debutants Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland, winning 1-0.
Having scored seven goals in two home qualifiers, the Tunisians had to settle for just one, from Alaa Marzouki on 31 minutes in Sfax.
Nevertheless, Sfaxien go top of Group B, after South Africa's Platinum Stars were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Mouloudia Alger of Algeria.
Former Confederation Cup winners FUS Rabat of Morocco were 3-0 winners over Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), the first Ugandan club to qualify for the group stage of a continental competition.
KCCA came close to shocking title-holders Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in the Champions League before being demoted to the Confederation Cup.
On Friday, Substitute Thuso Phala scored to salvage a 2-2 draw for SuperSport United of South Africa against Horoya of Guinea in the opening Confederation Cup group game.
It was a disappointing start to Group D for the Pretoria club, who had scored 11 goals in three home victories en route to the expanded 16-club mini-league phase.
SuperSport United's coach, Stuart Baxter, becomes South Africa boss later this month.
Other than domestic factors, the potential tapering off of the US Federal Reserve's cheap cash injections is partly responsible for the volatility.
The US central bank's moves had allowed billions of dollars of inflows into emerging economies, and now that money is leaving and it is having an impact on their economies.
For some countries in the region which rely on exports to drive growth, it helps to have a weaker currency. For others that have to import a lot of what the country needs, it is not beneficial.
Our correspondents around the region have been finding out how the currency movements are affecting people and businesses.
India's currency has been in freefall recently. Over the past few months the rupee has fallen nearly 15% touching record lows and crossing the psychological level of 60 to the US dollar. Stock markets have been in disarray due to the currency's poor performance.
India's finance minister, P Chidambaram, has indicated that this is a global trend and so there isn't any reason to panic, but the Indian rupee has been among the worst performing currencies in Asia.
Some economists say that the recent slide has been due to global factors, particularly because of the strengthening of the dollar and signals from the US that it may start cutting down on stimulus spending.
Several sectors are being badly affected, prime among these, are petroleum companies and automotive manufacturers who rely heavily on imports. The falling rupee could widen India's current account deficit, which has already been a big concern for the country.
Analysts say what is more worrying than the weak level of the currency is how volatile it's been over the last few months.
Many firms have put a hold on business, waiting for some stability. "I'm not taking any new imports, any new consignments until there is some stabilisation. We fear that the dollar may even go to 65 rupees," says Lal Hazari, an electrical goods dealer in Mumbai.
The currency fall comes at a bad time for India. The country has just begun to recover from the slowest growth in a decade, and a weakening rupee may hurt any recent improvements in the country's economic situation.
Inflation, which has been easing in recent months could rise again. Gas and oil prices have already been hiked. Experts say the currency depreciation could also have an impact on the fiscal deficit, which has been narrowing over the past few months.
While India's central bank has stepped in a few times to sell dollars and stem the slide, experts say that these are only short-term measures and what the country needs are long-term solutions like kickstarting the investment cycle in India and increasing foreign cash inflows.
Capital flows into Asia have pushed up the Philippine peso against the US dollar and one of the groups feeling the pinch the most is overseas workers.
Domestic helpers in Hong Kong may earn less than half of the average salary in the Chinese territory, but they are able to boost local consumption and support their families back in the Philippines.
Myrna Nejar is one of the 159,000 Filipino maids in Hong Kong feeling the pressure. The wage she earns supports her daughter, granddaughter and elderly mother back in the Philippines.
Just before the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Ms Nejar sent three-quarters of her salary back home. Since the local currency is pegged to the US dollar it amounted to roughly 16,700 Philippine pesos.
But after successive rounds of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve, the US dollar has weakened and investment flowing into the Philippines has diluted the value of Ms Nejar's wage.
She is now sending roughly 20% less Philippine pesos back home.
It's a big adjustment for her 79-year-old mother Sophia Nejar. "I have to budget very carefully now. I eat less meat so that I can still buy my medicine and milk," she tells the BBC through an internet-based video call from her home in the Philippine province of Antique.
Filipino maids try to find ways to send home the same amount of Philippine peso as before. Many resort to borrowing. Others cut back on their own spending in Hong Kong on food and clothing.
The sacrifices made by domestic helpers worked. Last year, they were among the millions of overseas Filipinos who sent a record $21bn to the Philippines. It has moved families out of slums and helped them join the emerging middle class.
For many domestic helpers in Hong Kong though, it's a struggle to keep up the momentum.
Ten years ago this month a group of senators wrote a letter to the US Treasury Secretary urging him to stop China cheating on its currency, and they've been at it ever since.
Just last month yet another attempt was made to introduce a law designed, in large part, to punish China for keeping the yuan, or renminbi, artificially weak.
It may have appreciated some 35% since 2003, the argument goes, but it is still too weak. Just look at the growing trade deficit.
A trip to the EAE Automotive Equipment Company factory in Suzhou, in eastern China, suggests Washington might have a point.
Up to 80% of the hydraulic vehicle lifts made here are for export.
The boss, Zhang Shujun, tells me that the rising currency is not yet causing real pain because much of it has been offset by the falling price of Chinese steel.
Nonetheless, they are noticing an effect - this year alone a 3% dip in profits, she says, directly as a result of the renminbi price. She is not keen for it to strengthen further, faster.
The more interesting question though is not about the correct value of the renminbi right now. Rather, it is about why China has been allowing it to strengthen, albeit slowly, for the past 10 years.
The answer might be something to do with the now well-documented great Chinese rebalancing act - the shifting of priorities away from an export and investment based economy.
A stronger currency, of course, helps in this regard, by boosting consumer demand. So some analysts expect the renminbi to continue its steady trajectory for a little while longer.
Maybe all the US needs is a bit more patience.
South Korea is paying close attention to Japan's new economic policies.
Nicknamed "Abenomics" after Japan's new, nationalist prime minister, the new policies have led to a dramatic shift in the value of the yen.
This has made Korean goods more expensive for Japanese consumers - a worrying trend for South Korea, which relies on exports.
Trade between the two countries was worth more than $100bn last year - less than half that between South Korea and China, but nevertheless still enough to make Tokyo one of Seoul's top trading partners.
Some smaller companies say it's they who are bearing the brunt of that currency volatility, as Korea's big multinationals which underpin the economy pass on the costs to their contractors.
But the weakening yen has also made Korea itself more expensive for the Japanese to visit. South Korea's Tourism Organisation says the number of Japanese visitors increased by around a third in the first half of last year, but has since declined, with no sign of a rebound.
Seoul's restaurants, shopping malls and popstars are all big draws for Japanese visitors - many of whom return year after year.
"Of course the exchange rate is a problem," says Choi Yoon Jea, the head of a kimchi-making school set up for tourists in Seoul, "because the biggest reason Japanese come here is for shopping."
But many of those in the industry, including Mr Choi, say there's more to the drop in visitors than simple economics - and that politics is playing a part as well, as the ongoing diplomatic coolness between the two countries continues.
The over-achieving Australian dollar has spent much of the past three years lording it above its American cousin.
Life beyond parity with the greenback has been especially painful for Australian manufacturers and tourism. It has made imports cheaper, and has sent the price of many exports soaring.
"It's largely changed the landscape of the Australian industrial outlook," says Michael McCarthy, an analyst at CMC Markets. "A high Australian dollar meant that our rigid labour markets and high cost of labour has put most of manufacturing into an uncompetitive position."
To survive, firms have had to innovate. Competition from China and Taiwan has forced Lifestyle BBQs, a family-run company in Sydney, to shift its focus away from the low-cost end of the market, to premium sales.
"There are a lot of products available to customers who want to purchase a barbecue at very low prices, because of the high Australian dollar," says owner Blair Boaden. "You can walk into a store and it's available for between 400 and 800 [Australian] dollars. And it all seems perfectly adequate. Whereas our product sells in the equivalent form for between 2,500 and 3,500 dollars."
However, in recent months there have been many pressures on the Aussie dollar; from the strength of the US and Chinese economies, to interest rates and the softening of the mining boom.
And that has provided some much-needed relief for those weighed down by a muscular currency. The mighty "Aussie" has lost more than 10% of its value since mid-April.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Lucas Piazon, 21, currently on loan to Reading, and his Brazilian team-mate, goalkeeper Andrey da Silva Ventura, 22.
It is claimed the sexual assault took place during the Pan-Am Games in July.
The alleged victim is a 21-year-old woman who they met in a nightclub, Toronto Police said. Mr Ventura plays for Botafogo in the Brazilian Serie B.
Police said the two Brazilian nationals met the victim and a friend in a nightclub in Toronto on 25 July.
A spokesman said: "It is alleged that...they socialized with the victim and accompanied the two women to a Toronto residence.
"The victim, once she arrived at home, went to sleep. They entered her bedroom and sexually assaulted her. She awoke and both of them left the residence."
Chelsea and Reading said they were both aware of the reports.
The alleged attack happened on the same day Mr Piazon helped Brazil secure a bronze medal in the tournament, scoring in their 3-1 win over Panama.
He has scored two goals in eight games for Reading this season.
Today they find out what state their homes and fields are in after days inside a strong building to protect them from the powerful gusts of winds and endless rain.
"I hope that our house wasn't destroyed or damaged by [the] typhoon or that it was not in the flood," says 16-year-old Ronna Mae Salturio.
Her family, one of many living in small shanties along the road, is getting ready to be taken home in a military truck with the few essentials they brought with them.
They might be worried about their future, but they have survived.
At least 21 people are known to have died during Hagupit, but that's a stark comparison with last year when more than 7,000 died or went missing from Typhoon Haiyan which left mass destruction in its wake.
There are still remote parts of Samar that are unreachable, due to floods or downed trees blocking roads, and there could be significant destruction and loss of life there.
But for the most part, the Philippines looks to have averted disaster on a national scale.
For some, it shows the government has learned its lesson and preparations were made in time.
President Benigno Aquino's administration faced much criticism for the slow response in getting food and aid to Tacloban and other areas after Haiyan.
In the Philippines, where bad weather is a part of life, Albay province is seen as a leading example of disaster management. In 1995, it set up a separate office solely to deal with emergencies and it looks to have paid off.
A total of 128,998 families were evacuated from low lying or mudslide-prone areas to schools, community centres and other stronger buildings, with the help of trucks and personnel from the military.
The governor told the BBC he went on the radio to encourage people to leave their homes and property behind.
They were also given incentives in the form of bags of rice, which for those living in poverty is a big draw.
It's all part of what the provincial government says was its strategy to minimise risk and loss of life.
"Evacuation rather than rescue, that's our doctrine," says Cedric Daep, Chief of the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office.
He says they met days before the expected typhoon with local mayors to identify the major hazards. Floods, landslides, storm surges, mud flow and strong winds could destroy houses made of light materials.
Haiyan was so deadly largely because of the huge unexpected storm surges it brought with it which wiped away entire communities.
So knowing that, evacuating from low lying areas looks to have paid off.
"We are happy with the result that we achieved zero casualty," Mr Daep says.
And at the national level, food and aid distribution centres were set up early. Both the government and aid agencies were poised to act before the storm this time as opposed to reacting after.
President Aquino said before the typhoon struck that he would not be patient with excuses after this event and wanted to set a "zero casualty" target.
They also had help from the fact that Hagupit turned out to be much less destructive then predicted.
It was briefly classed as a super typhoon as it approached the Philippines, with winds of 250km/h, but by the time it hit land on Saturday it had reduced in speed significantly.
But even then, it was increased awareness of the dangers of the typhoon that made people nervous enough to leave their homes.
That fear is the legacy that Haiyan has left here.
The first five, including Sonic the Hedgehog, are available now via the Apple and Android app stores.
The gamemaker said it planned to release additional titles every two weeks for the Sega Forever service.
Some fans have complained about the first releases, saying Sega has done a poor job of converting the classic titles to mobile devices.
"Above all else Sega Forever is a celebration of nostalgia," said Mike Evans, head of Sega's mobile division in San Francisco in a statement. "It's about allowing fans to reconnect with past experiences.
"It's a very easy conversion to take those games to free," Mr Evans told games website GamesIndustry.biz.
As with many other apps, Sega said it would run ads before and after the games were played. However, it said it would make it easy for players to avoid them.
"We're just bolting in the advertising support model and a single in-app purchase that can disable those ads," Mr Evans added.
Sega said it would cost $1.99 in the US and £1.99 in the UK to turn off the ads.
The online gaming catalogue will eventually feature titles from all the Sega console eras. Initially Sega said it was concentrating on games for the Master System, Mega Drive and Game Gear consoles but those made for the Dreamcast and Saturn would follow.
The first five games on Sega Forever are:
Games can be played via a portable device's touchscreen or by a controller. Sega said they would also be playable offline but people can save their progress online if they wish. The games firm said it would eventually add a multiplayer option to many of the games.
But not all fans of older games were happy with the arrival of Sega Forever. Retro games enthusiast John Linneman criticised the way they had been transferred or ported to mobile devices.
He said the "lousy emulation" led to glitches during gameplay.
"There are loads of dropped frames, hitches and skips," Mr Linneman told games website Nintendo Life. "And when a notification occurs, it gets much worse. So it never plays smoothly."
Speaking after a high-level meeting called to discuss the move, the vice-president said the review was needed "to maintain institutional stability".
President Nicolas Maduro said the conflict between the Supreme Court and the legislature had been resolved.
But the opposition, which dominates congress, dismissed the announcement.
"This tactical retreat does not solve the underlying problem," senior opposition leader Freddy Guevara tweeted (in Spanish).
He called on supporters to "continue the fight for freedom" and hold a new protest in the capital Caracas on Saturday.
Wednesday's decision by the Supreme Court to take over the legislature's role sparked days of demonstrations.
On Friday chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, was the first high-ranking official to criticise the judges.
Speaking live on TV, she expressed "great concern" about a measure which she said violated the constitution.
Promising dialogue to end the crisis, Mr Maduro convened a late-night meeting of the state security council.
Afterwards Vice-President Tareck El Aissami said: "We urge the Supreme Court to review the decisions... in order to maintain institutional stability and the balance of powers."
Mr Maduro said: "This controversy has been overcome, showing the power of dialogue."
On Wednesday the Supreme Court seized power from the National Assembly, allowing it to write laws itself.
The court accused lawmakers of "contempt" after allegations of irregularities by three opposition lawmakers during the 2015 elections.
It did not indicate if or when it might hand power back.
The court had previously backed the leftist president in his ongoing struggles with the legislature - on Tuesday removing parliamentary immunity from the assembly's members.
There has been widespread international condemnation, with the Organisation of American States (OAS) calling it the "final blow to democracy" in Venezuela.
Tensions have been high because the country has been engulfed in a severe economic crisis.
It has the world's highest inflation rate, which the International Monetary Fund predicts could reach 1,660% next year. Long queues, power cuts and shortages of basic goods are common.
The government and opposition blame each other for the country's problems, made worse by the falling prices of oil, Venezuela's main export product.
President Maduro has become increasingly unpopular, and the opposition has called for his removal from office and fresh elections.
It is moving away from a focus on maximising revenue for the Treasury.
The government has admitted that the new priority of maximising extraction will mean a lower tax burden.
Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said ministers would consult on several new approaches to taxation.
These will be in addition to tax concessions announced in the chancellor's Autumn Statement, which included an immediate cut in the supplementary charge element of offshore tax, from 32% to 30%.
There was also more flexibility in tax allowances announced for companies that have yet to see an income stream from their investments.
Chancellor George Osborne also said he was expanding the allowances for clusters of fields with high pressure and high temperature reserves of hydrocarbons, which require new and more expensive technology.
The broader changes to the tax regime follows Sir Ian Wood's review of the sector, which recommended a new regulator, and a requirement that the industry, government and that regulator should co-operate more closely.
More collaboration between oil producers is also being expected.
After a consultation, the Treasury now says that it foresees a lower tax burden on the industry, as new projects become more marginal.
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said: "Following the UK government's admission that it has been 21 years since the oil and gas industry last received a tax reduction, the package of measures announced at the Autumn Statement is a first step to improving the fiscal regime for the industry.
"In driving forward these changes, it is essential that the UK government engages with the industry, the new regulator and the Scottish government to maintain momentum with these critical fiscal reforms."
Malcolm Webb, chief executive of industry body Oil and Gas UK, said: "We are encouraged to note that fiscal policy will now be framed in the context of the sector's wider economic benefits and will also take account of the global competitiveness of the industry in terms of commodity prices and costs.
"Mr Alexander paid particular attention to the need for the Treasury to work with the new Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and the industry in the tripartite approach as called for in the Wood Review."
Friends of the Earth's policy and campaigns director Craig Bennett said: "Ministers must end their obsession with dirty fossil fuels and build a clean economy for the future based on energy efficiency and the nation's huge renewable power resources."
The oil industry has been awaiting a significant package of tax reforms from the Treasury.
It faces fast-rising production costs, the challenge of more difficult and expensive oil and gas reserves, ageing equipment, and a recent sharp fall in the price it gets for oil on the global market.
It has also been through a rough period of lobbying the Treasury, after the £2bn tax raid in the 2011 Budget, impressing on Whitehall how sensitive it is to even small tax changes.
The announcements in George Osborne's Autumn Statement were seen as modest by the industry, and a first step.
The range of measures now published could meet many of the industry's expectations, and make it financially viable to push for more extraction rather than leaving reserves under the seabed.
However, there is limited room for the Treasury's manoeuvre, given its vast deficit problems. And it is far from applying numbers to the plans it has set out. Consultation could take up valuable time, when investments hang in the balance due to the falling oil price.
The government is signalling that it is going to have to change its approach to offshore energy, meaning lower tax receipts.
Instead, it can look forward to more oil and gas being extracted, prolonging the lifespan of the industry's big employment footprint, and minimising the need to import oil and gas.
The Treasury will consider the wider economic benefits of maximising productions in addition to the revenue benefits.
And the new regime concedes that it will have to take more account of the competing and often more attractive investment alternatives for oil companies which operate in other countries' oil basins.
The new proposals include:
There is to be consultation on these next year, with some new details to be published with the Budget in the spring.
Making the announcement in Aberdeen, Mr Alexander described the tax review as an ambitious move to support a valuable sector.
He said: "We're incentivising and working with the industry to develop new investment opportunities and support new areas of exploration.
"This will help ensure that the industry continues to thrive and contribute to the economy. This level of support is only possible because we can draw on the combined strength and resources of the United Kingdom."
Derek Leith, an energy tax specialist with accountancy firm EY, welcomed the recognition that higher oil prices did not necessarily lead to higher profits, as costs also tended to increase.
However, he said the current concern was over falling oil prices.
"Provided that these measures can be implemented quickly, and a further tax rate reduction can also be delivered, the government has taken some critical steps to protecting the longevity of the oil and gas industry in the UK.," he said.
"However, with the low oil price making the need for reform acute, there is absolutely no room for complacency."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it had passed evidence to prosecutors to decide if the case should come to court.
Mr Rigg, who suffered from schizophrenia, died at Brixton police station in 2008.
In 2012 an inquest jury found that police used "unsuitable" force after arresting Mr Rigg.
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The musician had been held down for eight minutes in the "prone position" following his arrest in Balham for attacking passers-by and officers.
He was taken to Brixton police station, where it was decided he should be kept in a police van for 11 minutes, until the custody area had been cleared.
Mr Rigg was found to be unwell when he was taken into the building and later died from a heart attack.
The IPCC police watchdog has investigated the actions of five police officers on the day Mr Rigg died, along with allegations of perjury.
Sgt Paul White is due to face trial in September accused of lying to the inquest.
It is alleged that he falsely claimed to have visited Mr Rigg to check on his health between 19:55 GMT and 20:03, while he was in the police van.
IPCC's deputy chair Sarah Green said: "Having reviewed the evidence and the final report I have decided to refer this investigation to the CPS to determine whether any criminal charges should be laid."
Mr Rigg's sister Marcia Rigg-Samuel has called for the five officers under investigation to be suspended while criminal charges are considered.
She said she had battled "every step of the way" to find out what happened to her brother and to "hold the officers involved to account for their conduct".
Scotland Yard said a sergeant and a police constable are suspended, while another three constables are on restricted duties.
Avon and Somerset PC Claire Boddie, 47, is set to appear before Taunton magistrates on 14 August.
The force referred itself to the police watchdog after Judah Adunbi, 63, was Tasered in Bristol on 14 January.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) sent evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, which said it is in the public interest to charge.
Mr Adunbi, who was Tasered in Colston Road, Easton, is a founding member of one of the force's local Independent Advisory Groups - the aim of which is to strengthen relations between the police and members of the African-Caribbean community.
An IPCC spokesman said: "An IPCC investigation concluded in June and a file of evidence was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
"The CPS decided there was sufficient evidence and it was in the public interest to charge the officer."
A force spokesman added: "Now criminal proceedings have started, this prevents us from commenting further on the circumstances surrounding this matter, other than to reiterate that we're continuing to fully cooperate with the IPCC as their investigation progresses.
"Chief Constable Andy Marsh has made clear from the start of this investigation that we will discuss the matter fully and publicly once the investigation has concluded."
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Anglo American shares, after falling more than 12% on Tuesday, fell another 10% before closing down just 1.2%.
Other mining shares recovered from fierce selling pressure from investors worried by weakening commodity prices.
Anglo announced on Tuesday it would cut some 85,000 of its workforce in a massive restructuring.
Among the major commodities, only oil managed to stage a slight recovery, with Brent crude rising back above $40 a barrel.
However, most analysts believe that any recovery will be short-lived with the world continuing to face a glut of commodities.
Rick Spooner of CMC Markets said: "The strong downward momentum in oil markets stalled. However, there was no news to support optimism and with spot iron ore [prices] continuing to drift lower, investors are likely to remain nervous about mining and energy stocks today.''
The price of iron ore fell to $39.25 a tonne on Wednesday. It peaked at close to $200 in 2011.
On Wednesday morning in London, the prices of shares in mining companies see-sawed through the session. Shares in Rio Tinto fell mid-morning but then rallied 5% by midday, while BHP Billiton was up 4% and Glencore gained 5%.
Beaufort Securities trader Basil Petrides said: "The miners will probably continue to weaken while the Chinese economic outlook remains a concern."
The slowing Chinese economy has cut the demand for steel there. Many steel producers have shut down and much of the iron ore that was destined for their furnaces is lying idle at China's ports.
China has cut export taxes on steel and iron products to shift the metal out of the country, but that has only served to push global prices lower.
London-listed mining stocks have fallen by about 50% this year, as China's economic growth continues to slow, with Anglo American one of the biggest casualties.
Its stock has fallen almost two-thirds this year, largely because of its higher-cost iron ore mines.
Alastair McCaig of IG Group said: "Once again the mining sector is dragging the FTSE lower, although not with the aggression seen yesterday. Worries that Anglo American's actions yesterday might become the template for others in that sector have seen investors running for the exits."
Few analysts thought the slight recovery in oil prices on Wednesday would be sustainable.
Mike Tholen, economics director at offshore trade body Oil and Gas UK, said low oil prices would mean more job losses in the oil industry.
"We have to recognise that at the current price outlook, there will be further job losses. [The UK oil industry] is inevitably going to be smaller for many years to come," he said.
"We have oil fields now which are barely making enough money, and not enough money to cover their running costs in some cases."
Oil prices face downward pressure following the decision late last week by the Opec cartel to keep output high in the face of huge global oversupply.
The supply of oil is estimated to be up to two million barrels in excess of demand worldwide. Most analysts say they do not see prices rising much until late 2016 at the earliest.
James Hughes, chief market analyst at GKFX, said: "It seems that whatever happens, Opec will not budge and yet again have reiterated their stance that the markets will undo this mess themselves."
The new accounts will be available from 1 January to people who fail to qualify for a full current account.
It follows an agreement between the Treasury and the industry in December last year.
Nine million basic account holders will now not be charged for missing a direct debit payment, or a standing order.
Previously they might have paid up to £35 per failed payment, sometimes pushing them into an overdraft, so increasing the charges further.
"One bank charges £150 a quarter, and such costs can be make or break for some people," said Kevin Mountford, head of banking with Moneysupermarket.com.
"It will be a good thing if some of these extortionate costs are eradicated."
Some banks already do not charge such fees, but the agreement will mean a universal standard across the industry.
Barclays, Santander, NatWest, RBS, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, TSB, the Co-operative Bank and Nationwide Building Society are among those that will offer deals under the agreement, the Treasury said.
Users of the new accounts will also qualify for a debit card, which they can use to shop online, or at cash points.
But they will not be able to run up an overdraft.
However, around two million people in the UK still do not have a bank account at all, according to a report by the Financial Inclusion Commission, published in March 2015.
It said those without an account faced paying an extra £1,300 a year for financial services. But the industry argued that the situation was improving.
"These basic bank accounts build on the significant progress made by the industry on financial inclusion in recent years," said Anthony Browne, the chief executive of the British Banking Association.
"More people than ever before can now access banking services."
Some Republicans have signalled that they would be open to a brokered convention, where party officials, not voters, would chose the nominee.
That would only take place if Mr Trump fell short of the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination.
It is unclear if he can hit that threshold before the convention.
"I'm representing a tremendous - many, many millions of people, in many cases first-time voters," Mr Trump, the front-runner, told CNN. "If you disenfranchise those people ... I think you would have problems like you've never seen before," he said.
Mr Trump has at least 646 delegates and is favoured to win many coming contests, but challenges from opponents Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich have blunted his momentum.
On Tuesday, Mr Trump won primaries in four states - Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina. Yet a win by Mr Kasich in Ohio raised the possibly that Trump's delegate count could fall short.
Mr Cruz, who is currently in second place in the race, is also opposed to a brokered convention.
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Mr Cruz currently has 397 delegates and Mr Kasich has 142.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio, once thought to be a promising Republican choice for nominee, dropped out of the race on Tuesday after a poor showing in state primaries.
Mr Trump also said he would not be participating in a Fox News Republican debate set for 21 March in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mr Kasich's campaign said they would not participate if Mr Trump did not, so the network then cancelled the debate.
The billionaire businessman with no prior political experience has come under fire by his fellow Republican candidates, along with Democrats, for encouraging a culture of violence at his campaign rallies.
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He called off a rally to be held in Chicago after clashes between protesters and supporters.
He has said no one gets hurt at his "love-fest" rallies and that he denies responsibility for any violence.
The Sinn F??in MLA said DUP ministers were clearly divided on its management.
Health Minister Edwin Poots has said he would not implement cuts that would "destroy our health service".
The DUP MLA said his department faced a ??140m shortfall and he blamed Sinn F??in for not agreeing a welfare reform deal.
On 1 August, the NI Executive agreed to cut Stormont departments' budgets by ??78m, with the exception of health and education.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton also warned that further cuts, amounting to ??87m, would be required if a deal on welfare reform was not agreed.
Mr McGuinness said: "Health Minister Edwin Poots has taken to the airwaves to claim that he needs a further ??160m for the health service.
"However, his DUP colleague, Finance Minister Simon Hamilton, bid for just ??40m in the June monitoring round. Mr Poots was allocated ??20m additional funding and ??13m to cover an overspend.
"The issue of poor management of the health budget was identified by the Finance Minister Simon Hamilton during the monitoring round.
"There are real pressures on all of our health and public services which have been stripped bare by billions of pounds of cuts made to the executive's budget by the Tory government."
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show on Thursday, Mr Poots said that if the Northern Ireland Executive would not agree to allocate more money to health then they would have to find another minister to introduce the cuts.
Mr Poots added that he was not refusing outright to make savings to the health budget, but said he was not prepared to implement cuts that he believed would put patient safety at risk.
"I will make cuts, but there are certain services that I will not make cuts on, and the consequence of that is, we will break the budget by tens of millions of pounds unless more money is allocated to health," he added.
He said he needed at least ??80m in funding from the Northern Ireland Executive in order to ensure that patients' safety would not be compromised.
Mr Wen has been addressing about 3,000 delegates to open the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
He says the government aims to keep inflation to within 4% and hit economic growth of 8%.
Mr Wen accepted that uneven economic development was a "serious problem".
The focus on social stability was echoed in an editorial in the Communist Party-run Beijing Daily that coincided with the opening of the Congress and which warned against any Middle East-inspired pro-democracy protests.
The speech is the most important of the year delivered by a Chinese politician, correspondents say, similar in status to the State of the Union address in the US.
"Recently, prices have risen fairly quickly and inflation expectations have increased," Mr Wen says.
"This problem concerns the people's well-being, bears on overall interests and affects social stability. We must, therefore, make it our top priority in macroeconomic control to keep overall price levels stable."
Despite the booming economic growth there are millions who feel shut out, angry at official corruption, at inequalities that are rising, at land grabs.
That's why the government is so concerned about the possibilities for unrest.
Read the BBC's Damien Grammaticas's thoughts in full
Inflation in China is at 4.9%, and has continued to accelerate despite three recent interest rate hikes. Analysts say it has yet to peak.
Rising prices are a concern because poor families spend up to half their incomes on food.
This year's National People's Congress, which meets for 10 days, is to approve China's five-year plan for 2011-2015.
The plan, the country's 12th since the Communist Party took power in 1949, aims to create more sustainable growth and even out growing disparities in wealth between rich and poor.
Domestic demand would be stimulated, Mr Wen said, with subsidies to farmers and the urban poor increased.
"Expanding domestic demand is a long-term strategic principle and basic standpoint of China's economic development as well as a fundamental means and an internal requirement for promoting balanced economic development," Mr Wen said.
The government would "firmly curb the excessively rapid rise of housing prices in some cities".
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China's economy has become the world's second largest after several decades of rapid growth. But the success has come at the cost of polluted skies and waterways across much of the country.
Much of that growth has been driven by exports and large infrastructure projects, but there are concerns that the economy could falter unless it changes course.
"We must make improving the people's lives a pivot linking reform, development and stability... and make sure people are content with their lives and jobs, society is tranquil and orderly and the country enjoys long-term peace and stability," Mr Wen said.
He made no mention of the unrest in the Middle East, but the Beijing Daily editorial said that "stability is a blessing and chaos is a calamity".
Recent anonymous calls from a US-based website for pro-democracy protests in Chinese cities have been smothered by police.
"Those people intent on concocting and finding Middle East-style news in China will find their plans come to nothing," Beijing Daily said.
There are tens of thousands of protests across China every year, but most are over local grievances, especially land confiscated for development projects.
Despite the booming economic growth there are millions who feel shut out, angry at official corruption, at inequalities that are rising and at land grabs, says the BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Beijing.
That is why the government is so concerned about the possibilities for unrest, he says.
Britton made 289 appearances and scored 34 goals during a 10-year spell at Chelsea between 1972 and 1982.
Following short spells with Dundee United and Arbroath, he spent three years at Blackpool before moving to Division Four strugglers Burnley.
In May 1987 he saved the Clarets from relegation to the Conference by scoring the winning goal against Leyton Orient.
With promotion from the Conference to Division Four having been introduced that season, Britton's goal rescued Burnley from becoming the first club to be relegated from the Football League.
During his time with Chelsea, Britton was part of the team that beat the then European champions Liverpool in a 4-2 victory in the FA Cup third round in 1978.
The American began the final day with a three-shot lead but won by one shot from South Korea's Chun In-gee.
Lewis carded a 69 in her last round in Oregon to finish on 20-under, while In-gee shot a 66.
"We're going to be able to help people rebuild houses and get their homes back. That's more important than any win," said Lewis.
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The victory was her first LPGA Tour title since 2014.
She had pledged to donate her winnings to the relief effort following Storm Harvey in Houston, where she and her husband have a house, prior to the tournament.
Lewis was also told one of her sponsors would match her donation.
Her comments came as preparations were made through social media to hold a vigil in Glasgow to express solidarity with those who died.
Meanwhile, the organisers of a Muslim peace conference being held in the west of Scotland have said a minute's silence will be held for the victims.
The Scottish Secular Society expressed its "outrage" at the Paris attacks.
A book of condolences has opened at the French Consulate in Edinburgh for anyone who wants to show support for the people of Paris.
Ms Sturgeon said: "I think everybody waking up this morning will be deeply shocked, and obviously our thoughts, our prayers, our solidarity, are with the people of Paris and indeed the people of France today.
"France has had to bear more than what any country should be expected to over the course of this year, so this is awful beyond words.
"On behalf of the Scottish government, and I am sure this will be the case for governments across the world, we stand ready to help in any way that we can."
A page has been posted on Facebook inviting people to take part in a vigil in the centre of Glasgow at 16:00 on Saturday.
The organisers said it was "To stand in solidarity with the people of Paris and show that we care. That we all care. That Glasgow cares".
Later on Saturday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Glasgow is to hold a peace conference and dinner at Bearsden near Glasgow.
Although it was organised before the events in Paris, participants will now observe a minute of silence for those killed in the attacks.
Community president Muhammad Akbar Rana said: "We organise peace conferences in Glasgow every year for more than 10 years now to talk about how we can bring about peace in the society and get to know each other better thereby breaking the barriers between Muslims and the wider community.
"Our main message is 'Love For All, Hatred For None' and we will be promoting the values of love, loyalty, freedom, equality, respect and peace in next week's event, which are the core values needed for any peaceful society."
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Glasgow said it totally condemned the "barbaric attacks" and added their "deepest thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and all the people of France".
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has spoken of his horror at the atrocities in Paris.
The Right Reverend Dr Angus Morrison said the thoughts and prayers of the Church are with the people of France.
Dr Morrison added: "News of the latest terrorist attacks in France have shocked and appalled us all.
"It is impossible to comprehend the mindset that leads people to perpetrate such indiscriminate barbarity against their fellow human beings.
"There can be no possible justification for such wicked acts which sadly reveal humanity at its very worst."
The Scottish Secular Society said it shared the world's outrage at what happened in Paris.
In a statement it added: "For 110 years France has been an inspirational country for its adherence to the principle of Laïcité (the French belief that government and political issues should be kept separate from religious organisations) and whilst even as this great nation is under attack we will continue to support it as the seat of secularism in Europe."
Society chairman Douglas McLellan said: "Our hearts and minds are with the people of France today; a country and a people committed to secularism, equality and compassion.
"In sorrow, we hope for their safety."
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made the comment ahead of an EU summit on Thursday to discuss the crisis.
Italy's Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti told Italian TV that the EU should consider military intervention.
More than 800 people drowned off Libya's coast on Sunday, bringing the number of deaths this year to 1,750.
The number of people attempting to flee war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, particularly Eritreans and Syrians, has spiked in recent months, leading to huge numbers of people drowning in unseaworthy and often overcrowded vessels.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says there have been 30 times as many deaths so far in 2015 as in the same period last year and the figure could rise to 30,000.
More than 500 people rescued from several other boats were brought ashore by Italian coastguards on Wednesday.
Small children, Arab and African, stood together and grinned and waved at us from the deck of an Italian navy ship as they waited to disembark.
They were a few of the more than 400 new arrivals rescued from the Calabrian coast a day ago. They had spent eight days at sea after setting sail from Egypt on a fishing boat. Others had been plucked from the sea in separate operations and were brought here for medical treatment.
The migrants and asylum seekers included many from Syria and Iraq as well as Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia.
Aid agencies were first to hear their stories. They told us that one heavily pregnant woman had gone into labour and been taken to hospital. Some women from Syria had fled their country's bloody civil war with their children, leaving husbands to fight and guard property.
Kept back by the Italian police, we watched young men gulping down water on the portside and babies being fed bottled milk.
Addressing the Italian parliament on Wednesday, Mr Renzi described the human smugglers as "the slave traders of the 21st Century".
He said the 28-member EU must come up with concrete measures to tackle the growing problem.
Separately, Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti told Sky TG24 TV: "We know where the smugglers keep their boats, where they gather."
"The plans for military intervention are there," she said.
However, some experts dismissed such plans as unrealistic. "This problem is totally unsolvable with military means," retired French Admiral Alain Coldefy told AFP.
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"Politicians have on several occasions asked me the question of what could be done to stop this trafficking by force, and the response is simple: nothing.
"Once these boats loaded with migrants have left Libyan waters, we can only apply international rules, which means rescuing people."
On Monday, the EU set out a 10-point action plan to prevent more deaths. They include an increase in the financial resources of Frontex, the border agency which runs the EU's Mediterranean rescue service Triton, and an extension of Triton's operational area.
The EU had been criticised over the scope of Triton, which replaced the larger Italian operation Mare Nostrum last year.
There will also be a new campaign to destroy traffickers' boats.
However, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) stressed that "much more was needed" to tackle the issue.
Human rights group Amnesty International said the decision to end Mare Nostrum had "contributed to a dramatic increase in migrant and refugee deaths".
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Adrian Gill, a reformed alcoholic who defied his dyslexia to become the greatest assembler of similes writing in English in his day, passed away last weekend.
And just this week Michael Nicholson, a giant of television journalism, also died.
Both men received glowing and deserved tributes from colleagues in their former abodes (The Sunday Times and ITN respectively), and indeed beyond.
But very many journalists - too many - around the world die without receiving the attention and coverage they deserve.
According to Reporters sans frontieres (RSF), an organisation that promotes a free press around the world, 74 journalists died doing their job around the world in 2016. The numbers were released this morning.
Seventy-four? In a profession that probably employs millions around the world? That's a tiny number, I hear you say.
Moreover, it's down from the previous year, when 101 died. So not so bad really.
Well, I don't agree. Journalists got a kicking in 2016, blamed for many if not most of the things people don't like.
"Mainstream media" became an implied insult. The new American president, Donald Trump, castigates titles from the New York Times to Vanity Fair, and uses Twitter to bypass traditional media altogether.
The reputation of journalism may be low around the world today, but at its best it is a noble endeavour which not only chronicles history, but accelerates it.
That is why powerful people have, throughout history, killed journalists they see as dangerous.
This year, according to RSF, three quarters of those killed were deliberately murdered. And the only reason the number of deaths is down is because many fewer journalists are reporting from some of the most ghastly war zones in the world today, from Syria to Burundi.
This leaves information black holes where tyranny and horror can go undocumented and unchallenged.
Over the weekend I read the RSF report. I also read Jeremy Clarkson's beautiful and touching tribute to his "closest friend", Gill.
It made me think that each of those 74 who died this year deserved the same amount of coverage at least.
After all, they died for their cause.
Many of them are pictured in the RSF report. They deserve our respect and solidarity, and we should remember them this Christmas, too.
I would encourage you to read the report so that next time you hear caterwauling about what awful people journalists are, you have 74 examples to hand for why they're not.
It received 36 complaints for every 100,000 broadband customers - higher than the industry average of 20.
BT-owned companies, Plusnet and EE, came second and third in the broadband complaints table.
Vodafone had 18 complaints for every 100,000 of its mobile customers - three times the industry average of six.
As well as doing poorly on broadband, Plusnet and EE also received the most complaints about their fixed telephone services.
The rankings come soon after BT chairman Sir Michael Rake said it had more work to do to improve customer service.
"We apologise to customers we've let down," said BT in a statement. "BT cares about the service it gives to customers and we know we need to do better."
It added that some "exceptional" broadband outages during the third quarter contributed to the rise in complaints.
Bt said it was putting cash into service improvements and recruiting widely to bolster the number of staff who handle queries and complaints, The software it uses to handle complaints was also getting an overhaul, it added.
"Customers will see an improvement as these initiatives take effect," it said.
The quarterly Ofcom study looks at the number of complaints lodged about landlines, broadband, mobiles and Pay TV services.
The complaints cover issues such as faults, billing and pricing as well as problems with services and how well they are set up by firms. They also include the ways telecoms firms deal with grievances.
Ofcom said it had seen an increase in complaints about broadband and landline services between July and September.
"We won't stand for complacency when it comes to customer service," said Lindsey Fussell, director of Ofcom's consumer group in a statement. "We expect providers to make it a top priority and work hard to better serve their customers."
Ofcom said it gathered data on complaints to help monitor how well companies were serving customers and to provide useful information for people who were looking to switch suppliers or sign up for new services.
Ms Fussell said it investigated when customers were let down and had the power to levy significant fines.
In October, Vodafone was hit with a £4.6m fine by Ofcom for breaking rules on handling complaints and misleading customers on what they received when they signed up for pay-as-you-go services.
Last year, a £1m fine was levied on EE for not doing enough to tell people their rights when they made a complaint.
Andrew Bagot said he would be "very disappointed" if a Tesco-branded shop was not trading this year.
The first outlet will be an existing shop while a second would likely be a bigger new-build, said Mr Bagot.
Alliance Group began selling Tesco products in Guernsey this year.
Jersey is currently served by Waitrose and Co-op supermarkets.
"There is no doubt that there is always room for choice and always room for competition," he said.
"I'd be disappointed if we weren't up and running in six months."
Mr Bagot said some products would be sold more cheaply in Jersey than in Tesco stores in the UK because of lower tax rates.
But Julia Quennault, who co-owns the Classic Farm Shop in St Peter, is disappointed at the news.
She said: "It's not that it's Tesco per se, it's that there's only so much consumer demand. You can only cut the cake so thin."
The home side dominated at the John Smith's Stadium, with 18 shots in all.
City keeper Tomas Kuszczak excelled and saved an Emyr Huws header brilliantly before David Cotterill gave the away side the lead with a superb free-kick.
His curling effort looked to have won it but defender Lynch took control of a wayward shot in the area and netted his second of the season to earn a point.
With 65% possession and 15 corners to Birmingham's two on the day, Huddersfield will question why their own end-of-season form now boasts just three wins in 11 games.
Sat 16th in the table, their Championship status is secure and buoyed by a 2-0 away win at Blackburn last week and a draw at Rotherham on Tuesday, they began well, with Nahki Wells dragging an effort wide.
Birmingham captain Michael Morrison nearly turned into his own net and Joe Lolley went close for Town prior to Cotterill's 25-yard strike.
The Wales international scored the only goal in this fixture last season - another superbly-struck free-kick - but unlike then, Birmingham could not hold on and they stay ninth in the table.
Blues manager Gary Rowett said he had been "pretty tough" on his players for a "lack of desire " after they conceded a two-goal lead against Preston in midweek and again they squandered an advantage.
Lynch prodded the leveller and his side almost won it with Wells inches away from touching home a cross and Kuszczak brilliantly denying Karim Matmour's overhead kick at the death.
Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner:
"We had problems with our finishing and we need to do better.
"Our shots were not good enough and a lot were blocked or went wide. We did not make their goalkeeper work hard enough.
"I am disappointed with the result but when you come back with 10 or 15 minutes left you can be satisfied.
"In the last 10 or 15 minutes everybody can see our fitness was good and we were stronger than our opponent."
"We have shown a good fighting attitude."
Birmingham City's assistant manager Kevin Summerfield:
"It was a game where we needed to dig in and we looked to play on the counter attack but we did not have enough legs or quality.
"It was a set-piece that opened the door for us and Cotterill produced a great free-kick but that's what he does.
"We have been in the top 10 all season and we are not going to sit back and roll over.
"We still have an awful lot to play for and we want to win games."
Tianshan Net, the local government news portal, said the incident happened in Shule, in Kashgar prefecture.
Xinjiang has seen a spate of attacks in recent months, amid tension between its minority Muslim Uighur population and Han Chinese residents.
Chinese authorities have responded with a large security crackdown.
Hundreds of people have been arrested and dozens executed, although information about incidents in the region is tightly controlled.
Beijing blames the violence on Uighur separatists inspired or supported by overseas extremists groups. Activists say China's policies towards Uighurs are repressive and are fuelling significant resentment.
In the latest report, Tianshan Net said residents had reported a man carrying a suspicious device. As police approached him the man tried to attack them and to detonate explosives, but was shot dead, it said.
Five other people were then shot dead as they also tried to detonate the explosives.
There was no independent confirmation of the report.
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The accounts appear to be controlled by bots - automated software - that uses a variety of names and photos.
They respond to users' greetings and then engage in a brief conversation before recommending the app and providing a download link.
Tinder told Techcrunch news site it was taking steps to remove the accounts.
But one security expert said it would be difficult for the firm to stamp out such abuse of its service.
Internet Gaming Gate (Igg), the China-based company that publishes the game, said it had taken action to address the problem after discovering the culprit was an advertising publisher registered in the English town of Farnham
"Using the information provided in the [Techcrunch] article, we were able to trace the source of the spam bots and narrow [it] down to a few advertising providers within an hour, and firmly requested that all such campaigns be stopped immediately," said spokesman Deyang Zheng.
"Igg strives to deliver fun, quality experiences to our players with fairness and utmost professionalism, and we are angered by the unfair and unethical conduct of the individual who was behind this selfish act. Our sincere apologies go to the Tinder users who were affected."
Tinder is a free-to-use smartphone app that has seen rapid growth since it launched 18 months ago.
People sign up by giving the app permission to access their Facebook account, from which Tinder obtains pictures and information about their interests.
Members then select profiles they find attractive. If two people pick each other they can begin messaging each other.
At the end of February Tinder's founder, Sean Read, said that the service was generating about 10 million such introductions each day, and that each active user was logging in about seven times over the 24-hour period.
This highly engaged user-base presents a tempting target to spammers who now struggle to avoid email junk folders.
"Spam is becoming a lot more sophisticated, and to be effective it has to be targeted," explained Alan Woodward, an independent security consultant.
"Whittling the process down to writing a unique message for each user would be impractical, so what they try and do is target communities of like-minded people.
"People looking for love is a classic example of such a group. There's already a lot of scams and spam targeting people on dating websites, and this is a natural extension of that."
Screenshots posted to Twitter indicate that the conversation used by the bots follows the same pattern.
After the Tinder member contacts the fake account the software initially says "hey :)".
It then asks what the user is doing and replies to the response saying: "I'm still recovering from last night :) Relaxing with a game on my phone, castle clash. Have you heard about it?"
Whatever reply the user provides, it prompts the bot to send them a link with an address beginning www.tinderverified.com/ - which appears to be an attempt to make the URL appear trustworthy.
The bot then ends the conversation by saying, "play with me a bit and you just might get a phone number".
David Short, from Raleigh, North Carolina, said he had been repeatedly targeted.
"The Castle Clash bots are beyond annoying, giving you false hope of a potential match," he told the BBC.
"It's happened three or four times since I've started, and has me second-guessing girls that are 'too attractive'. At this point, I'm pretty addicted to Tinder, but if they start popping up more and more, it may deter me from using it on a regular basis. "
This is not the first time bots have been used to fool Tinder users.
Last year cybersecurity firm Symantec highlighted how fake accounts were attempting to convince members to reveal their credit card details.
Tinder lets matched users to block each other, allowing affected accounts to break contact with the bots. But Mr Woodward noted that this would not prevent the victims from being targeted again.
"If anybody can sign up anonymously it's impossible to prevent this," he said.
"Tinder is trying to outsource trust to Facebook, but it's just as easy to sign up to the social network with fake details as anything else."
Facebook reported in February that it believed between 4.92 million and 14.76 million of its accounts were "undesirable" fakes created for spam or other purposes that violated its terms of service.
The Celtic captain has yet to hold talks with Scotland coach Gordon Strachan, but hopes to be selected for the crucial encounter at Hampden.
Brown announced his retirement from international football in August, citing concerns over injury problems.
However, he reversed the decision and faced England at Wembley in November.
He earned his 52nd cap in last month's World Cup qualifying victory over Slovenia at Hampden, a result which kept the Scots' feint hopes of qualifying for Russia 2018 alive.
West Brom midfielder Darren Fletcher assumed the captaincy after Brown elected to withdraw from Scotland duty last year, though the Celtic man reclaimed the armband against Slovenia in Fletcher's absence.
Scotland sit fourth in World Cup qualifying Group F, having collected seven points from their first five fixtures.
England top the group on 13 points, with Slovakia second on nine points and Slovenia one point ahead of Strachan's side.
You can watch the interview with Scott Brown on Football Focus on BBC One, Saturday 8 April at midday.
A regional breakdown of installations published by the Stephen Nolan Show on Radio Ulster shows the biggest cluster is around Dungannon, County Tyrone.
There are 342 boilers there - about one-in-six of the total.
The statistics show the total of 2,128 recipients are split roughly between commercial and farming interests.
Around Ballymena and Ballymoney there are 276 boilers.
Poultry farmers are heavily represented, accounting for 871 of the installations.
The two main clusters are close to Moy Park's processing plants in Northern Ireland, in Ballymena and Dungannon.
Poultry farmers use the boilers to heat chicken houses where the birds are reared.
Many switched from LPG gas to biomass in recent years.
Other areas where there are significant numbers of boilers by postcode include Armagh which has 112 and Omagh which has 82.
Last week, Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said a Moy Park briefing with his officials had raised "issues" about the operation of the RHI scheme.
Moy Park later issued a statement but made no reference to those issues.
On Monday, the former DETI minister Jonathan Bell claimed under assembly privilege that he had been told DUP special advisers Timothy Johnston and John Robinson had extensive interests in the poultry industry, and that he would not be allowed to reduce the RHI tariff as a result.
The DUP later issued a statement of categorical denial on behalf of both men.
John Robinson said he had "no personal interest" in the poultry industry. He said two of his brothers were poultry farmers but were not in the RHI.
Timothy Johnston said he had "no family connections to the poultry industry". He said he had two brothers in law in the poultry industry but neither had any connection with the RHI.
On Tuesday, Mr Bell said he was prepared to repeat allegations he made about the role played by special advisers in the RHI scheme, to a judge-led inquiry.
He was speaking during an an opposition debate in the Assembly calling for a public inquiry into the controversial scheme.
He also made further allegations about the RHI scheme - suggesting at least one DUP special adviser might have up to eight boilers. The party said it was an "outrageous claim".
MLAs later voted for a public inquiry to be called into the controversy in a debate where Sinn Féin were absent.
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme was an attempt by the Northern Ireland Executive to help to increase consumption of heat from renewable sources.
But flaws in setting the scheme's subsidy rate left it open to abuse as claimants could earn more cash the more fuel they burned, with the overspend estimated to be about £490m.
It has been centre stage in politics in Northern Ireland over the past month, with the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister bringing the issue to a head.
Sinn Féin's refusal to re-nominate a deputy first minister on Monday left Secretary of State James Brokenshire with no option but to call fresh Assembly elections on 2 March.
Former first minister Arlene Foster set up the scheme in 2012 when she was enterprise minister.
The 23-year-old Scot has not started a league match for the Blades since 17 October.
He started his career with Livingston before moving to Bramall Lane in January 2014, helping the team make the FA Cup semi-final that season.
Scougall could make his debut for the Cod Army in Saturday's match against play-off hopefuls Barnsley.
The towers, dubbed "Swan Heights", have been recommended for refusal by officers at Reading Borough Council.
Developers Lochailort's plans propose 352 apartments of varying sizes along with office, retail and leisure space.
Members of the council's planning committee are set to debate the application on 29 April.
Plans for the site next to Reading railway station and along Kings Meadow Road were submitted last month and a public consultation closed soon after.
The towers could be as high as 28-storeys, standing between 285ft to 321ft (87m to 98m) in height.
Officers noted the plans failed to allow space for a proposed mass transport link system between the railway station and nearby Thames Valley Business Park.
A failure to provide affordable housing and space for HGVs to load and unload were also noted as reasons to refuse the application.
Anxiety is when you worry constantly about things like, 'what class will I be in next year?'
There is a voice in your head that keeps on going over and over the same thing. The voice never stops.
When I began to feel anxious, I couldn't go out and walk on the pavement without wanting to be on the side by the road because I was worrying constantly that I would push someone into the road.
I couldn't do everyday things without worrying.
I think I have had anxiety all my life but I couldn't tell people about it because I felt like I had done something wrong. My earliest memory of this was when I was very little and ate a sweet from a pick and mix before paying.
It took me forever to tell people about my anxiety but when I did I felt a lot better. I decided to tell people because the guilt of thinking I had done something was eating me up.
When I did tell someone, my parents took me to see my local doctor who put me on a list to see someone from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
During my first appointment I kept my hands crunched up in a ball shape because I was worried about swearing. It took a long time to get better because I found it difficult to accept that the worries and thoughts were not true. But telling people was the best thing I ever did!
Activities such as horse riding helped me because they were a good distraction from the anxiety. I was taught some coping strategies such as breathing and ways that I could push the thoughts out of my mind. These strategies help me now to stay in control.
My advice is to talk to someone if you are feeling worried - talking will only make it better.
Remember that you are never alone and other people know exactly what you are going through.
Finally, always smile and never let the condition win - you are all stronger than that.
The Emperor arrived in the UK as a refugee, following the Italian occupation of his homeland.
Prince Micheal Mekonnen said the people of Bath "took care" of his grandfather after his country was invaded by Italy.
"He could not believe how they embraced him and that was very emotional for him," he said.
In 1935 Ethiopia was invaded by Mussolini's Fascist forces and a year later the capital Addis Ababa fell. Emperor Selassie fled and made his way to Bath.
"He first came to the city for rest and recuperation," said author Keith Bowers, who has written about Selassie's time in Britain.
"The government didn't want him in London and he felt Bath was a very regal and royal city; he felt at home here.
"He became part of the community and the people of Bath took to him and helped him out," he added.
Prince Micheal Mekonnen said "My family came here as refugees...The people of Bath took care of him...if I could hug everyone [in the city] I would do that.
"It's wonderful that the people of Bath still remember him."
Emperor Selassie was finally restored to the throne in 1941 when British and Commonwealth troops defeated the Italians.
He returned to Bath in 1954 and was presented with the freedom of the city.
"The image of him parading down the high street inspecting the guard, is one of my favourite images," said Dan Brown, from Bath in Time, who has collected dozens of images of the Emperor's time in the city.
"His stay is a little known part of Bath's history."
Manchester United youngster McNair, 20, has typically been used by Louis van Gaal as a defender during his occasional outings for his club.
However, O'Neill believes midfield could be where McNair's future lies.
"I think that's his best position, where we played him," said the Northern Ireland manager.
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O'Neill, without injured trio Chris Brunt, Chris Baird and Corry Evans, utilised McNair in a holding berth behind skipper Steven Davis and Oliver Norwood in Cardiff as Northern Ireland extended their unbeaten run to nine games.
"I was really pleased with him," the Northern Ireland boss said.
"He was a physical presence but he showed his quality on the ball.
"He just needs to get used to playing at this level. I enjoyed him in there in that midfield with Davis and Norwood."
McNair has made only nine Manchester United appearances this season and five of those have been from the bench but O'Neill was delighted by the Ballyclare man's sharpness.
"It was encouraging to see him play as well as he did for as long as he did," added the Northern Ireland boss.
"If you look at Paddy's games in recent weeks, they would have been development games for Manchester United, it's a huge step up and I thought he handled it very well."
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McNair's midfield audition was just one of the experiments O'Neill conducted in the first of four warm-up friendlies prior to this summer's Euro 2016 finals.
Kent-born Conor Washington earned his first international cap having scored 15 times in 31 appearances for Peterborough earlier in the campaign prior to joining Championship club QPR.
And while he was taken off at half-time after enduring a frustrating opening 45 minutes in international football, O'Neill is confident Washington's mentality fits in with his current group.
"He worked hard, was up against a top-class centre-back in Ashley Williams and he will get more opportunities before the summer.
"He's got pace and is powerful and he doesn't given defenders a minute, which we need.
"Our strength is in our collective work-rate, that comes from our midfield three. Conor fits into that mould of a player.
"He has the attributes to fit in and be a Northern Ireland player because of his desire to play, his energy, his work-rate and, as we've seen in club football, he's capable of scoring."
Police spoke of Boxing Day "chaos" with motorists having to be rescued and cars abandoned after heavy rain.
Rhun ap Iorwerth claimed north west Wales had been "effectively cut off" and called for 2017 drainage work at Aber/Tai Meibion to be brought forward.
The Welsh government said flood and coastal risk management was a key priority.
"Yet again, the A55 dual carriageway between Bangor and Llanfairfechan has been closed, causing severe travel problems," Plaid's transport spokesman said.
"While Plaid Cymru welcomes the Labour Welsh government's commitment to address this recurring problem, we cannot wait until 2017."
Four flood warnings remain in place across north and west Wales, along with dozens of flood alerts.
Former Welsh Secretary David Jones was also critical after the flooding compounded frustration for motorists who had faced delays due to roadworks in recent months.
The Conservative MP for Clwyd West complained via Twitter, saying: "Penmaenbach tunnel misery followed by yet more floods at Aber. Does WAG (Welsh assembly government) give a monkey's about North Wales motorists?"
Plaid Cymru AM Alun Ffred Jones was concerned about flooding in the village of Talybont, near Bangor, claiming the Welsh government had refused to fund a Gwynedd council plan which could have prevented it.
"This is the second occasion recently where Talybont villagers have had to endure serious flooding and the second time that the A55 has been closed," he said.
"The last time this happened, the transport minister at the time - Carl Sargeant - pledged that this would never happen again.
"The scheme would cost about £1.5m, which is trivial compared with the £38m that has already been spent on the M4 near Newport.
"I demand a fair deal for all parts of Wales where we need to protect our people and their homes."
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We have committed almost £300m over the life of this government including European funding to managing flood risk and we are committing an additional £150m to coastal risk from 2018.
"This has included significant investment in north Wales including in flood risk management schemes at Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Corwen and Beaumaris.
"Following these latest incidents of flooding we will work with local authorities to see what additional action can be taken to speed up work to protect homes and motorists while aiming to minimise the impact on road users."
Ashley Broomhall, 28, from Whitchurch in Shropshire, walked up and down England's Scafell Pike on Wednesday in four-and-a-half hours.
He tackled Snowdon in Wales and Ben Nevis in Scotland last year.
After descending Scafell Pike, he came across a hotel where the themed wedding was taking place and was invited in.
Mr Broomhall, a member of Star Wars costuming club the 501st UK Garrison, said: "It was Star Wars themed and all they had to show for it was a blow-up stormtrooper and Darth Vader.
"They could not believe their luck as a stormtrooper just simply walked on in.
"I went into full UK Garrison stormtrooper mode and rushed in to save the day and pose for pictures with the groom and then bride who were just about to get married, and made their day just that little bit special.
"Then I had a pint on the house."
Mr Broomhall, a seasoned walker of Scotland's hills and mountains, set himself the three peaks challenge to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Lingen Davies Cancer Relief Fund.
His mother Janet has had treatment for cancer and his aunt Sue Toms, of Cornwall, is about to have an operation for breast cancer.
Last year, Mr Broomhall did 3,560ft (1,085m) Snowdon in Snowdonia and then 4,406ft (1,344m) Ben Nevis near Fort William.
At 3,208ft (978m) Scafell Pike in the Lake District was the smallest of the peaks, but Mr Broomhall did not manage to return from its summit in one piece.
He said: "The only downside of the whole day was that at some point my thermal detonator slipped off my belt and is currently somewhere on Scafell Pike."
In September 2011, it emerged that an inquiry could take up to two years to establish.
Current legislation for a statutory investigation limits the time period to between 1973 and 1989.
First Minister Peter Robinson previously said widening it with new legislation would take extra time.
Margaret McGuckin, of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse, said she was abused at a Sisters of Nazareth orphanage in Belfast from the age of three.
She headed the victim's delegation who met Office of the First and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) officials at Parliament Buildings.
"We're ready and waiting here to go forward to tell our stories," she said.
"Many of our stories are in the hands of the police in statements, and I don't really see the sense in going and waiting another four years or so to get the findings of this, and surely the findings are in these statements.
"They can make up their minds there and then."
In 2009, Stormont assembly members backed the holding of an inquiry into the extent of child abuse in Catholic church and state-run institutions in Northern Ireland.
It followed the damning Ryan Report in the Irish Republic which uncovered decades of endemic abuse in some religious institutions.
The Stormont executive announced in December 2010 it would hold the inquiry.
The event, in City Park, was due to feature street theatre, an aerobatic display, live music and fireworks and begin at 16:45 GMT on Saturday.
The council said the show's producer felt the event could not be delivered "safely" in such difficult conditions.
A band of heavy rain is forecast for much of northern England on Saturday evening.
The city's Christmas lights will still be lit from tonight, the council added.
Damon Smith put his homemade device into a rucksack and left it on a Jubilee Line train in October 2016.
The 20 year old claimed it was a prank but was found guilty of possession of an explosive substance with intent.
Sentencing, the Old Bailey judge told Smith "the seriousness of what you did cannot be overstated".
The court heard had the device exploded, it would have gone off as commuters left the North Greenwich station platform.
Smith, who has an autistic spectrum disorder, built the device using a £2 clock from Tesco and an al-Qaeda online article on bomb-making.
Before sentencing, his lawyer had pleaded with the judge for "mercy" and said the "unique" student had "learned his lesson".
But Judge Richard Marks QC said that while Smith was not motivated by terrorism, he was a dangerous offender who had constructed other devices before planting one on the Tube.
"I am influenced by your history of preoccupation with weapons and bombs as well as by your condition which makes it difficult for you... to understand and fully appreciate the very serious potential consequences of your actions," he said.
He said the student's actions came at a time of heightened fear of terrorism, "an all too timely reminder of which were the events in Manchester".
His mother, who he lived with in Rotherhithe, south-east London, said her son was "just a vulnerable little boy who needs help, not prison".
"He just made a smoke bomb and the prank went wrong, and now he's paying for it," she said.
The former altar boy smiled in the dock as he was sentenced to 15 years in a young offenders' institution with an extended period of five years on licence.
Commander Dean Haydon, head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said Monday's attack at Manchester Arena had demonstrated "the horrifying impact a bomb can have".
"The bomb Smith made was a viable device, but it failed to detonate, which was our good fortune," he said.
Smith grew up in Devon and only moved to London to attend university three months before leaving his homemade bomb on the Tube.
An only child who lived with his mother from a young age, he has a form of autism that impairs social communications but not his intelligence.
An able student, Smith also displayed a persistent fascination with Islamic terrorism and mass murders.
Friends were shown violent propaganda by so-called Islamic State and Smith created YouTube videos of himself using computer games to re-enact infamous real-life mass killings.
In a shopping list of the components for his bomb, he had written: "And keep this a secret between me and Allah #InspireTheBelievers."
He tried to cover his tracks by shredding the manual and deleting the list from an iPad, but detectives were able to recover them.
Dismissing Smith's claim that the device was a "prank" smoke bomb, explosives experts say it was viable and would have caused mass casualties had it been constructed slightly differently.
The man was taken to hospital after being pulled from rubble at the property in Cavell Walk, Stevenage.
Emergency services were called to the house at about 21:20 GMT on Thursday following reports of an explosion.
An investigation is now under way to establish what caused the fire, a police spokesman said.
"A possible gas leak is a current line of inquiry," said the spokesman.
Members of the public are advised to avoid the area.
A spokesman for Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue said: "The first fire pump arrived within five minutes of the call.
"Crews were faced with a serious fire affecting the first and second floor of a semi-detached domestic property, which had also been severely damaged by an explosion."
The former Cambridge, Coventry and Oldham forward, 31, had scored once in 29 appearances for the League Two side.
"We're pretty sure he's broken his ankle - he'll be needing an operation," boss Paul Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon.
"There was a big part for him to play at the end of this season, but it looks like we'll have to wait for next year."
The 27-year-old former Ipswich Town and Cambridge United player made more than 250 appearances for the Spitfires after joining them in 2012.
He helped the club win promotion from the Conference South and scored once in 26 matches for Eastleigh this term.
"He's joining a very well-run club with ambition. I'm sure he'll do well," said Eastleigh chairman Stewart Donald.
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The trouble began in Bryson Street at about 22:00 BST.
The child was arrested after a seven-year-old boy was struck on his arm by a stone.
Police said they kept rival factions apart until just before 01:00 BST on Saturday. The 13-year-old has been released on bail.
Temporary Supt Bobby Singleton appealed for parents to be aware of where their children are.
"CCTV footage of this incident will be reviewed to determine if any further offences have been committed and I would ask that anyone who has any information to assist police with their enquiries to contact officers in Strandtown on 101," he said.
"We're concerned not only about the safety of young people in the area, but also the potential for them to get caught up in incidents which could have a serious impact on their futures."
Shaun Walmsley, 28, was getting into a cab with prison officers outside Aintree Hospital on Tuesday when he was sprung from custody by two armed men.
Merseyside Police arrested a 25-year-old man from Norris Green on Friday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
He has now been released pending further enquiries, police said.
A 27-year-old man and a woman, 26, who were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of assisting an offender were also released on Friday.
Walmsley is one of four men serving life sentences for the "vicious and savage" stabbing of Anthony Duffy in 2014.
Described as "highly dangerous", he was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years.
The 28-year-old fled from outside Aintree University Hospital in a gold Volvo when two armed men ambushed the taxi after his appointment.
CCTV images were released showing the moment the armed men threatened prison officers.
Detectives said they were working with police forces across the UK and abroad to locate Walmsley, and appealed to members of the public for information.
Officers warned people not to approach the escapee as he, or those with him, may be armed.
The Lauriston Place building opened as the service's headquarters in 1824 and currently houses The Edinburgh Museum of Fire.
Despite a campaign against the move, the museum will move to a new purpose-built location.
The fire building will form part of Edinburgh College of Art's plans to transform the area into a hub for arts.
Stuart Bennett, Edinburgh College of Art's acting principal, said: "We are very pleased to have been selected as the preferred bidder and look forward to breathing new life into this iconic building.
"We will now begin the process of planning for a sympathetic refurbishment that can fulfil its potential as part of a world-class college of art, of which the city of Edinburgh can be justifiably proud."
Sarah O'Donnell, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's director of finance and contractual services, said: "We are delighted that this important building will transfer to the care of the University of Edinburgh.
"They share our understanding of the building's past and will ensure it remains an important part of Edinburgh's heritage long into the future.
"We will shortly announce plans for an exciting new home for the Museum of Fire that will underline our commitment to the continued promotion of Edinburgh's pivotal role in the history of fire and rescue."
Wales started training for last year's World Cup on 15 June 2015 and play in Dunedin on Saturday before a break.
World Rugby wants to introduce a streamlined global season to safeguard players against injury from overwork.
"It's the modern game - it's tough, there's no doubting that," he said.
Saturday's game will be Wales' 18th since August 2015, a run which started with three World Cup warm-ups before five matches at the World Cup between September and October.
Warren Gatland's side played five Six Nations games in February and March, followed by five summer fixtures.
Wales' players also played club rugby in the 2015-16 season when they were not on international duty, with the Pro12 domestic season ending in May.
Former Wales and British and Irish Lions fly-half Jenkins says it is difficult for players to be at their best at the end of such a long campaign.
"I think when you play a World Cup for the southern hemisphere guys generally they have a rest at the end of it whereas for our guys it's straight back into it, whether that be European Cup, Six Nations after it and obviously a summer tour," he said.
"Likewise now for you guys, when you're coming up to us at the end, up to the northern hemisphere in November, it's not easy.
"It's quite tough to play for this length of the season and play at the levels that is expected of the players."
Wales, without a win over New Zealand since 1953, are looking to avoid a tour whitewash with the All Blacks having a decisive 2-0 series lead after last weekend's 36-22 victory in Wellington.
Gatland's side will have a break after the third Test match in Dunedin - the next internationals are in November, though the 2016-17 Pro12 season starts in September.
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has made a global calendar one of his priorities and is hoping to move the Six Nations to April as a means of reducing some of the stress on northern hemisphere players.
Italy coach Conor O'Shea has previously said he is "hugely worried" about the pressure that players and their bodies are put under.
But Jenkins feels there is still plenty of work to be done before a synchronised world rugby calendar is introduced.
"Global season? Maybe that will happen, who knows," he said. "There's a lot of restructuring, a lot of talk I'm sure to go on to finalise that."
Paintings by Picasso, Monet and Matisse were among the artwork stolen from Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum.
Olga Dogaru admitted last week to torching the artwork to "destroy evidence" after her son's arrest.
The art is valued at between 100m and 200m euros ($130m- $260m, £86m-£172m).
The missing works include Monet's Waterloo Bridge, Picasso's Harlequin Head, Matisse's Reading Girl in White and Yellow and Lucien Freud's Woman with Eyes Closed.
Forensic specialists found "small fragments of painting primer, the remains of canvas and paint", as well as some copper and steel nails that pre-dated the 20th Century in Mrs Dogaru's oven, the director of Romania's National History Museum told the Associated Press news agency.
However, Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu refused to say definitively whether or not the burnt remains were from the seven stolen paintings.
He said that if this were proved to be the case, it would be "a crime against humanity".
Mrs Dogaru reportedly claimed last week to have hidden the artwork in an abandoned house, as well as in a cemetery in the village of Caracliu. She said she dug them up and incinerated them after police began searching her village.
"I placed the suitcase containing the paintings in the stove. I put in some logs, slippers and rubber shoes and waited until they had completely burned," the Romanian Mediafax news agency reported her as saying.
Six Romanians have been charged with involvement in what was the biggest art theft in the Netherlands since 20 works disappeared from Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum in 1991. They go on trial next month.
Forensic specialists have been analysing the ashes since March and are expected to submit their findings to prosecutors next week, Mr Oberlander-Tarnoveanu said.
The village of Imber is normally closed to the public as it is in a military training zone on Salisbury Plain.
More than 100 people attended a service at St Giles Church, in Imber, on Salisbury Plain.
On Sunday, a full peal of the bells was rung which took some two-and-a-half hours to complete.
It is the fifth time a full peal has been rung since a new set of six bells was re-hung in August 2010, after the original bells were taken out in 1950.
The entire civilian population of the village was ordered to leave in December 1943 to provide a training area for American troops preparing for the invasion of Europe during World War II.
They were never allowed to return.
Since 2005, when the church was taken over by the Churches Conservation Trust, more than £300,000 has been spent on renovations.
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The 20-year-old son of former QPR striker Paul Furlong has been an ever-present for the U's since arriving in January, making 16 appearances so far.
He also played 10 games for Northampton Town in League Two earlier this season during a previous loan spell.
Cambridge are currently 12th, but only three points outside the play-off places, with five games remaining.
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West Indies, whose senior team are struggling, beat India by five wickets in Bangladesh to seal the title.
Pacemen Ryan John and Alzarri Joseph each took three wickets as West Indies bowled out India for 145 in Dhaka.
Keacy Carty made an unbeaten 52 and Keemo Paul 40 as Windies chased down the total with three balls to spare.
It is the first major title for the West Indies at any level since Darren Sammy's senior team won the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in 2012.
And it raises hopes that they have a crop of young players who could make their mark in senior cricket.
Test and one-day captain Jason Holder and former skipper Chris Gayle were among the senior players to praise the "future stars" on their maiden title.
Under-19 skipper Shimron Hetmyer said: "We were not supposed to be the champions, but we did it. Words can't explain how good I feel."
The Twenty20 side are currently in dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) over player payments for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 in India.
The WICB has set the players a deadline of 14 February to accept the terms on offer, and any players who refuse the remuneration package will not be considered for selection for the tournament, which starts its Super 10 stage on 15 March.
In addition, the one-day side has dropped below Bangladesh and Pakistan in the ICC rankings to miss out on qualification for the 2017 Champions Trophy.
And the Test side, who once went unbeaten for 15 years and 29 series between 1980 and 1995, now sit eighth in the ICC rankings.
The incident is said to have taken place on Tuesday in Sichuan province's Ganzi prefecture, also known as Kardze.
Arrests were also made and some people fled, the activist groups said.
The incident does not appear to have been reported in Chinese state media.
Obtaining independent confirmation of events both in Tibet and in ethnic Tibetan areas in surrounding regions is extremely difficult.
Both access to these areas and information flow out of them is tightly controlled.
Chinese state media does confirm some of the incidents but not all. Accounts from activist groups have proved reliable in the past.
According to UK-based group Free Tibet, a village leader named Wangdak was arrested on Monday over a dispute with local authorities.
The group said the row related to alleged harassment of female members of a dance troupe at a celebration villagers had been ordered to stage for senior officials.
The US-based International Campaign for Tibet said it also related to a dispute over official restrictions on a traditional gathering at a local horse festival.
After Mr Wangdak was detained, a crowd of Tibetans gathered to protest.
Both groups said armed police were deployed, used tear gas and then opened fire.
Mr Wangdak's son was among those who were shot, both activist groups said.
Free Tibet said at least two people were shot but the nature and cause of the other injuries was not clear.
The village was now surrounded and many adults had gone into hiding, Radio Free Asia reported, citing a Tibetan exile monk.
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Many ethnic Tibetans live in Gansu and Sichuan provinces, which lie near Tibet. Activists say China enforces tight restrictions over Tibetans' religious and cultural activities.
China argues its investment into Tibetan areas has greatly advanced standards of living.
In recent years more than 100 young Tibetans have set themselves on fire in what activists say are protests against Chinese rule. Most of these incidents have taken place in Tibetan communities outside Tibet.
There have also been other shootings. Last year, activist groups said Chinese police opened fire on Tibetans who had gathered to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday, injuring several.
The incident happened on the road between Crimond and St Fergus at about 21:00 on Tuesday.
A red Ford Fiesta car on the southbound carriageway was involved. Officers want to speak to two other drivers who were also present.
Police Scotland said a 21-year-old man had been charged and would be reported to the procurator fiscal.
PC Tom Allan, who is investigating the incident, said: "We are appealing for members of the public who were in the area at the time to come forward with information they may have.
"A number of other vehicles were on the road at the time of the incident and we are particularly keen to speak with the drivers of a white car travelling northbound and a dark, possibly burgundy, hatchback that was travelling southbound."
Consumer organisations and childcare groups say YouTube is using the app to flout long-standing limits on adverts seen by youngsters.
The groups have sent a joint letter to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to find out if the app uses "deceptive marketing practices".
In response, YouTube said it "strongly" disagreed with the conclusions of the campaigning groups.
The YouTube Kids app was launched in February and was created to let children use the video site, but while also giving parents control over what they watch and search for. It also has channels showing curated content from companies including McDonald's and Fisher-Price aimed specifically at younger viewers.
It is these branded channels that the consumer and child groups are most concerned about because, they claim, they let companies mix adverts and shows in ways that would not be permitted on television.
The channels also do not do enough to label clips and shows that feature products that presenters have been paid to highlight, the groups said in their letter.
The Consumers Union, the Center for Digital Democracy and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have all signed the letter to the FTC.
A spokesman for the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK said its rules on adverts applied across all media and had specific sections that sought to protect children.
"Adverts should be appropriate, not cause offence and not mislead," said the spokesman. "The key rule in the code is that adverts should be identified as such and it should be made obvious that you are being advertised to."
A YouTube spokesperson said it had worked with many children's groups and other partners when developing YouTube Kids.
"While we are always open to feedback on ways to improve the app, we were not contacted directly by the signers of this letter and strongly disagree with their contentions," the spokesperson added.
The FTSE 100 ended down 91.39 points, or 1.32%, at 6,818.04, with only a few stocks rising.
Intercontinental Hotels was the biggest faller, dropping 6% after Morgan Stanley cut its rating on the stock to "underweight" from "equalweight".
Lloyds Banking Group was another company to suffer from a downgrade.
It fell 3% after Goldman Sachs downgraded the bank's shares to "sell" from "neutral".
Banking stocks across Europe were also under pressure after shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank fell 7% to their lowest level since the 1980s. The bank's shares were hit following reports at the weekend that the German government had ruled out state aid for the company.
"Since its peaks last October Deutsche Bank's share price has fallen over 60% reflecting increasing investor disquiet about its ability to deal with its problems at a time of negative rates, shrinking profitability, no dividend and the prospect of tighter capital rules," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK.
"While one can understand the reticence of German politicians to bailout yet another bank, particularly in the lead up to an election next year, one has to question the wisdom of articulating that reluctance out loud when markets are already nervous about Deutsche Bank's capital position."
Sports Direct was down 6% as the fall out continues over the resignation of its chief executive last week and his replacement by founder and major shareholder Mike Ashley.
On the currency markets, the pound weakened on worries over the form that the UK's exit from the EU would take.
Against the euro, sterling was trading down 0.3% at €1.1518, regaining a sliver of earlier losses that took it near to its lowest since the Brexit vote, while against the dollar it was up 0.16% at $1.2986.
Brokers say that, in recent years, the best deals were only available to those offering a large deposit, but there were now signs of change.
However, a new record rate five-year mortgage, newly on sale, still requires a 40% deposit.
The HSBC mortgage, with a rate of 1.99%, also comes with a ??1,499 fee.
Earlier this month, lenders told the Bank of England that demand for new mortgages had fallen for a third successive quarter.
The bank's Credit Conditions Survey found that demand for mortgages for high-value property saw the biggest fall since the third quarter of 2008.
Having been concentrated on this market, there are now signals that banks and building societies are casting their net a little wider.
The survey found that lenders were showing a greater willingness to lend to borrowers who were only able to offer a deposit of less than 10% of the property's value so far this year.
"The lenders are stepping up the fight to attract new borrowers and rates are still getting cheaper," said Aaron Strutt, of broker Trinity Financial.
"First-time buyers with a 5% deposit can take a fixed rate just over 4% and if they can raise a 10% deposit the rates are as low as 2.69%.
"A few years ago borrowers needed a 40% deposit to access a really good mortgage, but now rates are cheap for most new buyers.
"HSBC's latest fixed rate really takes the mortgage price war into new territory and even cheaper deals may well filter through to the market."
Nearly two-thirds of mortgage holders are sticking to a variable rate as the Bank of England's base rate is showing no signs of rising from its historic low of 0.5%.
Charlotte Nelson, of financial information service Moneyfacts, said that 15 lenders had cut mortgage rates in a week - partly to try to tempt some variable rate customers back to fixed rates.
"The competition to be the lowest in the mortgage market shows no signs of stopping and is great news for borrowers," she said.
All this appears to be good news for first-time buyers struggling to afford a property.
Yet, there are still significant hurdles for these, generally young, potential property owners.
The most eye-catching deals - such as HSBC's home loan which is said to be the first five-year mortgage with a rate of under 2% - can still come with significant fees and deposit requirements.
Ms Nelson said borrowers needed to consider the whole package to work out the cost of the loan.
Borrowers also face strict affordability checks that test whether they are able to cope with an interest rate rise.
Property website Rightmove also reported a rise in average asking prices, suggesting homes are becoming less affordable for first-time buyers.
It said new sellers' asking prices increased by 1.6%, or ??4,381, in April compared with March to reach ??286,133 on average across England and Wales, surpassing a previous peak reached last June.
"The Mail knew the story... was false and printed it anyway," he wrote in a statement published by USA Today.
The paper, he continued, was "the worst kind of tabloid. One that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers."
The Mail Online apologised "for any distress caused" by its story, while denying it had been fabricated.
Clooney thanked the Daily Mail for its apology before adding: "Not that I would ever accept it."
"What separates this from all of the ridiculous things the Mail makes up is that now, by their own admission, it can be proved to be a lie."
Clooney first voiced his dissatisfaction with the Mail on Wednesday, accusing it of "irresponsibility" and "inciting violence" by claiming Baria Alamuddin objected to him marrying her daughter Amal on religious grounds.
The Mail's report - published online on Monday and then in print on Tuesday in an amended form - said "close family friends" had told them that Baria Alamuddin had been "telling half of Beirut" her daughter "could do better".
In its apology, the Mail Online said the story had been "supplied in good faith by a reputable and trusted freelance journalist" who had "based her story on conversations with a long-standing contact".
Clooney took issue with this in his latest statement. "The problem is that none of that is true," he wrote. "So either they were lying originally or they're lying now.
"There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong," his statement began: "The cover-up is always worse."
The ongoing dispute between Clooney and the Mail coincides with reports of another Hollywood A-lister taking action against the paper's online division.
According to The Times, Angelina Jolie has begun legal action against the newspaper for publishing a video obtained from the US National Enquirer tabloid.
The accompanying story alleges the video, apparently filmed in the 1990s, alleges to show the Oscar-winning actress "in [the] grip of heroin addiction".
"The actress is believed to regard the publication of the video as a gross violation of her privacy," said the Times.
The visitors held out until after tea before finally being dismissed for 480 as spinner Zafar Ansari took 6-152.
Needing 216 to win, opener Steven Davies smashed a 57-ball century and was 115 not out when Surrey reached their target on 218-3 in the 22nd over.
Kevin Pietersen played no part in proceedings because of a calf problem.
Although the match will be remembered for his magnificent 355 not out on days two and three, he was only a spectator as Surrey tried to dismiss Leicestershire's lower order after undergoing a precautionary scan, having driven himself to hospital.
Having resumed on 310-5, they got through to lunch for the loss of only Ben Raine (33) and Niall O'Brien (78).
Clint McKay was lbw to Ansari for 41 following the restart, but Rob Taylor and Jigar Naik stood firm until tea as they added 62.
Naik (30) finally fell to home skipper Gareth Batty and the innings came to an end four balls later when Taylor (42) was caught behind off Ansari, who sent down 51.1 overs during the innings.
Any hopes Leicestershire had of keeping Surrey's batsmen in check were soon dispelled as Davies and Jason Roy took 60 off the first five overs.
Roy hit three sixes and five fours in a 28-ball half century and their stand was worth 145 when he was caught off Taylor for 67.
Kumar Sangakkara and Gary Wilson both fell to Naik's off-spin, but Davies maintained his momentum and having collected four sixes and 10 fours, it was fitting that he should add another boundary to bring the game to an end.
Surrey batsman Steven Davies told BBC London 94.9:
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"I'm over the moon, it was an incredible win. Things were looking pretty tough from the start of play, right through to tea really.
"That was a flat wicket and it took a special knock from Kevin to get us ahead of the game.
"It was one of the best innings I've ever seen. The guy is class, it's a joy to watch him play.
"I'm really pleased he didn't just get a big hundred, he got 350. He's a fantastic player, the best I've seen."
Leicestershire head coach Andrew McDonald:
"There was a lot of fight from the players over the last couple of days and a lot of them batted for a good amount of time.
"Every batsman set out to occupy the crease and, in the end, we just fell short.
"But the players tried their backsides off and all I will say is that we have got to start winning the key moments in games."
They topped the rankings in fencing and swimming events, but several penalties in the show jumping saw them finish fourth in Bath.
A poor start from Murray in the shoot-run combined stage effectively ended GB's medal prospects, with the pair finishing five seconds off the podium.
Germany claimed gold ahead of Russia with Lithuania third.
The British men's team of Sam Curry and James Myatt also finished fourth, with Ukraine taking victory ahead of silver medallists Hungary and third-placed Italy.
The European Championships in Bath double up as an Olympic qualification event for individual competitions, but the team discipline is not currently part of the Olympic programme.
"I'm quite disappointed, but then that's pentathlon and you never know what's going to happen in the riding," Spence told BBC Sport.
The 2012 world champion, who finished 21st at the London Olympics, is currently ranked fifth in the British individual standings after struggling with her form over recent years.
However, she still believes she can challenge for a place at next year's Games.
"I feel I'm in quite good shape and haven't had problems with injury or illness in the last few months, so anything is possible," she said.
The top-eight finishers in the men's and women's individual competitions - on Saturday and Sunday respectively - who have not already qualified for Rio through the World Championships, will secure themselves Olympic places.
Britain's Murray has a named place for the Games by virtue of her fifth-placed finish at the World Championships in July, although her Team GB berth will not be official until the British Olympic Association ratifies her selection next year.
Freyja Prentice, Kate French and Francesca Summers must come through Friday's qualification round to be in with a chance of joining her in Brazil.
GB men Jamie Cooke, Joseph Choong, Nick Woodbridge and Thomas Toolis will compete in their qualification round on Thursday.
The mini-sub was deployed late on Tuesday, but was forced to resurface due to a technical issue, officials said. It has since been redeployed.
The data downloaded from the mini-sub on Wednesday had "no significant detections", Australian officials add.
Flight MH370 went missing on 8 March with 239 people on board.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with it over the South China Sea while it was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Based on satellite data, officials believe it ended its flight thousands of kilometres off course, in seas west of the Australian city of Perth.
However, so far not a single piece of debris from the jet has been found.
On Monday, the US Navy's Bluefin-21 robotic submarine was sent on its first mission to search the sea floor for wreckage after signals believed to be consistent with "black box" flight recorders were detected.
But the drone exceeded its operating limit of 4,500m (15,000ft) and built-in safety features returned it to the surface. "No objects of interest were found," Australia's Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre (JACC) said.
The mini-sub was again deployed on Tuesday from the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield.
It was forced to resurface on Wednesday morning to rectify an unspecified technical issue and redeployed, JACC said.
"Initial analysis of the data downloaded this morning indicates no significant detections," it said.
The 5m-long Bluefin-21 can create a sonar map of the sea floor.
The US Navy has estimated that it could take the unmanned submarine from six weeks to two months to scan the search zone.
What we know
Deep sea challenge
Some 11 military planes and three civilian planes were also flying out of Perth on Wednesday to scour the Indian Ocean for floating debris.
Isolated showers are forecast in the search area with sea swells of up to 2m.
In another development, officials are investigating an oil slick about 5.5km (3.4 miles) from the area where the last underwater signals were detected.
An oil sample has been sent back to Perth for analysis, a process that will take several days, said Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who heads the JACC.
Australian officials have said they are confident they are searching in the right area for the missing plane.
But ACM Houston warned on Monday that the search of the sea floor could be a long, painstaking process that might not yield results.
Officials so far have no idea why the plane diverted so far from its intended flight path. Investigators are looking at theories including hijacking, mechanical failure, sabotage and pilot action.
In a speech in London, Nicola Sturgeon also said a Labour government would have to abandon "failed" austerity policies to win the support of SNP MPs.
Ms Sturgeon revealed that the SNP would back £180bn more spending than the coalition government by 2020.
But the UK government insisted its strategy was working.
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael accused Ms Sturgeon of "trying to turn good news into bad" by suggesting the UK economy was performing poorly when in fact it was "growing strongly".
He added: "By cutting the deficit in half, we have restored economic credibility, got employment up to record levels, and achieved growth rates that the eurozone and most of the G7 would envy.
"In addition, we have increased pensions, cut income tax for low and middle earners and made major investments in childcare and the NHS.
"Nicola Sturgeon should welcome the progress we have made, in contrast to the economic fortunes suffered by many of our neighbours."
Opinion polls have predicted large gains for the SNP at the general election in May, leading to speculation that the party could hold the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament.
Ms Sturgeon has already ruled out offering any support for the Conservatives.
And she said Labour leader Ed Miliband would need to adopt a "more moderate" approach to deficit reduction if he wanted the backing of SNP MPs in Westminster.
Labour has pledged to "balance the books, but in a fair way" if it wins the election, and has claimed that voting for the SNP "risks letting the Tories back into power".
Politically, this is a long way from the red meat of the independence referendum campaign. As the first minister observes, Scotland was told by pro-union campaigners last year that it was equal and valued within the UK, so she is now offering to play a constructive role within it.
A coalition with Labour is not being ruled out. But talk of a deal with Labour - not for coalition but to support it on vital Commons votes that could keep Ed Miliband in power - is being strongly encouraged. Indeed, it appears to be the main plank of the SNP's campaign.
It may be a tricky message to get across to Scottish voters: 'vote SNP to kick out your Labour MP, because Scottish Labour has failed and is out of touch - and then watch the SNP put Ed Miliband into Downing Street'.
The defiant refusal to accept more austerity, which won power for Syriza in Greece last month, is not being offered here. Instead, a serious bid for a share of power in Britain requires a message that won't spook the markets.
Nor is the pitch for a bigger share of Westminster spending coming to Scotland. Not yet, anyway.
The basis for such a deal with the SNP is being gradually set out: no renewal of nuclear weapons, no deal with Tories (a requirement of SNP conference policy), at least the devolution of powers in the Smith Commission, and an end, or at least a softening, of spending cuts to meet progressive priorities.
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But Ms Sturgeon said she wanted to break the "cosy consensus" in favour of austerity and instead argued in favour of a "strategy for growth".
She added: "The chancellor is making unprecedented cuts to public spending and the public services of which all of us rely.
"He is doing so in the name of fiscal responsibility, yet his entire economic model depends on individual households taking on more debt than at any time in history.
"Instead of pooling risk, the government is dispersing it to households across the country. Individuals will be deeper in debt, families will feel less secure, the economy will be less resilient.
"I think it is morally unjustifiable and it is economically unsustainable."
Ms Sturgeon also said it was "simply and manifestly untrue to say that we're all in this together", and argued that the cuts have had a disproportionate impact on women, disabled people and those on low incomes.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland ahead of her speech to the Constitution Unit research centre at University College London, Ms Sturgeon said the SNP would support a "modest" increase in public spending of about 0.5% in real terms.
She said: "Debt and deficit would still be falling as a percentage of GDP over these years but we would free up something in the region of £180bn over the UK to invest in infrastructure, in innovation, in growing the economy."
She also told the BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson that it would be "ridiculous" for the Scottish government to increase tax to offset the impact of UK-wide budget cuts.
Ms Sturgeon said putting up tax rates, while Scotland remained in the UK, would mean "people in Scotland pay twice".
Holyrood will become responsible for setting income tax rates from April 2016.
Labour's Shadow Scottish Secretary, Margaret Curran, said: "Scotland can't afford another five years of David Cameron, but voting for the SNP risks letting the Tories back into power.
"Every vote for the SNP in May is another boost for David Cameron, and makes it more likely the Tories will be the largest party across the UK after the election. In every election since women got the vote the largest party has gone on to form the government.
"Labour's plan will balance the books, and do it in a fair way, unlike the Tories. We'll reverse the Tories' tax cut for millionaires, we'll grow our economy with a higher minimum wage and we'll tax people with mansions over £2m to pay for 1,000 new nurses in the Scottish NHS."
The film took $170m (£137m) at North American box offices alone and broke a load of records in the process.
It had the biggest ever opening weekend for a PG-rated film, and notched up the seventh best opening overall.
The film easily outsold the rest of the top 10 combined - Kong: Skull Island was its closest competitor, taking $28.9m (£23.3m) on its second weekend.
Beauty and the Beast marks Disney's best opening for a live action remake yet - beating The Jungle Book, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland.
In the UK, the film earned £18.4m - the fifth biggest opening weekend ever.
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President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport last September.
His then-deputy Ahmed Adeeb was arrested weeks later and charged with high treason.
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday, days after receiving a 10-year sentence for owning firearms.
Adeeb denied playing any part in the blast, which the prosecution maintained was caused by a bomb.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, one of a number of agencies asked by the government to help with the investigation, said no bomb exploded.
In recent years, the Maldives has been rocked by political infighting.
"The criminal court has barred me from calling the trial unfair, but we have concerns and intend to launch an appeal immediately," Adeeb's lawyer, Moosa Siraj, told the Maldives Independent website.
"This was by no means a fair trial," Adeeb's second wife, Mariyam Nashwa, told the Maldives Independent.
"The investigation was nowhere near complete. I think they closed the trial because they are afraid Adeeb might say something."
Two of Adeeb's bodyguards were given 10-year sentences for their role.
President Yameen and his wife were travelling to Male from Hulhule island where the airport is located on 28 September when their speedboat was hit by the blast.
They had been to the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
The president was unhurt, but his wife and and a number of others were injured when the device went off under a seat normally - but not in this instance - occupied by Mr Yameen.
Soon after the blast, speculation began to grow that Adeeb was involved, reports say. Under the Maldivian constitution, the vice-president succeeds the president if he dies, is incapacitated or resigns.
Officials described the attack as an assassination attempt.
Mr Yameen's predecessor, Mohamed Nasheed, who was ousted in a coup in 2012, was given refugee status in the UK last month.
Who else has been jailed?
Mr Adeeb is the fourth high-profile politician to be jailed on terrorism charges since Yameen Abdul Gayoom came to power in 2013. The other three are:
All three have decried the charges as being politically-motivated.
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A decision on the £18bn nuclear plant had widely been expected on 30 March.
EDF, which is 85% French state owned, has yet to outline how it will fund the project.
Speaking before the French parliament's Economic Affairs Committee, Mr Macron also said it was unlikely EDF would choose not to take part in the project.
"The principal nuclear project in the developed world is Hinkley Point," Mr Macron said.
"Can we legitimately choose not to take part in the largest nuclear project in the developed world? For my part, I don't think so."
EDF faces substantial risks if it goes ahead with Hinkley Point.
Not only does it have to come up with the cash to complete the project - it also has to find €55bn to service France's ageing 58-strong nuclear power station fleet.
Hinkley is not the only call on the French giant's purse. Having said that, it is the biggest.
The Somerset project will soak up 15-20% of all the French company's cash over the next decade.
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Earlier, referring to the movement of the decision date, he said to the committee: "Why the start of May?
"It must be taken before the general assembly of EDF, and it's important that we give our British partners full visibility of this investment, which is absolutely critical for them... also before the deadlines which are important for them."
Mr Macron continued: "So we need to make the most of the coming weeks but there is no urgency to decide by the end of the month, because we need to work on a number of measures which are over and above Hinkley Point."
He was also keen to emphasise that Hinkley Point was not the cause of the short term financial problems of EDF.
The UK government has been criticised for guaranteeing a price of £92.50 per megawatt hour of electricity - more than twice the current cost - for the electricity Hinkley produces for 35 years.
But Mr Macron said that the guaranteed price from the UK government "allows us to guarantee the profitability of the project at around 9% a year for 60 years".
Mr Macron added: "So beyond the short term financial difficulties it is a good industrial and financial investment for the long term for EDF."
Earlier this month EDF said it was confident the plant would go ahead despite uncertainties over its funding.
Then, in a letter to staff, the company's chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy said the project needed to secure more funding from the French government.
He said the financial context was "challenging" and he was negotiating with the French state.
The UK government has said it is "committed" to Hinkley.
The Ministry of Justice said riot teams restored order to all four wings of HMP Birmingham just after 22:30 on Friday.
They were deployed to tackle the disorder, which is understood to have involved up to 600 inmates.
Justice Secretary Liz Truss said violence in prisons "will not be tolerated".
The BBC understands that one prisoner was hurt during the riot and taken to hospital with a fractured jaw and broken eye socket.
Prison wings are now being inspected to assess the scale of the damage after prisoners took control of the category B prison on Friday morning.
Mike Rolfe, national chairman of the Prison Officers Association, said more than 30 staff had left the Winson Green prison in recent weeks and compared the trouble to the notorious Strangeways riot in 1990.
He said: "This prison is a tough place to work, it serves a very big area, it serves a large, dangerous population of prisoners but it's not unlike many other prisons up and down the country, ones that have very similar inmates.
"And we've been warning for a long time about the crisis in prisons and what we are seeing at Birmingham is not unique to Birmingham, but it certainly would seem that this is the most recent worst incident since the 1990 Strangeways riot."
Rodger Lawrence, chairman of the Birmingham prison Independent Monitoring Board, said his members had not seen anything of concern during a visit earlier this week, but said the riot "didn't come as a complete shock" as there had been "a build up of frustration" over prison conditions.
Trouble flared at the Birmingham prison, which is run by G4S, after an officer was "rushed" by inmates at around 09:00.
Violence quickly escalated and due to the scale of the disturbances the Prison Service took over the incident and specialist Tornado units were deployed to regain control.
Prison units from across the country were also drafted in to assist.
Ms Truss thanked prison staff and emergency services for their help during the disorder.
She said: "I want to pay tribute to the bravery and dedication of the prison officers who resolved this disturbance.
"This was a serious situation and a thorough investigation will now be carried out. Violence in our prisons will not be tolerated and those responsible will face the full force of the law."
During the disturbance the BBC was contacted by several men claiming to be prisoners at the jail, who said poor conditions were behind the disturbance.
The men, who said they were calling from inside HMP Birmingham, cited inadequate staff numbers, poor healthcare and nutrition.
They said being on "lockdown" in their cells all day was a major factor that contributed to the trouble.
Jerry Petherick, managing director for G4S custodial and detention, said the prisoners behind the trouble "showed a callous disregard for the safety of prisoners and staff".
He said: "This disturbance will rightly be subject to scrutiny and we will work openly and transparently with the Ministry of Justice and other relevant authorities to understand the cause of today's disorder."
Robert Bavington, 28, from Rugby, was taken to hospital with serious head injuries at about 01:00 BST on Sunday.
Two groups are believed to have been involved in an altercation outside Moo Bar on Russell Street.
A 30-year-old man from Birmingham was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody, said Warwickshire Police.
Another man, also 30 and from Birmingham, has been released without charge.
The 33-year-old Ivorian has a year remaining on his contract at the Etihad.
He was sold to City, then managed by current Inter boss Roberto Mancini, for £24m by Pep Guardiola in 2010, when the pair were at Barcelona.
Terms are still to be agreed and a source said it was '50-50' whether the transfer would go through.
New City boss Guardiola is not due to be unveiled by the club for another fortnight.
He is working hard on reshaping his squad, though, with midfielder Ilkay Gundogan - a £20m capture from Borussia Dortmund - unlikely to be his last signing.
Speculation about Toure's future has been rife, given his previous discarding by Guardiola, although the Ivorian has indicated a willingness to work with the man who selected him in central defence for the 2009 Champions League final win over Manchester United.
Inter see Toure as the kind of big name that would push them back into Europe's elite.
The club have struggled since winning the 2010 Champions League final under Jose Mourinho and failed to qualify for this season's Champions League following a fourth-place finish in Serie A.
However, manager Mancini now has the extra financial backing supplied by Inter's new Chinese owners, the Suning Commerce Group.
The company has taken a 70% stake in Inter as part of an overall 750m-euro (£590m) deal.
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"Inseparable" Bella the ewe and Blake the border collie disappeared from their owner Natalie Haywood's home near Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.
Ms Haywood posted on Facebook saying someone had picked up Blake and returned him home.
She said Blake was "all well" and was behaving "like nothing has happened".
"The hunt for Bella continues still, with Blake's help we will bring her home," she wrote.
Bella was five weeks old when she went missing from her home in the village of Perlethorpe on 8 May.
Because of her age, she needed regular bottle feeding.
She had been adopted from a farmer neighbour after being orphaned, and quickly bonded with Ms Haywood's pet dog.
"They are the best of friends, she follows him around everywhere," said Ms Haywood after the pair's disappearance.
The disappearance sparked a campaign to find them and the hashtag #findblakeandbella.
A £1,000 reward for their recovery was offered by ITV presenter Philip Schofield on This Morning, and thousands of people joined a Facebook group set up to find the pets.
Eight cameras were set up in four locations and tracking dogs were used in the search.
Some 59% of voters have said "No" to the proposal put forward by the right-wing Swiss People's Party.
The vote happened amid growing unease at rising immigration and the problems which, the party says, come with it.
But opponents said the law would create a two-tier justice system unfairly targeting foreigners, who make up around 25% of Switzerland's population.
Almost two million foreign passport holders live permanently and legally in Switzerland, but as gaining Swiss nationality is a complicated and expensive procedure, and is not conferred automatically at birth, these foreign nationals include many who have never lived outside of Switzerland.
The Swiss government says only two in every 100 foreigners living in Switzerland have been granted Swiss citizenship.
Opinion polls initially suggested the proposal would get support, but the mood among voters shifted in the last weeks of the campaign.
More than five million people were entitled to vote in the referendum; only Swiss nationals get to vote.
This result is a major blow for the right wing Swiss People's Party.
The high turnout, over 60%, and the big majority against the deportation proposal show clearly that voters think the party has gone too far.
The proposal to automatically deport foreigners, many of whom were born in Switzerland, for minor offences such as speeding, was viewed as highly discriminatory.
The size of the defeat over deportation is likely to force the Swiss People's Party to reconsider similar policies, which it has been planning to put to nationwide votes.
In 2010 the Swiss approved measures to deport foreigners convicted of murder or sexual violence.
The proposal rejected on Sunday included automatic deportation with no right of appeal if a foreigner committed two minor offences within 10 years such as speeding or arguing with a police officer.
The changes would have created some of the strictest laws on foreigners in Europe.
People were said to be vomiting and suffering dehydration after an iftar meal, to break the daily Ramadan fast.
The Hasansham U2 camp, between Mosul and Irbil, houses people displaced by an Iraqi offensive to capture Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS).
IS fighters are currently under heavy siege in the west of the city.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said in a statement that around 800 cases had been recorded, 200 of whom were taken to hospital.
Unconfirmed reports say a second person, a woman, has died.
The agency said it was "extremely concerned" by the events at the camp.
"Staff have been working closely overnight to co-ordinate the response with other agencies and the relevant authorities... to ensure that those who have fallen ill were able to receive swift medical treatment and that the seriously sick were provided transport to nearby hospitals," the statement said.
The food, containing beans, chicken and yoghurt, was prepared in a restaurant in Irbil and brought to the camp by a Qatari charity, Rudaw news agency added.
It quoted camp supervisor Rizgar Obed as saying that outside organisations had previously been banned from bringing in food, but the camp authorities had been forced "under great pressure" to change the regulations.
People are being treated in three hospitals in the area.
The restaurant owner has been arrested, Rudaw reported.
The camp is one of 13 built by the UNHCR in the Mosul area to cope with people fleeing from the city and surrounding villages.
It currently houses 6,235 people.
Iraqi forces, backed by a US-led coalition, launched an offensive last October to recapture Mosul from IS.
They started an assault on the west of the city in February.
Fewer than 1,000 militants are now besieged in IS-controlled parts of the Old City and several adjoining northern districts, along with some 100,000 civilians.
More than 800,000 people - about a third of the pre-war population of Mosul - have been displaced since October, 633,000 of them from the west of the city.
The programme is aimed at creating the largest transformation of the airport since the current terminal first opened its doors in 1977.
It will include new passenger and baggage areas aimed at coping with increasing passenger numbers.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomed the investment by the airport's operators.
Meanwhile, Ms Sturgeon was also announcing that the Scottish government is setting up a new £12m fund to help people who face losing their jobs in oil and gas to gain new skills and find new work.
The airport plans will see a 50% increase in the size of the terminal building.
She told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "What will be announced today is a £20m package of investment to expand the terminal at Aberdeen Airport, to improve passenger facilities, to improve baggage handling facilities.
"Obviously this is investment that is very important and very welcome for the fabric of Aberdeen airport.
"I think it is investment that is well-timed because, not withstanding the difficulties the oil industry is facing now, the difficulties therefore the north east economy is facing, this is a huge vote of confidence in the future of this part of Scotland so it's very welcome indeed."
Carol Benzie, managing director of Aberdeen International Airport, said: "Not only does this investment represent the most significant upgrade to the airport since the current terminal first opened in 1977, it demonstrates our commitment to providing passengers with high quality facilities.
"We have long recognised the need to expand the terminal and we are doing so with the long term future of the airport in mind."
James Bream, research and policy director at Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, said: "The investment is fantastic news for Aberdeen International Airport and its customers.
"The airport is our gateway to regional and international markets and the ambitious development plans are fitting for a globally significant city."
Stormont's Finance Committee wrote to Mr Ó Muilleoir this week asking him to step down during an investigation.
The move followed allegations its former Sinn Féin chairman coached a blogger who was set to give evidence.
Daithí McKay resigned as a Sinn Féin MLA over the scandal. Mr Ó Muilleoir denies knowledge of the communication.
Mrs Foster told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme: "It would be to the benefit of the institutions if he had stepped aside even temporarily."
Analysis: BBC News NI Political Editor Mark Devenport
Arlene Foster's first comments on the Daithí McKay affair were intended to send out a few different messages:
That said, she also acknowledged Máirtín Ó Muilleoir's future was a matter for Sinn Féin, and since the party was backing its minister, that's probably an end to the matter.
Although she made it clear she does not trust Sinn Féin, Mrs Foster clearly is not contemplating any wider action which would disrupt the stability of the DUP and Sinn Féin dominated coalition at Stormont.
But she added: "Sinn Fein have decided he is to remain in place and at the end of the day it is their call."
Last September, loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson used a meeting of the committee to name former First Minister Peter Robinson as "Person A" - whom he said had personally benefitted from the £1.2bn sale of Nama's Northern Ireland property portfolio.
The then first minister of Northern Ireland strongly denied he had sought to benefit in any way from the deal.
Mrs Foster said direct Twitter messages between Jamie Bryson, Daithí McKay and Sinn Fein member Thomas O'Hara were a "disgraceful attempt to impugn and discredit" her former colleague.
Nama is the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank", set up to deal with toxic loans after the 2008 property crash.
The finance committee started investigating the 2014 sale to a US investment firm following an allegation made in the Dáil (Irish parliament) that a politician or political party in Northern Ireland stood to profit from the loan sale.
NHS Tayside said the source of the initial outbreak has still not been identified but "rigorous action" has been taken to minimise further risk.
A small number of children were affected by the bug and were quarantined in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, according to the health board.
The outbreak centred on a playgroup and a primary school in the town.
Public health medicine consultant Dr Jackie Hyland said: "The incident management team have formally declared the incident as over.
"Investigations have not identified a source of the initial outbreak but rigorous action has been taken to minimise any further potential risk before a playgroup in Angus, which closed on a precautionary basis, reopens.
"We would like to thank parents and the local community for their tremendous support throughout this investigation, which has helped us manage this incident and ensure the prevention of the spread of infection."
A possible link with a national outbreak in which a three-year-old girl from Dunbartonshire died and 21 other people were infected formed part of the investigation.
NHS Tayside has refused to disclose the number of children affected, citing patient confidentiality.
Journalist Simon Walters wrote that she "looks about the same weight as the Duchess [of Cambridge] - about 8st - though when I ask she slaps me down".
Ms Kendall told the BBC she "cannot wait for a world when women are judged the same as men".
She questioned whether the paper would ask the weight of a male politician.
Leicester West MP Ms Kendall is running against Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership.
Asked on BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics about the Mail on Sunday interview, she said: "I just think it's unbelievable that in the 21st Century women still get asked such very, very different questions from men.
"Can you imagine the Mail on Sunday asking the weight of the prime minister, George Osborne or any other leading politician?
"I cannot wait for a world when women are judged the same as men and not by those kinds of questions."
In 2014, Mr Walters did raise the subject of weight with the chancellor in another Mail on Sunday interview.
He wrote: "It is impossible not to notice his dramatic weight loss. He is a real skinny malink. 'Am I?' he says, modestly patting his slim line waist."
Mr Osborne went on to describe how he had "lost a couple of stone" on the 5:2 diet.
Detectives are looking at a possible drugs link to the death of the man at a premises in the town's Kenlis Street area.
Three men, one man in his 40s and two men in their 20s, have been arrested in connection with the death.
Two other men were taken to hospital for treatment, one of them currently remains there.
He is said to be in a stable condition.
Police have asked for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
His routine on the pommel horse was the most-watched event of the day, with 9.4 million tuning in to the performance.
The event also saw his team mate Louis Smith win a silver medal.
Some 6.5 million also watched Whitlock receive Britain's first-ever Olympic gymnastics gold with victory in the men's floor two hours earlier.
Due to the time difference between the UK and Brazil, TV ratings are generally lower for the Rio Olympics compared with London 2012 with much of the action happening overnight.
In 2012, 20 million people tuned in to see Usain Bolt win the men's 100m final which aired at 21:50 BST.
This year's final - which saw Bolt win a third successive 100m title - was aired at 02:25 BST on Monday morning. Ratings will not be known until Tuesday.
The Olympic coverage has helped give BBC Four record ratings, with a peak audience of 3.3 million tuning in on Sunday night at 22:00 BST to watch Andy Murray in the men's tennis final.
The Games has also given BBC Sport record online figures, with 19 million unique browsers on Super Sunday. Across the week, some 58.2 million global unique browsers have followed the action from Rio.
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Mary and Michael Salter were taking photos of the aircraft passing over their Thornhill home at 12:20 BST on Sunday.
A box came loose from a cargo net and crashed into the field, narrowly missing sheep.
About 1,500 troops are taking part in the NATO exercise Joint Warrior.
Mr and Mrs Salter said Chinook and Merlin helicopters have been regularly flying over their home after a temporary base was set up at RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.
The ration packs - including boiled sweets, chewing gum, cakes and dried meals such as chilli con carne - fell into the field near Llanishen Golf Club.
Mrs Salter said: "There were sheep in the field and it's just lucky it didn't hit any of them - and the motorway (the M4) is just 100 yards away".
The couple said the farmer collected the supplies, but was unsure who to call.
The GWR Class 2-8-0 No. 2818 was built at Swindon Works in 1905 and is to go on display at the town's Museum of the Great Western Railway (GWR) - STEAM.
The heavy goods steam train was withdrawn from service in October 1963.
It has been housed at the National Railway Museum in Shildon, County Durham, since it was decommissioned.
The locomotive was introduced by GWR chief mechanical engineer George Jackson Churchward in 1903 and 167 were built in total.
The National Railway Museum's Andrew McLean said: "2818 is a very important locomotive in documenting the story of the development of the railways in the South West and south Wales and it is fitting that we can return this long-serving engine to its Swindon birthplace almost 112 years after it first rolled off the production line."
Garry Perkins of Swindon Borough Council added: "We can't wait to have No. 2818 on public display and look forward to welcoming many new visitors who will love to see this splendid heavy freight locomotive."
Details of the locomotive's transfer are yet to be announced, but No. 2818 is expected to be housed inside STEAM before the end of the year.
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But Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, who plays her opening match at Wimbledon today, is talking about her business, not sporting, ambitions.
The 26-year-old has taken the first steps to becoming her own brand, and creating a new business career, with her Sugarpova sweets, newly launched in the UK.
It is just the latest country launch, in an ambitious drive that she hopes will see her become one of the biggest premium confectionery names in the world.
"Business and sport are both very competitive worlds, and I want to be the best in both," says the 2004 Wimbledon champion.
She says the product, begun entirely with her own money, is the start of her setting up a strong independent commercial foundation for when she leaves the game.
"When I was injured it gave me a chance to consider other options outside tennis," she says, referring to a period in 2008-09 when shoulder surgery meant she was out of the sport for nine months.
The French Open runner-up says it took her two years to create the sweets, which were launched in the US last year and have since been introduced to a number of other countries.
According to Forbes, she has total career earnings of $26m (£17m) and is rated by the business magazine as the 22nd highest paid athlete in the world, and the top female one.
But she laughs off the statistics, saying that "these are just numbers", and that financial gain was not her prime motivation for moving into the sweets business.
Rather it was about financial responsibility.
"I have been thinking for a long time that I wanted to be the person making the business decisions, be it the financial, creative or advertising side of things," she says.
"I also wanted to build something else of my own, aside from tennis."
Sharapova says she took two years before the launch because she wanted to study closely what else was on the market.
"For me, it has been a process combining creativity and brand creation," she says.
Perhaps it is not too surprising that she wanted to create her own brand, given her history of active involvement and collaboration in her sponsorship deals.
Big names such as Porsche, Nike, Tag Heuer, Evian, Cole Haan, Head and Samsung have clamoured to work with the four-times Grand Slam tournament winner.
"I have had a lot of experience of creative input with my business partners," she says.
She created a line of shoes for Cole Haan and the Sharapova's ballerina flat was one of the top-selling shoes for the company.
For TAG Heuer she designed a line of sunglasses, and Sharapova also has her own tennis line for Nike, which six other female players on the WTA tour use.
Perhaps one of her most interesting collaborations was with the famed architect Frank Gehry to come up with items of jewellery for Tiffany.
So which of these many sectors does she plan to expand into once her playing days are over?
"I see my brand going into a few directions. Fashion and cosmetics are passions of mine, and I think there is room there," she says.
Some flak has come her way for launching a sugar-based product when much of the Western world, including the US and UK, has an obesity epidemic.
"It is understandable. The world is full of different opinions," she says.
"I am an athlete, so I am one of the first to know what is important for the body, and a healthy lifestyle.
"At the end of the day, things are fine if taken in moderation."
The Wimbledon No 3 seed says she has taken the tactical and mental strengths she has found in tennis into the world of business.
They will be called upon once more today, when Sharapova starts her Wimbledon campaign, and is ready to take up battle with Serena Williams again.
"I love coming back to Wimbledon, and playing on the Centre Court. It is a special tournament for me."
Chris Todd's side picked up a third National League victory in seven days courtesy of first-half strikes from Yemi Odubade and Jai Reason.
Odubade charged down goalkeeper Alan Julian's clearance, and saw the ball bounce straight into the net.
Reason then rounded off work from Joe Partington and Luke Coulson, which ended Bromley's six-match unbeaten run.
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The 23-year-old Brit felt he was a good match for the tough, hilly course and had recently taken a surprise win at Norway's national championships.
But he finished last in his quarter-final, shuffling forlornly across the line with the race a lost cause.
"I skied absolutely terribly badly today," Musgrave told BBC Sport.
"There is no other way to describe it. It's gutting. I picked the wrong day to ski slowly."
Musgrave, who was born in Poole, Dorset, speaks fluent Norwegian and is studying for a civil engineering degree in Trondheim, where he lives and trains.
Norwegian skier Ola Vigen Hattestad won the sprint title ahead of Sweden's Teodor Peterson.
Less than a month earlier, Musgrave had beaten Hattestad into second place in the Norwegian national trials for these Games.
Norwegian experts had suggested the Scot could reach the Olympic podium after that win, but his form deserted him on the slopes above Sochi.
Musgrave still becomes the first British man to reach the quarter-finals of an Olympic sprint contest - but that result offered no consolation.
"In Norway I felt awesome, my shape was where it should be," he said.
"But last week, racing in Italy, I didn't get through the prologue (qualification round) there.
"I thought it was because that was a flatter, easier course and I'd be fine here. But I was pretty-much rubbish, I don't know what went on."
Norwegian broadcasters were at a loss to explain Musgrave's performance, suggesting that conditions - though slushy and soft - should have had no more impact on the Briton than any others.
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And Musgrave said he had felt no additional pressure since his rise to prominence with January's victory.
"I don't really notice the pressure so much, I don't think that had anything to do with it," he said.
"It definitely wasn't nerves, I just didn't have a good day today.
"There are four years until next time. That's a bit hard to swallow at the moment."
Musgrave finished the event in 29th place. Britain's best-ever cross-country finish was Tom Cairney's 28th in the 50km race in 1956.
Maiken Caspersen Falla won the women's event for Norway - the country's 100th Olympic medal in the sport - while GB's Posy Musgrave finished 42nd.
Andrew Young and Callum Smith were 42nd and 62nd respectively for GB in the men's event.
London's FTSE 100 index closed down 4.6% at 5,898.87, with major markets in France and Germany down by 5.5% and 4.96% respectively.
In total, £73.75bn was wiped off the FTSE 100 as a result of Monday's falls.
Wall Street's Dow Jones initially fell 6%, but recovered to trade just 0.8% lower.
At one point it fell below 16,000 for the first time since February 2014, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq index was 1% lower, recovering from an earlier plunge of 8%.
Shares in Asia were hit overnight, with the Shanghai Composite in China closing down 8.5%, its worst close since 2007.
At its lowest point in the day, the FTSE 100 had lost as much as 6%, wiping some £100bn off its value.
Global investors are worried about growth in the world's second largest economy.
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The floor was buzzing long before the US market open. All the traders knew this wouldn't be a typical sleepy August Monday.
Minutes after the opening bell, the Dow fell a staggering 1089 points, its biggest ever points drop. One floor trader complained his shirt was soaked with sweat after the early plunge in stocks.
Another, Stephen Guilfoyle from Deep Value, told me the US markets were 'bordering on the edge of panic but not quite there yet.' He can remember the crash of 1987 and said this didn't feel as bad.
Indeed by late morning, US markets were showing some resilience, leading Mark Otto of J Streicher to conclude that Monday's big market moves in the US were similar to the 'flash crash' of 2010, when billions of dollars were wiped off some of the world's biggest companies in a matter of minutes, only to recover almost as quickly.
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China's central bank devalued the country's currency, the yuan, two weeks ago, raising fresh concerns that a slowdown in the country's economy was worse than originally feared.
Currencies and commodities are also falling sharply, because those markets rely heavily on strong demand from China.
Without strong reassurances from officials in China, investors have not had much reason to buy.
Beijing's official mouthpiece has called it China's "Black Monday".
The Shanghai Composite tumbled by 8.5%, its biggest fall since 2007. That plunge wiped out this year's gains as investors refused to buy into the Chinese government's repeated attempts to shore up confidence.
Everyone wants to know what the Chinese government is going to do next to shore up shares and confidence in the economy.
The smart money is on the central bank reducing interest rates and injecting a semblance of consumer confidence into the markets.
That is what many had hoped would happen over the weekend.
But at each point in what appears to be an ever-deepening Chinese slowdown, the government has seemed slow to react.
Selling that started earlier this summer has gained momentum, experts say.
"It does appear that we're moving very quickly to the downside," said David Madden, market analyst at IG.
Widespread investor fears about the sharp drops in Asia were exacerbated by thin trading volumes in Europe, with many investors away on holiday.
"I think more uncertainty lies ahead," Mr Madden said.
Investors might have to wait for several weeks for bargain hunters to come into the market to lift stocks.
Beijing's latest intervention, to allow its main state pension fund to invest in the stock market, failed to calm traders' fears, both in China and abroad.
Over the past week, the Shanghai index fell 12%, adding up to a 30% drop since the middle of June.
The sharp fall sparked a global sell-off, with the Dow Jones in the US losing 6%, while the FTSE 100 posted its biggest weekly loss this year, of 5%.
Earlier this month, the Chinese central bank devalued the yuan in an attempt to boost exports.
European investors worry that a cheaper Chinese currency will make European exports less competitive.
In other developments:
Murray won 6-3 6-4 against Czech Berdych, who needed treatment on an ankle injury after the first set.
It will be the 19th ATP final meeting between Murray and the man he replaced as world number one in November.
Second seed Djokovic survived five match points on his way to beating Fernando Verdasco in his semi-final.
Spaniard Verdasco, ranked 42nd in the world, controlled the first two sets but Serb Djokovic made only one unforced error in the decider to win 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3.
"It's definitely one of the most exciting matches I have played," Djokovic said. "I haven't saved five match points many times. He should have finished it off."
You can follow to live coverage of the Qatar Open final in Doha between Murray and Djokovic on the BBC Sport website from 15:00 GMT.
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The former Portugal international was talking for the first time since being appointed earlier in the week.
The five-time African champions are currently fourth in the Egyptian league 18 points behind leaders and great rivals Al Ahly.
"My technical staff and I are starting from point zero," Inacio admitted.
"I have come to Cairo to work not on vacation."
Inacio, who won the Portuguese League Cup with Moreirense in January, challenged the players to prove themselves to him.
"Whoever does best in the training, whoever takes the chance are the ones we need," he added.
"We have a problem with fitness - some of the players are overweight."
The 62-year-old says he is aware that under current club chairman Mortada Mansour none of the last five coaches has been in charge for more than 17 matches.
"I'm a professional coach and I will do my best," he insisted
"But I will not accept anyone taking decisions for me - I who decide about the football team.
"When I was in Qatar a club official tried to take decisions for me about the football team but I refused
"I know a lot of people would like to see Zamalek fail but I will do my best."
As well as improving Zamalek's league position Inacio will be aiming for success on the continent with the team already qualified for the group stage of the African Champions League.
The Cairo club lost in the 2016 final to South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 on aggregate.
Atletico won 1-0 on the night, with the Croat firing in low from inside the area after just two minutes.
Raul Garcia also went close for the league champions, who had coach Diego Simeone sent off for patting the head of the fourth official.
James Rodriguez had Real's best chances with two shots that flew past the post.
The Colombia World Cup star, who scored in the first leg, also had an effort pushed away by keeper Miguel Angel Moya and headed wide.
The £71m signing from Monaco was one of Real's better performers inside the Vicente Calderon stadium, with Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema all disappointing. And Cristiano Ronaldo barely threatened when he came on in the second half.
As for Atletico, they resembled the battle-hardened side who won the title much more than the team that drew 1-1 against Real in Tuesday's first leg.
Their coach also picked up where he left off in the Champions League final by being sent to the stands by referee David Fernandez Borlaban.
Simeone was seen protesting that right-back Juanfran had not been allowed back onto the field quickly enough after receiving treatment for a facial injury before he patted the fourth official on the head, which led to his dismissal.
The match on the whole was a more entertaining affair and was given an early jolt when Croatia striker Mandzukic scored moments after the kick off.
Moya, who replaced Thibaut Courtois in the summer, launched the ball downfield which found its way to Antoine Griezmann. The France international, acquired from Real Sociedad during pre-season, found Mandzukic who ran in on goal and drove his shot past Iker Casillas.
Real looked for an quick response with Rodriguez leading the fight. The midfielder was first denied by Moya, before twice shooting wide and directing his header off target.
That was the sum of Real's best efforts on the night, with Ronaldo, who started on the bench because of a back injury, barely troubling Moya with a 25-yard strike.
Real also ended the night with 10 men when midfielder Luka Modric was shown a second yellow for clattering into Cristian Rodriguez in stoppage time.
Atletico came close to adding more, with Raul Garcia - arguably the man of the match - going close on three occasions, the best of which was a header that came off the bar.
Simeone, who spent much of the match marching back and forth in the stands, has now guided the Rojiblancos to Spanish league title, the Europa League, Copa del Rey and Uefa Super Cup during his three years in charge.
At the end of trade the benchmark FTSE 100 was down 10.36 points, or 0.14%, at 7,286.56.
Travel firm Tui was the biggest riser on the index, up 5.27%, after its said first-quarter losses had narrowed.
The company was boosted by a strong rise in UK bookings, which were up by 10% in volume from a year earlier. Other winners were RBS and Capita.
Rolls-Royce was the biggest faller in the index, down 3.99% after it reported a pre-tax loss of £4.6bn.
The aerospace company was hit by the cost of a bribery settlement, and currency-related contracts were affected by the post-Brexit vote fall in sterling.
On the currency markets, the pound was down 0.49% against the dollar at $1.2464 and 0.25% against the euro to 1.1790 euros.
Retired officers and staff were presented with the special award at Eynsham Hall in Oxfordshire by Chief Constable Sara Thornton.
It marked their work on the inquiry after thieves stole more than ??2.5m from a night mail train in August 1963.
Ms Thornton said they had never really been recognised before.
It was at 03:00 BST on 8 August that the train travelling between Glasgow and London Euston was stopped by a gang of thieves between Linslade and Cheddington.
They broke into the High Value Package coach and made off with 120 mailbags weighing about two and a half tonnes stuffed with ??2.6m in used banknotes (about ??41m in today's money).
Former Thames Valley Police officers receiving the award included Aylesbury detective Keith Milner, who was in charge of exhibits during the investigation, and John Woolley, who discovered the gang's abandoned hideout.
Ms Thornton created the award especially for the anniversary and presented the framed certificate to officers in front of Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld and current serving officers.
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"What's struck me is that the focus is always on the offenders who committed the notorious crime," she said.
"I wanted to balance that by recognising police officers and staff from 50 years ago who helped us solve [the case].
"I think also, for some of them, their work was never really recognised so they really do appreciate us taking time out to say 'well done and thank you'."
Thames Valley Police also recognised the anniversary on Thursday by tweeting from 03:03 BST, to mark the time the train was brought to a halt, and from 04:26 BST started real time tweets of the original call log.
Later this year, exhibitions marking the crime will also go on display in the county.
Media coverage, maps, photos and memorabilia relating to the crime can be seen on 25 August at Brill's Sports and Social Club, in Brill, a village near to where the gang's abandoned hideout at Leatherslade Farm was found.
Organisers said their intention was "not to celebrate or glorify, but to inform and educate".
The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton will put on an exhibition in September.
Tango and his partner Julia were only hours away from being put to sleep when they were saved by Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire.
Tango was given a cardboard birthday cake filled with meat to celebrate his milestone.
Ben Pascoe, head keeper at the park, said he was in good health for his age.
"He's got a little bit of arthritis in his elbows which is to be expected of a cat of that age, but everything else is fine," he said.
"On a particularly cool day he can be seen chasing butterflies around in his enclosure and he's quite proud of himself when he catches them."
As well as the cake, Tango was given present boxes filled with meat and was thrown balls smeared in horse dung to play with.
But he preferred a quiet birthday resting in the sunshine, while nine-year-old Julia played with the cake and presents instead.
Tango is less active than when he was younger.
"Generally they live into their late teens and he's currently the oldest tiger in the UK," said Mr Pascoe.
"He's the equivalent of about an 80-year-old man and I don't know of any 80-year-old men that are still running about, so he's generally quite docile.
"But he's still eating and he's healthy, so he's quite happy to retire here for hopefully many years to come."
Pembrokeshire council spends almost £120,000 a year loaning out cars.
Since the revelation over Bryn Parry-Jones's car, the authority has confirmed its scheme allows 21 chief officers to claim lease car hire fees as part of their contracts.
A council committee has now supported a motion to review the scheme.
Councillor Bob Kilmister, who tabled the motion, told the senior staff committee he wanted to save the authority from being bitten by another "Porschegate".
The council has told BBC Wales the hire scheme is running below its maximum budget of £185,000.
The colt was going for a dual Derby win at the Curragh but finished third in what has proved the horse's final race.
A statement issued by the Coolmore racing operation on Sunday said he "was found to be lame this morning".
It added that a veterinary surgeon had "diagnosed a fracture of his left front sesamoid" and that "sadly this is a career-ending injury".
Wings Of Eagles, ridden by jockey Padraig Beggy, was a 40-1 outsider but came from deep to win the Epsom Derby in early June.
Beggy was replaced by Ryan Moore for the Irish Derby.
The a son of a Derby winner in Pour Moi, Aidan O'Brien's colt won two of his seven starts and earned more than £1m in win and place prize money.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Even by the standards of the often-fleeting careers of flat-racing stars, this has all been brief. It's less than a year since Wings Of Eagles made his debut, down the field in a race at Galway.
Being such an outsider when propelling both himself and his jockey from obscurity in the Derby will always have some saying it was a fluke.
He ran too well on his finale to say that with certainty, but he will probably be more remembered for the shock result at Epsom than for anything else - unless he proves a big hit at stud.
The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway - the UK's longest heritage line - is behind the scheme in Caernarfon and hopes to attract 5,000 extra visitors to the town each year.
Funding has come through the Welsh Government's Vibrant and Viable Places programme, but a water pipe had to be moved before work could start.
The station is expected to open in Spring 2018.
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Olympic champion Yarnold is taking a year away from the sport, whilst Deas' previous best result was second.
The former eventing rider was in second place after the first run, but produced a stunning second to claim gold.
"Winning a race at the top level for my country is something I've dreamt about for a long time," said Deas.
"Last year was a breakthrough season for me and I've been saying all summer that I just want to kick on and keep improving, so this is a big confidence boost."
Deas, who was second in Calgary and third in St Moritz last season, finished in a combined time of one minute 57.84 seconds, ahead of Germany's world silver medallist Tina Hermann (+0.04).
Hermann's compatriot Jacqueline Loelling (+0.17) was third while Britain's Donna Creighton finished 11th, 1.25 seconds behind Deas.
Elsewhere, 2004 Olympic sprint relay champion Mark Lewis-Francis (left) finished eighth in his competitive bobsleigh debut, having joined the GB set-up in September.
He partnered pilot Bruce Tasker in the two-man competition at the season-opening Europa Cup event in Winterberg, Germany.
"I definitely felt a real buzz when I was standing on the start line and, to be totally honest, I loved it," Lewis-Francis told BBC Sport.
"It's obviously very different to athletics, but the feeling you get in terms of representing your country and the sense of satisfaction you get from doing it well is exactly the same."
The event also marked Olympic pilot John Jackson mark his return from injury after a year away.
After placing 21st in his first two-man competition back on the ice on Friday, he went on to claim European Cup silver with his four-man crew of Bruce Tasker, Ben Simons and Brad Hall on Sunday.
Lamin Deen - pushed by Joel Fearon, John Baines and Andrew Matthews - rounded off the opening weekend of the skeleton and bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg with a strong sixth-place finish in the four-man competition.
"It's been a super Sunday for the squad on both circuits," GB Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson told BBC Sport..
"They performed when it really mattered and sent out a message to all the other nations that we intend to be challenging for the podium wherever we race this season."
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The club said he "had failed to achieve any of the club's targets, with the exception of qualification for next season's Champions League".
Assistant Brian Kidd will take charge for the final two games of the season and a tour to America in late May.
Malaga's Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini has been strongly tipped to replace Mancini.
On Sunday night, 59-year-old Pellegrini, who spent one season in charge at Real Madrid in 2009-10, insisted there
"I deny here and now being the new coach of Manchester City," he said after Malaga's goalless Primera Division draw with Sevilla. "I haven't signed any agreement with anybody."
In a statement, City thanked 48-year-old Mancini for the job he had done since joining the club in December 2009.
But the club said the failure to hit "stated targets" and the need to "develop a holistic approach to all aspects of football at the club" prompted the sacking.
A dictionary definition of holistic means thinking about the whole of something and not just certain parts. It is understood City are referring to all aspects of the club - for example the youth system and first team - pulling in the same direction.
"Roberto's record speaks for itself, he secured the love and respect of fans," said chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak. "He has done as he promised and delivered silverware and success."
City added it was "a difficult decision" to part with Mancini, explaining it was "the outcome of a planned end of season review process that has been brought forward in light of recent speculation".
A replacement for Mark Hughes, Italian Mancini was in charge for three-and-a-half years, winning the FA Cup in 2011 and City's first top-flight league title for 44 years in 2012 - a year to the day before his sacking.
In with the club.
But this term, City are a distant second to champions Manchester United, went out of the Champions League in the group stages and lost the FA Cup final to Wigan.
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Mancini was critical of Manchester City officials for failing to deny the newspaper reports that surfaced on the morning of Saturday's FA Cup final stating he would be sacked and replaced by Pellegrini.
City were beaten by Ben Watson's 90th-minute header at Wembley as Wigan, struggling to avoid relegation from the Premier League in 18th place, became the lowest-ranked team to win the FA Cup since West Ham in 1980.
City thrashed rivals United 6-1 at Old Trafford in October 2011 en route to their first Premier League title and beat them again on their home ground this season.
But Sir Alex Ferguson's team wrapped up their 20th league crown last month with four matches remaining.
Mancini's record in the Champions League has come under particular scrutiny.
He reached the quarter-finals with Inter Milan, but City have been eliminated in the group stages of both their campaigns during his reign.
Mancini's sacking means the Premier League's major trophy winners from 2011-12 have now all been sacked. League Cup-winner Kenny Dalglish was dismissed by Liverpool last May, and FA Cup and Champions League-winner Roberto Di Matteo by Chelsea in November. In addition, Championship-winner Brian McDermott was sacked by Reading in March.
Having finished third in their group last season, behind Bayern Munich and Napoli, they again failed to qualify for the knockout stages this term.
They failed to win any of their six matches in a formidable group that also contained Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid and Ajax.
Their tally of three points was the lowest by an English side in the group stage of the competition.
City have two games remaining in the Premier League this season.
They face Reading at the Madejski Stadium on Tuesday before finishing their campaign at home to Norwich on Sunday and then travelling to America to play Chelsea in St Louis on Thursday 23 May and New York on Saturday 25 May.
The 40-year-old had been linked with a move to Prenton Park after Rovers sacked Gary Brabin.
"No contact has been made between the two clubs," he told the club website.
"I want to stress that [assistant] Ken McKenna and I are very happy and we are looking forward to progressing under new owner Diego Lemos."
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said it will take open-ended strike action at all National Museum sites from Thursday.
The dispute began more than two years ago with action taking place at weekends.
NMW said there was no more money available to improve the offer.
It has started individual discussions with staff affected by proposals to scrap "premium payments".
As part of a deal, staff are being offered a lump sum equivalent to two years' worth of premium payments to end extra payments for working weekends and bank holidays.
About 300 of the museum's staff receive the payments and 220 are PCS members.
PCS Wales Secretary Shavanah Taj said: "This is a big step, which we've not taken lightly."
NMW said: "We are extremely disappointed that the PCS have broken the agreement they signed up to at Acas, by not balloting their members on our offer and by undertaking strike action.
"We would like to reassure our visitors that we will do all that we can to keep our museums open and services running for them.
"This announcement of continuous strike action by PCS has come within days of us offering to meet with all of our recognised trade unions to discuss the number of weekends worked by our staff.
"However, our financial position remains the same. We and the Welsh Government have both confirmed to PCS that there is no more money available to improve the offer."
The museum urged PCS to accept the offer and bring the dispute to an end.​
The blaze at Bucharest's Colectiv club on 30 October was started by fireworks that ignited foam on the club's walls.
On Sunday, four more people died of their injuries, bringing the number of deaths to 45, officials say.
The drummer of the band playing the venue died after his condition worsened on a military plane taking him for treatment in Switzerland.
The plane turned back to Romania but Bogdan Enache died soon after it landed.
Another nine deaths were announced on Saturday.
The fire led to mass protests and the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta's government.
Read more: Protesters prompt Ponta's fall
More than 30 people remain in a serious or critical condition in hospital, Romania's health minister said on Sunday.
The ministry says 21 people are being treated in hospitals across Europe and in Israel.
The Nato plane left Romania late on Sunday to transport 12 burns victims to the UK and Norway, Emergencies Minister Raed Arafat said. It was not stated how many victims were being taken to each country.
Three owners of the club have been arrested amid allegations that the venue was overcrowded, lacked the required number of emergency exits, and may not have been authorised to hold such a concert.
Concerns that safety at the club was compromised because of corruption - a long-standing issue in Romania - have further fuelled public anger against the political elite.
Hundreds of protesters continue to hold rallies in Bucharest. The demonstrations have now entered their sixth day.
President Klaus Iohannis has called for a "sea change" in Romanian politics in the wake of the government resignation.
He attended a protest on Sunday night in Bucharest's University Square, and wrote on his Facebook page afterwards: "I told people to stay involved, that only together we can all make Romania the country we want it to be."
The Scotland Bill will allow Holyrood to set the thresholds and rates of income tax.
A portion of VAT and the whole of Air Passenger Duty will also be under the Edinburgh parliament's control.
The Barnett Formula, which determines the money the devolved Scottish government receives, will be reduced.
The UK government said the new Scotland Bill would embody the Smith Commission agreement which was signed by the SNP, the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Greens in November last year.
The promise of more powers to Holyrood followed voters rejecting Scottish independence by 55% to 45% in September's referendum.
The key elements of the Scotland Bill include:
Before the Queen's Speech, SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted the Scotland Bill to go much further than the Smith proposals.
She had been keen to see Holyrood given full control over National Insurance; the minimum wage; Corporation Tax; full control of welfare and employment and trade union law.
However, the Bill does not contain any of those demands.
A new Scotland Bill will be based on recommendations made by the Smith Commission - the cross-party group formed after the independence referendum to look at what additional powers might be handed to Scotland.
But how were its foundations laid? Find out more...
In the Queen's Speech debate, the prime minister said he wanted to modernise and strengthen "our United Kingdom".
He told the House of Commons: "It [the Queen's Speech] includes bills on devolution for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These Bills will deliver on all of the promises given to people in each of the countries in our United Kingdom and will also ensure fairness for English voters."
In her address to peers and MPs, the Queen outlined that changes would be made to the rules of the House of Commons, which would ensure that only MPs representing English constituencies could vote on legislation affecting England alone.
And in a direct message to the SNP benches, Mr Cameron said: "If you want more taxes, more spending and more borrowing you can now introduce those measures in Scotland. It is time for you to stop talking and start acting."
He added that he was clear about what "full fiscal autonomy" would mean for Scotland: "Raising 100% of what you spend means asking Scottish people to pay almost an extra £10bn in taxes or make an almost extra £10bn in additional cuts by the end of this parliament. That is £5,000 of higher taxes or additional cuts for every single family in Scotland. That is the true price of the SNP."
The SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson responded to the prime minister's address by saying that his party would stand firm against the "relentless drive of Tory austerity".
He added: "Scotland did not vote for these cuts and we will work with others across parliament to prevent them.
"With Labour all over the place and each of their leadership candidates seemingly getting ready to race even further to the right, the SNP is the only real opposition to unfair Tory cuts in the House of Commons.
"At the general election, people in Scotland gave the SNP an unprecedented democratic mandate to put an end to the cuts agenda which is hurting people across our communities - and we will use this mandate to work with other progressive forces in parliament in Scotland's best interests."
On the government's devolution plans, acting Labour leader Harriet Harman warned Mr Cameron against pitting the English against the Scottish as she said he "shamefully" did in the general election campaign.
She added: "To get change which is fair and lasting, it must be done in a way which builds the broadest possible consensus.
"The prime minister must seek agreement and he must break his habit of divisiveness.
"Of course the SNP want to break up the union, they want people to have to choose between being Scottish and being British, but it would be utterly irresponsible to continue what he did so shamefully in the general election which was to set the English against the Scottish.
"No party, especially one that claims to be 'One Nation', should set the interests of a family in Gloucester against the interests of a family in Glasgow or Glamorgan."
And so it is with the restart of this mother of all physics experiments, ready after its two-year upgrade to explore uncharted corners of the sub-atomic realm.
This vast machine ranks as one of the world's biggest experiments, with incredibly sophisticated machinery filling a 27km circular tunnel, and the bill so far has come to a little under £4 billion.
Back in 2008, when the vast device was first brought to life, one senior British scientist grumbled to me that "the particle physicists seem to get all the money they want".
His view was that humanity faces a long list of severe and immediate threats which are more deserving of the kind of massive scientific investment devoted to the research at Cern.
Top of his list was clean energy. If we could start with a blank sheet of paper, he said, would we really choose to devote all those billions to particle physics?
I heard a similar complaint on the day that the Rosetta spacecraft achieved its historic rendezvous with a comet far beyond Mars.
As the mission controllers erupted around me, one of my tweets attracted a sternly-worded demand to know how anyone would benefit from this venture to a distant and icy rock.
"What good," I was asked, "might any knowledge that it might obtain do for mankind?"
One answer might be pragmatic: if a comet ever headed our way, it would be good to know what they are made of and how they might be deflected.
Another could be that it would surely satisfy our curiosity to know if comets were the source of our water or even of life itself.
But a response that feels more compelling is that previous generations have only been able to gaze at comets in awe or fear while ours might be the first to understand them.
The same kind of argument applies to the Large Hadron Collider.
When it discovered the famous Higgs boson, and confirmed its position in the Standard Model of physics, that was an extraordinary achievement in its own right.
It proved the existence of an invisible process that performs the fundamentally important role of giving all other particles their mass or substance.
Big stuff, but did it change anything practical in our everyday lives? Of course not.
But it is a huge step on a journey towards understanding how the universe works, and there is much more to come.
The next collisions of protons may reveal something about the majority of matter that exists but has yet to be seen - the stuff known as dark matter.
They may uncover evidence for the weird notion that there are extra dimensions, or hordes of previously unseen particles that form pairs with the ones we know about.
Any of this would open our eyes to a new way of perceiving the fabric of everything we see and touch - how it is made and what holds it together.
Astounding though these discoveries may be, they would not by themselves alter anything tangible about how we get up the next day, to face our lives and our work.
But that is how science functions. A new insight can open a door and it's then up to other researchers to choose whether to venture through it, sometimes decades later, to develop practical applications.
For example, the fact that we live in an age of electronics did not come down to a single discovery overnight.
Its roots can be traced to the brilliant theorisers and experimenters who did fundamental work back in the 19th century - Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell and J.J. Thomson to name but a few.
So who knows if the Higgs boson or dark matter particles or extra dimensions may eventually lead to some similarly huge leap in the next 50-100 years?
The Cern case is that we will never know unless the basic job of exploration is done now.
Back in the 1960s, when Nasa was under pressure to justify the cost of the Apollo moon landings, it resorted to highlighting spin-offs.
The lunar missions, it argued, had given technology a unique boost and produced such wonders as miniaturised electronics and the non-stick frying-pan.
And that kind of spin-off is another key part of Cern's case.
It can claim credit for inventing a system for sharing data around the globe: the World Wide Web.
Born of fundamental research which at the time might have felt irrelevant, it enables you to read this article now.
The 52-year-old, who had high levels of alcohol in his system, was struck near a stop in Nottingham on 15 August.
He had walked along an off-limits section of track before lying down and being hit by a tram at 30mph.
The investigation found drivers were initially warned to slow down to avoid him but the advice was withdrawn when he was believed to have left the area.
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report said the man, who has not been named, was returning from Nottingham city centre when he got off a tram at David Lane shortly before 23:00.
He bypassed guard rails designed to stop pedestrians before walking along the track towards Basford.
Operators in the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) control room began warning tram drivers arriving at and leaving the stop to slow down and employ caution to avoid hitting the man.
However, this came to an end when a control room staff member misheard a message and believed the man had safely made it to Basford station.
Instead he was lying on the track and was hit by a tram approaching David Lane.
The report said: "The audio reception of the call was poor and the basic principles of safety critical communication were not followed during the call.
"Furthermore, there was no effective exchange of information between the supervisors and the misunderstanding was not detected and challenged by others in the control room."
The RAIB said it had recommended improvements to control room communication procedures and the operators of the NET system had already started putting changes in place.
The aerobatics display aircraft came down as the pilot was taking part in the annual Abingdon Air and Country Show.
Organisers said he was conscious after a "safe crash landing" and was taken to hospital shortly after 14:30 BST. No-one on the ground was hurt.
Show-goers were told the displays would resume after safety checks.
Thames Valley Police said the pilot was the only occupant and had landed the right way up but off the runway.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch has been informed.
Few MPs had backed the member for Islington North, and many were unhappy that he chose his ally from the Labour left, John McDonnell, as shadow chancellor.
When Mr McDonnell explained his decision to reverse his support for Mr Osborne plan - which are set out in an updated Charter for Budget Responsibility - to labour MPs, shouts of criticism were audible outside the room, and one ex-minister described the process as a "shambles".
The charter commits the government to keep debt falling as a share of GDP each year and achieve a budget surplus by 2019-20. Governments will then be required to ensure there is a surplus in "normal times".
This will be when the independent Office for Budget Responsibility judges that the UK is experiencing real GDP growth of less than 1% a year, as measured on a rolling four-quarter basis.
Chancellor George Osborne's plan has been seen as a potential trap for Labour and a test of its willingness to commit to spending cuts. His number two at the Treasury, David Gauke, however, insists that is not a political stunt.
He told the BBC it would improve accountability and help ensure a "sound framework for delivering sound public finances" with any chancellor having to suffer the "political embarrassment" if they did not meet its requirements.
Soon after his appointment, Mr McDonnell said he would support the charter, saying Labour was serious about deficit reduction - although he had a markedly different approach to the Conservatives towards balancing the books (he says Labour would spend more and grow the economy and collect more taxes from companies to balance the books rather than balancing the books by cutting spending).
But he has now pointed to a "growing reaction" to the "nature and scale" of public spending cuts, saying Labour will vote against the charter to "underline our position as an anti-austerity party". Labour will set out an alternative plan for tackling the deficit, he says.
Many Labour MPs agree the charter should be opposed, but are unhappy at the way the decision has been reached.
Mr McDonnell's predecessor as shadow chancellor, Chris Leslie, says the decision to "go from one extreme to the other... sends the wrong message to the general public".
Mr Corbyn's supporters say the Parliamentary Labour Party should accept the mandate of his comprehensive victory in the leadership contest, with shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott saying some in the party are still "coming to terms" with his victory.
Wednesday's vote on the charter will not be the final time Mr Corbyn's leadership is tested in the House of Commons.
Nuclear weapons is an issue where Mr Corbyn's views are in direct conflict with party policy. Labour is presently committed to renewing the Trident missile system, but the party's leader is committed to opposing it, and has said he would not fire nuclear weapons if he were prime minister.
Mr Corbyn says Trident will form part of a defence review being carried out by shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle. But unless he can change Labour's policy - and a bid to get it debated at conference last month was rejected - he faces the unusual prospect of rebelling against his own party when Parliament votes on the issue next year.
Labour MPs could be given a free vote, which means they will not be bound by party lines, to avoid this happening.
David Cameron is hoping to build Commons support for air strikes on so-called Islamic State militants in Syria. Mr Corbyn is opposed to any military intervention, but not all of his MPs - or his shadow cabinet - share this view.
The divisions were underlined by a bad-tempered Twitter exchange involving shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott, who criticised Labour MP Jo Cox for proposing military action to protect civilians. Ms Abbott was branded an "internet troll" by Labour MP John Woodcock after she accused him and Ms Cox of wanting to "support Cameron in his long held desire to bomb Syria".
In his party conference speech, Mr Corbyn said "the answer to this complex and tragic conflict can't simply be found in a few more bombs".
Also at the party conference, Mr McDonnell suggested a free vote could be held, saying he did not expect consensus within the party and that he believed a vote on military action in Syria should be made "on the basis of conscience".
The government's cap on overall household benefits had already split the Labour Party before Mr Corbyn took over, with 48 of its MPs opposing the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which will reduce the cap to £23,000 in London and £20,000 in the rest of the country, in defiance of the then interim leader Harriet Harman's order to abstain.
Mr Corbyn has said he wants to scrap the cap altogether, calling the policy "devastating". But Owen Smith, his shadow work and pensions secretary, has said Labour is only opposing plans to reduce it.
On some key policy issues, Labour has managed to defuse potential rows. One big one that was looming was over the EU referendum - would Mr Corbyn, who had appeared lukewarm during the leadership election, go against almost all his MPs and push for a UK exit?
Had he done so, he would have risked mutiny from his MPs and resignations from his front bench. But last month, under growing pressure to clarify his position, he told the BBC while policy was "developing" he could not foresee a situation where Labour would campaign for a "Brexit" under his leadership.
Labour appears united in its opposition to tax credit cuts, and on one of Mr Corbyn's flagship pledges - rail re-nationalisation - after the leader said he would adopt the line-by-line approach put forward by Andy Burnham in the leadership contest.
The nucleus of Mr Corbyn's support lies away from Westminster, in the party's wider membership which propelled him to his overwhelming victory in the leadership contest. Given the lack of support for the leader among the Parliamentary party, some MPs fear they will be ousted as party candidates by Corbyn supporters.
This fear has been fuelled by the creation of a new group, Momentum, which aims to capitalise on Mr Corbyn's victory and create a "mass movement for real progressive change".
Former shadow Cabinet member Mary Creagh is among those to suggest the group could lead to a purge of those in the centre-left of the party, and MPs voiced their concerns during Monday night's Parliamentary Labour Party meeting. Corbyn-supporting MP Richard Burgon, who was reportedly heckled at the meeting, has said his colleagues have "nothing to fear" from Momentum, which will not be "inwardly meddling".
In some areas, voting was extended to allow those still in queues to cast their ballots, officials added.
Opinion polls have put the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party ahead, but the result is expected to be close.
Four opposition groups are backing one candidate, a former prime minister.
The BBC's Tulanana Bohela reports from the main city Dar es Salaam that usually busy streets and markets are deserted, and large queues have formed at polling stations as people wait patiently to cast their ballots.
President Jakaya Kikwete, who is standing down after two terms, has called for peace ahead of the election, adding that "anyone who tries to cause trouble will be dealt with".
CCM was formed in 1977 from a merger of two post-colonial parties and has effectively been in power since independence in 1961.
It has fielded Works Minister John Magufuli, 55, as its presidential candidate.
He is being challenged by Edward Lowassa, 62, who quit CCM after he failed to win its presidential nomination.
He is contesting the poll under the banner of the Ukawa coalition.
Analysis: Tulanana Bohela, BBC Africa, Dar es Salaam
The unusually high turnout across the country suggests that Tanzanians believe the future is in their hands.
This is in contrast to previous elections when CCM was certain of victory because of a weak and divided opposition.
But politics has been shaken up by the formation of the Ukawa coalition, which believes it has a real chance of winning.
The CCM is equally confident, setting the stage for the most competitive election since independence from British rule.
The first results are due to come in on Monday, and the final result by Thursday, when Tanzanians should know the name of their new president.
Both main presidential candidates have already cast their ballots.
"I've carried out my duty as a citizen by voting. My appeal to those Tanzanians who have not voted is to ensure they do so to elect the people they want," Mr Magufuli said.
Mr Lowassa said he was confident of victory, and urged people to vote peacefully.
Last week, he told the BBC Swahili service that he will "go back to his village to rear his cattle" if he loses.
The semi-autonomous island archipelago of Zanzibar is also voting for a president and local leaders.
It has been hit by violence in previous elections, unlike the mainland where elections tend to be peaceful.
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Zanzibar says that so far, there have been no reports of violence on the islands, with the voting process proceeding smoothly.
John Magufuli - Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Edward Lowassa - Ukawa
Tanzania's key facts, figures and dates
Romero, 30, joined United on a free transfer in 2015 after leaving Italian side Sampdoria.
Argentina's first-choice keeper, he started the World Cup final in 2014 and both Copa America final defeats by Chile in 2015 and 2016.
He was selected ahead of David de Gea for United's Europa League final victory against Ajax in May.
Romero has made 28 appearances in his two seasons at Old Trafford, although only six of them have come in the Premier League.
The contract extension comes amid renewed speculation about a likely bid from Real Madrid for United's first-choice keeper De Gea.
Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara died in October 2013 aged 100.
His cremation was delayed in line with Thai Buddhist custom.
The patriarch's remains were carried through the streets of Bangkok on a carriage, accompanied by a long procession of monks.
Thousands of people attended the ceremony, including Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, who lit the funeral pyre.
"It is the royal tradition to keep the body for a long time," Somchai Surachatri, a spokesman for the National Office of Buddhism, told AFP.
"It takes a long time to prepare the flowers, details, prayers," he added.
Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara was made supreme patriarch in 1989 by Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The country's last large-scale royal funeral was that of Princess Galyani, who died of cancer in January 2008. She was cremated in November that year.
About 95% of Thailand's population is said to follow Buddhism.
The centre in Denbighshire will have indoor and outdoor flume rides, a children's water play frame, party rooms and two wet splash pads.
There will also be a beach-themed splash zone, sun lounge areas, a cafe, bar and terrace at the park, which is replacing the former Sun Centre.
It was demolished to pave way for the regeneration, despite calls to save it.
The council said the development will create 60 new jobs and attract 350,000 extra visitors to the town every year.
Work will begin in September 2017 ahead of its opening in early 2019.
The proposals will also mean the town's skatepark will be relocated and young people will be asked to help design a new one.
Denbighshire council leader Hugh Evans said the project would increase town centre footfall and boost the economy.
Rhyl mayor, councillor Alan James, added: "The winds of change are blowing and the patience of the people of Rhyl will be rewarded with a facility we can all be proud of, one that puts our town firmly on the map."
Sese Bau (25) and Charles Amini (24) helped Papua New Guinea post 116-8 in Tuesday's dead-rubber while Tim Murtagh picked up three wickets.
Niall O'Brien top-scored with 27 in Ireland's disappointing response and captain Gary Wilson hit 15 on his 200th appearance.
Ireland slipped from 49-2 to 105 all out on a sluggish pitch.
Papua New Guinea managed just three fours and two sixes in their innings, giving an indication of the difficult conditions.
Murtagh (3-23) was the best of the Irish attack while spinner George Dockrell (2-15) picked up two wickets.
Chad Soper (3-13) removed openers Paul Stirling (eight) and Andrew Balbirnie (five), but a steady stand of 31 between Niall O'Brien and Wilson looked to be steering Ireland towards victory.
However, Wilson's dismissal was followed by Kevin O'Brien's first ball, and Ireland were on the slide.
Despite brief cameos from Stuart Thompson (10) and Andrew McBrine (10no), the visitors were dismissed in the last over for 105.
Ireland travel to the United Arab Emirates to play a warm-up against a club side on Saturday before taking on the hosts in two T20s on Sunday and Tuesday.
Joint Warrior is held twice a year - in April and October - and includes several locations in Scotland and in the sea off its coast.
The first of this year's war games will involve 18 countries and feature 55 submarines and warships, including USS Anzio and USS Porter from the US.
It will also feature 70 aircraft, some from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, and 13,000 personnel.
The Royal Navy said the exercise will see "significant naval and aerial activity off the west and east coast of Scotland, including amphibious landings on the west coast".
Joint Warrior, which runs from 11 to 24 April, will also involve periodic jamming of GPS signals.
The Royal Navy said jamming will be limited to a confined area in the north-west of Scotland.
It added: "The relevant authorities, including aviation and maritime communities, have been consulted and procedures are in place for any unforeseen activity that might arise."
Jamming during Joint Warrior in October 2011 was suspended after complaints from Western Isles fishermen.
The latest war games come just weeks after a fisherman claimed a submarine may have snagged itself on his trawler as it fished off the Western Isles, an area were elements of Joint Warrior's training are held.
Angus Macleod said he and his four crew were "extremely lucky" after his net was continually dragged in front of his 62ft boat.
The Royal Navy said there were no British or Nato submarines in the area at the time.
There has been speculation in recent months that Russian submarines have been operating off the Scottish coast.
Mr Macleod's wooden Aquarius boat was fishing for haddock, monkfish and skate about 10 miles east of the Butt of Lewis.
Dundee United defender William Edjenguele diverted a Myles Hippolyte effort into his own net before Lee Miller scored with a stunning header.
John Baird's fourth goal in three games gave the Bairns the lead on 18 minutes, with Tope Obedayi levelling.
Falkirk move up to fourth, overtaking United in the process.
A second league defeat means United are eight points adrift in the race for automatic promotion.
The Tannadice team's central defenders did not look too clever when Baird headed home the opener or a few minutes later when Bob McHugh nipped between them to send another Tom Taiwo cross onto the post.
The visitors were more impressive going forward though and a sweeping move ended with former Kilmarnock winger Obedayi bundling the ball in from close range on 33 minutes.
Those goals were the highlights of an entertaining first half where both sides created chances as they chased victory after early pace setters Hibs suffered an unexpected defeat earlier in the day.
Unfortunately, the realisation of the damage a loss of their own would inflict seem to inhibit their attacking verve for large spells of the second half.
Things picked up again in terms of goalmouth incidents as the match entered the final phase with David McCracken and Hippolyte going close to claiming a winner for Falkirk.
United always looked threatening with their pace on the counter attack but Peter Houston's side seemed to want it more towards the end.
A wicked cross from substitute James Craigan led to Edjenguele's own goal and Hippolyte picked out Miller with the perfect delivery as the hosts were rewarded for a storming finish.
To make matters worse for United, they lost Willo Flood through injury in the second half and the experienced midfielder is unlikely to recover in time for Tuesday's Betfred Cup quarter final away to Morton.
Match ends, Falkirk 3, Dundee United 1.
Second Half ends, Falkirk 3, Dundee United 1.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Goal! Falkirk 3, Dundee United 1. Lee Miller (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Myles Hippolyte.
Goal! Falkirk 2, Dundee United 1. Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Craigen.
Jamie Robson (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David McCracken (Falkirk).
Attempt missed. Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Delay in match Charlie Telfer (Dundee United) because of an injury.
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Lewis Kidd.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Scott Fraser.
Substitution, Falkirk. Lee Miller replaces Robert McHugh.
Attempt missed. Charlie Telfer (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. David McCracken (Falkirk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner following a corner.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Jamie Robson.
Substitution, Falkirk. John Rankin replaces Craig Sibbald.
Substitution, Falkirk. James Craigen replaces Tom Taiwo.
Attempt blocked. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Nick van der Velden (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Craig Sibbald (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Nick van der Velden (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk).
Delay in match Charlie Telfer (Dundee United) because of an injury.
Cameron Smith (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Tom Taiwo (Falkirk).
Substitution, Dundee United. Cameron Smith replaces Tony Andreu.
Sean Dillon (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk).
Foul by Nick van der Velden (Dundee United).
Tom Taiwo (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Craig Sibbald (Falkirk) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Tom Taiwo (Falkirk).
Scott Fraser (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Sibbald (Falkirk).
Scott Fraser (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robert McHugh (Falkirk).
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Luca Gasparotto.
Corner, Dundee United. Conceded by Tom Taiwo.
Substitution, Dundee United. Scott Fraser replaces Willo Flood because of an injury.
Claverhouse, which operated as a social enterprise and charity through the Claverhouse Group, Claverhouse Training and Claverhouse Services, has appointed liquidators from FRP Advisory.
The company had suffered from a fall in income in recent years, and anticipated "significant" losses over the next 12 months.
All 39 permanent staff and 13 fixed term staff have been let go.
As part of winding-up discussions, joint liquidators Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser are talking with other contract providers who could take on the firm's work or the contracts of staff who have been made redundant.
Founded in 1981, Claverhouse provided the unemployed with training for work and interviews as well as work experience and job placement services. It worked both on a contractor and sub-contractor basis with the Scottish government, Dundee City Council, Skills Development Scotland and the BIG Lottery.
Mr MacLennan said: "Although Claverhouse has a long and proud record helping to train, support and place the unemployed in work, and had built an extensive network of partnership organisations across Tayside, the business is suffering from a reduction in income levels, is unable to finance the direct and overhead costs from operations and is therefore no longer financially viable.
"As a result, all 39 full-time staff have been made redundant with immediate effect and the short term contracts have been ended.
"Efforts are being made to relocate the services contracts and, where possible, any directly associated staff, and we will work with all contracting organisations to try and secure a positive outcome.
"It is hoped that as many employees as possible will gain employment in relation to certain contracts being taken over by other service providers. Support will be provided to all affected staff."
Hamilton was 0.759 seconds ahead of Rosberg, exactly the sort of display he needs at a race he really needs to win to keep his title hopes alive.
Rosberg, who leads by 26 points with 75 points available from three races, will be crowned champion on Sunday if he wins and Hamilton is 10th or lower.
Hamilton was fastest and Rosberg only seventh in an inconclusive session.
On a chilly morning in Mexico City, with temperatures at the start of practice only 10C, the two Mercedes drivers set their best times on medium tyres, while the four drivers between them were on softer rubber.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was second fastest, 0.079secs behind Hamilton and just ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, both using the soft tyre, and the Force Indias of local hero Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg next up on super-softs.
Williams's Valtteri Bottas was sixth, also using the softs.
It was an inconclusive session as a result of the different tyre choices and the constantly changing track surface at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which started off extremely dusty and became quicker through the session as the circuit cleaned up.
But Mercedes did say that Rosberg had not had any problems, and the two Mercedes drivers did set their times at similar points in the session, when the difference in track surface would have been minimal.
The dirty track led to a number of drivers locking their wheels and running wide, but there was a bigger concern for Red Bull, where Max Verstappen suffered a rear brake fire midway through the session which damaged sensors and brought his running to an end.
The Dutchman was 14th fastest, with team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who needs only one point this weekend to secure third place in the championship, eighth.
Sauber also had a difficult session after Felipe Nasr suffered a front wing failure after 35 minutes, the part exploding on the straight after he had bounced over a kerb on the exit of the Esses.
The wing sheered along the line where the FIA-mandated neutral section in the centre of the wing meets the part at which the teams can start playing with the design.
Sauber also felt another part of the car had failed at the same time and stopped running for much of the rest of there session, with the car of Nasr's team-mate Marcus Ericsson also held in the pits.
Brazilian Nasr was sent out in the closing minutes, however, once the cars had been checked and split the McLarens in 17th place, while the Swede stayed in the pits.
Jenson Button was only 18th for McLaren, two positions and 0.253secs behind team-mate Fernando Alonso, both using the mediums, on a weekend when both expect to struggle for competitiveness because of the Honda engine's lack of power on the long straights.
Also on mediums, Jolyon Palmer was 21st, three places and 0.541secs adrift of team-mate Kevin Magnussen as both seek to convince Renault that they deserve a seat at the team alongside new signing Hulkenberg in 2017.
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Senator Malcolm Roberts was elected by Queensland as a member of the anti-immigration One Nation party.
He believes climate change is a global conspiracy created by bankers seeking to establish a worldwide government.
Mr Roberts told the Senate "We need an OzExit" to escape the "unelected swill" of the UN.
"Australia's values and way of life are also at risk from insidious institutions such as the unelected swill that is the United Nations," he said.
"The EU is a template for total socialist domination of Europe through unelected bodies, such as the IMF, forcing their frightening agenda on the people. It is also the UN's template, and Australia must leave the UN."
He also quoted British comedian John Cleese, former US president Andrew Jackson and bush poet Banjo Paterson, and compared himself to Greek philosopher Socrates.
The senator also used his maiden speech to heap scorn on climate science, saying the UN's position was "absurd".
"It is basic. The sun warms the Earth's surface. The surface, by contact, warms the moving, circulating atmosphere. That means the atmosphere cools the surface. How then can the atmosphere warm it? It cannot. That is why their computer models are wrong."
The former mining executive's speech comes one day after independent Senator Derryn Hinch, a former radio shock jock, used his maiden speech to name a convicted sex offender under parliamentary privilege.
"We are not worried what the establishment says about us," Mr Roberts said.
"We are not here for the establishment. We are here for everyday people and our nation."
At one stage during the speech the party's controversial leader, Senator Pauline Hanson, appeared to shake her head and roll her eyes as Mr Roberts heaped praise on her.
Ms Hanson later posted a statement to Facebook to clarify her reaction.
"I wasn't rolling my eyes out of disrespect to Malcolm's kind words, I was simply embarrassed," she said.
Ms Hanson, 62, who also delivered a speech to the senate on Wednesday, repeated her call for a ban on Muslim immigration.
"If we don't make changes now, have no doubt we'll be living under Sharia law," she said.
She also called for those who did not assimilate to Australia's culture to "go back from where you came from", according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
"I suggest you go back where you came from. I'll take you to the airport and wave you goodbye," she said.
A number of Green senators walked out of the chamber during her speech.
The 31-year-old scored four goals in 21 appearances last season before spending the second half of the campaign on loan at Qatari outfit Al-Gharafa.
The France international joined QPR from Lazio in January 2012 and made 29 appearances in total, scoring 10 goals.
"We would like to thank Djibril for his contribution and wish him all the best for the future," a club statement said.
Meanwhile Rangers forward Tom Hitchcock has signed a new one-year deal.
The 20-year-old is yet to make a senior appearance for the Championship club but scored three goals in 17 appearances while on loan at Bristol Rovers last season.
Dr Hugh McGoldrick of Crossgar Road East, Crossgar, was due to go on trial next week on a total of eight charges.
Along with two counts of falsifying clinical trials, he faced a further four charges of fraud by false representation along with two counts of perverting the course of justice.
The offences took place at his Pound Lane GP practice in Downpatrick.
A jury was sworn in at Belfast Crown Court but McGoldrick's lawyer requested that his client be "re-arraigned on counts one and two".
Standing in the dock, McGoldrick,59, pleaded guilty to two charges that on dates between 27 November 2007 and 30 June 2008 he conducted a clinical trial in breach of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.
'Left on the books'
A prosecution lawyer said that McGoldrick accepted that patients enrolled in the trial were probably not eligible to participate, that he breached the conditions and principles of Good Clinical Practice, believed the medication would be beneficial, and agreed to repay all the money he had received for taking part in the trial.
The prosecution requested that the remaining six counts be "left on the books".
Releasing him on continuing bail, the judge told McGoldrick:
"I should make it absolutely clear to you that by releasing you should not be taken as any of indication of what sentence will be passed other than a custodial sentence.''
The programme will come back to BBC One later this year with all the original cast returning to their roles.
Still Game follows the antics of pensioners Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade and ran for six series between 2002 and 2007.
The show is written by Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan, who play the two central characters.
Filming on the new series is taking place on a purpose-built set at BBC Scotland's Dumbarton Studios with the first scenes starring Kiernan as Jack, Hemphill as Victor and Jane McCarry as Isa.
Kiernan said: "The BBC Dumbarton Studios are incredible and we're super chuffed to be back in the costumes and wigs again."
Hemphill added: "We were nervous at the beginning but after 10 minutes we felt as though we'd never been away."
The series will also film on location around Glasgow during the six-week shoot.
The new series will also see the return of Sanjeev Kohli as Navid, Gavin Mitchell as Bobby, Paul Riley as Winston and Mark Cox as Tam.
Reruns of the show have proved popular with audiences and it has also attracted new fans on TV streaming service Netflix.
Steven Canny, executive producer for comedy at BBC Studios, said: "We're delighted to welcome Still Game back.
"Quality scripts, a terrific cast and a wonderful creative team are all working together to create something really special. It's very exciting."
John Dennis, 43, from Redditch, Worcestershire, who raped four women over 16 years, was jailed for 10 years in April at Birmingham Crown Court.
Judges declared the term was "unduly lenient".
Lady Justice Rafferty said "this was a chronicle of cold, callous sexual degradation of four women", with the youngest a vulnerable 15-year-old.
The judge, sitting in London alongside two others, described the offending as "grave" and emphasised the need to impose a sentence to "deter others".
Dennis, who watched proceedings via videolink from prison on Wednesday, had been convicted of five counts of rape and three of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
A four-year extended period on licence imposed by the trial judge remains part of his sentence.
Solicitor General Robert Buckland asked the Court of Appeal to look at the 10-year term "under the unduly lenient sentence scheme because of the seriousness and magnitude of rapes committed over a sustained period of time".
Speaking after the ruling, he said: "John Dennis's highly predatory behaviour caused untold misery to his victims, who should be commended for finding the courage to come forward.
"I hope that the doubling of this sentence to 20 years offers some degree of comfort to them and reassures the public that offences of this kind will be treated with the utmost seriousness and the perpetrators will serve a long time in prison."
Carter, 35, says he was given incorrect advice from World Snooker about which visa he needed for the trip.
By the time he found out, it was too late to get the right one and he had to withdraw from Tuesday's first-round meeting with Mark Joyce.
"The only reason I wasn't there was because I was given the wrong information," said Carter.
He estimates the cost incurred by attending the tournament qualifiers in Barnsley and a business class flight to Mumbai that had to be cancelled have left him £1,500 out of pocket. Carter would have earned a minimum of £2,000 as a first-round loser.
It has also cost him the chance to gain additional points in what would have been only his third ranking tournament since undergoing treatment for lung cancer.
"World Snooker told me I needed a business visa, which takes one working day to process," said Carter.
"I had some other business to deal with in London last Tuesday, so decided to do it all in one day. It was only when I got to the offices, that I was told I needed a conference visa, which was going to take three days and wouldn't be completed that week due to a public holiday in India.
"To say it is frustrating is an understatement.
"I have missed so much snooker recently due to my treatment, I could do without missing even more for a reason that had nothing to do with me. And that is without mentioning the money it has cost - and the potential ranking points I have missed out on."
Hong Kong's Marco Fu also failed to have his visa processed in time for the tournament on the Indian subcontinent.
World Snooker stated there were a "combination of factors" that led to the visa issues and the governing body also contacted the British High Commission to try to rectify the situation.
In Wednesday's games, top seed Ding Junhui lost in the opening round to wildcard entry Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand, who held his nerve after falling behind 3-2 to come through 4-3.
Third seed Ricky Walden beat Rory McLeod 4-1, and former world champion John Higgins overcame Jamie Burnett 4-2.
It follows Google, Twitter and Reddit, which have all recently acted to help people get sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves blocked or made harder to find.
Microsoft said its creation of a special reporting page represented "one small step in a growing and much-needed effort" to tackle the problem.
Campaigners welcomed the news.
"It is great news that technology giants are waking up to the misery that 'revenge porn' can cause for young people and adults, and are giving victims the chance to stop intimate and personal material from circulating freely on the internet without consent," said Lauren Seager-Smith, national coordinator of the UK-based Anti-Bullying Alliance.
"But technology can only do so much.
"We need to educate young people to be vigilant that the private images they share of themselves can become public at the click of a button.
"Schools and parents have a vital role in encouraging young people to build positive and respectful relationships online and offline, where the privacy of others is respected."
Microsoft's form asks users to confirm they never agreed to the distribution of the images and to identify web pages on which they appear.
The US company said it would subsequently remove links to the material from its Bing search engine results and the content itself if shared on its OneDrive and Xbox Live cloud services.
However, it acknowledged this only went part of the way towards solving the issue.
"It's important to remember, for example, that removing links in search results to content hosted elsewhere online doesn't actually remove the content from the internet," wrote its chief online safety officer, Jacqueline Beauchere.
"Victims still need stronger protections across the web and around the world."
For now, the form is only available in English, but Microsoft said it would provide versions in other languages soon.
The move comes a fortnight after Google created a webform of its own, promising to "honour requests" that images shared without victims' consent be removed from its search results.
Several commentators noted that this contrasted with Google's reluctance to offer users outside the EU the "right to be forgotten" for other reasons.
Twitter has long banned pornographic images, but it still took the additional step of warning users in March that they faced being locked out of their accounts it it received complaints of them distributing intimate images without the subject's consent.
The same month, Reddit banned such material from its site, following complaints that some of its subreddit forums had been used as hubs to share stolen nude images of celebrities.
The news-comment site later revealed that it had received 17 such requests over its first two months operating the policy.
In the US - where Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Reddit are based - 24 states, including California, have now introduced criminal laws against revenge porn, while others have bills pending.
England and Wales also recently made it a specific criminal offence to share sexual images either on or offline without the subject's permission and with the intent to cause harm.
Last month, a man from Romford became the first person to be convicted of the crime, and other cases have followed.
He made the pledge during a visit to St Asaph, Denbighshire, after a lengthy political row over the use of a so-called cancer drugs fund by UK ministers in England.
Over the last assembly term Conservatives pressed Mr Jones's Welsh Government to adopt the same scheme.
The scheme in England is being revamped this summer.
He said the Labour proposal was different because it was "including but not limited to cancer".
Mr Jones said new medicines were being developed on an "almost weekly basis" but many were very expensive.
"The money will be made available for drugs that have been approved, so that the cost issue will have been addressed, and it means that people across Wales will have access to new approved drugs as quickly as possible, regardless of where they live," he said.
The Welsh Conservatives have said they would create a £100m cancer patients' fund if they win the election, while Plaid Cymru's election manifesto promises £50m for a "New Medicines and Treatment Fund".
The Liberal Democrats said they would extend the Health Technologies Fund, which pays for specific new NHS equipment, to cover medicines too.
UKIP are planning a specific cancer strategy for Wales, including a dedicated cancer nurse for each patient diagnosed with the disease.
Plaid health spokeswoman Elin Jones said most problems for patients were caused by "unfair processes".
"Plaid Cymru would create national panels and get rid of the exceptionality criteria in order to ensure universal access for patients where they need it and when they need it," she said.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said Labour politicians could not be trusted on the issue of life-saving drugs.
"They've just spent the last five years in government here in Cardiff refusing to bring a cancer drugs fund forward, and many patients have had to go over to England to get post codes so they can access cancer drugs that have in many instances saved their lives, or at least given them valuable time with their family, and now with an election coming on Labour have pulled this one out.
Why would you trust them now with an election round the corner?"
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It is not simply a lack of hair, but rather a problem with the new hair that is made.
A manufacturing defect means the hair produced is so small it appears invisible to the naked eye, giving the classic bald spot or receding hairline.
The US team told the Journal of Clinical Investigation the fault lies with the stem cells that make new hair.
It may be possible to 'cure' male baldness by restoring the normal function of these cells, the experts hope.
Ultimately, they hope to be able to develop a cream that could be applied to the scalp to help the stem cells grow normal hair.
Using men undergoing hair transplants as guinea pigs, the University of Pennsylvania team compared hair follicles in bald patches and hairy areas of the scalp.
Although bald areas had the same number of hair-making stem cells as normal scalp, there were fewer of a more mature type, called the progenitor cell.
This difference means that hair follicles in bald patches shrink rather than disappear and the new hairs made are microscopic compared to normal hair.
Dr George Cotsarelis who led the research said: "This implies that there is a problem in the activation of stem cells converting progenitor cells in bald scalp.
"The fact that there are normal numbers of stem cells in bald scalp gives us hope for reactivating those stem cells."
Until now it has been unclear what the exact cause of male pattern baldness is, but experts believe the male hormone testosterone is involved and baldness also tends to run in families.
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The firm has asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) if it can begin flight testing drones for home delivery, pick-up and warehouse tasks.
Walmart is the world's largest retailer by revenue and follows in the steps of Amazon, which is already testing drones for this purpose.
It has emerged that Walmart is already testing drones indoors.
A range of potential tasks for the drones to carry out could be evaluated.
These include dropping off products in Walmart car parks for customers to collect, and for inspecting digital tags on trucks at Walmart warehouses in order to check what they contain.
Direct deliveries to customers' homes could be trialled once the permission of residents in the flight path had been granted, the company said.
But Walmart's application suggests it might dispatch those drones from trucks in the area, and not directly from distribution centres.
Should the FAA grant permission, Walmart plans to use drones made by Chinese firm DJI.
Earlier in the year, Amazon received permission to begin testing its drones outdoors, although it must obey rules such as keeping the vehicles below 400 ft and only operating them via a human pilot.
Various other firms have started investigating the possibilities of drone delivery, including huge Chinese retailer Alibaba, courier DHL and the Singapore Post.
"Drones have a lot of potential to further connect our vast network of stores, distribution centres, fulfilment centres and transportation fleet," said Walmart spokesman Dan Toporek in a statement.
"There is a Walmart within five miles of 70 % of the US population, which creates some unique and interesting possibilities for serving customers with drones."
The move suggested thickening competition between the world's biggest retailers, according to Andrew Milroy, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
"This shows that Walmart is competing head-to-head with Amazon as it seeks ways of making its supply chains more efficient and ways of improving customer service," he said.
Retailers' moves into the area of drone delivery are to be taken seriously, suggested legal expert Luke Scanlon of law firm Pinsent Masons.
"Retailers are definitely seeing a future application," he told the BBC.
Workers directly employed by Holyrood already receive at least the living wage.
But from next year staff employed by contractors will also be included.
The parliament's Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick said that about 26 cleaning and catering staff would see their wages rise.
The living wage is more than the UK's National Minimum Wage, which is currently £6.50 per hour.
Ms Marwick said: "I am delighted that - as an employer - the parliament has moved to ensure the Living Wage guarantee now extends to all staff who work directly at the parliament.
"The cost of meeting this commitment is relatively small in financial terms but is hugely symbolic to employees and employers alike.
"Ensuring that employees receive decent pay and conditions is the hallmark of a good employer and I hope that our decision will encourage other organisations across Scotland to make the same commitment to their staff."
Peter Kelly, director of the Poverty Alliance, welcomed the move and said it demonstrated that the Living Wage was a "well-regarded concept that has benefits for individuals, employers and wider society".
£6.50 - UK National Minimum Wage - hourly rate
£7.85 - Scottish Living Wage - hourly rate
26 - Holyrood cleaners and caterers who will benefit
Starting from the back of the grid, Turkington made his way through the field to finish eighth in race one.
The 34-year-old improved by four places in the next two outings and lies seventh in the series on 241 points.
His strong performance means the Subaru driver has an outside chance of winning the title at the final round.
After being penalised at the previous round, Turkington was made to start at the back of the 31-car grid for the three races at Silverstone.
However, the 2014 champion cut his way through the field, picking rivals off one by one, as he took the chequered flag in 10th position.
He was promoted to eighth after MG drivers Ash Sutton and Josh Cook, who finished in first and second, were excluded for a technical infringement.
Turkington battled hard with team-mate Jason Plato in the second race, finishing just outside the podium places.
The Northern Irishman grabbed his second fourth place finish in the final race of the day as he nipped past a struggling Plato on the final corner to head to Brands Hatch 37 points behind leader Sam Tordoff.
There was joy for Charlie Eastwood in the Porsche Carerra Cup, as the Belfast driver claimed the rookie title and the £50,000 prize fund that accompanies it after he climbed from 11th to third.
Eastwood is now third in the overall standings, with English driver Dan Cammish sealing the overall championship with two races to spare.
Chris Smiley and Dan Harper had difficult weekends in their respective Renault Clio and Ginetta Juniors series, with both drivers finishing mid-pack.
Hannah and Andy Bailey, from Witney, asked friends on Facebook to donate clothes, tents and sleeping bags for the Crying Out for Calais project.
They were "overwhelmed" by the support and have filled up Mrs Bailey's car with supplies.
They will stay near the camp, housing up to 5,000 migrants and asylum seekers, until Friday.
Mrs Bailey told BBC Radio Oxford: "We hope we can meet a range of people and spend some time showing we respect them and get to know them.
"We weren't planning on people giving us support but we have been overwhelmed. The Renault Clio is full to the brim.
"We have seen a lot of negativity in the media and we wanted to bring some positivity."
Mr Bailey works for a charity and Mrs Bailey works at a school.
Sheriff Hutton Castle's remains date back to the 14th Century, with the English king's son thought to be buried at a nearby church.
The sale also includes a large house and annexe, a cottage, outbuildings and gardens situated on 11.5 acres of land.
Previously owned by eight English monarchs including Henry VIII, it was last inhabited in the mid-16th Century.
The southwest tower is the most complete part of the castle's remains, standing at five storeys high.
Henry Scott, from Boulton and Cooper Stephensons estate agents, described the sale as "totally unique and very unusual".
He said: "The estate has been in the sellers' family since the 1940s and it's been a wrench for them to put it up for sale.
"There's already been a smattering of interest and I fully anticipate it attracting interest from far and wide, possibly even abroad given the connections to Richard III."
He added: "I've never sold anything like this before, it's very rare to have something like this come to the market."
Originally built by Lord John Neville of Raby, the site was used by the Council of the North until the 16th Century.
Current owners the Howarth family originally put the castle on the market almost 10 years ago for £1.5m, but it failed to sell.
The 47-year-old, who is currently the Bishop of Tewkesbury, will take over from the recently-retired Tim Stevens.
Bishop Snow, who will undertake the role from Spring 2016, said the job was "a little daunting... but exciting".
The Dean of Leicester, the Very Reverend David Monteith, said he was "ideally placed" to serve the diocese with "wisdom, imagination and love".
Bishop Snow is married with three children and is the youngest serving bishop in the Church of England.
He has been the Bishop of Tewkesbury since 2013 and his ministry has taken him to Sheffield and West Africa.
Bishop Snow said he hoped his experience "will be very useful as I come to this very diverse place".
"For us to model, at a local level, how different faith communities can live well together and work in partnership for the common good, that has to be a priority for me.
"I look forward to meeting other faith leaders in the coming weeks."
"I'm very aware It'll take me a while to build relationships and trust," he added.
In July, Tim Stevens, sometimes criticised for being "too political", held his last service ahead of retirement after 16 years as Bishop of Leicester.
During his career, he was widely commended for his work on inter-faith relations. He also led the re-interment service for Richard III earlier this year.
The pair, who had been told to start work at Ascot station, were forced into action when they saw a headlight approaching in the dark.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the driver managed to slow the train to 43mph when he saw them.
It followed a mix-up by the controller of site safety, the report added.
In its report published on Tuesday, the RAIB said the "near miss" occurred due to a "breakdown in communications" between the station's controller of site safety and protection controller.
The RAIB said the controller of site safety incorrectly believed they had been informed the line blockage was in place when they instructed the engineers to begin working.
One of the workers spotted the train's headlight and both managed to climb onto the platform before the train passed.
The driver sounded his horn and slowed the train to 43mph in the nine seconds it took to reach the workers. The train came to a stop with its rear carriages still inside the station.
The RAIB said the incident, which happened in the early hours of 7 April, highlighted "the importance of good quality safety critical communications".
Some reports suggest the death toll may be as high as 73, and 110 people have suffered burns.
It happened in Tete province near the border with Malawi, where the truck was carrying petrol from the coast.
A government statement said that people were trying to siphon fuel from an overturned truck when heat caused it to explode.
It said government officials would be sent to the region to investigate the incident, and many of the injured had gone to hospital.
Former World Cup final referee Webb says he has provided advice and support to under-pressure match officials.
"They want to be told: 'You are not losing your mind, you are not losing your ability,'" Webb, 43, said.
Elite-group referees Martin Atkinson and Roger East have both made high-profile errors during recent Premier League matches.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho condemned Atkinson's decision not to punish Burnley's Ashley Barnes for a tackle on midfielder Nemanja Matic during the 1-1 Premier League draw on 21 February.
East sent off Wes Brown during Sunderland's 2-0 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday for a foul committed by his Black Cats defensive partner John O'Shea.
Former referees' chief Keith Hackett called Atkinson's performance at Stamford Bridge "incompetent", while the Football Association rescinded Brown's red card on Monday.
Webb, who retired in August 2014 to become the technical director of the Professional Games Match Officials Limited, says the 18-strong Select Group of elite referees are affected when they make mistakes and often need support to rebuild their confidence.
"It really hurts - it did right until the end with me," Webb told The Times (subscription required).
"And I know it does for people in the Select Group now, because I speak to them.
"The guys deal with it in different ways. Some will ring me and speak to me for three hours on the Sunday about the previous day. They just want to get it all out there. They want to rationalise what's gone off."
Nyrsys arbenigol sy'n gweithio'n y gymuned yw nyrsys ardal.
Mae ffigyrau diweddar yn dangos bod nifer y nyrsys ardal drwy Gymru wedi gostwng 42% dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf, ond ar yr un pryd mae eu llwyth gwaith wedi cynyddu'n aruthrol, meddai'r Coleg.
Dywedodd Llywodraeth Cymru bod nifer cyffredinol y nyrsys sy'n darparu gwasanaethau cymunedol wedi cynyddu.
Mewn cyfweliad gyda rhaglen wleidyddol newydd BBC Cymru ar S4C, O'r Senedd, dywedodd Yvonne Thomas o'r Coleg Nyrsio Brenhinol: "Mae'n rhaid i chi gofio yn y gymuned does dim limit ar y gwlâu sydd gyda ni felly does dim limit i'n caseload ni.
"Os y'ch chi'n sâl chi moyn y gwasanaeth gore a fi'n credu bod pob nyrs moyn rhoi gwasanaeth o'r safon ucha' ond mae e yn broblem."
"Does dim yr amser gyda ni i hala gyda'r cleifion i edrych ar ôl nhw'n iawn ambell waith.
"Mae isie buddsoddi mwy yn y gymuned a fwy o adnoddau."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru: "Mae Byrddau Iechyd yn awyddus i ddatblygu cymysgedd sgiliau mwy effeithiol ar lefel leol, gan ddefnyddio nyrsys ardal hynod brofiadol i gyfarwyddo, arwain a chynghori timau nyrsio cymunedol.
"O ganlyniad, mae nifer cyffredinol y nyrsys sy'n darparu gwasanaethau cymunedol wedi cynyddu 17% dros y chwe blynedd diwethaf."
Wythnos diwethaf fe gyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru y byddai'n gwario £95m ar hyfforddi mwy o weithwyr gofal gan gynnwys nyrsys ardal.
Bydd mwy ar y stori hon ar O'r Senedd ar S4C am 22.00nos Fawrth 28ain o Chwefror.
Tra'n gweithio ar y stori hon fe dreuliais i fore yng nghwmni Siân Lewis, sy'n gweithio fel nyrs ardal yn Aberteifi.
Dywedodd Siân bod ei llwyth gwaith "wedi dyblu" ers iddi ddechrau gweithio'n y gymuned 10 mlynedd yn ôl.
"Yn Aberteifi ni'n gweld lan i 50 o bobl y diwrnod," meddai Sian.
"I drial ffito 50 o bobl mewn ni'n eitha prysur a ni'n gorfod dreifo'n weddol gyflym o un man i'r llall."
Fe gawson ni groeso cynnes wrth gyrraedd tŷ Tom a Muriel James, dau o gleifion Siân a'i thîm.
"Maen nhw'n werth y byd," meddai Muriel, "sai'n gwbod be fydden ni'n neud hebddyn nhw."
Dywedodd Tom y byddai e mewn cartref gofal erbyn hyn, oni bai am Siân a'i chydweithwyr.
Mae ymweliadau Siân yn golygu bod cleifion fel Tom a Muriel yn gallu osgoi taith drafferthus i'r ysbyty neu'r feddygfa.
Mae hynny'n ei dro'n ysgafnhau'r straen ar rannau eraill o'r gwasanaeth iechyd.
Ond mae'n werth cofio y bydd ymdrechion gwleidyddol nawr i ddarparu mwy o ofal yn y cartre'n gweld cynnydd pellach yn llwyth gwaith nyrsys sy'n gweithio'n y gymuned a bydd angen sicrhau bod ganddyn nhw'r adnoddau i ymdopi.
Dywedodd Bwrdd Iechyd Hywel Dda - sy'n gwasanaethu'r ardal hon - bod nifer o wasanaethau "newydd a chyffrous" yn cefnogi'r nyrsys ardal a bod rhain i gyd yn gweithio mewn "modd integredig i ddarparu'r lefelau uchaf o ofal yn y gymuned".
"Mae'r bwrdd iechyd yn falch iawn o ansawdd a maint y gwaith nyrsio ardal sy'n cael ei gyflawni a dymunwn ailadrodd ein diolchgarwch twymgalon ar ran ein cleifion a'n partneriaid," meddai'r llefarydd.
Passengers have been warned about foggy conditions across the UK and Europe causing disruption to flights. They are advised to check with their airlines.
The airport did not expect any further cancellations or delays.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog.
It is expected to become widespread and dense in the London area from Sunday night into Monday morning.
Passenger Ed Drewett wrote on Twitter: "Stuck on the ground at Dublin due to fog at Heathrow. Gonna miss my flight to LA."
Tim France also tweeted that he was delayed leaving Dublin.
The two pieces of debris were found separately by members of the public and were flown to Australia for analysis.
Darren Chester said the finds were "consistent with drift modelling" of how debris from the missing plane may have been carried by ocean currents.
MH370 vanished in March 2014 with 239 people on board.
It was flying from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and is widely believed to have gone down in the Indian Ocean after veering off course.
The fate of the plane, its passengers and crew remains one of aviation's biggest unsolved mysteries.
The only confirmed piece of debris found so far has been a section of wing called a flaperon, which was found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
One of the parts retrieved in Mozambique was found on a sandbank by an amateur US investigator in late February and the other in December by a South African tourist.
Mr Chester said the investigation team had finished examining the debris and found both were "consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft".
"The analysis has concluded the debris is almost certainly from MH370," he said in a statement.
He said it showed that the vast deep-sea search for the plane in the southern Indian Ocean, being led by Australia, was focusing on the right place.
The search, also involving experts from China and Malaysia, is scanning the sea floor, much of it previously unmapped, in the hope of locating the wreckage.
Mr Chester said it would continue for now, with 25,000 sq km (10,000 sq miles) of ocean still be to searched.
"We are focused on completing this task and remain hopeful the aircraft will be found."
But the three countries have said that barring significant new evidence, they will end the operation once the area has been fully searched. The search is expected to be completed in the coming months.
The NHS seems under increasing pressure, from GP surgeries to accident and emergency rooms. It feels as if the healthcare system is in desperate need of CPR - the question is will technology be the thing that brings it back to life?
Daniel Kraft is a trained doctor who heads up the medicine school at the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley-based organisation that runs graduate and business courses on how technology is going to disrupt the status quo in a variety of industries.
When I interview him he is carrying a device that looks suspiciously like a Tricorder, the scanners that were standard issue in Star Trek.
"This is a mock-up of a medical tricorder that can scan you and get information. I can hold it to my forehead and it will pick up my heart rate, my oxygen saturation, my temperature, my blood pressure and communicate it to my smartphone," he explains.
In future, Dr Kraft predicts, such devices will be linked to artificial intelligence agents on smartphones, which in turn will be connected to super-computers such as IBM's Watson, to give people instant and accurate diagnoses.
"It may say, 'Daniel, this is looking bad - you need to go to the emergency room', or it might say this is probably just the flu because there is a lot in the neighbourhood and your symptoms are consistent with that."
No such device is yet on the market but in the US there is currently a $10m (£6m) prize on offer to design one that is suitable for use in the home; 300 teams are competing.
Wearable devices such as Nike's FuelBand or Jawbone's Up are making people ever more aware of their health.
These days it seems as if there is an app for every medical condition. Diabetics can monitor their blood sugar levels via their smartphones, there are apps to track diet, pregnancy and menstrual cycles. It is even possible to get smartphone-enabled blood pressure cuffs.
Dr Kraft is wearing four wristbands, monitoring a range of things including his heart rate, his sleep pattern and how many steps he takes each day.
Such devices, he says, make him the "CEO of his own health" and he thinks that doctors will increasingly be prescribing such tools instead of handing out pills.
"I might prescribe you exercise. I might say, 'Here's a band and I want you to wear this and I want to see that you are improving your exercise.'"
Last year, the UK's Department of Health said that it was looking at the possibility of doctors prescribing apps, although they are currently unregulated, leading some medical experts to question what role they should play in healthcare.
In September the US Food and Drug Administration said that it would regulate only the small number of apps that act like medical instruments.
"Such tools can be valuable but there are privacy issues about whether patients want to share their data with their doctor as well as how accurate such data is," said Mary Hamilton, managing director of consultancy Accenture's technology labs.
Accenture and Philips recently conducted a proof-of-concept demo in which a surgeon wore Google Glass, allowing him to simultaneously monitor a patient's vital signs and react to surgical procedural developments without having to turn away from the patient.
Such devices could also be used to instantly bring up patient data when a doctor conducted his ward rounds, says Ms Hamilton.
If wearable technology and the data it generates does get integrated into the health service, GPs will know exactly whether a patient is following doctor's orders.
"If you do a good job your healthcare premiums might get lowered or the NHS might give you an incentive like tickets to a concert," says Dr Kraft.
Insurance firms such as PruHealth are already offering lower premiums for those who can prove they have healthy lifestyles.
Last year, speaking at a health conference, tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Sun Microsystems Vinod Khosla made the extraordinary claim that in the future 80% of what doctors do will be replaced by technology.
He likened current healthcare to "witchcraft" and argued that machine learning would be a much more efficient, accurate and cheaper diagnosis tool.
The shift is already happening, says Dr Kraft. "There are robotic anaesthesiologists coming online and applications to take pictures of a skin lesion that can do a better job than dermatologists."
Meanwhile IBM's Watson is giving human doctors a run for their money when it comes to diagnosing cancer.
In February the super-computer was made available to rent to any hospital or clinic that wanted to get its opinion on oncology-related matters - and with its ability to take in and analyse vast quantities of data, it may just be just the extra medical mind that doctors need.
But it isn't just machines changing the way medicine is conducted.
When 14-year-old Jack Andraka discovered a new way of testing for pancreatic cancer just by searching Google and borrowing some lab space from nearby Johns Hopkins University, it was an indication that the old way of doing things might be over.
Prof Raymond McCauley runs the US's first ever bio-hack lab, where members of the public are invited to come in and "play around with DNA" and conduct other experiments.
"Things that were major government and academic projects a few years ago are now things that junior high school students are doing in their basements," he says.
Whatever the future for healthcare there is little question that the system is in desperate need of an overhaul.
"Healthcare today in many ways is broken," says Dr Kraft.
"There are lots of challenges with costs, ageing populations, fragmented big data but we have the opportunity with many of these new and exponential technologies... to help reinvent elements of health and medicine.
"Then we can actually do healthcare rather than what we are doing today, which is sickcare."
Early diagnosis in children can prevent a possibly life-threatening condition, called diabetic ketoacidosis.
DKA happens when a severe lack of insulin leads to the body starting to break down other tissue as an alternative energy source to glucose.
About one in four children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes already have DKA.
Warning signs of type 1 diabetes can include increased thirst, feeling more tired, losing weight and needing to go to the toilet more often.
Jane-Claire Judson, director of Diabetes Scotland, said: "A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is a lot for any child and their family to take in and respond to.
"It fundamentally changes a child's life and has significant repercussions for the family and how they live their lives.
"What can make this transition even harder is if your child's symptoms are not picked up early and they experience severe diabetic ketoacidosis."
She added: "This is an avoidable situation and one that is traumatic and can have long-lasting impact on the child and the family.
"DKA can lead to coma and brain damage. GPs will see more children displaying the signs and symptoms of type 1 diabetes than they will meningitis, and yet awareness of type 1 is lower."
Scotland has the fifth highest incidence of type 1 diabetes globally and this is increasing by about 3% a year in common with most western countries.
The condition is not associated with lifestyle factors and the reasons why rates are increasing are not fully understood.
Public Health Minister Maureen Watt said: "Sadly, there are still children who are seriously ill by the time they are diagnosed with onset type 1 diabetes.
"This causes unnecessary suffering to them and to their families. By spotting the early warning signs and getting tested, all this can be avoided.
"If your child has lost weight, is going to the toilet more often, is feeling constantly tired or is more thirsty, take them to the GP as soon as you can.
"Your doctor will carry out a simple test and, if necessary, they will be referred to a specialist."
The squad paraded down Victoria Avenue in Southend at lunchtime before turning into London Road.
The honour came after the squad won 7-6 on penalties against Wycombe Wanderers.
Blues' club boss Phil Brown said it had been "a phenomenal season" and the team had shown "their never-say-die attitude again".
He added: "The last time I was at Wembley in a play-off final was with Hull City. Winning that day was special, but this feels even better.
"The young lads and the old lads did themselves proud."
They were Saadia Ahmad, 37, and her nine-year-old daughter Ayesha Ahmad.
Three other members of their family - the 37-year-old father and two sons, aged 10 and 14 - are reported to be in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
The 42-year-old driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, who also died, has been named as Mark Hansen.
Police said he was from Singapore but had been working in the UK.
The crash, which involved a silver Mercedes car and a white Vauxhall van, happened on the eastbound carriageway between Polmont and Linlithgow at about 21:00 on Friday.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to contact police.
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They are one point above the drop zone after Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Swansea.
Foxes boss Ranieri, who was given a vote of confidence by the club's board last week, is now considering changes.
"It is difficult when you achieve something so good you want to give them one chance, two chances, three chances. Maybe now, it is too much," he said.
"It is something I can change because in this way it is not possible to continue.
"I always question myself but I always say: 'Come on, we can do something good.'"
Having confounded the odds to win a remarkable Premier League title last season, Leicester have been in startling decline this year.
The Foxes are the only side in the top four English divisions without a league goal in 2017 and, with defeat at Swansea, they became the first reigning champions to lose five consecutive top flight matches since Chelsea in 1956.
Leicester's decline is embodied by striker Jamie Vardy and midfielder Riyad Mahrez, both of whom are shadows of the players who were so pivotal to the club's title success.
Last season Vardy scored 24 goals, but has just five so far this campaign, while Mahrez scored 17 goals and made 10 assists, compared to three goals and three assists this year.
Despite their current failings, Ranieri has stuck with the vast majority of the players who starred for Leicester last season - and believes they are capable of transforming their fortunes.
"Every time I speak to the players and the players speak to me we are always confident we can change the situation," the 65-year-old Italian added.
"But now there are a few matches in front of us so we have to find a solution very, very soon. There are two matches in front of us, one in the FA Cup and one in the Champions League but our mind is on the Premier League.
"I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to be so down when you lose. You can remember what we did last season but you need to stay with your feet on the ground and say we have to react together."
Leicester have a two-week break from their Premier League struggles as they turn attentions to the FA Cup and Champions League.
Ranieri takes his team to League One side Millwall in next weekend's fifth-round tie, before a trip to Spanish title hopefuls Sevilla in the Champions League last 16 on 22 February.
The Foxes could be bottom of the league by the time they host Liverpool on Monday, 27 February.
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During Prime Minister's Questions, the PM criticised Mr Corbyn's efforts during the EU referendum, telling him: "For heaven's sake man, go."
A challenge to Mr Corbyn's Labour leadership is expected following a no-confidence vote by MPs.
The Labour leader says quitting would betray all the members that back him.
Allies of Mr Corbyn, who has strong support among the party's members, have called on his critics to trigger a formal leadership contest.
Mr Corbyn's predecessor, Ed Miliband, has joined calls for him to quit, telling BBC Radio 4's The World at One his position was "untenable".
But former London mayor Ken Livingstone said Mr Corbyn would win any leadership contest and that people would be "appalled" at MPs trying to force out a leader elected by such a large margin.
The revolt among Labour MPs was triggered by the UK's vote to leave the European Union, after which Mr Cameron announced his resignation.
The PM said Mr Corbyn should "reflect on" his role in the campaign, adding: "He said he put his back into it, I would hate to see him when he wasn't trying."
Mr Corbyn, who like Mr Cameron had called for a Remain vote, pressed the PM on the economic uncertainty in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, asking for reassurances about investment and calling for the government to relax its fiscal rules and hold off on further austerity measures.
"Our country is divided, so we must heal that division," he said.
"Our economy is fragile so we must begin to rebuild it.
"Our duty now is to move forward in a calm and conciliatory manner to build a new relationship with Europe and build a Britain that works for everyone in every part of this country."
The Labour leader also raised the reported rise in racist abuse following the vote to leave, calling for extra resources for communities targeted.
Mr Cameron condemned the attacks, pledging to "drive this appalling hate crime out of our country".
On the economy, the PM said there would be "some very choppy waters ahead", and targeted Mr Corbyn's leadership at the end of their exchanges.
"It might be in my party's interest for him to sit there, it's not in the national interest and I would say, for heaven's sake man, go," he said.
Organisers of a planned rally by Mr Corbyn's supporters on Wednesday night say it has been postponed owing to "too much demand".
A spokesman for the Momentum group said it was trying to secure a bigger venue for an event later in the week and that regional rallies would still go ahead.
Two possible candidates to run for the leadership are the party's deputy leader Tom Watson and ex-shadow business secretary Angela Eagle.
Mr Corbyn's supporters say he would automatically be on the ballot paper if there is a leadership contest, although his critics dispute this.
The 27-year-old, who was part of the Germany squad that won the 2014 World Cup, has agreed a four-year deal.
"I heard about the great atmosphere and the fans, so my first impression is very good," he told the club website.
Zieler began his professional career at Manchester United, but never played a first-team game.
He was sent out loan to League One side Northampton in 2009, for whom he played two games.
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"We want to make sure that when we bring a female director in to do Star Wars, they're set up for success," Kathleen Kennedy told Variety.
Every entry in the series, including the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has been directed by a man.
Yet Kennedy said she was on the look-out for promising female film-makers.
"They're gigantic films, and you can't come into them with essentially no experience," she said of the Star Wars films.
The plan, the Lucasfilm president continued, was "to focus in on people we would love to work with... then pull them in when the time is right".
Earlier this year, British director Amma Asante claimed women were rarely trusted with big-budget, blockbuster films.
"It comes down to who they feel safe about in terms of flying the plane," she said of those at the top of her industry.
Rogue One, the first in a series of "stand-alone" Star Wars features, will be released in the UK and Ireland on 15 December.
Felicity Jones stars in Gareth Edwards' film as the leader of a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star space station.
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David Cameron says efforts to track and stop paedophiles will match the battle against terrorism.
A new global child protection fund is being set up to tackle the dark net, a "hidden" part of the internet where criminal activity can go untraced.
The UK is the first and "major" donor, contributing £50m over the next five years.
So what is the money being spent on? Here are the three main ways:
It will become illegal for an adult to ask anyone under 16 for a sexual image of themselves.
It's already an offence to exchange pictures with a child but the legal loophole on being able to ask for one is now being closed.
Anyone found guilty will face two years in jail.
Google, Facebook Twitter and Yahoo will use digital fingerprints to track down offending images and videos.
These firms will work with The Internet Watch Foundation to use these fingerprints, which are known as a "hash value."
New systems are also being developed to help warn children if the person they are chatting to online is not who they say they are.
It will monitor IP addresses and analyse the kind of words used by suspects to determine whether they are the age they claim to be.
Browsers will be blocked - so abusers won't be able to use the likes of Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox to access web addresses where abusive material can be found.
GCHQ (it stands for Government Communications Headquarters and gathers information by listening in on phone chats and looking at emails) will join up with the National Crime Agency.
Intelligence experts and organised crime specialists will share information to track abusers.
A recent example: a gang in the Philippines was found to be arranging the sexual abuse of children, then live-streaming it to paying customers in other countries. A British police officer examined a sex offender's computer and from there, the gang was tracked down and prosecuted.
Emma Hardy, from the Internet Watch Foundation, told Newsbeat: "What we need to do is work globally on this issue so we all need to work to take down child sexual abuse images - that's you sitting at home, and me.
"If you stumble across child sexual abuse images on the internet there is a defence for you in the law to report it.
"With every new bit of technology there is always scope for someone to work out how to abuse it in some way.
"But what we have to do is work with the big technology giants like Google and Facebook, using fingerprint technology and removing abusive images."
You can get confidential advice on abuse via Radio 1's Advice Pages.
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People with life-threatening injuries will be initially taken to the bases for their treatment.
NHS chiefs estimate that by speeding up access to emergency care up to 40 lives a year could be saved.
Local hospitals will still provide emergency treatment for people in remote parts of the country.
Opening in 2016, the four centres will be located at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, and Glasgow's new Southern General.
These hubs will form part of a new national major trauma network which will treat about 1,200 patients a year.
The new network will ensure emergency patients are assessed and treated immediately by a specialist team with access to the wide range of specialist facilities and treatments needed.
Local hospitals will continue to care for people with less serious injuries, such as fractures and minor head injuries as well as patients who are unable to reach one of the new bases within a reasonable time period.
Nigel Camplin, 55, accused driver Colin Evans of "cutting him up" on a roundabout before setting off on a four-mile chase through Caerphilly.
Footage played to Cardiff Crown Court saw Camplin tell Mr Evans "I'm going to kill you" in a foul-mouthed rant.
Camplin admitted to dangerous driving and was given an eight month suspended sentence.
He was also banned from driving for 18 months.
The court heard Camplin, of Maesycwmmer, was a 20-year veteran of the Royal Corps of Signals with an "excellent service record" who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder.
Judge Jeremy Jenkins told him it was "dangerous driving to the extreme" and that people who behaved in such a way "deservedly go to prison".
He added: "You completely lost your self control and should not have been behind the wheel of your car."
The station most used - Waterloo - saw 98.4 million entries and exits in 2013-14, up 2.6% on the previous year.
The only non-London stations in the UK's top 10 were Birmingham New Street and Leeds.
London Euston experienced the sharpest rise in passenger numbers, increasing by 9.4% in 2013-14.
At London Victoria, numbers rose 5.2% to 81.4 million, the figures from the Office of Rail Regulation showed.
Other busy stations outside the top 10 included Glasgow Central (27.2 million passengers), Edinburgh (20 million), Brighton (17 million), Gatwick Airport (16.2 million) and Glasgow Queen Street (15.8 million).
A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: "These figures are further proof that more passengers are using our rail network than ever before."
She said the government was "investing record amounts in the network" in order to "provide a world-class railway for growing numbers of passengers".
Earlier this month, a report by the Network Rail-South West Trains Alliance calculated that there were more than 55 trains arriving at London Waterloo every hour.
It described services from that station to the south and west of England as among the most congested of the network.
Speed's widow, Louise, said his job had put strain on their marriage and told how they had a row the night before he was found dead.
She later found his body hanging in the garage at their home near Chester.
The coroner said "the evidence does not sufficiently determine whether this was intentional or accidental".
Louise Speed said she had gone for a drive after they had words when they returned from a dinner party, but she could not get back into the house.
Four days earlier Speed, 42, sent his wife a text talking "in terms of taking his life", but she said he had dismissed it because of their children.
Seldom does an inquest attract such media interest.
Before the hearing, Cheshire police had compiled a list of 50 journalists to attend the hearing - excluding the dozens of camera crews and media trucks outside Warrington town hall.
One member of staff said she could not remember so many people at one inquest.
Such was the interest most journalists arrived an hour before the 2pm start to ensure a seat.
Louise Speed, the Wales manager's widow, was the first witness to arrive flanked by her parents-in-law and nine other close friends and family.
Before the hearing started, Mrs Speed wiped tears from her eyes with a tissue.
Everyone in the room listened intently as she recalled her own evidence, reliving the horrific moment she discovered her husband's lifeless body.
Several times she paused to compose herself, wiping away tears.
But despite the high emotion, she remained calm and dignified throughout the inquest as the sometimes graphic evidence was revealed in public.
She said the text conversation referred to their "ups and downs" but also mentioned "how important the boys were" and about "moving forward".
"The texts went on about our future together and how excited he was about our journey together," she told inquest.
Asked if the Wales job was forcing him to spend more time away from his family, Mrs Speed said: "I think he was spending more hours there than he thought he would do initially."
The Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg then asked if it was difficult for both of them "spending long periods apart?"
Mrs Speed responded: "Yes."
Mr Rheinberg asked if this had "put some degree of stress" on their relationship.
She responded: "I would say so, yes."
Mrs Speed said he did not leave a note. Det Insp Peter Lawless said his computer and phone were checked for a note, and none was found.
His friend, the former England captain Alan Shearer, who was with him the day before he was found dead, said he had become aware there were issues between the couple.
Shearer, whose family went on holiday with the Speeds, said he told him such issues were normal in a long-standing relationship.
Shearer last saw him at lunchtime on the Saturday before he died, when Speed appeared on the BBC's Football Focus programme.
He said Speed - who played for a number of Premier League clubs, including Leeds, Newcastle, Everton, and Bolton - seemed fine and was laughing and joking.
He got the call with the news of his death the next day. "It just didn't and still doesn't make sense to me," said Shearer's statement.
He also said his friend did not seem worried about anything and told him he would call him the following Monday. He also said he seemed to be enjoying the Wales manager's job.
The hearing was told by the Welsh national team's GP, Dr Mark Ridgewell, that Speed had showed no signs of stress and depression.
Dr Bob Muggleton, the medical officer at Sheffield United - the club Speed managed before taking on the Wales job - told the inquest in Warrington that he had worked with him until 2010 and no mental health issues were raised during that time.
The inquest was told about a dinner party hosted by a friend of Speed the night before he died, when he was in good spirits.
Speed had been pushed in the pool with his clothes on, along with other men, and he had tried to push everyone else in the spirit of good fun. He had also been talking of booking a Christmas holiday to Dubai.
Robert Bateman, the taxi driver who took the Speeds home, said everything had seemed normal and they were "as normal as they always are".
The inquest was told Speed had alcohol in his blood, just over the UK drink-drive limit of 80mg.
In a statement, Speed's mother Carol said her son had said that there was "no greater honour than to manage his country in the game he loved".
She described him as a "glass half-empty person" and "certainly no optimist". The phone call from her daughter-in-law was the "worst moment of my life".
The inquest heard that investigators believed Speed had been sitting in his garage. Where he was found was wet from his trousers, following his earlier dip in the pool.
The coroner said what was going through his mind was unclear, but he knew his wife was in the vicinity and perhaps he expected to be found.
Recording a narrative verdict, Mr Rheinberg said: "It seems likely that Mr Speed was sitting for some time with a ligature around his neck.
"It may have been that this was some sort of dramatic gesture, not normally in Mr Speed's character, but nonetheless, a possibility."
Mr Rheinberg said it was a "possibility" he "nodded off to sleep" with the ligature still around his neck.
The League Managers' Association later released a statement on the family's behalf after the hearing.
After news emerged of his death, tributes were paid to Speed from around the UK and the sporting world.
Football matches around the country held minute's silences and applause, while fans of his former clubs, including Leeds United, Everton and Newcastle United, left scarves, shirts, photos and flags in Speed's memory.
Tributes were also left at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff City Stadium and Wrexham's Racecourse Ground.
The Football Association of Wales announced a memorial international friendly game against Costa Rica in Cardiff, which will be held on 29 February.
He had earned the first of his 85 Welsh caps as a 20-year-old in a friendly against the Central American country in 1990.
The former Premier League star, who had two sons, went on to become Wales' most capped outfield player, captaining his country 44 times and scoring seven goals. He became Wales manager in December 2010.
Earlier this month Speed's friend and former Wales teammate Chris Coleman was unveiled as the new Wales manager.
IPT, which rose to 9.5% last November, rises by half a percentage point on Saturday, to 10%.
Consumers who have policies covering cars, homes, pets and medical bills will all have to pay more.
However, the government said insurers did not have to pass the "small increase" on to their customers.
The extra money raised by the tax will be used to build new flood defences in Yorkshire and Cumbria.
Under the IPT changes, the average motor policy will rise by £2 a year, while the average buildings policy will go up by £1.60, according to the ABI.
At the same time, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will also rise, for all workers under the age of 25.
"These two IPT increases are a raid on the responsible, taking advantage of those who already do the most to avoid becoming a burden on the state," said ABI director general Huw Evans.
However, the government said the increase would benefit insurers directly.
"The revenue raised by this 0.5% increase will directly boost spending on flood defence and resilience by more than £700m - an area in which the ABI has called for more government investment," a Treasury spokesperson said.
The RAC said young people would be hit particularly hard by the rise.
It said a typical young driver policy costing £1,500 a year before tax will now have £150 added to it to cover IPT.
Both the RAC and the ABI are asking the chancellor not to raise the tax further in the Autumn budget.
Pay rates under the NMW also rise on Saturday.
For those between 21 and 24, the rates will rise from £6.70 an hour to £6.95. Those over the age of 25 are paid according to the National Living Wage, currently £7.20 an hour.
For a start, the average European in full-time employment can expect about five weeks' paid leave a year, while US workers have no guaranteed legal right to any time off at all.
Then there's the air travel industry in the two regions. Both have seen the rise of low-cost airlines, but on either side of the pond established carriers are adopting different strategies in order to survive.
If global travel trend-watchers are to be believed, the first of these two differences is starting to shrink. But on the second point, the disparity looks set to increase.
At the annual World Travel Market (WTM) gathering of travel industry movers and shakers in London this week, "the American Dream Part 2" was one of the rallying slogans, highlighting the possibility that people in the US might now be able to enjoy the fruits of their labour by taking more holidays.
This year's edition of the trade fair's Global Trends Report led off with the new opportunities offered by some US companies that are allowing employees to have unmonitored or even "unlimited" holidays.
America’s national vacation problem
Admittedly, only 1% of US companies have brought in this policy so far. But given that, according to the US Travel Association, 40% of Americans do not use up all their holiday entitlement of typically two weeks per year, while 13% take none at all, there is plenty of room for change.
"More holidays would be a win-win for the travel industry and employers," says the report, "with benefits for both being seen, coupled with an improved work/life balance for employees."
Of course, once you've decided to go on holiday and your boss has agreed, getting there is half the fun - or half the battle, depending on how you look at it.
And if you're going by air, it's increasingly likely that you've chosen to fly with one of the low-cost carriers, such as Europe's Ryanair or Easyjet.
As Rafael Schvartzman of global airline trade body Iata told the WTM on Tuesday, the low-cost sector now accounts for 40% of European air traffic.
This has had consequences for the old guard of "legacy" airlines, many of which are seen as national flag carriers in their native territories.
In London, for example, Tube passengers are thoroughly used to seeing posters for cheap flights with British Airways, which is determined to compete with its budget rivals.
For many in the airline industry, particularly in Europe, this kind of price war is inevitable. Some airlines are trying what they call a "hybrid" model, aiming to match the low-cost carriers on ticket prices while not going as far as to charge separately for every on-board service.
Icelandair is one of them. It boasts a 2% share of the North Atlantic market, running flights that link US and European cities via its hub in ReykjavÃk. It makes no extra charge for check-in baggage, but it does charge a fee for its in-flight wi-fi services, which it is rolling out to its entire fleet of planes.
Its senior vice-president of marketing and sales, Helgi Mar Bjorgvinsson, told the WTM that all established airlines were following that approach to some extent.
"Most of the legacy carriers are introducing 'Light' fares that have charges for luggage," he said. "So everyone is gradually moving towards the middle."
And indeed, the concept of the Light fare does seem to have spread to many Europe-based airlines. Alitalia, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa and Air France all now use the term in their publicity material, often describing it as a "new fare concept for Europe".
But at the same time, the traditional flag carriers have been trying to cut their costs with restructuring plans that have prompted angry reactions from employees.
As air travel consultant John Strickland put it: "Lufthansa is set for another strike, while Air France has workers tearing the shirts off the backs of managers."
And airlines within the EU face other disadvantages that are not shared by the US. Iata's Mr Schvartzman complains that the European air travel market is "over-regulated", adding: "We have freedom of movement, but we still have borders in the air."
At the same time, consolidation in the industry has led to airline tie-ups in Europe, such as the Air France-KLM deal of 2003 and the British Airways-Iberia merger in 2010, but the market has remained fragmented.
In the EU, the top five airlines have 60% of the market between them, but in the US, that figure is more like 90%.
So how are US airlines coping with the rise of budget travel? The shake-up in the country's air industry began in 2008, when Delta, the third-largest US airline, took over Northwest, then the fifth-biggest in the US.
Delta's senior vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Nat Pieper, remembers those days as a time when his airline was under pressure from the low-cost carriers - not just on price, but also on product quality.
Now he says Delta's future lies in being "a carrier of choice", with better service, seating, in-flight entertainment and loyalty programmes, rather than just trying to compete on price.
"I don't see anything that Delta is doing that's leading to a hybrid solution, " he told the WTM.
"We're trying to elevate above the low-cost arena and above the hybrid arena. We need to do what resonates with our customers and we offer a product that's competitive with anyone in the globe."
So if Americans manage to get away from their desks and they want to fly beyond their shores, where else can they go?
Well, another of the WTM's global trend predictions is that Iran is set to become a new holiday hotspot, offering what the report calls "scope for great adventure".
Top-class hotels are apparently in short supply, and no foreign brands currently operate there after years of international isolation. However, you may not actually need a hotel booking.
"The sharing economy has already arrived," says the report, "with an estimated 50,000 Iranian hosts registered on Couchsurfing.com, despite a lack of government enthusiasm for the service."
But take plenty of cash with you, because "online or credit card payments are virtually impossible inside Iran". Intrepid souls, make your bookings now...
The man, aged between 18 and 25, approached the girl in the Minories Road area of Tidworth, Wiltshire, at 14:45 BST on Friday.
He then walked with her to a nearby park where he hit her in the face, officers said. The girl managed to escape and run home uninjured.
Wiltshire Police said "it appears the man was not known to the girl".
Det Sgt Nick Bailey said officers had searched the area and made house-to-house inquiries.
"This incident is understandably distressing for this little girl and we are keen to speak to anyone who has any information," he added.
The attacker is described as about 6ft (183cm) tall and of a thin build. He was wearing a black hat, black trousers and a black t-shirt.
The two-time Grammy winner said he had written Always on My Mind in 10 minutes at his kitchen table in Missouri.
The song gained two further writers, Johnny Christopher and Mark James, when Carson was asked to write an additional bridge section in the recording studio.
Carson had numerous health issues, including diabetes and heart problems, according to his wife Wyndi Harp Head.
"Our music community has lost an immense talent much too soon," said Recording Academy president Neil Portnow.
Born Wayne Carson Thompson in Denver, the writer's parents were professional musicians who played under the name Shorty and Sue Thompson.
Carson picked up a guitar when he was about 14 after hearing a recording by Merle Travis, and soon began composing his own songs.
One of those compositions, Somebody Like Me, found its way to producer Chet Atkins who played it to country star Eddy Arnold. Arnold liked the song, but thought it was too short - and phoned Carson to ask him to write another verse.
"So I said, 'Well, the third verse goes like this' and I just wrote it right there over the phone," Carson recalled.
Arnold took the song to number one on the US country charts in 1966, after which Carson became a sought-after writer in Nashville.
He wrote The Letter, Soul Deep and Neon Rainbow for The Box Tops; No Love At All for BJ Thomas and A Horse Called Music for Willie Nelson.
Always on my Mind was originally recorded by Gwen McCrae and Brenda Lee, but it was Presley's 1972 version - recorded during his divorce from Priscilla - that became a standard.
A decade later, Willie Nelson took the love-lorn ballad to the top of the country charts, winning Carson his two Grammy awards - for song of the year and best country song.
Nelson's version proved so popular that Always on My Mind was named the Country Music Association's song of the year in both 1982 and 1983, leading the organisation to change its voting procedures so that a song could win the award only once.
The Pet Shop Boys' electronic version of the song was the UK's Christmas number one in 1987.
Carson came up with the bridge in an office above the recording studio in Memphis, after being asked to add a few lines to the song by producer Chips Moman.
He called on Christopher and James, two writers working out of Moman's studio, for assistance and they came up with the famous line: "Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died".
The writer was philosophical about sharing the credit for his most famous song, observing: "Hell, a hit's a hit."
Among the other artists to record Carson's songs were Conway Twitty, the Beach Boys, Randy Travis, Waylon Jennings and Tina Turner.
BJ Thomas was among the musicians paying tribute, writing on Twitter: "RIP Wayne Carson. My close friend and brother. One of the great writers. Was loved by all and will be missed."
Fellow Nashville composer Casey Kelly wrote on Facebook: "I doubt the world will ever know another of his calibre, and I am beyond saddened for our loss."
Carson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997.
He is survived by his wife and their son.
The 30-year-old was 10th, 2.25 seconds behind winner Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway.
Ryding was in joint-fourth place after the first of two runs but slipped down the field in the second run.
"I was feeling it in my legs between the runs," he told Ski Sunday.
"There was such emotion on Sunday and I just didn't have time to get everything back together.
"I know I had a little bit more in me but just couldn't get it out there.
"But, it's not an excuse, I'm still 10th and it's my fourth-best result ever."
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Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce that many projects agreed before the 2016 autumn statement will be fully funded even after Brexit.
But Mr Jones said the guarantee only covers "about half" of regional funding for Wales.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the news provided "certainty".
Plaid Cymru said the announcement was "nothing new".
The Treasury is also expected to announce:
Mr Hammond said: "We recognise that many organisations across the UK which are in receipt of EU funding, or expect to start receiving funding, want reassurance about the flow of funding they will receive."
But Mr Jones, who has called for funding levels to be maintained following Brexit, said while the announcement was a "step in the right direction" and provides some reassurance to those currently in receipt of EU funding, it "doesn't go far enough".
"This guarantee only covers about half of the regional funding due to Wales and does not provide the long-term certainty needed and which was promised ahead of the referendum," the first minister said.
Calling for more detail from the UK government, he said: "We need a 'full guarantee' that funding will continue for our existing EU programmes to 2023."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said: "Today's announcement by the UK government will provide stability and certainty as we prepare to leave the EU and is good news for Wales."
What does Wales receive in EU funds?
Wales is due to receive £1.89bn between 2014-2020 in structural funds - cash given to worse-off regions of the EU to help boost them economically.
It is not currently clear how much will be protected under the Chancellor's proposals to guarantee schemes already agreed or which will be agreed before the Autumn Statement.
However, the Welsh Government said around £830m in structural funds had already been committed, with £375m of proposals "in detailed development". It said it wanted to make funding decisions "as soon as we can".
Wales also gets £200m a year from the Common Agricultural Policy, and there is a £957m Rural Development Programme between 2014 and 2020 which included £400m in co-funding from the Welsh Government.
Of the latter, £503m has been invested, of which £346m is from the EU.
The Metro transport project, which proposes to overhaul the train network in the south Wales valleys and was expected to need EU funds, is not covered by the Treasury promise according to the Welsh Government.
Plaid Cymru's Treasury spokesman, MP Jonathan Edwards, said: "There is nothing new in this announcement - the prime minister has already confirmed that funds are secure up to 2020.
"There would have been uproar if the Chancellor hadn't made this statement - it is the bare minimum the UK government must guarantee."
But UKIP assembly group leader Neil Hamilton said it "shows it's high time Carwyn Jones and his Europhile colleagues apologised to the Welsh people for trying to scare them into voting Remain".
The Treasury has been asked to comment on Mr Jones' remarks.
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The England striker scored after two goals from Riyad Mahrez early in the second half had put the Foxes ahead.
Leicester dominated early on, but Salomon Rondon's near-post header gave West Brom the lead before the break.
Rickie Lambert's late penalty reduced the arrears but Leicester hung on for the win and remain unbeaten away from home so far this season.
The result and their fine run on the road pushed Claudio Ranieri's side into third place in the Premier League.
The home side had not conceded a goal in their last two outings and were on the back foot until Rondon's opener.
Mahrez's two goals in seven minutes provoked a strong reaction from West Brom, but Vardy's strike looked to have secured a comfortable win for Leicester.
Late substitute Lambert forced a save from close range in the dying seconds after grabbing his first goal since moving to The Hawthorns.
Minutes before he had extended his scoring streak, Vardy's participation in the rest of the game had looked in doubt.
The 28-year-old went down clutching his right ankle, and had extensive treatment on the pitch, but the magic sponge did the trick with his 11th goal of the season a few seconds later.
Leicester had forced the pace in the opening half-an-hour, with Vardy hitting the post after just seven minutes.
But they did not take several other chances, and West Brom made the most of their first real opportunity when Rondon's powerful header had too much on it for Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
West Brom's defence had held firm in their two previous outings, but they were caught napping by teasing crosses from Marc Albrighton from either side of the pitch for both of Mahrez's goals.
Vardy's pace had tested the home back line all afternoon, and he used it to good effect when slicing through to make it 3-1 to the visitors.
West Brom go to Old Trafford to face Manchester United next weekend, and follow that with a visit to Arsenal.
Leicester will look to build on their fine start to the season by hosting Watford, and follow this by a trip to St James' Park to take on Newcastle United.
West Brom manager Tony Pulis: "Leicester did really well, it was a good game and in Jamie Vardy they have an exceptional player. His pace frightened us all afternoon.
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"But the referee should have given us a penalty and sent their man off. It shouldn't happen at this level - the standard of refereeing should be better.
"[Referees' chief] Mike Riley should be on the phone asking why we weren't given two penalties.
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"I've had a go in the tunnel with him and I apologise about that. I should be writing my report but I do hope they look at it."
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "We fight to the end. We have a very strong character and play good football.
"I told my players they were playing very well at half-time, to be careful at set-plays, and it was important to move the ball quickly and put them under pressure. We did that well.
"It's important Jamie Vardy continues to work for the team. The record is good for everybody."
Relive the action from all today's games
How West Brom v Leicester unfolded
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Leicester City 3.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Leicester City 3.
Attempt missed. Rickie Lambert (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by James McClean with a headed pass.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Gareth McAuley.
Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Callum McManaman (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a headed pass.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt missed. Callum McManaman (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rickie Lambert with a through ball.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 2, Leicester City 3. Rickie Lambert (West Bromwich Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Nathan Dyer (Leicester City) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty West Bromwich Albion. Callum McManaman draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Callum McManaman replaces Chris Brunt because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Dawson with a cross.
Attempt saved. James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darren Fletcher.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Leicester City 3. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater with a through ball.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James Morrison replaces Claudio Yacob.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Rickie Lambert replaces Saido Berahino.
Substitution, Leicester City. Nathan Dyer replaces Marc Albrighton.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City).
Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by James McClean with a cross.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City).
Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Leonardo Ulloa.
Attempt saved. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Marc Albrighton (Leicester City).
Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jeffrey Schlupp.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Leicester City 2. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jeffrey Schlupp with a cross.
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Jamie Vardy scored for the eighth game in a row to help Leicester come back from a goal down to beat West Brom.
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Three Islamist militant groups were working together on the plan, said army spokesman Lt General Asim Bajwa.
Six suicide bombers were to be involved in the plot, which was close to being carried out, he said.
Pearl was kidnapped by militants from Karachi and beheaded four months later.
The groups involved in the plot to spring prisoners from Hyderabad Central Jail were al-Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban, and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ), Lt Gen Bajwa said.
The army had arrested 97 militants from the groups over the past two years. They are accused of attacks on two Pakistani air bases, Karachi airport and several other targets.
Among them were three commanders, the army spokesman said. The LEJ's Naeem Bokhari and Sabir Khan, and Farooq Bhatti, deputy chief of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), were reportedly captured by Pakistani forces in recent raids.
"Our conclusion is that all of the terrorist groups are trying to co-operate with each other in order to carry out terrorist attacks," Lt Gen Bajwa told a news conference.
Several of those arrested, including Naeem Bokhari, were in the advanced stages of planning the jailbreak, he added.
Video images released by the army showed blue plastic barrels filled with explosives, washing machines that had been used to transport arms and ammunition, long lengths of detonating cord and dozens of ball bearings.
The footage also showed several rifles that Bajwa said had been stolen from police in earlier targeted attacks.
"This plan was 90% ready for execution," he said.
Saeed Sheikh, who kidnapped and killed Pearl, is being held at the jail.
Lt Gen Bajwa said more than 350 kg (772 lb) of explosives had been recovered from a building believed to be a hideout.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's ideology is closely aligned with the so-called Islamic State, and the group once enjoyed the backing of Pakistan's powerful spy agency, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Abby Swinfield, 18, from Castle Donington in Leicestershire, died in hospital on Friday.
A post-mortem examination is expected to take place in coming days. Police believe her death was linked to mephedrone use.
A woman, 20, from Tamworth, arrested on suspicion of supplying Class B drugs has been released on police bail.
Staffordshire Police said Ms Swinfield had been visiting friends in Tamworth when she fell ill on the 28 March.
She was taken to Good Hope Hospital, but died almost a week later.
Mephedrone is more commonly known as MCAT.
A Kent grammar school is being allowed to build an "annexe" in another town.
The Sunday Times said Whitehall lawyers had told ministers the move had only a 50% chance of surviving any legal challenge and recommended such a plan needed at least 60% to go ahead.
Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell wants the advice published.
Weald of Kent school in Tonbridge will open a site in Sevenoaks in September 2017 with places for 450 girls, sidestepping a ban on new grammar schools.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has said the decision will not suddenly allow more schools to select by ability but was a "genuine expansion" of an existing school.
Mrs Morgan said the ban on new grammars would remain under a "statutory prohibition" passed by Labour in 1998 on new selective schools.
The Sunday Times reported that officials said the decision did not meet the suggested 60% threshold and advised Mrs Morgan she should make a "political judgement".
Commenting on the story, Ms Powell said: "The decision by ministers on this new grammar school looks like a clear attempt to subvert the law.
"Nicky Morgan must now publish the advice ministers received so we can see the basis on which she made the decision to open the floodgates on the expansion of selective education in this country."
Ministers are likely to decline Labour's request for guidance to be made public as advice from officials is normally regarded as private and is, for example, exempt even from Freedom of Information requests, the BBC understands.
Margaret Tulloch of Comprehensive Future, a group which campaigns for equality of opportunity in education, confirmed they were taking advice on the feasibility of a judicial review of the decision in the High Court.
Ms Tulloch said that if the advice had been paid for with public money "it should be available to the opposition".
She added: "We argue for all schools to have an all-ability intake from year seven. We are not about bulldozing grammar schools."
The question: Steven asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "In the event of a Brexit, how will this affect the various programmes and therefore the jobs which are currently part-financed by money which the UK receives from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund?"
Reality Check verdict: Leaving the EU could leave certain sectors vulnerable but Leave campaigners say an exit from the EU would allow funds to be redirected into local projects. A post-Brexit government would need to decide which projects to continue funding.
The European Commission states that overall, the UK will receive £1.34bn a year in investments from both funds for the 2014-2020 funding period. It is unclear how current programmes would be affected should the UK leave the EU. A House of Commons library brief on the impact of an EU exit suggests that "withdrawal would leave a policy vacuum which the Government would have to fill to avoid certain regions and sectors losing out".
Leave campaigners argue that the UK contributes more to the EU budget than it receives and that an exit from the EU would free up funds that could be reinvested into local projects. Whoever was in government when the UK actually left the EU would need to decide which projects to continue supporting.
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The Chiefs travel to Wasps, a team Waldrom scored a hat-trick against in their last meeting in December.
"He's very important," Baxter told BBC Sport, ahead of Saturday's tie at the Ricoh Arena.
"He has a unique set of skills that do make him very dangerous and a real try-scoring threat."
Waldrom, 32, joined Exeter in the summer of 2014 and made an instant impact, scoring a Premiership-best 16 tries in his first season.
This term he did not score a try until that hat-trick against Wasps on 5 December, but the former England number eight has since taken his total to 17 in just 16 games.
"I think Tom, like any decent player, will be aware that he's one cog in a machine that has to function very well," Baxter said.
"For a lot of the guys, it's about getting Tom Waldrom in range of the line and then helping him get over there, that's how a team works."
But Baxter insisted Waldrom's importance is not limited to just scoring tries from close-range.
"What Tom will ultimately end up giving to the side will be more important in other areas of the field because he is a go-forward carrier for us all over the pitch, not just close to the line," he added.
"The stuff close to the line is a little bit like the icing on the cake for him, ultimately what really works for us is the momentum he gives us in other areas, and that's what we have to work on, where we gain our momentum throughout the game to try and create those five-metre opportunities."
The quarter-final is Exeter's first-ever knockout game in European club rugby's top tournament.
Georgina Jones, 92, from Dolwyddelan, has been awarded the BEM.
"Receiving the honour was a shock and a surprise when I had the letter," she told BBC Wales.
"I've been in the church all my life, playing in three or four services on Sundays. The church was my life."
Mrs Jones added: "I've enjoyed playing the organ, really enjoyed it. I retired the end of April and I miss it."
Another BEM goes to Norman Rimmer, director of music at the Holy Trinity Church in Llandudno for more than 25 years
Both have received awards from the Archbishop of Wales for their contributions to church music.
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The 27-year-old is currently without a club after leaving Championship side Reading at the end of the season.
But he has grabbed the headlines with a stunning goal in the 3-1 quarter-final win over Belgium last Friday.
"I had offers before the tournament - good offers from good, progressive clubs - but I made a decision to wait," Robson-Kanu told BBC Sport.
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"I made a decision to run my contract at Reading down. I've been there 12 years, given a lot of service and felt it was the best decision for myself and my career. It's probably one of the best decisions of my life.
"I've made no secret of my desire to play in the Premier League and if that's the best place for me then I'll be there," he said.
Robson-Kanu's goal against Belgium was only his fourth in 34 appearances for Wales. He only scored five goals in 35 appearances for Reading last season.
But his industrious displays in France have made him an important figure.
He was an injury doubt before the tournament so he started the campaign on the bench, but he came on as a substitute to score the winning goal in the opening group game against Slovakia.
He then started in the defeat by England, lost his place to Sam Vokes for the wins over Russia and Northern Ireland before returning to the starting line-up in spectacular fashion against Belgium.
"That's the crazy nature of football, it shows how quickly things can turn," said Wales manager Chris Coleman.
"He could have missed the tournament, been without a contract for next season. That's not a good position for a player to be in."
Coleman added: "I'd imagine there's a lot of interest - and he deserves it - but he knows there's work to be done here."
Wales face Portugal in Wednesday's semi-final.
It is being billed as the country's biggest-ever football match and pits Gareth Bale against Real Madrid club-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Charity Richmond's Hope raised £100,000 to set up the project in Ibrox Parish Church.
It includes a playroom for younger children, a room for teenagers and a sensory room used to promote calmness and lower aggressive behaviours.
The charity was established by Church of Scotland minister Liz Henderson, and has operated in Edinburgh for 14 years.
She started it with Jessie Douglas whose own son Andrew was killed in a motorbike accident when he was 28 years old.
Ms Douglas said: "Sixteen years ago we had a dream that bereaved children in our local community should have their own place to work through their grief.
"Two years later, after lots of hard work Richmond's Hope was born.
"We felt then that if we could help just one child then all of the hard work was worth it.
"The project was successful from the start due a lot to the dedicated and enthusiastic staff."
Therapeutic play and specialised grief activities are used to help children understand how the death has had an impact on them.
It also gives children a safe place to capture memories of the person who died, explore their feelings and develop coping strategies for the future.
The Glasgow project hopes to help more than 200 children over the next three years.
It was set up with grants from the Scottish government, the Trusthouse Foundation, the Bellahouston Fund, the Rank Foundation, St. James' Place Foundation, the Baird Trust and the Robertson Trust.
His comments come a day after the Trump administration imposed new sanctions against Iran in response to a ballistic missile test.
But Mr Mattis said he did not see any need to boost US troop numbers in the Middle East to deal with Iran.
Iran has been carrying out military exercises in a show of defiance.
Tense but unclear Trump-Iran relations
The Revolutionary Guards, set up to defend Iran's Islamic government, said the drills would "showcase the power of Iran's revolution and to dismiss the sanctions".
Iranian-built missile systems, radars, command and control centres, and cyber warfare systems are being tested during Saturday's exercises, state media reported.
A senior commander said the armed forces were ready to "rain down missiles" on the country's enemies if attacked.
"We are working day and night for the security of the Iranian nation," said Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' air force.
US officials said the sanctions, targeting 13 people and 12 companies, were in response to last Sunday's missile test and what they called Iran's "continued support for terrorism".
They are the first Iran sanctions of Donald Trump's new presidency, who has signalled a tougher stance on Iran than the Obama administration.
Mr Mattis had more strong words for Iran while visiting Japan.
"As far as Iran goes, this is the single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world," he told reporters.
"We have seen their [Iran's] misconduct, their misbehaviour, from Lebanon and Syria to Bahrain and to Yemen and it's got to be addressed at some point," he added.
But he went on to say that despite the recent tensions he saw no need to boost troop numbers in the Middle East.
"We always have the capability to do so, but at this time I don't think it's necessary," he said.
Iran has denied that its missile test violates a UN Security Council resolution or the nuclear deal it struck with international powers, including the UN.
In response to the US sanctions, Iran announced restrictions against US companies and individuals "involved in creating and supporting extremist terrorist groups or are helping in the killing and oppression of defenceless people".
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has also said the Islamic Republic was unmoved by US threats.
"We'll never initiate war, but we can only rely on our own means of defence," Mr Zarif wrote.
US officials have suggested more action could follow. Mr Trump has been a vocal critic of the nuclear accord, which saw Iran agreeing to curb its sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Iran is also among the seven Muslim-majority countries included in a controversial US travel ban.
Ground penetrating radar equipment was used to discover three buildings below Priory Park in Chichester, West Sussex.
Archaeologists uncovered the footings of two Roman town houses, one of which had its own hot room and bath suite.
James Kenny, of Chichester District Council, said: "What's remarkable about this discovery is that it has survived over 1,000 years in an occupied city."
He said it was "almost unique" to see Roman remains in such a complete state.
"This is because they are under a park that has never been built on," he added.
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The "extremely well-appointed, luxurious town house would have been owned by the richest people in the city," the archaeologist said.
"It would have been part of a series of rooms, including a changing room, a warm room, a hot room, possibly an even hotter room and then into a room with a cold plunge bath.
"All of these rooms would have been part of a very high status bath suite at the back of a very grand house."
He said he believed the houses, which probably date to the third or fourth century AD, were originally located on a street which would have been lost when a reservoir was built in the park during World War Two.
Scans have revealed that another Roman street ran further east under Priory Park, but this will not be uncovered.
Mr Kenny said there were no plans to keep the remains on permanent display, and the ground would be returned to its current state once work on the site had been completed.
The MV Maersk Tigris was moving through Iranian waters in the Straits of Hormuz, according to the Pentagon.
Iranian patrol vessels fired warning shots across the bow of the boat, US officials said, branding the action "inappropriate".
A US naval destroyer has been ordered to the region to "monitor" the situation.
After the warning shots, the ship complied with orders to go deeper into Iranian waters, a Pentagon spokesman said.
The ship was in an area recognised as an international shipping lane, he went on.
US aircraft were ordered to the area to "observe the interaction" between the Maersk vessel and Iranian forces.
There are no reports of any injuries.
Initial media reports suggested the vessel was a US cargo ship but US officials denied this and said no Americans were on board.
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This video was released by the Dubai Civil Defence team, showing off their new kit, by rising above a bridge using a jet pack powered by water pressure from a jet ski.
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Children and teachers at Tasker Milward School in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, said the balloon reached a height of 20 miles (33km).
The latex helium weather balloon had a digital camera on board and sensors gauging temperature and pressure.
It touched down in a field of cows near Trelech in Carmarthenshire.
The school's head of chemistry Jon Sharpe said the idea for the project came from sixth former Connor Goddard.
"Connor had seen some guys in Portugal trying this and they'd had three failed attempts," he said.
"He asked if he could try something similar and the teachers said, 'yes.'"
To raise the £2,000 needed to create the balloon, six teachers embarked on a 72-mile (115km) sponsored step in the school gym.
"We bought the balloon and the electronics and built the circuit boards for the balloon," added Mr Sharpe, who led the project with physics teacher Dorian Pascoe and IT technician Tom Griffiths.
"The payload is a bit battered and bruised, but it went from -40 degrees to +40 degrees in a matter of minutes and at one time was travelling at nearly 100mph (160kph).
"We were tracking it all the way and couldn't understand when it landed why it was still moving. When we arrived at the landing site we found a field full of young heifers.
"They must have been trying to play football with it."
Connor said the balloon, filled with enough helium to reach such heights and released from the school grounds, landed not far from where they predicted.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales, he said: "Last night we were all very excited when we managed to get the box open to retrieve the camera inside.
"Luckily the lens hadn't been smashed inside when it landed and some of the pictures are amazing.
"We've got pictures when you can see the curvature of the earth, and all the cloud formations.
"In some of the pictures you can actually still see the land below, you can see the coastline, but obviously you've got the blackness of space, and then the glow of the earth's atmosphere and the curvature of the earth itself."
Connor said the school had used experts to help to help predict where the balloon would land.
"We were tracking it all the time. We had two vehicles that were fully kitted out," he added.
"We were sort of driving around the county trying to follow the craft because the craft was constantly sending us information from the sky, relaying its longitude and latitude, its altitude, the temperature inside and outside.
"Even though we could sort of predict it was always going to be a bit of a gamble there was a very big chance, because three side of our county are surrounded by water, that it could have landed in the ocean.
"We really weren't sure if we were going to see the craft again, but we were all jubilant when we found it. It was sort of sitting in a field with a load of random cows."
The route has been produced as part of a consultation into the plant, launched on Wednesday.
The National Grid has also published images of the five metre-wide tunnel to be built under the Menai Strait.
The pylons have been controversial, with campaigners demanding power is transported by underground cables.
The consultation will run until December 16.
A National Grid spokesman said the new line of pylons are "broadly parallel" to existing pylons across Anglesey and north Gwynedd.
The consultation will also ask people's views on extensions to the existing substations at Wylfa and Pentir, as well as work to the tunnel.
Knott made 24 appearances for the Gills last season after joining from Bradford in June 2016, but was placed on the transfer list in May.
The 24-year-old ended last season on loan with Lincoln, helping them win promotion from the National League.
"We had a great end to last season and it was only right to come back here," he told Lincoln's club website.
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Anthony Agostini - one of the club's directors - has been banned for four months for an altercation with Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes.
Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the trouble.
The 16 April match at Bastia's ground on Corsica was abandoned at half-time after several pitch invasions.
Lyon are fourth in Ligue 1 with Bastia bottom.
The Angry Police Wives group marched through the city two days after Xavier Jugelé was shot twice in the head by convicted criminal Karim Cheurfi.
Separately, police fired tear gas amid confrontations after a trade union demonstration in eastern Paris calling for a "social first round" of voting.
France goes to the polls on Sunday.
In another incident, French media said a man with a knife had been arrested at the Gare du Nord station. Police have not said if the incident is terrorism-related.
Candidates in the presidential election have been accused of exploiting the Champs Elysees attack politically.
Two other officers were wounded before Cheurfi was shot dead.
The killer had spoken about wanting to kill police but had had no apparent link to Islamist radicalism before the attack, prosecutors said. A note defending so-called Islamic State (IS) was found near his body.
At the end of the pro-police demonstration, marchers released black balloons signifying police killed in the line of duty and pink balloons for the families they left behind.
Some were carrying placards saying "don't touch my cop", a twist on a well-known French anti-racism slogan.
One placard also said "enough police officers killed and burned", referring not only to Mr Jugele's death but also a firebomb attack on a police car carrying four officers by suspected drug dealers in a poor suburb of Paris last October.
Two of the officers were seriously wounded in the attack.
Police officers have also been hurt in recent protests over allegations of police brutality.
Last month three officers were injured in protests after a Chinese man was shot dead by officers. In February protesters attacked a police station amid widespread anger over the alleged rape of a young black man by French police.
Police officer Xavier Jugelé, 37, was an active campaigner for gay rights, French media report. He was in a civil partnership and did not have children.
Originally from the Loire Valley region in central France, he had been serving in the capital since 2014, French daily Liberation writes (in French).
He was deployed on the night of the November 2015 attacks in Paris to the Bataclan concert hall, returning the following year on the night the venue reopened.
The BBC's Nick Garnett interviewed him at the time. "I want to celebrate life and say 'no' to terrorism," he told our reporter.
'I met murdered police officer at Bataclan'
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On TV, you can watch a BBC World News Election Special, from 18:30 BST (17:30 GMT / 19:30 local time in France) on Sunday, which will be broadcast on BBC News in the UK and on BBC World News internationally, with Christian Fraser presenting from Paris.
For radio, BBC World Service will broadcast a special extended edition of Newshour from Paris at 18:00 GMT on Sunday.
They said the unrest in the province of Qatif late on Monday had been incited by "a foreign country", without elaborating.
Saudi Arabia's minority Shia population is concentrated in the east, the scene of protests earlier this year.
State media said eight of those wounded were security personnel and three were civilians.
State news agency SPA quoted the interior ministry as saying that "a group of outlaws and rioters on motorbikes" had gathered in al-Awamia village near the city of Qatif, "carrying petrol bombs".
The group was responsible for acts leading to "insecurity with incitement from a foreign country that aims to undermine the nation's security and stability", SPA reported.
Saudi mentions of foreign meddling are normally veiled references to Iran, the region's main Shia power, observers say.
In March, Saudi police opened fire to disperse protesters in Qatif, a day before planned countrywide anti-government protests.
The protesters, from the Shia minority, were demanding the release of prisoners they said had been held without charge.
Protests are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which has had an absolute monarchy since its unification in the 1930s.
Rights groups have accused the police of beating protesters during previous rallies in Qatif.
Shias make up about 10% of the population in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has not seen protests on the same scale as other nations in the Middle East and North Africa during the so-called Arab Spring.
Toure, 33, was the subject of interest from the Chinese Super League last summer.
He decided against moving then and gave the same response when he was contacted again to say the offer remained open during the current transfer window, which closes on 31 January.
The Ivorian's contract at the Etihad expires in the summer.
Toure's future appeared in doubt when he was left out of the City squad by Pep Guardiola at the start of the season.
However, he has been a regular for the club since he was recalled in November and started his seventh consecutive game in the 4-0 defeat at Everton in the Premier League on 15 January.
Toure has been free to sign pre-contract agreements with clubs overseas since 1 January but it is understood he still enjoys the English game.
Guardiola has not given Toure any guarantees about his future beyond the summer.
The Ivorian, who joined City in 2010, has become more important since Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan suffered a cruciate ligament injury against Watford on 14 December that is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season.
Midfielders Oscar and John Mikel Obi left Chelsea to move to China earlier this month, while former Manchester United and Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez reportedly became the world's highest-paid player when he joined Shanghai Shenhua.
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Chelsea striker Diego Costa, the Premier League's joint-top scorer with 14 goals, had been linked with a move to Tianjin Quanjian, who recently signed Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel for a salary of more than £15m a year. But the club ended their interest after the Chinese Super League reduced the number of foreign footballers allowed to play.
New rules stipulate that Chinese clubs will be able to field a maximum of three foreign players per game when the new season starts in March.
Known as the Dream Chaser, the winged vehicle will launch atop an Atlas V from Florida's Kennedy Space Centre.
Though smaller than Nasa's famous orbiters, the Dream Chaser has still been designed to carry up to seven astronauts into low-Earth orbit.
The maiden voyage, however, will be an unmanned, autonomous flight.
The re-usable "lifting body" will spend about a day in orbit before returning to a landing strip on the US West Coast.
If all goes well, SNC hopes to mount its first manned mission in 2017.
And, ultimately, the Dream Chaser will land back at Kennedy on the same runway as used by the shuttles, and be serviced in Kennedy's processing facilities.
The date for the demonstration flight was announced in a joint media conference that included representatives from SNC, the US space agency (Nasa), and United Launch Alliance (ULA), which operates the Atlas rocket.
The 9m-long Dream Chaser is one of the three commercial human transportation systems currently being developed with the financial and technical support of Nasa.
The other two are more traditional capsule designs known as CST-100 and Dragon, from the Boeing and SpaceX companies respectively.
Nasa is likely to concentrate its resources on two, perhaps even only one, of these systems from late this year as it seeks to restore America's capability to launch its own astronauts into space. This capability was lost when the shuttles were retired in 2011 and sent to museums.
Today, all US personnel travel to the International Space Station in Russian Soyuz capsules, with each seat costing US taxpayers about $60m.
The three American companies say their indigenous vehicles will be much cheaper to operate.
SNC is insistent that development of the Dream Chaser will continue even if it misses out on Nasa's next round of seed funding.
"We are building the vehicle to be launched, and we have made a commitment to the launch," said SNC's Mark Sirangelo.
"[This first launch] is a direct relationship between Sierra Nevada and ULA, and Sierra Nevada is paying for the efforts of this; it's unconnected to the Nasa programme - the purchase of the launch was something done from company to company."
Two weeks ago, SNC announced tie-ups with the European and German space agencies that may lead to certain components and materials on future vehicles being sourced from across the Atlantic.
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Enrique Marquez, 25, will admit that he lied to officials when he purchased the guns by claiming that they were for him rather than for a third party.
He will also admit to plotting a separate attack with one of the suspects who was his childhood friend.
Prosecutors say he could face 25 years in jail in exchange for the plea deal.
He is scheduled to enter his pleas before a judge on Thursday in Los Angeles.
US-born Syed Rizwan Farook and his Pakistani-born wife, Tashfeen Malik were both killed by police after murdering 14 of Farook's colleagues during a holiday party at the San Bernardino Inland Regional Center where he worked.
Police say the couple, who were married in Saudi Arabia in 2014, were inspired by Islamic extremism.
Officials say that Marquez provided the weapons, because Farook's Middle Eastern appearance would arouse suspicions.
The shooting rampage was one of the deadliest attacks on US soil since 11 September 2001.
Prosecutors acknowledge that Marquez did not have advance knowledge of the married couple's plot, but said his earlier co-plotting had helped to inspire the rampage.
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San Bernardino shooting in numbers- We break down the deadly attack
"This defendant collaborated with and purchased weapons for a man who carried out the devastating December 2, 2015 terrorist attack that took the lives of 14 innocent people, wounded nearly two dozen, and impacted our entire nation," US Attorney Eileen Decker said in a written statement announcing the plea deal.
As part of the agreement reached with prosecutors, Marquez will confess to conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to attack a community college which they had attended.
They had also discussed committing an attack on commuters stuck in traffic on a southern California motorway.
"While his earlier plans to attack a school and a freeway were not executed, the planning clearly laid the foundation for the 2015 attack on the Inland Regional Center,'" Mrs Decker said.
As part of the agreement, the government is expected to dismiss immigration-fraud charges stemming from a sham marriage to a relative of Farook's sister-in-law.
Marqez and Farook first became friends in 2005 when the Marqez family moved next door to Farook's in Riverside, California, about 55mi (85km) east of LA.
Clark has not recovered from an ankle injury and is ruled out of England action for a third time in 12 months.
Slater suffered a recurrence of a tricep injury during his side's Premiership final win against Northampton on Saturday.
Sale's Wasps-bound lock Kearnan Myall has been added to the squad.
Clark was ruled out of England's 2012 summer tour of South Africa and the autumn internationals that followed after receiving a record 32-week ban for breaking the arm of Leicester of hooker Rob Hawkins.
He was recalled for the Six Nations only to suffer a shoulder injury in January that sidelined him for the whole tournament.
England will now be taking a squad of 31 players for Sunday's tour match in Montevideo and the two Tests against the Pumas in Salta on 8 June and Buenos Aires on 15 June.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster said: "It's unfortunate for both Calum and Ed that they won't be able to join up with England this summer but I'm sure they will be back and pushing for places next season.
"Calum has been unlucky with the injuries. I had a good chat with him yesterday - he came in and we assessed his ankle and it clearly was not going to be right until beyond the first Test and as a consequence it would take him out of contention.
"Kearnan did well in a good team performance against the Barbarians and now has a great chance to continue his progress with us on tour.
"It means we travel with one player less than originally selected, but we have lots of options in the second row and back row to cover for that."
The Gunners looked to have been handed a favourable draw but a display that plumbed the depths of incompetence and naivety leaves them facing a last-16 exit once more.
Monaco, resilient at the back and capable of punishing Arsenal's shoddy defence, took the lead in the first half through Geoffrey Kondogbia's deflected shot.
To add insult to injury, former Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov added the second just after the break. There was even time for Arsenal to cast away the lifeline substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's stoppage-time goal had given them as they were caught hopelessly on the counter once more as Yannick Ferreira Carrasco added a third goal.
As Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim did a Jose Mourinho-style celebration sprint down the touchline, Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger looked crestfallen and no wonder.
This stage has become Arsenal's perennial stumbling block but Wenger would have had high hopes of clearing the hurdle against his former club, even though they had lost only once in their last 17 games.
But Arsenal were devoid of ideas and when they did create chances they fell to the hapless, and on this night hopeless, Olivier Giroud, who missed every one that came his way.
The eternal optimist Wenger will still believe they can escape from this hazardous position - but they will need to produce something on a different level from this dreadful performance to complete the salvage job.
After a bright opening in which Danny Welbeck threatened and Arsenal had a penalty claim ignored when Wallace appeared to handle, Monaco kept the Gunners at bay in relative comfort.
As Arsenal's frustration grew, Monaco felt confident enough to move forward with increased ambition and the away goal they would have craved came seven minutes before the break.
Welbeck conceded possession and as Joao Moutinho moved forward he found the impressive Kondogbia, whose 25-yard shot took a decisive deflection off Per Mertesacker to leave keeper David Ospina helpless.
Giroud had been presented with Arsenal's best opportunities but time and again the striker failed to hit the target. In the first half he scooped Hector Bellerin's cross over then he turned Alexis Sanchez's cross wide from six yards.
And how Arsenal paid the price for his profligacy and their own defensive naivety as Monaco doubled their lead after 53 minutes. From their own attack, Mertesacker in particular deserted his defensive post leaving Anthony Martial free to set up the unmarked Berbatov, who steadied himself before thumping a finish high past Ospina.
Giroud's night got worse when he somehow tapped a simple finish over the top after keeper Danijel Subasic fumbled Sanchez's shot - and with the fury of Arsenal's fans ringing in his ears, it was a merciful release when he was replaced by Theo Walcott on the hour.
As Emirates Stadium emptied, Oxlade-Chamberlain, on for Francis Coquelin, curled in a goal from 20 yards that at least offered Arsenal some sort of hope for the second leg.
It was typical of how poor they were, however, that they somehow found themselves caught upfield once more to allow the speedy Ferreira-Carrasco to race clear and beat Ospina for what could be the decisive blow.
Match ends, Arsenal 1, Monaco 3.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Monaco 3.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Monaco 3. Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Attempt saved. Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
João Moutinho (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
João Moutinho (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Arsenal 1, Monaco 2. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by João Moutinho.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Danijel Subasic.
Attempt saved. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt saved. Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Monaco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Aymen Abdennour.
Substitution, Monaco. Bernardo Silva replaces Anthony Martial.
Attempt missed. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Substitution, Monaco. Layvin Kurzawa replaces Nabil Dirar.
Substitution, Arsenal. Tomas Rosicky replaces Santiago Cazorla.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Geoffrey Kondogbia.
Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Geoffrey Kondogbia.
Substitution, Monaco. Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco replaces Dimitar Berbatov.
Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
Anthony Martial (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Francis Coquelin.
Dangerous play by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
Dimitar Berbatov (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nabil Dirar (Monaco).
Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Monaco) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Wallace.
Corner, Monaco. Conceded by David Ospina.
Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Monaco) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Moutinho.
Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Olivier Giroud.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Wallace (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
The claim was made by a lawyer for Friends of the Earth who have taken a case to court.
The group wants an immediate end to sand dredging on the lough which is an important bird sanctuary with international protection.
It is appealing the decision of an earlier court not to order this.
Around 1.5m tonnes of sand a year are dredged from the bed of the lough by sand companies.
'Unlawful'
They do not have planning permission and the operation is unlawful. In 2015, the then environment minister, Mark H Durkan, issued an enforcement notice requiring work to stop within 24 hours.
But the sand companies appealed to the planning appeals commission.
Dredging is continuing pending the outcome of that appeal.
A lawyer for Friends of the Earth said Mr Durkan had not taken proper account of his officials' report which cited significant environmental impact if dredging were to continue.
The lawyer said enforcement had to be effective to comply with the protections afforded under EU law.
In this case, dredging had continued for two years after an attempt had been made to stop it.
"This is a case where you can't fill up the hole. Every time a scoop is taken it ends up in someone's patio in Enniskillen, or Liverpool.
"You can't put it back," the lawyer said.
He said the minister did not have the discretion to balance jobs in unauthorised sand extraction against potential damage to a protected area. He called on the court to stop the dredging "belatedly" as it made "a mockery of the system here".
Later, counsel for the department said a stop notice was an option open to the minister but not the only one.
He had decided to issue an enforcement notice and retained the power to intervene to cease dredging at a later stage if necessary.
The appeal court judges asked for evidence that Mr Durkan had factored in the potential environmental impact of the extraction in his decision to issue an enforcement notice rather than a stop notice.
The lawyer said Mr Durkan had made a measured analysis of all the issues in the case.
A lawyer for the sand traders said there was no "ongoing evidence of harm" caused by dredging.
He said they had now put in a planning application to cover future operations.
He said they rejected any suggestion that they were attempting to delay resolution of the issues nor were they "trying to get away with something".
The three appeal court judges have reserved their judgement.
She became the first British woman to win an individual European title since 1927 when she took 10m gold in 2014.
Barrow won Commonwealth silver in 2014 in the 10m synchro with Tonia Couch, but failed to make the 10m platform semi-finals at the Rio Olympics.
"Diving has had a huge impact on my life and I am so glad I have been able to finish how I wanted," she said.
Barrow's fourth-place finish in the 10m final at the World Championships in Barcelona in 2013 was the best performance by a British woman in the event's history.
"As for the future, I'm looking forward to finding something I'm just as passionate about," she added.
Barrow also won the European 10m synchro title with fellow Plymouth diver Couch in 2012.
Tucker was named as the club's new boss when Mike Lewis stepped down following eight successive defeats, which left them bottom of National Two South.
He spent 13 years at the club and in 1999 scored for Cornwall at Twickenham.
"I was immensely proud to be a player, incredibly proud to be a captain, but right now this is even greater than that," Tucker told BBC Radio Cornwall.
He is the third man to take charge of Launceston since the end of last season following the resignation of Neil Bayliss in June after budget cuts.
"I've still got a burning desire and passion for Launceston to go places," added Tucker.
"The challenge fighting our way out of it is massive. But the bigger the challenge, the more it gives you something to get stuck into."
Tucker was part of the Launceston side which won promotion to National Two back in 2002, and he hopes he can instil some of that spirit into the current Cornish All Blacks side.
"I was fortunate to be part of a team that was pretty successful for a decade and our success was down to a number of things - motivation, team spirit, pride and passion.
"I think there's a decent team spirit there now, there's a decent level of pride, but it's for me to instil more of those qualities to the guys and get them to fight for it."
The five-year-old is receiving post-operative radiotherapy at the Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague.
Doctors treating the British boy, whose parents were briefly detained after taking him out of the country for specialised cancer treatment, said his first day of therapy went according to plan.
It was the first of 30 sessions.
He will be treated at the private clinic every day for the next six weeks.
He had previously undergone tests at the clinic, over the past week, since arriving from Spain.
Ashya's parents Brett and Naghemeh King, from Southsea, sparked a police hunt when they removed him from Southampton General Hospital on 28 August after disagreeing with doctors.
They wanted him to have proton beam therapy, which was not available to them on the NHS.
They were arrested in Spain and spent several days away from their son, reuniting once the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew the European arrest warrant.
The family was flown by private jet to Prague ahead of Ashya's treatment at the PTC.
The clinic said Ashya's first day of treatment went well with no surprises.
He was placed in a special plastic mould to keep him still, given a general anaesthetic and then his brain and spine were irradiated with protons.
A spokeswoman for the clinic told the BBC Ashya's spirits appeared to be lifting by the day.
She added he was smiling more than during his initial consultation last week.
The treatment is a type of radiation therapy that uses beams of protons - or small parts of atoms - rather than high energy X-rays, as with conventional radiotherapy.
The protons can be precisely directed at a tumour and, unlike conventional treatments, the beams stop once they hit the target, rather than carrying on through the body.
Ashya's attending doctor, radiation oncologist Dr Barbora Ondrova, said: "There is a 70 to 80% survival rate for the condition such as Ashya has and there is now every reason to hope that he will make a full recovery."
The first 13 sessions will focus on the brain and spine, to ensure the tumour he previously had removed at Southampton General Hospital has not spread, and the remaining 17 will aim at irradiating where the brain tumour once was.
Doctors in England are to strike for 24 hours from 08:00 GMT on Tuesday.
They object to proposals including new weekend pay rates and changes they say could lead to doctors being overworked.
Scotland and Wales are sticking to their existing contracts, but no final decision has been made in Northern Ireland.
The dispute between junior doctors and the government has escalated since the summer after ministers said they would impose the new contract in England.
The British Medical Association (BMA) responded by calling a series of strikes.
Last November, Stormont's Health minister Simon Hamilton said he has sympathy with the Westminster government's desire to create a seven-day NHS but said imposing a contract would be "the worst possible outcome".
However, junior doctors in Northern Ireland have called on him to come off the fence and explicitly rule out the contract.
Dr Michael Moran said many local junior doctors were already actively seeking work elsewhere as they fear the new contract will eventually be imposed in Northern Ireland.
"We're really, really concerned about what's happening in England, both from their point of view and also because we feel that we're going to be next," he said.
"Pay is tied up in the bigger picture here, but what we're worried about is extending our normal working hours, making a smaller group of doctors work harder for the same money," he added.
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Despite qualifying in 1999, Sandra McAllister is still regarded as a junior doctor.
Currently a registrar in plastic surgery at the Ulster Hospital, Dr McAllister said imposing the proposed contract would be would be like turning the clock back.
"Back then, the government was prepared to let me work 117 hours a week while caring for extremely ill patients.
"I was so tired working continuous nights, it was not good for me and it was not good for anyone.
"As an older doctor, I simply can't stand back and let that happen."
While Dr McAllister accepts progress has been made in the most recent negotiations, terms and conditions around unsociable and excessive working have not yet been clarified.
"We have not been given sufficient reassurance that this contract provides a robust mechanism for monitoring hours worked and preventing us from working excessive hours," she said.
"That protection needs to be put in place."
"We're not really sure yet what's happening with the pay but we're more concerned about removal of safeguards, which makes for a tired workforce who are de-motivated.
"People may leave Northern Ireland and then the patients here are really going to be in trouble."
Ahead of the strike in England, Prime Minster David Cameron urged junior doctors to call off their planned protest, saying the walk-out was "not necessary" and would damage patient services.
Emergency care in England will be staffed during the strike but an estimated 4,000 scheduled operations and procedures will be cancelled.
Players and staff from both sides clashed on the touchline early in the lunchtime kick-off at Carrow Road.
Both clubs have until 18:00 BST on 21 April to respond to the charge, the FA said in a statement.
Sunderland won the game 3-0 to boost their relegation survival hopes.
They remain 18th in the division but are now just a point behind the Canaries with a game in hand.
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce was heavily involved in Saturday's incident, which came after Norwich winger Robbie Brady's challenge sent Sunderland defender DeAndre Yedlin head first into the advertising hoardings.
After the match, Allardyce said: "I got a bit carried away, but the Norwich players were encroaching my box - I was always going to protect my players and my mob."
The government named four pilot areas last year, but local councils have admitted that they have not yet started work on their broadband projects.
Freedom of information requests were sent to councils in each area.
The responses revealed that none had received any money from the Treasury, chosen a company to build their networks, or started work on them.
In October last year George Osborne named Cumbria, Herefordshire, North Yorkshire and the Highlands and Islands, as pilot areas for rural superfast broadband networks.
The Countryside Alliance says that unless the whole process is simplified, the digital divide will keep growing and the money pledged will be all but worthless.
A government spokesman said all four pilot projects were making good progress, and ministers remained confident that Britain would have Europe's best broadband network by 2015.
"It has been over a year since these pilots were set up and the people who live in areas with no or unreliable broadband coverage haven't seen any improvement," said Alice Barnard, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance.
"Unless more is done to simplify the process of acquiring and implementing rural broadband projects, the digital divide will continue to grow and the money pledged by the Coalition will remain all but worthless.
In response a spokesman for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said: "The money for these projects has been allocated and will be provided to the local authorities when they begin spending on the projects. This is standard practice in provision of capital grants."
It is widely acknowledged that fast broadband services are crucial to consumers and businesses to allow them to take full advantage of web content. While rollouts in urban areas develop apace, efforts to get equivalent services in more remote areas have been far more sluggish.
Companies such as BT, Fujitsu and Cable & Wireless have put in bids to build networks in various areas and each council must decide which to choose.
Malcolm Corbett, head of the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (Inca) is not sure that councils are up to the task.
"The government has put the job into the hands of councillors who have never done it before," he said.
Many of those bidding to build networks want to use BT's infrastructure rather than build from scratch. BT has agreed to share access to its telegraph poles and underground ducts and recently cut the cost of renting such equipment.
But, according to Mr Corbett, it is has also placed some significant restrictions on how it is used.
In response, a BT spokesman said: "Those communications providers who have taken an active role in the in development of our duct and pole-sharing products are making strong progress and appear to be comfortable with the products."
The process of bidding is proving costly to both councils and firms bidding to build networks.
In its FOI response Hereford revealed that, so far, it has spent £50,000 on the procurement process while Fujitsu said that it had spent many hundreds of thousands of pounds bidding in different areas.
The Japanese electronics giant revealed to the BBC earlier this month that it had withdrawn entirely from the bidding in the Highlands and Islands because "the sums did not stack up".
Cable and Wireless withdrew from bidding in Cumbria, citing concerns with the process.
And Geo UK, one of the smaller firms involved, has now withdrawn completely from bidding.
The government has set a deadline to be the best for broadband in Europe by 2015 but no-one thinks this is achievable," said Mr Corbett.
A spokesman for DCMS said he "remained confident" that the target would be reached.
Most of these women were forced into prostitution in the Indian cities of Mumbai and Pune.
Around 48 women and a child were rescued by an Indian non-governmental organisation which handed them over to Bangladeshi authorities at the weekend.
It was one of the largest groups of Bangladeshi women ever to be returned.
The women said they were tricked into being taken across the border.
"A girl in the village gave us something to eat and said we could go for a picnic to neighbouring India. Later on we realised we were drugged. We crossed the border by walking through paddy fields in the night," Monica, 22, told the BBC.
"When we came to our senses, we realised that we had been sold to an Indian agent."
After spending a few days in Calcutta, Monica and other girls were taken to Pune.
"We were kept in small rooms. There were hundreds of girls in the shanty town. We were forced into the sex trade," Monica, from a remote village in southern Bangladesh, said.
"I was shocked but we had no choice as were constantly threatened by local agents."
While there are no official figures on such trafficking, activists say thousands of young Bangladeshi girls and boys are smuggled to India and the Gulf countries every year.
They say that the traffickers cunningly exploit Bangladesh's border with India, which is more than 4,000km (2,400 miles) long.
Some were lured with promises of lucrative jobs but later ended up in brothels in Indian cities.
"We were compelled to work from eight in the morning until midnight. There were hundreds of girls like me in the brothel in Pune," said Runa, another woman who had been rescued from India.
"The ordeal continued for weeks and there was no chance to escape from the place. I am happy to be back in my own country."
But many problems may still lie ahead.
"Although these women have been brought home, an uncertain future awaits them. Due to the social stigma many of them may not be able to return to a normal life," Bangladesh National Women's Lawyers' Association Salma Ali told the BBC.
She pointed out that the latest incident had once again highlighted how young women continue to be trafficked despite Delhi and Dhaka enacting various laws to curb the problem.
"We want the authorities from both sides to tighten the international border and increase security so that girls like me won't face this fate," Runa said.
Thieves broke into Handbag Heaven in Howe Street at about 02:15 on Friday and stole 85 bags, worth between £20,000 and £30,000.
Police said officers arrived at the scene within a minute but the thieves, understood to be three men, had already left the scene.
They drove off in a small silver-coloured vehicle. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr, 74, targeted Jewish sites on last year's Passover holiday, but his victims were not Jewish.
"Frankly my dears, I don't give a damn," Miller told the jury on Tuesday while raising his arm in a Nazi salute.
A judge will now determine whether to follow the jury's sentencing for Miller, who was convicted last week.
Miller, also known as Frazier Glenn Cross, represented himself during the trial. He admitted to killing William Corporon, 69 and his grandson Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, outside of the Jewish Community Centre in Overland Park, Kansas and Terri LaManno, 53, outside of a Jewish retirement centre.
Miller told the jurors he "knew" they were going to put him on death row, and he did not care what sentence he would receive.
Although he admitted to the April 2014 killings, Miller pleaded not guilty at trial.
Miller, who suffers from chronic emphysema, said he was motivated to kill Jews before he died because he believes they have too much power.
Before the shooting, Miller founded several white supremacist groups and later ran twice for elected office on a white power platform.
His son said during the trial he does not know where his father learned to hate Jews and other races.
Jack Carr was inseparable from his toy owl Cuckoo, who eats dinner, sleeps in a special bed next to him and goes on holiday with the family.
But he was left heartbroken after it was snatched by a seagull close to the family home in Beaumaris.
In a heart-warming tale, the pair are set to be reunited after a social media appeal sparked a search for Cuckoo.
Jack's mum Nancy Carr said he was "made up" Cuckoo - who has been his favourite toy since he was two - had been found in a garden after being stolen by the gull.
"He loves his Cuckoo", she said, "he carries him everywhere."
The family were in the Beaumaris Castle playground when Jack threw Cuckoo up in the air during a game - in that moment a seagull swooped and snatched the toy up and vanished with him.
"Next thing he was crying, we tried to see where it had gone, we went everywhere", she said.
Ms Carr bought a replacement Cuckoo for Jack when the toy was stolen on Saturday 1 July, and following the appeal on Twitter and Facebook was bought another by a kind-hearted stranger.
But Jack and his favourite toy will be reunited on Wednesday, when he will meet the lady who found Cuckoo in her garden after seeing the missing appeal on social media.
"There are such nice people out there. You do not realise how much it affects you until something like this happens," Ms Carr said.
"We have been to Germany and everywhere with Cuckoo, and then he gets stolen by a seagull so near to our house.
"He is going to be tied to Jack from now on".
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Rakish Bingham cancelled out Michael Gardyne's splendid opener for County.
The home side regained the lead through a Remi Matthews own goal but substitute David Templeton looked to have earned a draw for the visitors.
However, Franks' strike proved decisive and means Accies can not finish higher than 11th in the table.
Martin Canning's men could still go down automatically if bottom side Inverness Caledonian Thistle can overcome the four-point difference between the sides in their final two matches.
Hamilton's defeat ensures that Dundee are guaranteed Premiership football next season, with Motherwell's win over Kilmarnock also ensuring their safety.
Accies will argue they deserved something from this match, perhaps even all three points. This defeat will hurt badly.
They dug in after a disastrous start and should have been ahead by half-time.
A slice of luck arrived with Bingham's leveller when Ali Crawford's delivery ricocheted in the box and fell perfectly for the striker to slam home. Their fortune ended there in dramatic fashion.
Bingham smashed a shot off the inside of the post soon after. It was unlucky but much more was to follow.
It seemed Crawford had put them ahead with an outstanding free kick from a central area. It sailed over the wall, away from Fox but clipped the inside of the post and out again.
After the break a ball along the six-yard line came through to Greg Docherty, he side-footed from close range for what looked a certain goal but Fox produced an outstanding stop.
Docherty and Massimo Donati came close before substitute Templeton quickly restored parity after Jim O'Brien saw his effort smash off a post and in off Matthews.
It'd be hard to find a more convincing hard luck story.
Hamilton's work rate and commitment was impressive. Their fight under pressure equally so. They also showed they've got ability.
What they don't have is three points. They needed them.
Jim McIntyre's side initially looked very impressive. They were on the front foot and went ahead swiftly.
Gardyne gathered a short corner, ambled to the edge of the box and curled a terrific curling shot into the top corner. It was top quality.
It was poor defensively and at that stage Hamilton looked up against it.
Franks was unfortunate with a technically excellent volley that flew wide.
Christopher Routis twice had excellent opportunities but hesitated at one, then couldn't beat Matthews with the other.
Their second goal came from an excellent strike from O'Brien. It cracked off the post and, in utter contrast to Hamilton's earlier efforts, cannoned of Matthews and into the net. When your luck is out, it's out.
There was no doubt about the quality of their winner though. Franks sent a tremendous effort straight into the corner to settle a brilliant contest.
McIntyre's side remain on target for a seventh place finish which would be a satisfying outcome after missing the top six.
The unbeaten run that took them clear of relegation trouble now stretches to seven matches.
Ross County manager Jim McIntyre: "It was a very open game. We started the game brilliantly, scored a fantastic goal through Michael Gardyne, but Hamilton came right back into it. It was one of those nights with plenty of mistakes and lots of goalmouth action.
"We've had our pockets picked here before in Dingwall with late goals. I feel we picked theirs tonight. I feel for Hamilton tonight but it's all about our team doing what we can do, trying to get into that fight for seventh.
"We know that we have the quality that can hurt sides but the doggedness wasn't quite there tonight and that is the side that we need to improve for Saturday. I thought Hamilton's players gave their manager everything. I wish them well for their fight to stay up."
Hamilton boss Martin Canning: "I can't believe we have lost that game. We have hit the post twice, one rolled along the line and we've had numerous other opportunities.
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"Their second goal has come off the post, hit our keeper and gone in. That is when you know your luck is out.
"The amount of bad luck we have got tonight is scary. I couldn't ask more of the players. I asked them to be brave and it was one of our best performances of the season. How we have managed to lose that game, I don't know."
Match ends, Ross County 3, Hamilton Academical 2.
Second Half ends, Ross County 3, Hamilton Academical 2.
Liam Boyce (Ross County) is shown the yellow card.
Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Liam Boyce (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical).
Goal! Ross County 3, Hamilton Academical 2. Jonathan Franks (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Reghan Tumility (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Attempt saved. Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jim O'Brien (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Liam Boyce (Ross County).
David Templeton (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Daniel Redmond replaces Greg Docherty.
Attempt missed. Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Reghan Tumility (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Foul by Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical).
Craig Curran (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Giannis Skondras (Hamilton Academical).
Jim O'Brien (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Greg Docherty (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Ross County 2, Hamilton Academical 2. David Templeton (Hamilton Academical) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
Goal! Ross County 2, Hamilton Academical 1. Jim O'Brien (Ross County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Reghan Tumility (Ross County) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Alexander Gogic.
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Ryan Tierney replaces Rakish Bingham.
Attempt missed. Tim Chow (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Rakish Bingham (Hamilton Academical).
Jason Naismith (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ali Crawford (Hamilton Academical) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Reghan Tumility (Ross County).
Substitution, Hamilton Academical. David Templeton replaces Louis Longridge.
Attempt saved. Rakish Bingham (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Dougie Imrie (Hamilton Academical).
Jason Naismith (Ross County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hamilton Academical. Conceded by Jason Naismith.
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Seventeen-year-old Dylan Reynders spent his holidays studying the South African constitution and the country's Schools Act.
And on his return to school this month he decided to make a personal stand: He refused to cut his hair.
This triggered a national debate which has lasted for weeks.
According to the rules of Johannesburg's high-profile Bryanston High School, boys' hair may not touch the ears or collar or curl around their necks. Dylan's hair did.
When I asked him what drove him to defy the school rules, he told me: "I just thought enough is enough. Plus my hair wasn't that long."
I must confess when I saw Dylan's hair, I was surprised how short it was- still at least an inch above his collar.
When two other boys at school decided to support their friend, more followed. When I met Dylan, he told me: "They call me their Jesus."
Dylan was promptly suspended from the school and missed two of the first three weeks of term.
His mother Vanessa Roux supported him. She told me her son was facing up to a big challenge. "I was very proud of him. I raised both my boys to always question anything they didn't understand," she said.
The school governing body is obliged to implement the school's code of conduct and can suspend students who do not comply with the rules.
Chairman Aiden Hillebrand told me that he respected the student's courage in challenging the school but he had to comply with the rules as they are now.
He said: "This has sparked a debate about whether hair and uniform policy is still relevant at this day and age."
The provincial department of education attended some of the disciplinary hearings, after the student's mother lodged a complaint. It concluded that the school had acted correctly.
It has been suggested that it could be argued that it is unfair for girls to be allowed to have long hair, but not boys.
Phumla Sekhonyane from the provincial education department agreed that "there could be an argument for discrimination on the basis of gender... but that's for the courts to decide".
The SA Democratic Teachers' Union's Nkosana Dolopi, told the local Times newspaper that a review of codes of conduct was necessary.
"We are not, however, saying that there should be lawlessness in schools. Children should be neat at all times and dressed accordingly," he added.
But he said it was also important that "policies should be sensitive to the fact that pupils can't be denied access to school".
Dylan is now back at school having been given the assurance that, over the next month, he will be able to contribute to a new policy on pupils' hair through the student council.
And he finally agreed to a haircut.
He told me his Moroccan barber did not appreciate the significance of the trim.
"I just sat down and I asked him to cut my hair as usual," he said "He had no idea what was going on."
If Bryanston High School takes the leap and changes its code of conduct to allow boys to keep longer hair, Dylan will have changed rules that have shaped generations.
But more importantly other schools might follow and, if so, he will have led a hair revolution.
The chairman in question is her parent, Sri Ram, and together they run Supreme Creations, the UK's largest producer of reusable shopping bags made from natural fibres.
For 16 years the business has been making jute, canvas and cotton bags for everyone from UK supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's, to US sportswear giant Nike, and fashion retailer Top Shop.
Set up by Mr Ram, his daughter convinced him to let her join the business six years ago when she was 22.
He made her work her way up from the bottom at the firm's London head office.
When Ms Sriram joined the company it only made plain reusable bags, but her big idea was to introduce fashion designs. And as a result, sales rose sharply, and last year she was made chief executive.
Supreme Creations now manufacturers "several million" bags a year at its own factory in southern India, has 800 staff, and supplies 50,000 clients around the world.
The business is an example of a still rare but growing phenomenon - a company run by a father and daughter.
While father and son firms remain far more common, as an increasing number of women are deciding on a career in business, many are choosing to join their dads at the family firm.
But what is it like to run a company with your father or daughter? What are the benefits, and what can go wrong?
Here three sets of dads and daughters discuss their working lives.
Ms Sriram, now 28, says her dad took some persuading before he would let her join Supreme Creations, because he was apprehensive about mixing family life with business.
At the time she was an Oxford University graduate who had completed internships at Deutsche Bank and advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi, but "wanted to get a short stint with my father as he is a successful entrepreneur".
After joining the company she never looked back.
"My father and I have an extremely loving yet professional relationship, but he remains Dr Sri or chairman [at work]," says Ms Sriram.
"It keeps a very clear divider between our lives, which allows us to respect each other in a professional outfit.
"Business is business, however he has given me unadulterated advice and mentored me daily. This is priceless.".
Mr Ram says that his daughter was able to quickly understand the business and "carve a niche for herself".
He also thinks that their working relationship is more effective because she is his daughter rather than a son.
"There are many things that men do differently [to women]," says Mr Ram. "If I had a son then he might have been a mini version of me. But with a daughter, that yin and yang situation exists."
While everything appears to run smoothly at Supreme Creations, another father and daughter partnership, Peter Ibbetson and Gemma Guise, admit that their working relationship can be a lot more tempestuous.
Together they run two businesses - Primedia Solutions, which delivers media training to chief executives, and a public relations company called Journolink.
Mrs Guise joined the her dad at the businesses in London's Canary Wharf three years ago, and they ultimately had to bring in an independent adjudicator to prevent them from arguing.
Mr Ibbetson, 59, says: "We have put in a chairwoman who is the independent part of the business, and she is the oil between us.
"She's set out that if you're having a row or disagreement, you have to be allowed to take 10 to 15 minutes of time out, to prevent an escalation."
Mrs Guise, 31, says that the pressure of running the two businesses can be "immense", and that this is what can lead to arguments.
She adds: "You sacrifice everything for the business, your time, your income, your holiday, your life in general.
"We [my dad and I] share the best highs and the worst lows. We are best friends and worst enemies.
"But that common ground of sheer success and determination will always cement the cracks in our relationship."
Entrepreneur and business mentor, Clare Raynor, says she turned down the chance to join her father's company when she was younger, because she felt she "would be more an employee than a partner".
For a father and daughter relationship to work, she says it "really does depend" on their underlying relationship, and that their skills complement each other.
"If he has the knowledge and experience, and the daughter brings energy, enthusiasm, and ideas, then it can work," adds Ms Raynor.
To increase the chance of a father and daughter being a success, her advice is that creating a new business together will likely prove easier than the daughter joining a long-established family firm.
"With a start-up there's more room to understand each other's roles and ideals, which can be sorted out beforehand," says Ms Raynor.
"You are both creating things equally, but a hand-me-down business might have issues, and there could be conflict due to differing ideas."
Creating a new business with her father is exactly what 20 year old Charleh Dickenson did 18 months ago.
Ms Dickenson, who had suffered from food allergies from a young age, came up with the idea of producing a range of cakes and snacks, which are all free from gluten, dairy products, and eggs, and only contain naturally occurring sugars.
Joining forces with her dad, Peter Dickenson, they set up Designed2Eat. Based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, it sells both online and at food festivals.
Ms Dickenson says that setting up the company with her dad was an easy decision to make.
"I'm a daddy's girl, and we always got on really," she says. "We are very similar characters, but we have different strengths."
Designed2Eat now sells more than 1,000 products per month, and dad agrees that he and Ms Dickenson "complement each other very well".
One tweet from the 25-year-old Premier League player's account appeared to condone killing gay people.
The tweets from four years ago were posted when Gray was playing for non-league Hinckley United.
Gray, who is charged with bringing the game into disrepute, has until 6pm on 31 August to respond to the charge.
He apologised and asked "for forgiveness" for the posts, saying he was now a "completely different person" and did not "hold the beliefs written in those tweets".
The posts, which also contained offensive terms, were deleted on Saturday soon after being highlighted.
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Mick Philpott, 56, denies any involvement in starting the fire at his Derby home last May.
He said he and his children had received death threats after the family appeared on ITV's Jeremy Kyle Show.
Mr Philpott and two others deny six counts of manslaughter.
His wife Mairead Philpott, 31, and Paul Mosley 46, are accused of starting the fire in a bid to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress Lisa Willis, 29, who was involved in a custody battle over the four children she shared with him.
On the first day of the defence case Mick Philpott told the court that Amanda Cousins, the sister of Ms Willis, had threatened to kill his wife and their children after the Philpotts had turned up at her home.
He said he and his wife had also received silent calls from a withheld number in the weeks leading up to the fire.
Talking about his regret at appearing on TV, he told Nottingham Crown Court he needed a bigger house as the family was growing, but people were disgusted at him having two lovers and 11 children.
Until February 2012, Mr Philpott lived in a four-bedroom house with his wife Mairead and their six children as well as Ms Willis with her five children.
"The children and myself got death threats. We were called rats; the scum of the earth," he told the court.
Jurors heard that a "large number of people" had keys to the house and the door was usually left unlocked.
He told the court that benefits paid to his wife and Ms Willis were paid into his account but he left his bank cards out for both women to use.
"They never had to ask for money," he said.
Mr Philpott said he had no idea that Ms Willis was going to leave him.
Asked about their relationship, he said: "At that particular time I thought that me and Lisa had this bond that was inseparable."
He said he had discussed it with his wife because she was "concerned" about it.
Mr Philpott told the court that he was spending a lot of time with his wife and slept in the evenings with Ms Willis.
He said he had asked his wife for a divorce "three to four times" so he could marry Ms Willis.
He said: "It was a well known fact by everybody that Lisa wanted me to herself. But Mairead wouldn't leave me, she wasn't going anywhere."
Jurors heard that he and his wife regularly discussed with Ms Willis what would happen should there be a split.
"We always said that if we ever split up we would never stop each other from seeing the children," he said.
Asked how Mr and Mrs Philpott's children felt when Ms Willis Left, Mr Philpott said they were "distraught".
"They were so upset, so distraught. It was horrible," he said.
He told the court that he had taken some tablets with brandy after Ms Willis left.
"Was this a suicide attempt?" Mr Orchard asked him.
"No, it was self-pity," Mr Philpott replied.
Mr Philpott also denied prosecution witness claims that he ever mentioned fire, burning or petrol in the weeks before the fatal blaze.
Jade Philpott, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, perished in the fire at their house in Victory Road, in Allenton.
Their brother Duwayne, 13, died two days later at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The trial continues.
The remote Micronesian island of Kosrae has been home to Australian couple Doug and Sally Beitz since the 1990s.
They decided to raffle their home and, after selling more than 75,000 tickets, will return to Queensland with nearly A$4m ($3m, £2.3m).
Josh Ptasznyk, 26, from the city of Wollongong in New South Wales state, said he was "overwhelmed" by the win.
"What started as a simple click of a news article during my lunch break that piqued my interest has resulted in a life-changing experience that I could only dream of," he told the Daily Telegraph.
"I would like to thank Doug and Sally and the whole Beitz family for providing this amazing opportunity and am looking forward to cutting the red tape, making a trip to the resort to see what paradise looks like, and to experience all that the resort has to offer."
To inspect his winnings, Mr Ptasznyk will need to fly to Guam and then catch a ferry.
Running the 16-room resort and scuba business will be a big change from filling out tax returns from small business owners.
Mr Beitz said the island's new owner "will do a great job".
"He didn't believe us at first," he said.
"He is still coming to grips with it. I was trying to convince him it was real ... it was a surreal moment. It was relatively controlled — it took a while for him to sink in."
The party could return to the glory days when it held more than 20 seats in the East - or it could lose the precious few it already has. There are questions over how important he will be to Labour's plans.
Even though Mr Corbyn had the backing of two of our MPs - Luton's Kelvin Hopkins and Norwich South's Clive Lewis - many of those who stood for Labour at the last election voted for other candidates.
Most have not voiced criticism of Mr Corbyn, preferring instead to focus on what they hope will be the positive impact of the new leader.
"The enthusiasm which he has unleashed is fantastic," said Cambridge MP, Daniel Zeichner, who had voted for Yvette Cooper.
"He has touched a chord within the British public and I am excited about the future."
Euro MEP Richard Howitt, who also supported Yvette Cooper said: "We must now unite behind the new. Any party that does not stay united will not win elections and Labour knows that to its cost."
There are others within the party who are worried about what Jeremy Corbyn will mean for the party in the region.
Former Norwich MP and Home Secretary Charles Clarke said: "I think it is very serious problem for Labour and very difficult for us to gain the confidence of people at a general election."
Although the former home secretary said he did not think Labour had given up on the East, he added: "There is no doubt that the election we've gone through in the Labour Party makes it more difficult rather than easier.
"Labour can win back the East but it has to have the right policies, the right approach and the right people."
Former Northampton North MP Sally Keeble, speaking before the result, warned a Corbyn leadership would "be very damaging indeed".
"I think it would make it extraordinarily difficult going into the next election because we would be going in with commitments on more spending which people would know to be unaffordable.
"We would also be going in with positions on some foreign affairs which would be really difficult for the public to accept," she said.
When Tony Blair swept to victory in 1997, Labour won 25 seats across he eastern counties - its best result ever. In 2010 it was all but wiped out, holding just two constituencies, both in Luton.
This year Labour added Cambridge and Norwich South but both those wins took seats from Liberal Democrats.
Labour failed to gain any Conservative seats in this region and in nearly every other seat which it contested in the East, the Tory majority went up.
That is why there is a lot of unease among some local members about whether a move to the left will really work.
They accept that Jeremy Corbyn played to packed crowds when he spoke around the country, but they question if that will be enough to win in former Labour target seats like Norwich North, Ipswich, Great Yarmouth, Waveney and Bedford.
They also say that Mr Corbyn's more left-wing message may play better in parts of the country with a traditional working class vote but less well in this more affluent region.
In fact some within the Corbyn camp have told us that the East is not seen as a priority.
"I am not writing off the East of England, I am an MP there," said Clive Lewis, a key member of the Corbyn campaign.
"But you have to realise that for us the elephant in the room is Scotland, we need to win it back and win big again in the North of England.
"Of all four candidates Jeremy Corbyn was the best placed person to do that and that was the game changer," he added.
Others too in the Labour camp have told us that they also expect Scotland and the North of England to be the main focus of Labour's efforts under Corbyn rather than the East of England.
After Labour's dismal defeat under Michael Foot, the then shadow minister Giles Radice was asked to look at where Labour had gone wrong.
In his report "Southern Discomfort," he concluded Labour could never win power again unless it could win seats like Ipswich.
After the 2010 defeat the former MP for Waveney wrote a report saying that winning in the East was essential to Labour's future success.
The policy was embraced by Ed Miliband who beefed up the regional office and regularly visited the region.
Could the East be forgotten again under Jeremy Corbyn, or will the new leader surprise us all?
A rule imposed in April means people need at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions in order to start qualifying for the pension.
MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee had complained that many would have been unaware of the change.
Now the government will write to those affected.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has decided to write to those most at risk "as a one-off exercise" before the end of the year.
The letters will go to individuals within nine years of state pension age whose records suggest will have fewer than 10 qualifying years of contributions by the time they retire.
"This will test whether direct mail is more effective for this group, given we can identify them and we believe it is possible to formulate a clear message and call to action," the DWP said.
The 10-year rule was introduced alongside the new state pension which is being paid to those who reached pension age from April. So it is going to men born after 6 April 1951 and women born after 6 April 1953.
It is paid at a flat rate of £155.65 a week to those with a full 35 years of contributions. Those with contributions of between 10 and 35 years will receive a proportion of this total.
The previous basic state pension, which is still being paid to existing pensioners, is worth about £120 a week, plus top-ups such as the state second pension for those who qualify.
Hackers posted a file containing encrypted passwords onto a Russian web forum.
They have invited the hacking community to help with decryption.
LinkedIn, which has more than 150 million users, said the leaked passwords would no longer be valid.
Members would receive an email with instructions on how to reset them, the company said. Users would then receive a second email with further details about why the change was necessary, it added.
The news comes as LinkedIn was forced to update its mobile app after a privacy flaw was uncovered by security researchers.
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If you use the same password on other sites, be sure to change those too.
Skycure Security said the the mobile app was sending unencrypted calendar entries to LinkedIn servers without users' knowledge.
The information included meeting notes, which often contain information such as dialling numbers and passcodes for conference calls.
In response LinkedIn said it would "no longer send data from the meeting notes section of your calendar".
The company stressed that the calendar function was an opt-in feature.
However, the
researchers who uncovered the flaw
said the transmission of the data to LinkedIn's servers was done without a "clear indication from the app to the user".
In a
statement posted on the company's blog
, LinkedIn's mobile product head Joff Redfern said a new "learn more" link would be added to the app so users have a clearer picture about how their information is being used and transmitted.
Massimo Luongo put the hosts in front with a curling effort.
And just when it seemed Swindon would take a one-goal advantage into the return tie, Luongo brought down Harry Forrester and O'Connor converted.
Swindon still could have won it but Andy Williams put his late effort over the bar.
Brentford's last-gasp penalty will have given Bees supporters flashbacks to the final day of the campaign, when Marcello Trotta missed a 90th-minute spot-kick that would have sent his side into the Championship, only for Doncaster to go straight up the other end and score a goal through James Coppinger that saw the South Yorkshire club go up instead of Uwe Rosler's men.
But Trotta, an unused substitute at the County Ground, watched from the bench as regular penalty taker O'Connor coolly converted to make for an intriguing second leg on Monday.
Swindon had come into the game after a run of just two wins in eight had left them in the final play-off berth, and Kevin MacDonald's side were on the back foot early on, with Adam Forshaw going close before Adam Rooney dragged wide at the other end.
MacDonald has been tasked with completing the job of achieving back-to-back promotions - a task started by Paolo Di Canio but handed over following the Italian's departure in February.
And Australian Luongo, on loan from Tottenham, had Town in front with a superbly controlled effort from the edge of the box.
Brentford applied late pressure but Swindon looked to have survived when Alan McCormack threw his body in the way of a rasping Farid El Alagui effort.
However, Luongo turned from hero to villain when he scythed down Forrester, allowing 31-year-old O'Connor, a Brentford stalwart of 14 years, to make it all square in his 486th game for the club.
Swindon Town manager Kevin MacDonald told BBC Wiltshire:
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"We're disappointed but now makes it a one-off tie come Monday.
"We're very disappointed to concede a penalty so late on in the game when we felt we maybe had a couple of good shouts for a penalty at the other end.
"They (Brentford) will be delighted but we're still in the game and that's the most important thing.
"We've got to get ourselves re-set and come out fighting on Monday."
Brentford boss Uwe Rosler told BBC London 94.9:
"It was a difficult game, not much between the two sides but our back four did very well and it was a fair result overall.
"The handling and presence of Simon Moore for a young goalkeeper was exceptional.
"Kevin O Connor did a great job despite not playing many games and he used all his experience and skills to convert his penalty today."
Full Time The final whistle goes and the game is over.
James Collins produces a right-footed shot from inside the area that clears the bar.
Assist by Harry Forrester.
Goal! - Kevin O'Connor - Swindon 1 - 1 Brentford Penalty taken right-footed by Kevin O'Connor and scored. Swindon 1-1 Brentford.
Penalty awarded for an unfair challenge on Harry Forrester by Massimo Luongo.
Shot from just outside the area by Massimo Luongo goes over the bar.
Sam Saunders challenges Nathan Byrne unfairly and gives away a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Wes Foderingham.
The official flags James Collins offside. Simon Moore restarts play with the free kick.
Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Sam Saunders, clearance made by Aden Flint. Harry Forrester takes a shot. Blocked by Massimo Luongo. Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Sam Saunders, Headed effort on goal by Harlee Dean from just inside the box goes harmlessly over the goal.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Darren Ward by Clayton Donaldson. Wes Foderingham restarts play with the free kick.
Substitution (Swindon) makes a substitution, with James Collins coming on for Simon Ferry.
Substitution Sam Saunders joins the action as a substitute, replacing Adam Forshaw.
Corner taken by Massimo Luongo from the left by-line to the near post, Tom Adeyemi makes a clearance.
Andy Williams gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Kevin O'Connor. Harlee Dean restarts play with the free kick.
Substitution Harry Forrester joins the action as a substitute, replacing Lee Hodson.
Unfair challenge on Jonathan Douglas by Gary Roberts results in a free kick. Simon Moore restarts play with the free kick.
Massimo Luongo takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line to the near post.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Harlee Dean on Andy Williams. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Alan McCormack from left channel, clearance by Kevin O'Connor.
Simon Ferry provided the assist for the goal.
Goal! - Massimo Luongo - Swindon 1 - 0 Brentford Massimo Luongo scores a goal from just outside the area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Swindon 1-0 Brentford.
Substitution Bradley Wright-Phillips goes off and Farid El Alagui comes on.
Shot from just outside the box by Alan McCormack goes over the bar.
Adam Rooney concedes a free kick for a foul on Simon Moore. Simon Moore takes the free kick.
Headed effort from deep inside the area by Adam Rooney misses to the left of the goal.
Massimo Luongo takes a shot. Simon Moore makes a comfortable save.
Shaleum Logan concedes a free kick for a foul on Nathan Byrne. Darren Ward restarts play with the free kick. Corner taken by Gary Roberts from the right by-line to the near post, clearance by Bradley Wright-Phillips.
Unfair challenge on Alan McCormack by Jonathan Douglas results in a free kick. Wes Foderingham takes the indirect free kick.
Bradley Wright-Phillips concedes a free kick for a foul on Darren Ward. Darren Ward takes the free kick.
The game restarts for the second half.
Half Time The referee calls an end to the first half.
Booking Gary Roberts receives a yellow card.
Gary Roberts challenges Shaleum Logan unfairly and gives away a free kick. Simon Moore takes the free kick.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Gary Roberts by Tom Adeyemi. Free kick crossed right-footed by Massimo Luongo from left wing.
The offside flag is raised against Clayton Donaldson. Wes Foderingham restarts play with the free kick.
Adam Rooney concedes a free kick for a foul on Kevin O'Connor. Simon Moore takes the free kick.
Jonathan Douglas takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
Corner taken by Adam Forshaw from the right by-line.
Andy Williams takes a shot. Save made by Simon Moore.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Tom Adeyemi on Andy Williams. Darren Ward takes the free kick.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Massimo Luongo by Tom Adeyemi. Wes Foderingham takes the free kick.
Short corner worked by Massimo Luongo.
Harlee Dean gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Adam Rooney. Free kick crossed by Massimo Luongo, Harlee Dean makes a clearance.
Aden Flint gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Clayton Donaldson. Jake Bidwell delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from right channel.
Adam Rooney takes a shot. Simon Moore makes a save.
Effort on goal by Adam Forshaw from inside the box misses to the right of the target.
Shot by Gary Roberts. Tom Adeyemi gets a block in. Corner taken by Massimo Luongo from the left by-line, Clayton Donaldson makes a clearance.
Massimo Luongo decides to take a short corner.
Unfair challenge on Clayton Donaldson by Massimo Luongo results in a free kick. Simon Moore restarts play with the free kick.
Gary Roberts takes a inswinging corner from the right by-line to the near post, clearance made by Clayton Donaldson.
Corner taken right-footed by Gary Roberts, clearance by Kevin O'Connor.
Andy Williams fouled by Harlee Dean, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed right-footed by Massimo Luongo.
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Gary Roberts from the right by-line, Harlee Dean makes a clearance.
Alan McCormack gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Jonathan Douglas. Free kick taken by Kevin O'Connor.
Aden Flint fouled by Bradley Wright-Phillips, the ref awards a free kick. Darren Ward restarts play with the free kick.
Tom Adeyemi gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alan McCormack. Wes Foderingham restarts play with the free kick.
Aden Flint gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Tom Adeyemi. Adam Forshaw delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from right channel, clearance made by Joe Devera. Adam Forshaw takes the inswinging corner, save by Wes Foderingham.
The official flags Adam Forshaw offside. Indirect free kick taken by Wes Foderingham.
Nathan Byrne produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide left of the goal.
The referee starts the match.
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To chase 306 against any side, even in the ideal batting conditions of The Oval, is a challenge. You have to work hard to get those runs.
In the context of the tournament, that sort of game is much more beneficial to England than if they rolled Bangladesh for 120 then chased them down in 20 overs.
Joe Root made a wonderful century, Alex Hales was in the runs, Eoin Morgan continued his good form and Liam Plunkett was amongst the wickets. In that sense, it was perfect.
However, it was marred by the injury to Chris Woakes, who bowled only two overs before having to leave the field with an injury to his left side.
The Warwickshire man had a scan on Thursday evening, with the results probably known to us by Friday morning. If it turns out to be a side strain, it could be serious.
As an old fast bowler, I can tell you that having a proper side strain is like having a red hot poker jammed between your ribs. If Woakes has one of those, he won't play again in the tournament.
In fairness, that did not look to be the case with Woakes. It seemed that he felt something and knew he had to stop - which was the right thing to do.
But side injuries are tricky. It's not just a case of strapping them up and saying "on you go". England will have to be very careful and give some serious consideration to ruling him out.
It's very anxious for Morgan's men, because Woakes is their highest-placed bowler in the International Cricket Council's one-day international rankings.
For a time, it also looked like Root's fitness could be a concern. It seemed like he rolled his ankle while batting and spent most of the second half of his innings hobbling around.
However, after the match he said he thought it was cramp in his calf, so that is much less of a worry.
All of this slightly shifted the focus away from Ben Stokes, whose knee problem dominated the pre-match build-up.
As promised, Stokes turned up early for a fitness test and was deemed healthy enough to play his part with the ball.
Still, even with Woakes off the field, Stokes only bowled seven overs. That tells us that England are still protecting him. That is sensible and he will benefit from more rest before the game against New Zealand on Tuesday.
On top of the injury concerns, England will be hoping that Jason Roy gets a score at the top of the order sooner rather than later.
Before this game, Roy was heavily backed by Morgan after a poor sequence where he had not passed 20 in his previous six ODI innings.
Here, he made only one from eight deliveries, but again received the support of his captain.
Now, it is quite right for Morgan to back his man, but I was surprised by the shot Roy played - a scoop off the pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza to be caught at short fine leg.
Any batsman can edge a good ball, or even have a rush of blood and try to whack one, but those split-second decisions are made in the heat of the moment.
In this case, Roy made the choice to premeditate a stroke, probably as the bowler was walking back to his mark.
Instead of sticking to what he is good at, playing the ball down the ground, Roy simply did not give himself the chance of scoring runs on his home ground.
It just goes to show that poor form does not only mess with the way a batsman hits the ball, but also the decisions that are made.
England now move on to games against New Zealand and Australia, the two finalists from the 2015 World Cup, knowing that one win is likely to be enough for a place in the semi-finals.
Their confidence will be high, not least because they have got the hiccup of the final game against South Africa out of their system.
They could do without the injuries and the shot Roy played, but other than that they got the job done.
Betsi Cadwaladr, which cares for 694,000 people in north Wales, has been in special measures for two years.
It is also awaiting reviews of "institutional abuse" at a mental health ward, which closed in 2013.
But it has now launched a new mental health strategy with managers "determined things will be different".
Betsi's mental health service spends £100m a year and employs 1,650 staff across north Wales on everything from caring for patients with mental illness to child psychiatry and drug and alcohol misuse support.
The strategy, Together for Mental Health in North Wales, insists there has been an "honest and open review" of what it does and that the health board is "determined that things will be different".
It also recognises problems with:
Latest performance figures for the health board also show only just over half of assessments for the child adolescent mental health services happened within 28 days; the target is 80%.
It sets out a cultural change, where people using mental health services, their carers and families would be treated as "equal partners".
Staff would be "respectful and compassionate" and listen to those using the service.
All wards would be "fit for purpose, safe and humane".
The strategy has been unveiled with mental health services still under the shadow of the Tawel Fan scandal.
The ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire, closed in December 2013 and a report found some patients were "treated like animals".
At least seven patients' families were told treatment may have contributed to their deaths. Two further reviews into the scandal are expected to report later this year.
The health board has been under special measures for two years after watchdogs found "significant management failings" in 2013 and the Welsh Government finally ran out of patience.
It was given a deadline to produce a response on mental health by April.
Gary Doherty, who took over as chief executive in February 2016, said he had strengthened the management team in mental health but was aware there were still improvements needed.
"The work we've done... while there are some really positive comments about what we do in terms of mental health services, there's a really big gap about where we need to get to," he said.
Local AM Darren Millar believes "heads should roll" over Tawel Fan.
Mr Doherty is prepared to take action but added: "Until we get those two reports, we don't know what we're holding people to account for.
"I've sacked people before, people need to be held to account but, equally, it's difficult to speculate when you don't know what a report is going to tell you."
The health board insists it is more than just warm words and that it has involved patients and carers at all stages of developing the new strategy.
A total of 153 people took part in workshop events or gave one-to-one feedback.
A patient group will also be part of bringing it in and keeping across its progress in the future.
Lesley Singleton, Betsi's head of strategy on mental health, said it was about challenging the usual perception patients were being consulted only after plans had been drawn up.
"We've got a very honest reflection of how services have been in the past - there's no gloss on the story we want to tell, it's very much about what people's views about what services have been like and what they want to see changing."
She said people felt there had been a "very-medicalised model" for mental health and they were not part of deciding how they wanted to be treated.
Access was also a problem - including out of hours - and services were not joined up or talking to each other.
"We've talked to people who find themselves in a mental health crisis. This group told us that the crisis that they went into is not nearly as bad as having to work through services - so that becomes the bigger problem," she said.
"That's helped us galvanise the approach we've taken, so it's not just about the health board but all services."
Ms Singleton said it was about learning lessons but also there was a lot of work to do in changing the culture of many years.
Richard Birch, who has been treated for depression, has helped develop the strategy with Caniad - an organisation set up by charities Hafal and Cais to give a voice to patients.
He said services had been "absolutely atrocious" and there were still obstacles, including getting GPs to understand mental health.
But he was optimistic services could now be built around the patient "not to fit the member of staff or the money".
"This strategy is not just a piece of paper that's going to be shoved in a desk. They're asking about what I feel and what really matters to me."
But he still wants mental health to be a long-term priority for Betsi, beyond its period in special measures.
David Snape, from Holyhead, who cares for his wife with dementia, said he "feels empowered" by his involvement in developing the strategy.
"We're getting a voice and they're finally listening to people at ground level - we're the experts at the grassroots," he said.
Of his own experiences of services, he added: "It's the urgency - because of the numbers involved. I believe there are 1,700 people on Anglesey alone who've been diagnosed with dementia. There's no consistent package for everybody."
There will be more on Betsi Cadwaladar's response to failings and special measures on Thursday.
Raine joins from the ECHL Florida Everblades franchise and will wear the 22 shirt for the Belfast side.
The 24-year-old made his pro debut in 2013 with the Portland Pirates and was invited to the 2014 NHL rookie camp and Los Angeles Kings training camp.
His performances at the LA camp earned him a roster spot on their affiliate team, the Manchester Monarchs.
He made 53 appearances for the Monarchs, winning the Calder Cup in his first professional season.
"Kevin is my type of player. He will compete every night for the Giants," said head coach Adam Keefe.
"He skates really well and is solid at both ends of the ice. I think the fans are going to love this guy."
The 18-year-old died when he was knocked down on the Malone Road, Belfast, in 2014.
David Lee Stewart, 31, of Gray's Park Avenue, Belfast was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and three and a half years on licence.
But the director of public prosecutions said he would refer the sentence.
Barra McGrory said this was on the grounds that it was unduly lenient.
At his trial, the court heard Stewart had taken 13 drinks before he drove that night. He had taken six pints of beer and four Jagerbombs, a mix of a spirit and an energy drink.
Traces of drugs, including cocaine, were also found in his system.
After he hit Enda Dolan, he carried on driving with the teenager on the roof of his van for about 800 yards before he stopped.
ECB President Mario Draghi said: "There is clear evidence that the monetary policy measures we have put in place are effective."
However, his news briefing was interrupted by a female protester screaming: "End ECB dictatorship.''
She rushed onto the stage and threw what looked like confetti.
She was dragged off the stage by security officials.
The news conference was delayed for a few minutes and then resumed with Mr Draghi re-reading his opening statement.
Mr Draghi said that the deflation threat to the eurozone had not gone away.
He said: "Inflation is expected to remain very low or still negative in the months ahead."
Mr Draghi was speaking after the bank announced it would keep its key interest rate at an all time low of 0.05%.
The ECB has held rates at this level across the 19 countries that use the euro currency since September 2014.
Since February, it has turned to its monthly €60bn bond-buying programme, or quantitative easing, to stimulate the economy.
Some activists accuse the ECB of enforcing budget austerity measures on eurozone countries, such as Greece, that are under financial bailout programs.
Asked about the extent to which additional emergency liquidity assistance will be provided to Greek banks, Mr Draghi said it "is entirely in the hands of the Greek government".
Mr Draghi said that the buying of bonds had successfully fed through into the real economy.
He said: "Financial market conditions and the cost of external finance for the private sector have eased considerably over the past months and borrowing conditions for firms and households have improved notably, with a pick-up in the demand for credit.
"The euro area economy has gained further momentum since the end of 2014. Looking ahead, we expect the economic recovery to broaden and strengthen gradually."
He said the bond-buying programme, the weak euro and the expectation of higher interest rates would lead to rising inflation in late 2015, as well as during 2016 and 2017.
He said the programme would continue "until the end of September 2016 and, in any case, until we see a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation".
Inflation in the eurozone is at minus 0.1%, way below the ECB's aim of 2%.
When asked by BBC reporter Colin Paterson whether video games should be an Olympic sport, Rob Pardo told BBC Radio 5 Live: "There's a very good argument for e-sports being in the Olympics."
Mr Pardo said: "Video games are well positioned to be a spectator sport."
Some video game events already attract thousands of spectators.
A recent video game tournament held in South Korea filled a stadium with 40,000 people.
He said: "Look at these professional gamers - [their] reflexes are lightning quick and they're having to make very quick decisions on the fly."
But he also said people would need convincing that video games can count as a sport.
Mr Pardo said: "If you want to define sport as something that takes a lot of physical exertion, then it's hard to argue that video games should be a sport."
"But at the same time, when I'm looking at things that are already in the Olympics, I start questioning the definition," he added.
For e-sports to appear at the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee would first have to recognise video games as a sport, which is highly unlikely.
Board game fans have previously called for chess to be an Olympic sport, but the IOC said it is a "mind sport" and therefore not welcome in the Olympic Games.
The Gulf airline is already a member of the Oneworld alliance.
Willie Walsh, IAG's chief executive, said he was delighted Qatar had become a "long-term supportive shareholder".
The stake, worth about £1.15bn, gives Qatar closer links with a group that has two major European hubs and strong transatlantic networks.
Mr Walsh said his company would explore what "opportunities exist to work more closely together and further IAG's ambitions as the leading global airline group".
Akbar Al Baker, chief executive of Qatar, said: "IAG represents an excellent opportunity to further develop our westwards strategy."
Earlier this month he criticised European airlines, saying they they "cannot keep up" with the competition posed by Gulf rivals.
The two groups' route networks are largely complementary, with Qatar strong in southeast Asia, India and the Middle East, while Iberia flies to many destinations in South America.
Qatar said it could increase its holding, but would be limited by the 49% cap on non-EU ownership of European airlines.
Neither group said whether IAG had been aware of Qatar's stake-building and did not say who the shares had been bought from, or when.
Qatar has more than 130 aircraft and a further 340 on order. It is competing with other Gulf airlines including Emirates, based in Dubai, and Abu Dhabi's Etihad.
The Doha-based carrier had 22m passengers in the 2013-14 financial year, compared with 44.5m for its larger rival Emirates. IAG carried just over 77m passengers in 2014.
Qatar's move comes as IAG attempts to complete a takeover of Aer Lingus for about £1.3bn.
The company has said it planned to run the Irish airline as a separate business with its own brand, management and operations.
IAG was formed when BA and Iberia merged in 2011. It has about 430 aircraft and 60,000 employees.
Shares in IAG closed down 3.5% at 544.5p on Friday, making it the biggest faller on the FTSE 100.
The stock has risen by more than a third in the past 12 months and the company is valued at £11.4bn.
Sporting attention was centred on upcoming football and rugby cup semi-finals, the latest round of Formula One and the end of an enthralling first Test in the West Indies.
Amid this feverish Friday afternoon, the appointment of Keith Pelley as the European Tour's new chief executive was revealed. It was barely noticed, but this shouldn't distract from the importance of the 51-year-old's appointment.
Indeed, such a typically busy weekend for sport illustrated perfectly a key challenge for Pelley and golf in general as it battles for attention in such a competitive sporting marketplace.
It will be the new man's job to ensure the European Tour remains relevant and is able to grow in significance in the coming years.
Although he doesn't have a golfing pedigree beyond a five handicap, the Canadian media mogul appears well qualified for the role.
He has a strong history in sports administration and, just as significantly, the way that it is covered.
These will be key qualities in determining the direction taken by a Tour that has struggled in the recent global economic climate.
The Wentworth-based organisation has felt pressure from faltering European finances and an ever more powerful PGA Tour in the United States.
But it's an appointment that suggests the Tour is in bullish mood, with a desire to compete and develop rather than fall into some form of amalgamation with more powerful rivals.
Pelley's biggest objective is to ensure its future health by making its core product more relevant and accessible.
Fans and sponsors will not hang around if the European Tour doesn't meet these challenges head on.
It can't rely on a weekly diet of 72-hole strokeplay events that merely pitch up in whichever territory provides the backers for that week.
The process has to be more strategic. Tournaments need to resonate in the wider sporting community and meet the demands of local and international audiences.
This age of digital media provides a perfect opportunity and it therefore makes sense to appoint someone with considerable expertise and experience in this field.
Since his appointment just over a year ago, Tour chairman David Williams has sought to shake up a governing body that was able to boast around 40 years of continued expansion.
Williams' appointment of Pelley, who takes up the reigns in the summer in place of outgoing chief executive George O'Grady, signals a significant change of direction.
Williams was brought in at the behest of the players, who felt the Tour was losing out as its biggest stars relocated to America to enjoy richer pickings.
Europe had become a victim of its own success. The progress fostered by former chief executive Ken Schofield and his successor O'Grady helped create a raft of European stars capable of thriving on the American circuit.
Then, just as O'Grady was unveiling the lucrative Race to Dubai in 2008, the global economy crashed. The outgoing boss was left to manage the Tour in the toughest period it had ever faced.
Sponsors and tournaments were lost and far-flung co-sanctioned events in Asia and South Africa provided the only means to maintain the circuit. It was a time for mere survival rather than growth or strategic planning.
But that won't be enough going forward. Williams is convinced the product has to change and judging by Pelley's appointment he clearly believes it has to be imaginatively showcased as well.
Pelley is chairman of Rogers Media, a Canadian conglomerate that owns and runs a myriad of television and radio stations as well as scores of publications.
He negotiated a $5.2billion rights deal in NHL ice hockey and has been heavily involved with the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
He also headed up Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media consortium for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
So, business acumen more than golfing pedigree is the driving force behind Pelley's appointment.
Williams wants someone to change the way golf is portrayed and perceived, hence choosing a non-European with no golfing hinterland to run the continental game.
This is the latest in a series of significant appointments to the Tour's board.
Two influential businesswomen Jutta Af Rosenborg and Sophie Goldschmidt have already taken up roles as non-executive directors.
Af Rosenborg boasts considerable financial experience while Goldschmidt has worked in tennis, basketball and rugby union.
It feels as though there is something of a revolution taking place at the European Tour and while the appointment of Pelley was quietly understated, the effects may prove much noisier.
They take on Leinster on Saturday in what is their first pool game following last Sunday's postponement in Toulon following the Paris attacks.
"I'd be lying if I said we didn't think we could win it," Watson told BBC Radio Bristol. "We've got everything we need to be able to do it.
"It's about us showing European rugby what we can do."
Watson, 21, has returned to the Bath set up after being involved in England's doomed World Cup campaign.
The hosts failed to make it out of the pool stages of the competitions and Watson admitted he was still hurting after the tournament.
"It's massively disappointing," he added. "I feel like we let the country down."
"To come so close against Wales and then lose so soundly to Australia was massively disappointing. We've got to collectively learn from it."
And he admitted with a new head coach in place, following the appointment of Eddie Jones, he already had one eye on next year's Six Nations Championship.
"Our only option is to build on it and go forward as a country and hopefully we'll get to do the nation proud at the Six Nations," he said.
"It's massively important for us to right some wrongs and put on some good performances to reward the fans for their continued support."
Staff were told the move was needed because the council needed to cut £1.5m a year from its libraries budget.
The meeting was told a "core network" of five libraries would be within two miles of 91% of residents' homes.
If approved by the borough council's cabinet and scrutiny committee, the restructure would come into force in April.
Library staff will learn of their fate on 22 December.
Conservative councillor Mary Martin said a lack of government funding "necessitated" a consultation into "how local libraries are provided and what are the most important services for people".
The five libraries chosen to be in the "core network" are Central, North Swindon, West Swindon, Highworth, and Park.
The 10 other libraries would see opening hours reduced to 15 hours per week from 5 April and would probably be funded until 31 August.
But the mobile library service will be axed from the end of March.
Sarah Church, of Save Swindon's Libraries campaign group, said it was "dreadful news" for staff who would lose or have to reapply for their jobs.
She added the move left "a lot of questions" and she was concerned for library users "in an area where they may not be a branch library next year".
Expressions of interest to run a community library need to be made before the end of January and a one-off fund of up to £500,000 will be available to fund the transition.
The collision was on the A832 Avoch to Munlochy road near Rosehaugh on the Black Isle.
The crash took place at about 11:00 on Monday.
Police have said they want to contact anyone with information who has yet to speak to them, particularly people travelling in the area between 10:45 and 11:10.
A serious road crash has led to the A832 road in the Highlands being closed.
The incident, which was reported to police just after 11:00 on Monday, occurred about 2.5 miles east of the Munlochy junction on the Black Isle.
Emergency services were in attendance, and described it as "a serious road traffic collision".
A police spokesman said no further information was available at this time.
The Department for Education wants any information on the content of Sats papers removed as pupils take the tests at various times over two weeks.
Officials have been messaging parents since Monday asking them to remove tweets revealing question details.
The DfE said it wanted to clamp down on cheating.
Parents who complain online about the content of papers taken by their children can inadvertently give an unfair advantage to pupils who have not yet taken the tests, a DfE spokeswoman explained.
One parent, Matt Thrower, received a direct message from the DfE after he used Twitter to query whether a part of his daughter's maths paper was relevant to the subject.
The DfE told Mr Thrower: "Hi, can you please remove the tweet referring to Sats? We're trying to maintain the confidentiality & integrity of ongoing tests."
He hit back, saying he was: "Happy to, once you remove such absurd and pointless questions from your tests."
The DfE's official Twitter account warns: "Some children will be taking the KS2 tests next week using timetable variations. Please help us to keep the test content secure. Thank you."
SATs tests are taken by 10 and 11-year-olds at the end of primary school and by six and seven-year-olds at the end of infants' school.
The tests for six and seven-year-olds were the subject of protests by parents last year and in March the government announced plans to scrap them.
The furry feline has been a familiar face on the steps outside Number 10's black door since he moved in, in 2011.
And the "chief mouser" will stay when Theresa May replaces Mr Cameron as UK prime minister.
"It's a civil servant's cat and does not belong to the Camerons - he will be staying," a government spokesman said.
The tabby cat, from London's Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, was brought in to Downing Street in 2011 tasked with tackling a rat problem, after a large black rat was seen scuttling past the No 10's front door in the background of a live TV broadcast.
Said to have a "strong predatory drive" and enjoy playing with mouse toys, Larry was considered to be well-suited to the post.
Downing Street cats: A history
Larry followed in the paw prints of several Downing Street moggies, known unofficially as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.
He was the first cat to hold the appointment since Humphrey - who was adopted in 1989 after wandering in to No 10 as a stray during Margaret Thatcher's premiership - was retired in 1997.
Mr Cameron said he was "delighted to welcome Larry to his new home" and that he was confident he would be "a great addition to Downing Street and will charm our many visitors".
An unofficial Twitter account set up under Larry's name tweeted on Monday: "Does anyone know a good cat groomer available tomorrow? I need to make a good impression on someone on Wednesday..." - referring to Mrs May's arrival.
Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency said 79 people were injured, 47 of whom were in a critical condition.
The blast struck Jagol GSM market in Sabon Gari town happened at about 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT) on Tuesday.
The authorities have blamed the Islamist Boko Haram militant group for the attack.
It appears the explosion in Sabon Gari, which is about 135km (85 miles) south of the regional capital of Maiduguri, was caused by a planted device.
Last year, the militants seized a huge area of the north-east before being beaten back by a regional coalition, including Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Borno state has been at the centre of the insurgency, but in recent months Boko Haram has also targeted villages and towns in northern Cameroon as well as Chad and Niger.
Suicide bombings intensified after the new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to crush the group. Since he was sworn in last May, more than 800 people have been killed.
Parents of these superheroes-in-training have spoken to the BBC, after a teacher shared stories of her kindergarten class emulating the action hero.
Wonder Woman, which is being released in cinemas in June, tells the story of Diana, a warrior princess trained by her aunt to fight to save the world who leaves her matriarchal magic island home to fight in World War One.
The character, who was first conjured up in 1941 by DC Comics, is famous for her superhuman strength and fighting abilities.
The film has been hailed by some critics as a feminist breakthrough and it broke records for the biggest domestic debut by a female director.
"My six-year-old girl started practising that badass 'leg sweep' after watching the film", one dad tweeted, referring to Wonder Woman's slick spin-and-kick move.
Pictures of determined girls posing as warriors have been tweeted by proud mums.
But Wonder Woman fandom is not just for girls.
"Boys can be Wonder Woman too," one six-year-old told his mum Jessica Gutteridge, who lives in Vancouver.
"Jasper's very entranced with her bullet-deflecting wrist guards, so he started leaping around pretending he was under fire and repelling bullets," Jessica explained.
Jasper loved Wonder Woman's power so much that he asked Jessica to pretend she was Wonder Woman teaching him how to fight "like an Amazon", referring to the warrior people she comes from.
Other kids are playing a longer game.
Rosie, who is five, is a picky eater - her parents normally cajole her to eat more, telling her, "It will make you strong".
But after the family, who live in Toronto, Canada, watched Wonder Woman, Rosie has no trouble finishing her dinner.
"The angle, 'It will make you strong like Wonder Woman' seemed to make a light bulb go on in her head and she chows down."
"Strong like a princess" wouldn't have worked but that's the Wonder Woman effect!" Rosie's mum Gabrielle Domingues explained.
"Until seeing Wonder Woman on the screen Rosie didn't have a role-model that she could truly identify as the ideal combination of both 'tough' and 'soft'.
"It has permeated how she is looking at daily elements of her life from choosing not to step on an ant, to confidently sparring with her brother, to comforting a friend scared by thunder.
"Just last night she said out of the blue, 'I thought girls were always weak, but actually we're strong plus lots of other things, even trouble-makers in a good way,'" said Gabrielle.
With these kids in training to save the world, we can rest assured we're in safe hands.
By Georgina Rannard, UGC & Social news
However, SSE Power Distribution warned that further power cuts could take place due to lightning.
At its height, 20,000 properties were affected with about 500 customers still affected in the Western Isles, Shetland, Skye, Colonsay, Argyll and Angus on Friday afternoon.
The storm brought gusts of up to 84mph to parts of Scotland.
All schools on the Western Isles and Shetland were closed on Friday for safety reasons.
High winds and rain were followed by wintry showers which affected driving conditions on the A9 at the Slochd in the Highlands.
Hills, including mountain tops in the Cairngorms and Lochaber, had fresh falls of snow.
On Friday night, an SSE Power Distribution spokesman said: "We expect all customers affected by Storm Abigail to be back on supply tonight.
"More faults are likely on Friday night due to lightning, possibly causing further power cuts to our customers.
"Our engineers will continue to work into the night to repair any faults. We would like to apologise to any customers who have experienced a power cut and we thank them for their patience and understanding while we worked hard to restore their power.'
Lightning strikes were the main cause of the problems on Friday.
The Met Office had an amber "be prepared" warning in place on Thursday for northern and western Scotland, but this was later downgraded .
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne said 23 of its 26 services on the Clyde and Hebrides network had been disrupted.
A number of Northlink's Northern Isles ferry services were also affected. Early morning sailings between Stromness and Scrabster were cancelled.
On Thursday, a ferry travelling from Skye to Raasay was prevented from docking for three hours due to stormy conditions.
The journey would normally have taken 20 minutes, but CalMac confirmed the vessel - which had five Portree High School pupils on board - was at sea for longer than usual.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team rescued a hillwalker who attempted to climb Ben Nevis via Observatory Gully as the weather closed in.
After the operation on Thursday evening, the team posted on social media that "on the scale of difficulty this route is certain death".
The casualty was found with chest injuries and lowered to safety at about 20:30.
The team added: "A very difficult rescue in atrocious weather with a very good outcome."
Further yellow warnings have been issued for central and southern Scotland for Saturday into the early hours of Monday and there are warnings of heavy rain.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has warned of the risk of flooding over the next few days.
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By early on Thursday evening, the strongest gust recorded by the Met Office was 75mph, on South Uist.
Shortly after 19:00, police in the Western Isles tweeted: "Most roads in the Southern Isles are affected by High Winds and water - if your journey is not necessary please stay at home meantime."
SSE Power Distribution warned that "a significant number of customers will wake up tomorrow with no power".
Police reported a number of trees down across Dumfries and Galloway and there was disruption to some west coast rail services.
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Analysis by Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University said the number of rough sleepers would double from 800 to 1,500 if current economic policies continue.
Researchers also forecast the number of people in unsuitable temporary accommodation would rise by a third in the next decade.
The study was commissioned by homelessness charity Crisis.
Across the UK, the number of people without a home will reach 392,400 by 2041, according to the analysis, compared with 159,900 in 2016.
The report states there are currently 11,800 people across Scotland either sleeping rough, staying in hostels, living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, sofa-surfing, sleeping in cars or staying in squats or refuges.
The team's analysis indicates this figure is expected to rise to 12,200 by 2021 before accelerating to 18,100 - a rise of 53% on current levels - in 2041.
11,800
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800 spent one night on streets
5,200 households 'sofa surfing'
2,300 households in hostels
2,100 households in unsuitable temporary accommodation
Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Crisis, said: "This year Crisis marks its 50th anniversary, but that's little cause for celebration.
"We still exist because homelessness still exists, and today's report makes it only too clear that unless we take action as a society, the problem is only going to get worse with every year that passes.
"That means more people sleeping on our streets, in doorways or bus shelters, on the sofas of friends or family, or getting by in hostels and B&Bs. In order to tackle this, it's crucial we first understand the scale of the problem."
He praised the Scottish government's commitment to build 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 - of which 35,000 will be for social rent - which he said would help slow the rise in homelessness in the short-term.
He added: "Now is the time for action and we look forward to working with the Scottish government to find solutions and bring these forecasts down."
The report estimates that at any one time in 2016, 800 people had spent one night sleeping rough while 5,200 households were "sofa-surfing" - defined as staying with others who are not their parents on a short-term basis and wanting to move.
Another 2,300 households were staying in hostels while 1,400 households were living in other circumstances, including squats, women's refuges, winter night shelters, sleeping in tents, cars or public transport.
Scottish housing minister Kevin Stewart said Scotland had "some of the strongest rights for homeless people in the world", which had already led to falling homelessness despite the UK government's austerity measures.
However, he also said there was more that could be done, and pledged to continue working with other organisations to tackle homelessness.
He said: "Our priorities include addressing homelessness for people with more complex needs, who may be rough sleeping and for whom simply providing accommodation is not always enough, and ensuring temporary accommodation plays a positive role in improving outcomes for homeless households."
The Scottish Conservatives said the projected increase "could well come true if the Scottish government doesn't get to grips with this".
Housing spokesman Graham Simpson said: "Nearly 12,000 people are sleeping in unsuitable circumstances in Scotland every night. That should shame the SNP but maybe these people don't matter to them.
"Sadly, homelessness is a scandal which is often unseen but it could easily happen to any of us and that's why we need more action and fewer words and think tanks."
Scottish Labour said the projections were "horrifying" and blamed changes to the benefits system coupled with cuts to local authority budgets.
MSP Pauline McNeill called for a joined-up strategy involving house building and a crackdown on bad landlords. She added: "The warning signs are there - ministers must now take action. It would be grossly negligent for these warnings to be ignored."
The Scottish Liberal Democrats said the figures were a "national disgrace" and said the Scottish government must take some responsibility.
The party's housing spokeswoman Caron Lindsay said: "When the SNP government fail to get to grips with the housing crisis, they fail these people and their families.
"There would, of course, be more houses for social rent if the SNP had not downgraded the target for social house-building during the last parliament."
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Dexter Blackstock put Forest ahead when he broke into the area before Danny Graham chipped over Dorus de Vries before half-time.
Both teams remain nine points clear of third bottom MK Dons, who drew 0-0 at Sheffield Wednesday, and have a vastly inferior goal difference.
Forest are 18 goals clear of MK Dons with Blackburn 22 goals clear.
The hosts' lead lasted only seven minutes to deny caretaker boss Paul Williams victory, as Forest's winless run stretched to eight games.
Home supporters were cheered by the sight of a 10-minute cameo from the returning Britt Assombalonga - his first outing in 14 months after a knee injury - but they left largely frustrated as their lack of a cutting edge cost them again.
Blackstock got a helping hand from Hope Akpan's sloppy pass 35 yards from goal, raced forward and hit a rather tame-looking shot past Jason Steele, who could only help it on its way into the net.
But Steele twice denied Henri Lansbury, with the Forest skipper also skimming the crossbar from distance.
Nottingham Forest caretaker boss Paul Williams:
"We created lots of chances and in the second half, only one team wanted to win the game. On another day we would have scored two or three more goals.
"We're getting there in the style of football we want to play with the lads we've got.
"I'm not frustrated, I'm pleased with the way the lads played tonight. With a bit more luck, the goals will start to come."
Blackburn manager Paul Lambert:
"It is a great place to come and play, the pitch is fantastic and I thought a draw was fair.
"We dominated the ball in the first half and there was a lot of plusses tonight.
"We hit the bar, they hit the bar and there wasn't really much in it."
The 24-year-old midfielder, who spend two years with the Scottish Premiership club, has signed a two-year contract with the second-tier outfit.
McShane had joined County from Queen of the South.
But he made only 11 appearances for County last season and played his last game against Celtic in December.
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Salvation Army volunteers in Darlington realised they were meeting an important need after giving out free tampons in a trial four months ago.
The charity believes thousands of hard-up women across the United Kingdom could be in a similar position.
Spokesman Colin Bradshaw said some women had used "rags and handkerchiefs" and were hospitalised due to infection.
He estimated between 30 to 40 women have taken sanitary products each month.
Women had never asked for tampons in the past, Mr Bradshaw said, but were "in tears" when they were offered them.
He said: "For some women this was the first time they had used sterilised products in a long time.
"We were shocked to discover the shame women feel because they cannot afford sanitary products."
He said the food bank's supply of sanitary products were due to run out after Christmas and appealed for donations in January.
A Reutlingen police spokesman said it was "not comprehensible" to link the furore with Clarkson's inability to board a plane at Stuttgart Airport.
Clarkson claimed an airport worker had sworn and said he was from Argentina as he stopped him boarding on Monday.
It has since emerged the TV star and his team missed calls for the flight.
"The film crew with Mr Clarkson paused in the lounge and thereby they did not hear the call for the delayed flight to London," said the police department spokesman.
Following a late arrival at the gate, he continued, there was "a verbal dispute" with an airport employee, identified by The Sun newspaper as a Mr Manuel Pereira.
Mr Clarkson, who had been in Germany filming his new show The Grand Tour, was able to board a later flight to London.
According to Mr Clarkson, the flight he and his team ended up taking arrived in London before the one they missed.
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A spokesman for Stuttgart Airport said the late arrival of Mr Clarkson and his team meant their luggage had been removed from the aircraft and their names withdrawn from the passenger list.
"From this point there is no chance for boarding, even if the passengers show up," he continued.
The spokesman said the incident would be investigated by its partner company, S.Stuttgart Ground Services.
According to The Sun, Mr Clarkson had been waiting to return to the UK with fellow ex-Top Gear presenters James May and Richard Hammond when the dispute took place.
Mr Clarkson, who writes a weekly column for the newspaper, said Mr Pereira had claimed to be from Argentina and had used a profanity before "marching off looking pleased with himself".
He also claimed other airport workers had suggested he and his co-presenters were "too drunk" to fly, when they had in fact had just "one can of beer".
The Sun said Mr Pereira had denied he was from Argentina or that he had sworn at Mr Clarkson when the paper spoke to him on Tuesday.
"I would never say such a thing," he is quoted as saying in Wednesday's edition of the paper. "I wasn't rude. I was polite and professional."
The representative from Stuttgart Airport confirmed Mr Pereira was Spanish and not Argentinian.
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The Netherlands international has signed a five-year deal and is Jose Mourinho's second signing on his return to Chelsea after German Andre Schurrle.
Marco van Ginkel joined Vitesse Arnhem when he was seven years old and has progressed through their academy. He made his debut for the club in April 2010 and his international debut came in November last year.
"I'm very happy to be at such a nice club with great players. The stadium is good and the training ground is fantastic," he told the club website.
Reports have suggested the 20-year-old was valued at about £8m.
Van Ginkel joined Vitesse's academy as a seven-year-old in 1999 and came through the ranks before making his first-team debut in April 2010.
He was a regular last season and emerged as one of the team's star performers as they secured fourth place in the Dutch top flight.
The midfielder made his international debut against Germany last November and was included in the Netherlands Under-21 squad for the recent European Championship in Israel.
The 23-year-old joined City in the summer having spent his entire career at Wolves, and impressed in the Grecians' win at Leyton Orient.
It was McAlinden's first league start since the end of August, as he deputised for the concussed Lee Holmes.
"He's earned it, he's done very well in training and I think he's settling," Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon.
"He's beginning to get some confidence, it always happens when you leave a club you've been at for years and years like he has with Wolves.
"Suddenly you're at a new place and your career's changing direction, he's got to find his feet and he's doing that."
Preparations have been under way for more than six months and changes will be noticed around the city throughout May until after the event itself.
So what do you need to know if you live in the area or are planning to come to Wales' capital for the event?
Hotel rooms in Cardiff are all booked up and a camp site is being set up in Pontcanna Fields to offer affordable accommodation to visitors.
The camp site, which will feature pre-pitched camping and glamping facilities, will start setting up on 22 May and will operate between 31 May and 5 June.
Tom Legg, from the FAW, said it was known accommodation would be a problem as Cardiff has just 4,000 hotel rooms compared with, for example, 135,000 in Berlin which has previously hosted the final.
He said visitors would also be staying in Bristol, Birmingham and Swansea, and coach travel would be provided to Cardiff.
Claire Moggridge, Cardiff council's highways network manager, said security infrastructure would be similar to that seen when the Nato summit. came to south Wales in August 2014.
The Inner Secure Area is a safe zone around the stadium where security operations will be at an extremely high level and residents living there have been advised of drop-in sessions where they can voice any concerns.
Road closures on 3 June will be far wider than those for any event seen at the stadium before.
The infrastructure needed to host the match will start being set up from 17 May and is expected to have all been removed by 12 June.
The first place to be affected will be Coopers Field, where the Champions Village will be set up.
A temporary pedestrian footbridge will be installed over Castle Street, meaning it will be closed from 31 May to 5 June.
And from midnight before the event, the full city centre road closures will be in place.
Ms Moggridge said the council had been meeting with residents and businesses since the end of March to discuss any concerns they might have, such as deliveries of fresh food and waste management.
"There is a wedding in City Hall on the day of the final and they found out a couple of months ago," she said. "They'd been planning it for two years and we've managed to facilitate them."
During the four days of the fans' festival there will also be extensive road closures in Cardiff Bay.
Tom Legg, from the FAW, said not knowing who will be in the final meant transport arrangements had been "a big challenge" and six different transport plan scenarios were currently being worked on.
He said: "We knew Cardiff faced a challenge with 170,000 visitors on match day - 100,000 non-ticketed and 70,000 at the stadium.
"In addition we've got the 50,000 nationally on the network going about their daily routine."
He said the FAW wanted to provide real time travel information and a transport app was being developed to provide people with information and updates.
"We also knew 11,000 parking spaces were needed, more than has been needed before, and we've been working with different land owners in the city to get to that level. We'll be pre-selling spaces from 20 April," Mr Legg added.
"If it's two continental teams [in the final], 22,500 passengers will be coming in by air to Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham airports. Coaches have been put on to help them get to Cardiff."
The over-riding message: "Pre-book travel and accommodation to avoid any disappointment."
A website has been set up with information regarding the event and people can also raise any concerns by contacting @cardiff17travel on Twitter.
Twenty-five police officers, led by Supt Steve Furnham, are currently working on security planning for the event. This number will double closer to the day.
Supt Furnham said 1,500 officers from across the UK, including Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Devon and Cornwall, would police the event itself.
He said security was on a similar scale to the Nato summit, held in Newport in August 2014, but the "Nato fence" would not be making a come back.
"There will be significant changes people will see in and around the city to ensure safety and security, counter terrorism measures will be in place and planned for," he said.
"There will be a ring of steel, significant road closures to ensure the safety of people.
"There will also be significant changes to the security operation in and around the stadium."
Supt Furnham said background checks were being carried out on 12,000 people working in and around the stadium and other locations, by Greater Manchester Police.
The four-day free family festival will run from 1 to 4 June, but will not be screening the final.
It will be based on Roald Dahl Plass, in the Wales Millennium Centre and in the Norwegian Church.
A large Champions Main Stage will host global and local artists, DJs and bands each day.
A floating five-a-side pitch will also be installed in the bay and will host the UEFA Ultimate Champions Match on 2 June, featuring legends of football and community games.
The UEFA Champions Gallery, a museum celebrating the Champions League's history will be opened in the Wales Millennium Centre.
The Pierhead building will be transformed into an interactive Virtual Champions Arena, offering a virtual reality experience.
The Champions Village in Coopers Field will be the biggest official fan zone, hosting 7,000 guests, and the Football Village in Cardiff Castle grounds will host 2,000 guests.
Both will open at 16:00 on Men's Final Day.
The council has said it will fully reinstate any affected grass areas.
The UEFA Women's Final will be held at Cardiff City Stadium on 1 June with a 19:45 kick-off.
Tickets are said to be priced to allow as many people as possible to experience a UEFA final.
Clubs in Wales will be offered subsidised coach travel to the Female Football Festival and final.
The Office for Budget Responsibility now sees 2016 growth of 2%, down from the 2.4% expected in November.
That is the effect of what he describes as a "dangerous cocktail" of global economic risks and slower economic growth than was predicted.
It means a cut of nearly £30bn to close the gap in the last year of the decade.
In 2019-20, the government plans a surplus of £10.4bn.
In the year before, it is a deficit of £21.4bn. How will he pull this off?
According to the chancellor's numbers, nearly £10bn of the swing comes from a change of heart in how large companies will pay tax.
The government had wanted companies to start paying their tax in the year they earn profits. That plan has been put on hold for two years. The effect is a lot less tax paid in the financial year to 2019 - almost £4bn less - and almost £6bn more in the year to 2020.
This £10bn change is part of what OBR chief Robert Chote referred to as "shuffling" money around.
Another £3.5bn comes from cuts in government departments, this being the "50p in every £100 the government spends" Mr Osborne unveiled on Sunday. But he doesn't know where the cuts will come yet.
"There will be an efficiency review to inform future spending decisions," the Treasury said. The review will report in 2018.
The government will bring forward infrastructure spending, which means just less than £1bn more spending in the 2019 year and more than £1.5bn less spending in the 2020 financial year, a £2.5bn difference.
It will cut £2bn in spending for public service pensions.
Most of the remainder of the gap is formed of cuts already planned by the chancellor.
"He's reacting to a deterioration" in the economic environment, according to Ian Stewart, chief economist at Deloitte. Mr Osborne is betting that the economy "will be in a better position to take the spending cuts than it is now", he said.
Mr Osborne is increasing spending in places, or cutting his potential income. A longer school day and breakfast clubs will cost £350m in the 2020 year, while bigger tax-free savings allowances will cost £590m.
Budget figures show a tougher economic environment meant 2020 would have seen a £3.3bn deficit without Mr Osborne making more cuts
The incident took place in Dhaka's Narayanganj district. Police say a colleague pumped air into the boy's rectum using a high-pressure hose.
Police say the reason for the incident is not clear but the teenager's colleague has been arrested and his family are seeking murder charges.
This is the third such incident in just over a year in Bangladesh.
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Police said it happened at the end of the day when the two workers were using the air hose to remove cotton stuck to their bodies.
In July a 10-year old boy, Sagar Barman, was killed in a similar incident at another spinning mill in Narayanganj.
Three teenage boys later admitted assaulting him "as a bit of fun", local media reported, but did not intend to kill him.
Eight months earlier, the high-profile death of Rakib Hawlader shocked the nation.
The 13-year-old boy had air pumped into his body by his colleagues in retaliation for leaving his job as a mechanic.
Two men were subsequently sentenced to death for his murder, which triggered protests.
Child labour is common in Bangladesh, with many children working in unofficial garment factories, often in harsh conditions.
A State Department spokesman said the election process was flawed and could not be seen as free and fair.
He said the Ortega government had side-lined opposition candidates and limited monitoring of the polls.
Daniel Ortega won 72.5% of the vote with 99.8% of the ballots counted.
His closest rival, centre-right candidate Maximino Rodriguez, only received 14.2% of the vote.
The State Department's Mark Toner said the Ortega government had not invited international election observers, which he said, "further degraded the legitimacy of the election".
"We continue to press the Nicaraguan government to uphold democratic practices, including press freedom and respect for universal human rights in Nicaragua," he added.
Mr Ortega had been widely expected to win both due to the popularity of his social programmes and because he faced no obvious political challenger.
A former left-wing rebel, Mr Ortega has led Nicaragua through a period of economic stability which has made him popular with the country's business sector and foreign investors.
Supporters of Mr Ortega took to the streets to celebrate his victory.
But even before the first results were announced, members of the opposition coalition Broad Front for Democracy (FAD) called the elections a "farce".
The FAD, which had urged voters to boycott the election, alleged that more than 70% had abstained from voting.
They were contradicted by the electoral authorities which put voter participation at 65.8%.
Mr Ortega's running mate was his wife, Rosario Murillo, who now looks set to become vice-president.
Analysts say that Ms Murillo already shares decision-making with Mr Ortega and could become president if her 70-year-old husband were to bow out.
Nicaragua's economy has grown at double the Latin American average, but the country still needs to attract more foreign investment.
A $50bn (£40bn) plan to build an interoceanic canal across Nicaragua with Chinese investment has gained international attention, but there are serious doubts over whether it will ever be built.
The country has been able to avoid the sky-high murder rates of some of its Central American neighbours but it also faces the ever pervasive threat of drug-trafficking.
Impeccably dressed and coiffed, she is one of Singapore's success stories, having started her career in banking more than two decades ago.
She now runs the wealth management and consumer banking team at DBS, one of Singapore's most valuable firms.
But she admits she couldn't do this without help.
"When I got pregnant I moved very close to my parents," she told me. "They were literally a stone's throw away so they were always there for me or my children.
"I also had a [domestic] helper, which is possible in Singapore because it's relatively affordable, and I had very supportive bosses at work who allowed me to juggle my time and my flexibility."
Ms Tan is one of a small but powerful group of women helping to run some of the biggest companies in Singapore.
At telecom giant Singtel, female employees make up one third of the senior management positions - including the group chief executive, and investment, technology and operating heads.
Over the last decade Singapore has outperformed its Asian peers in closing the gender workplace and pay gap - but still very few women end up joining what is essentially a men's club in the business world here.
When it comes to gender equality in the workplace, the city-state still has a long way to go.
Experts say women are still being held back because the corporate culture in Singapore penalises them if they decide to spend a few years out of the workforce.
"Some women do take time off for their own family issues and then the companies would say - oh you took two years off so you're not getting as much exposure as the man who didn't take the time off," says Prof Annie Koh of Singapore Management University (SMU), who has been working on the issue of gender equality for years.
As a mother of two herself, she says women often feel they deserve less than men, because of their family commitments.
"Women aren't good at asking. We keep telling ourselves that our bosses will tell us when we deserve more, that perhaps because we came back after giving birth we shouldn't be paid as much as men," she says.
"Women shouldn't be penalised for stepping out of the workforce."
Singapore regularly ranks as one of Asia's worst countries in terms of work life balance, and experts say that's why it's suffering from a declining birth rate.
"Some women end up having the 'either/or' mentality", Prof Koh said, "choosing either the life of a professional or the life of a mother".
"But it doesn't have to be like that. The government is encouraging companies to bring women into the workforce, because it's good for business, and for the economy."
But by some accounts, the workplace is only getting more competitive in an already highly stressful Singapore.
Vithiya Gajandran is a 24 year-old postgraduate student. Ambitious and keen to succeed, she is the epitome of the Singaporean millennial.
But while she does plan to have a family some day, she says it's much harder to have kids and a career in Singapore now than it used to be.
"I remember how my mum would go to work and look after us and she was always able to do both" she said as we sat in her lecture theatre waiting for class to begin.
"I don't think it's so easy to do these days. It's getting more competitive, bosses are requiring more of you and want you to produce more, you are required to put in extra hours, its no longer the 9 to 5 workplace. It's definitely getting tougher."
As a nation, Singapore has always depended on its highly educated workforce to get ahead and stay competitive.
And increasingly women here are setting their sights on success - but many are still struggling to find the right balance between work and family.
Militants who declared allegiance to the so-called Islamic State took over parts of Marawi on the island of Mindanao more than three weeks ago.
Most residents have fled but several hundred are thought to be trapped.
A Philippine military spokesman said he could not give a timeframe for freeing the southern city from militants.
Early on Tuesday, the group of 10 people - five police officers and five construction workers who had been hiding for 22 days - ran 2km (1.25 miles) under fire to safety.
The policemen, all Muslims, told local media they refused to leave the workers - who were Christians - behind.
One of them, officer Lumna Lidasan, said: "We could have escaped and disguised ourselves because we are Muslims".
"But I thought that we could not leave them because they could not speak the local dialect. I know that they will be killed."
One of the construction workers said he was wounded by cement splinters caused by sniper bullets. "We crawled because snipers were shooting at us," Reuters quoted Mateo Velasquez as saying.
In a separate incident, a presidential spokesman said five civilians were killed when militants discovered their hiding place.
"They were going to the river but the militants ran after them and indiscriminately fired at them, killing five and taking the remaining eight as hostages," Ernesto Abella said.
The government had set a deadline of Monday to retake the city.
But asked when fighting would end, military spokesman Brig Gen Restituto Padilla said he could not give "a very accurate estimate because of compounding developments faced by ground commanders".
He said the urban terrain and the risk of militants using civilians as human shields were hampering troops.
The militants claim they are holding two-thirds of the city but the military deny this, saying it is likely to be around 20%, Reuters news agency reports.
According to the government, at least 26 civilians, 58 police or soldiers and 202 militants have been killed since the fighting began.
The city was home to 200,000 residents. Most have fled but those who are trapped are facing violence and a lack of food and water.
The Red Cross said it had been trying unsuccessfully to get the two sides to create a corridor through which civilians could leave, AFP news agency reported.
The violence in Marawi began when the army failed in its attempt to capture Isnilon Hapilon, believed to be the main IS leader in the Philippines and linked to the local Maute group, who have declared allegiance to IS.
In response the Maute group attacked parts of the city, taking hostages. President Rodrigo Duterte then declared martial law on Mindanao.
The celebrity - known in court as PJS - is appealing against an appeal court ruling lifting a ban on him being named in the media in England and Wales.
The Supreme Court said the hearing was over and it would reserve judgement.
An injunction granted by the Court of Appeal remained in force, it added.
Earlier this year, the Sun on Sunday wanted to publish an account of the man's alleged extra-marital activities, but he argued that he had a right to privacy and took legal action.
On Monday, three Court of Appeal judges ruled that the injunction should be lifted.
Lawyers for News Group Newspapers, publishers of the tabloid, had successfully argued that the ban should go because the man has been named in articles abroad and his identity could be found on the internet.
Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger announced at the conclusion of Thursday's legal argument that the court would "take time to consider this matter".
The panel of five justices would give their decision "as soon as we can", he added.
The 22-year-old German was hurt in a crash with Jenson Button in Monaco on Sunday, his car ending up on its side against the barriers with Wehrlein trapped inside.
He injured his back but has now had medical tests and is allowed to race.
"Checks all done, see you in Montreal," he tweeted.
"Great news! Medical checks done - ready for the #Canadian GP," added his team.
Button, the 2009 world champion, was making a one-off return to Formula 1 as a replacement for Fernando Alonso, who was taking part in the Indianapolis 500 race in the United States.
Manager Mick McCarthy has said he will not make major changes for the game, though Dean Gerken will be in goal for just the second time this season.
Lincoln midfielder Elliott Whitehouse could return after a one-match ban.
Full-back Sean Long is expected to make his debut after joining on loan from Reading on Thursday.
National League side Lincoln reached the third round by beating League One club Oldham 3-2 at Sincil Bank.
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Lincoln manager Danny Cowley told BBC Radio Lincolnshire:
"They've got players that will be able to run faster than ours, jump higher than ours, be technically more efficient than ours - that doesn't make them better people.
"We've got to make sure that we're as resilient and determined as we've been all year, as together as we've been all year, because we're going to need all three of those qualities if we're going to get to where we want to go.
"For us, success will be, regardless of the score, to have made those Lincoln City supporters proud come full-time on Saturday afternoon."
North Wales Police officers are on the lookout for the 4ft (1.2m) reptile after it slithered out of its owner's home in Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
The green and black royal python has not been seen since 15:00 BST on Tuesday.
Royal pythons are not venomous and the police said it is likely it will try to avoid people.
William Kerr, 53, absconded from a bail hostel in Hull in March and was wanted on emergency recall to prison.
North Yorkshire Police arrested him in the Waterloo area of London on Friday, following an appeal on BBC Crimewatch.
Kerr was jailed for life in June 1998 for the murder of Maureen Comfort in Leeds. Her body was found in a bedroom cupboard and she had been strangled.
He was released on license earlier this year.
Asylum seekers in Middlesbrough told The Times eggs and stones had been thrown at their houses because the doors made them easy to identify.
The immigration minister said he was "deeply concerned" about the issue.
G4S said there was no policy to house asylum seekers behind red doors but its subcontractor would be repainting them.
The Times visited 168 houses in Middlesbrough owned by Jomast, a sub contractor for the global security firm G4S, and found 155 had red doors.
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BBC correspondent Andy Moore said it was thought the door colour may have been a convenient way for the company to identify its properties.
Former local councillor Suzanne Fletcher told the BBC's Today programme she had raised the issue with G4S as far back as 2012 but was told the company would not ask Jomast to repaint the doors.
She went on to submit evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Public Accounts Committee and National Audit Office.
She said: "Over four years ago when I was working with groups of asylum seekers, they were worried it marked them out and were worried about attacks."
The charity Refugee Council said it "has long held concerns about the quality and security of asylum accommodation".
It added: "The government must not tolerate its contractors taking a lax attitude towards housing these vulnerable people. Such an approach is clearly jeopardising their safety."
G4S said Jomast had no policy to house asylum seekers behind red doors but accepted the majority of doors, both for private and asylum accommodation, were painted red.
Immigration minister James Brokenshire said he had commissioned an urgent Home Office audit of asylum seeker housing in the North East.
He said: "I expect the highest standards from our contractors. If we find any evidence of discrimination against asylum seekers it will be dealt with immediately as any such behaviour will not be tolerated."
G4S said in a statement: "Although we have received no complaints or requests on this issue from asylum seekers we house, in light of the concerns raised Jomast has agreed to address the issue by repainting front doors in the area so that there is no predominant colour.
"Our asylum accommodation is inspected frequently by the Home Office and has been found to meet the required standards."
Welfare reforms by the UK government include benefit cuts for people deemed to have more rooms than they need.
The Scottish government compensates tenants who lose money, and AMs want Welsh ministers to consider it too.
The Welsh government said it was providing help but could not "plug all the gaps" caused by austerity measures.
A report by the assembly's public accounts committee on Tuesday called on the Welsh government to take more of a leading role in helping tenants, landlords, local authorities and charities handle the impact of welfare reform.
Committee chairman Darren Millar said: "Regardless of whether changes to the welfare system are supported by Welsh public bodies or not, they still have a responsibility to adapt to those changes."
However, Labour AM Jenny Rathbone criticised the Tory AM for a "partisan" foreword which failed to "reinforce just how devastating the bedroom tax has been for tenants in Wales".
The report noted that the Welsh government had estimated the cost of meeting tenants' losses through benefit cuts at £22m a year, and preferred to spend money building smaller houses and supporting advice services.
The Scottish government has spent £35m a year on discretionary housing payments.
In January, spending watchdog the Wales Audit Office warned that many tenants were being penalised by housing benefit cuts because of a lack of smaller houses for them to move into.
A Welsh government spokesman said it would do what it could to protect people from the "devastating impact" of the UK government's welfare reforms, but claimed it would be "impossible to plug all the gaps caused by the sweeping and unnecessary austerity measures".
It said since the 2011 assembly election it had invested over £40m to build nearly 800 smaller homes for rent, more than £5m in free advice services, £22m to help tenants pay council tax, and £1.3m in discretionary housing payments.
Of these Muslims 47% are UK born, 68% are ethnically Asian and 33% are aged 15 and under; these are some of the headline findings of a new report by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) that has analysed census data in a bid to provide a fuller and more nuanced picture of Muslim Britain.
The report aims to be a "frank snapshot" of the state of British Muslim life and brings together statistics from the 2011 census of England and Wales to explore the demography of British Muslims, inequality, education, health and the role of women among other issues.
It shows that the Muslim population is relatively young - 33% were aged 15 or under in 2011, compared to 19% of the population as a whole. Of school age children, 8.1% are Muslim.
"We had this data but no one really analysed it," says Dr Sundas Ali, lead analyst on the report. She says that a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the British Muslim population was really lacking.
"The issue of Muslims is so topical," she said. "Everyone wants to know more about the community, what they do, how they live, what their aspirations are, and this data provided that opportunity."
The report shows that while 47% of Muslims in England and Wales were born in the UK, 73% state their only national identity is British, and only 6% of Muslims say they are struggling to speak English.
Support for the research was provided by the race equality think tank the Runnymede foundation, whose director Omar Khan argues the report is important in making it clear to the public that Muslims do not have a problem with "British values" or identifying with Britain.
"It nails some significant myths about Muslims," said Mr Khan, "The number of Muslims - which is often exaggerated, how proud Muslims are to be British, how well they fit in and the narrative around British values. They're proud to call themselves British, don't have allegiances to other countries in any major way and they don't have any confusion around where their identity lies."
The report also found that 26 parliamentary constituencies have a Muslim population of 20% or more - a statistic that is "something to note" according to report authors in the upcoming election. Authors say they want the report to be as much a resource for the Muslim community as for politicians and academics.
"It asks the Muslim community to reflect within itself," argues Dr Ali, "We do tell Muslim mosques and charities, that 'these are the problems, these are the social realities and you need to do something about it'. It's not a document complaining to the government just about what they need to do, it's targeting a number of people including Muslim civil society."
Dr Ali said there were many positives from the report "but also many challenges". 46% of the Muslim population lives in the 10% most deprived local authority districts in England and this has increased since the 2001 census.
In terms of education, Muslim communities in 2011 are doing comparatively better than in 2001 but lag behind Sikhs and Hindus. Looking at Muslims over the age of 16, 24% have qualifications of Level Four and above (degree level). For the general population this is 27%, for Hindus 45% and Sikhs 30%.
There are 329,694 Muslim full-time students - 43% of them female and 57% male.
One of the areas of concern the report highlights is how well these qualifications turn into employment, particularly for females. 29% of Muslim women between the ages of 16 and 24 are in employment, compared to approximately half the general population. For the ages group 25 - 49 the numbers show 57% of Muslim women in employment compared with 80% of women overall.
This raises a number of questions that were posed at the report's launch as areas that need extra exploration - why are educated Muslim woman not carrying on into employment? Possible reasons cited being cultural influences encouraging them to have a family and stay at home, racism and prejudice in the workplace and/or their qualifications not being from institutions of a high enough standard to appeal to employers. The report notes that Muslim students are less likely to attend Russell Group universities.
"This addresses many of the social issues that are always in the media and being discussed," added Dr Sundas Ali. "Now we have the hard facts, let's do something about it."
27 November 2016 Last updated at 10:56 GMT
Some members of the audience rushed onto the stage just after Honey G had finished her first performance of the night.
Security were quick to act, and ITV have said five men were removed from the studio and were later spoken to by police.
The men are thought to be professional pranksters.
On Saturday night the remaining five acts each performed two songs, ahead of another elimination on Sunday evening.
Those incidents, in Barrow and Peterborough, were among 159,831 investigated in England and Wales in 2014, compared with 153,770 in 2013.
In another case a rabbit died after being microwaved in Gloucestershire.
However, the number of people convicted for cruelty fell to 1,029 from 1,371.
Greater London was the area with the highest number of complaints at 12,202, followed by West Yorkshire with 8,440 and Greater Manchester with 8,069.
The charity said a total of 20,258 cases involved allegations of deliberate and often violent cruelty.
RSPCA chief veterinary officer James Yeates said: "Most of the complaints we receive involve animals being neglected or not receiving the right care and often we can put that right by offering welfare advice.
"However, it is shocking that people are still being deliberately cruel in what can be disturbingly inventive ways."
There were five prosecutions relating to the "Neknomination" online craze in which people took part in "dares" involving swallowing live fish, frogs and even a lizard.
In April 2014, a 22-year-old man from Tyne and Wear was the first person to be prosecuted by the RSPCA for swallowing a goldfish and posting the footage online.
Overall, West Yorkshire saw the highest number of people convicted at 93, followed by County Durham with 83 and the West Midlands with 64.
Figures obtained by the BBC show there are now 2,101 full time firefighters serving west, north and south Yorkshire, compared to 2,658 in 2010.
In total, the budget for the fire services has been axed by £21.9m over the past five years with a further £15.2m due to be slashed by 2020.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said cuts had put crews in a "moral dilemma".
Pete Smith, FBU Yorkshire secretary, said: "We just don't have the man power anymore when we turn up on a job and ultimately, as harsh as it sounds, that will lead to deaths.
"It's putting firefighters in a moral dilemma because the instinct will always be to run into a burning building.
"It's time that fire chiefs started holding the government to account."
Reduced public funding has led to firefighter cuts and a government push for emergency services to work more closely together.
Dave Walton, deputy chief fire officer for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We've seen austerity starting to bite.
"In West Yorkshire, we've taken the approach of tackling it head on. We've accepted it as an economic and political reality."
As well as fewer full time firefighters there are fewer retained firefighters as well as control room and support staff.
Mike Penning, minister for policing, fire, criminal justice and victims, said over the past five years fire services had delivered significant savings while improving outcomes for the public.
"Since 2010, fire deaths have fallen by 21% and fire injuries requiring hospital treatment have fallen by 26%."
He said fire services could continue to deliver savings by working with other emergency services as well as reducing back office functions.
18 July 2017 Last updated at 07:43 BST
Well, they're not going to crawl out of your screen but a recent study found that if you use a smartphone or a tablet you are twice as likely to get head lice than those who don't.
Huddling around a screen watching videos or taking selfies with friends means your heads are touching more often and increases your chances of getting them.
Do you think head lice only like dirty hair? What is the difference between head lice and nits? Ricky has been taking a look and debunking a couple of myths.
Dominic Cole OBE said he aimed to create "more natural habitats and settings" for the Leicestershire zoo's animals and visitors.
The zoo is renowned for its primates and supplied chimps for the PG Tips television adverts for about 30 years.
Mr Cole has been commissioned as part of a £55m project to transform the zoo over the next 20 years.
He said he would be helping the team to "realise their vision of changing the feel of the zoo, from looking at animals in artificial environments, to creating more natural habitats and settings that feel right for animals and visitors".
The landscaping work will be done piece by piece over the next decade, so the huge 88-acre site can remain open during the work.
Claire Oldham, director of discovery and learning at Twycross Zoo, said she would like to see "really dense planting that surrounds the visitors".
"At the moment we are quite an open, flat site," she said.
"What we are trying to do is bring some height and some different typographies into the site that means it's going to feel much more like a journey of discovery for our visitors if they walk around our animal habitats."
Czech Cerny, 31, is recovering from a foot complaint.
Stuckmann, 35, has played for Preston North End and Doncaster Rovers and made over 250 club appearances in his homeland.
He will go straight into Thistle's squad for Saturday's Scottish Premiership trip to Kilmarnock.
As the rush hour reaches its peak, traffic grinds to a halt and a chorus of car horns rises from the increasingly irate drivers.
"This is the soundtrack of Cairo," says Tino Waked, general manager of Uber in Egypt, above the din.
He is standing outside Uber's Cairo office, which opened a little over two years ago.
Along the pavement dozens of local men, mostly young and dressed in leather jackets and jeans, are waiting to sign on as Uber drivers.
The ride-sharing giant may have been born thousands of miles away in San Francisco, but it's in fast-growing cities like Cairo that it is now booming.
Egypt is currently one of Uber's fastest growing markets in the world.
There are more than 40,000 Egyptian drivers working on the platform every month, the company says, and new drivers are joining up at the rate of 2,000 a week.
Among them is Mohamed, a man in his twenties waiting patiently in the queue.
He says he used to be employed as a driver at a local tour company. But with the collapse in the tourism industry following the Arab Spring, he's now looking for a new source of income.
He has heard good things about the company from friends who are already drivers, he says, and hopes he can "make a million pounds, God willing".
Tino Waked says it is this urgent need for jobs that's helping make Uber such a success in Egypt.
"What's very different in Egypt compared to anywhere else is the economic opportunity that Uber provides to drivers," he says.
"Forty per cent of our drivers were unemployed before joining Uber. So it's an additional source of income, especially given the difficult period the country is going through."
Egypt's economy has been in the doldrums since the economic shock of the revolution in 2011 and the political instability that followed.
The youth unemployment rate stands at more than 30%. Foreign investment and earnings from tourism have dried up.
Egypt's already-large population is expanding rapidly, and economic growth is not keeping pace.
Things got even worse for many Egyptians last year when the government floated the currency as part of a package of economic reforms, meaning the prices of many basic goods doubled overnight.
In this difficult economic climate, gig economy employers like Uber have been seen as a welcome provider of quick and accessible jobs.
Uber's expansion into developing markets comes as it faces a string of controversies elsewhere.
In February, chief executive Travis Kalanick was filmed arguing with one Uber driver over the company's fare structure, while it has faced a string of court cases over its workers' rights.
There have been allegations of sexual harassment, and accidents in testing its self-driving cars. A campaign last year urged customers to delete their Uber app after the company appeared to take advantage of a New York cab drivers' strike.
But Uber's rapid roll-out in Egypt and the huge influx of new drivers has not been without problems either.
As in other markets in Africa and Asia, the company has been forced to accept cash payments in Egypt to accommodate the majority without access to a credit or debit card.
Just 35% of Egyptians have access to a credit card, according to Mastercard, and more than 90% of all financial transactions are in cash.
Another problem is that many Egyptian drivers are unfamiliar with the technology that has made Uber so successful elsewhere.
Customers have complained that drivers don't know how to read online maps.
One Cairo resident complained that an Uber driver who was asked to take her to the airport had no idea where it was or how to get there.
"One of the biggest differences is that we spend a lot of time educating the drivers on how to use the app, how to use the technology," admits Tino Waked. "A lot of people have not used a smartphone before."
Meanwhile, traditional taxi drivers who have not migrated to Uber or successful rival ride-sharing apps like regional competitor Careem have been up in arms, staging protests in Cairo's streets over Uber's subsidised fares, and accusing the company of stealing their livelihoods in tough economic times.
But Tino Waked is optimistic that Uber's success in Egypt and other markets will continue for as long as there is a demand for jobs and an alternative to braving the notorious Cairo traffic.
"I hate driving, specifically in Cairo," he says. "I sold my car six months ago, and I have no regrets."
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The main criticism was that 120bn rupees(£1.72bn; $1.89bn) project was also the world's biggest biometric exercise.
Not surprisingly Mr Nilekani, info-tech whizz turned head of the Unique Identification Authority of India, faced tough questions over access and misuse of personal information, surveillance, profiling, securing of confidential information by the government and threats of budget cuts. A parliamentary panel even trashed the idea, saying it would be "misused".
Four years on, Mr Nilekani - the famous co-founder of Infosys, the $7bn Indian info-tech behemoth - believes he has been able to allay such fears.
Since the project began in 2009, some 500 million Indians have enrolled at 25,000 centres across the country to get a 12-digit unique identification number - called Aadhaar or foundation. Some 400 million people have been already issued an ID. The goal is to enrol 100 million more people by 2014.
Mr Nilekani says 10 of India's 28 states are already using the ID to transfer government pensions, scholarships, wages for a landmark jobs for work scheme, and subsides for cooking fuel to targeted recipients. Some states are using the number to distribute cheap food to the poor, plugging distribution leakages and checking for corruption.
This, Mr Nilekani believes, is transformative in a country where only 58% of children are registered at birth and 40% of people in villages do not have bank accounts.
"A lot of attention has been made to design the ID so that it doesn't become a massive data collector. It's a simple ID system that protects the residents," Mr Nilekani says.
It's been a long, strange trip for him.
When he became a part of a team to fix governance systems in the city of Bangalore a decade ago, he pointedly avoided talking about info-tech as a means to solve complex public problems.
It was Mr Nilekani's first foray into the "public sphere" and as the famous co-founder of Infosys, he was sheepish about flaunting his credentials.
"I was wary of being labelled a 'computer boy' who saw every problem as something that could be solved by writing a piece of code.
"After all, what do computers and software have to do with clearing garbage or provide soft drinking water?" Mr Nilekani wrote in Imagining India, his well-received 2008 book on how to "drive change" and shape a renewed idea of India.
How times change.
Sitting in his office, Mr Nilekani speaks about the need for an ID to change India with a brisk, evangelical flair.
"In the West, IDs are taken for granted. In India, things are different. You have millions of people who have no ID and no acknowledgement of their existence. They can't open a bank account, they can't have a mobile phone connection. It's an identity divide," says Mr Nilekani.
So how does the 58-year-old Bangalore-born info-tech billionaire - worth $1.3bn according to the Forbes rich list, making him one of the wealthiest Indians - work in the government, where the pace of change is usually glacial, and change itself can easily get embroiled in partisan politics?
For one, with its sleepy-looking offices peopled by taciturn bureaucrats and their armies of attendants, the government of India is a world far removed from the gleaming and energetic Infosys campus, Mr Nilekani's former workplace.
Mr Nilekani's office is a cosy, functional place with a cramped bookshelf, a big screen TV, a laptop, and papers and magazines strewn around. A blazing blue-flame "fly trapper" on the floor helps to keep the pests away.
A computer-generated paper warning in the men's toilet on the same floor is a sobering reminder of curious challenges. "Do not spit tobacco in wash basins/urine pots", it says.
But, more seriously, says Mr Nilekani, his four years in government has taught him patience and the art of consensus building.
"In the private sector, business takes a decision, you discuss it with your management team, get the approval of the board, go to shareholders, convince your analysts and so on. That's about it," he says,
"In the public sector, it an entirely different ball game - you deal with the government, parliament, bureaucracy, judiciary, activists, journalists. Then there's the federal structure - central government, state governments, local bodies. You negotiate all this and still get something done."
Working with the government and facing flak from opponents made Mr Nilekani also realise the "metric" of success in government is vastly different from that in business.
"In business, you are measured by revenue, cost control, profitability, new products, earnings per share, growth. The language of performance is identical no matter what the product is," he says.
"In the government, what is success?
"Somebody who believes in the ID programme will say I am successful if I can get it done. But somebody who does not believe in it will say no matter what I do I am not successful. The success in government is linked to the ideology of how you see the world."
Starting young
In many ways, that has been the story of Mr Nilekani's life.
When he was 12, his father, a textile mill manager in Bangalore, sent him away to stay with his uncle in the small town of Dharwad. He says he grew up fast, living independently from his parents at an early age. At home, he listened to his father and uncle, both intensely political creatures, sparring on public issues. It was, he says, a lesson in public engagement.
He went to India's top and fiercely competitive engineering school, got on to its quiz team, led the students' group and became, he says, "a well-rounded person, developed lots of social skills, became street smart and learnt to negotiate".
All this, Mr Nilekani believes, helped in his three decades with Infosys. He met global customers from a variety of industries, and constantly studied customers to see how he could "make a difference using technology". At Infosys, he led a group that designed banking software which is used all over the world now.
When he left the company in 2009 it had grown 50% and made him infinitely richer, "a genial billionaire", as the New Yorker magazine called him once.
"You know," he says, "I flourished not so much in technology for technology's sake, but in its application and use in solving large, complex problems for public good." That's what, he says, he wants to keep doing after his work with the ID project ends next year.
At work, he jokes that he would not be entirely displeased to be compared with Michael Bloomberg, New York mayor and business magnate. At home, he says, he is reminded of his limitations.
"My wife says I am a very poor electrical engineer," he says with a wry smile. "I can't even change a light bulb."
Lots of readers asked us the origins of phrases which use people's names like Gordon Bennett and Bob's Your Uncle.
You also asked where Shropshire greetings such as "Owd lad, Owd gal, Mon, Monner and Bow" came from.
We were asked about road works in Hereford and a Stoke-on-Trent delicacy called lobby. Here's how we got on with answering your questions:
Some of the most famous English phrases use people's names to convey a meaning, from the Bob of "Bob's your uncle" to the Gordon Bennett we call upon when we must not swear. But are these expressions, and others like them, based on real people? And if so, how did they become household names?
We spoke to Stuart Davies, known on Twitter as @shroppiemon, who runs the Memories of Shropshire Facebook page.
He explained Mon and Monner are friendly greetings that could be traced back to the work of Shropshire priest-turned-poet John Audelay, who used the line "No mon this book he take away" in 1426.
Mr Davies also said Owd Lad and Owd Nick originally referred to the devil, but are now used in the same way as Mon.
"I think Salopians of all ages use them, possibly with a nod to the past," he said.
The origins of the phrases themselves is less clear and it has been suggested there are similarities in these phrases to the local dialect of Staffordshire and the Black Country.
Lobby is a Staffordshire dish that traditionally uses left over meat, boiled in a pot with some animal bones and vegetables - because potters were paid very little and so they could not afford to waste food.
It looks like the exact origin has been lost in the mists of time - we have not been able to find a historian with an exact answer.
But we have two theories, partly suggested by people on the BBC Radio Stoke Facebook page - the first one is that the name comes from people having to "'lob whatever they had in the pantry" into the dish.
The second theory, suggested by local historian Mervyn Edwards, is that Lobby comes from the same source as Liverpool's Scouse in that they both derive from lobscouse, a stew commonly eaten by sailors throughout Northern Europe.
The new road is part of the Hereford 2020 project, which involves city centre refurbishment, an urban village, revamped walking and cycling facilities and southern link road.
Herefordshire Council says the new road is designed to "relieve some of the traffic from the centre of Hereford, particularly on Commercial Road and Blueschool Street".
It will also make it "easier and more enjoyable to walk around Hereford city", the council says.
You can find more on the plans here, along with photos of the work being carried out.
"The City Link Road, which is due for completion at the end of 2017, will include crossing provision for pedestrians at all of the junctions along the new road - at Edgar Street, Widemarsh Street, Station Approach and Commercial Road," the council said.
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It is developing “silent speech” software to allow people to type at a rate of 100 words per minute, it says.
The project, in its early stages, will require new technology to detect brainwaves without needing invasive surgery.
"We are not talking about decoding your random thoughts,” assured Facebook's Regina Dugan.
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"You have many thoughts, you choose to share some of them.
"We’re talking about decoding those words. A silent speech interface - one with all the speed and flexibility of voice."
Ms Dugan is the company’s head of Building 8, the firm’s hardware research lab. The company said it intends to build both the hardware and software to achieve its goal, and has enlisted a team of more than 60 scientists and academics to work on the project.
On his Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg added: "Our brains produce enough data to stream four HD movies every second.
"The problem is that the best way we have to get information out into the world - speech - can only transmit about the same amount of data as a 1980s modem.
"We're working on a system that will let you type straight from your brain about five times faster than you can type on your phone today.
"Eventually, we want to turn it into a wearable technology that can be manufactured at scale. Even a simple yes/no 'brain click' would help make things like augmented reality feel much more natural.
"Technology is going to have to get a lot more advanced before we can share a pure thought or feeling, but this is a first step."
Other ideas detailed at the company’s developers conference in San Jose included work to allow people to “hear” through skin. The system, comparable to Braille, uses pressure points on the skin to relay information.
“One day, not so far away, it may be possible for me to think in Mandarin, and you to feel it instantly in Spanish,” Ms Dugan said.
With these announcements, Facebook is envisioning technology that is far in advance of anything currently possible. To achieve sophisticated brain control with today's technology requires the implanting of a computer chip into the brain, something Ms Dugan joked "simply won't scale".
There are already external brain-control technologies on the market, but these are simplistic in comparison. Electroencephalogram tech - known as EEG - can monitor electric impulses in the brain, but only for very basic, structured output - such as moving a dot up or down a computer screen.
"We'll need new, non-invasive sensors that can measure brain activity hundreds of times per second," Facebook said in a statement.
"From locations precise to millimetres and without signal distortions. Today there is no non-invasive imaging method that can do this."
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So it was today at Holyrood when the First Minister offered her views on the question of who might be subjected to police stop and search, together with the related issues of when and why.
My esteemed colleagues Lucy Adams and Marc Ellison had disclosed that youngsters under 12 were still facing "consensual" searches, despite promises to put a stop to that.
Consensual? Where there is no statutory, evidential basis for the examination but it proceeds with the obtained agreement of the subject.
At Holyrood today, this disclosure stimulated protests from Conservative leader Ruth Davidson and from her Liberal Democrat counterpart Willie Rennie.
Did Nicola Sturgeon storm and rage, complaining that senior officers had misled parliament? Did she condemn police behaviour? Gentle reader, she did not.
However, she did note that the Scottish Police Authority had asked for a full explanation, to be delivered at their public meeting later this month.
She noted further that the Chief Constable (these days, post reform, there is but one) would be consulting on the appropriate way of ending consensual, non-statutory searches altogether - and not just for those aged under 12. He, apparently, had contacted her to set out his thoughts.
Which brings us to the caveats....
So where are we? By senior officer direction, consensual - or what we might call random - searches are due to end, following consultation as to the most effective manner of achieving this. Ms Sturgeon said that would be a speedier method of action than the alternative - which was Holyrood legislation.
But the power to stop and search will remain, where just cause exists. Ms Sturgeon noted, for example, that youngsters might be used by others to conceal weapons or contraband.
For now, an explanation of current practice - as opposed to stated policy - will be given by the Chief Constable to the Scottish Police Authority. It had better, noted Mr Rennie, be a good one.
Earlier, Ms Sturgeon had been subjected to an iterative onslaught from Labour's Kezia Dugdale on the subject of hospital waiting times.
The FM said she was happy to address this topic once again. In truth, she looked about as happy as a GP who is about to hear the tale of Jimmy's bunions for the fifty seventh time.
Ms Dugdale asked for figures on the numbers waiting twelve hours to be seen, then eight hours, then four, by contrast with the situation when the SNP came to power.
The statistics, as you will have guessed, do not make uniformly cheerful reading. Ms Dugdale's strategy, though repetitive, was effective. Perhaps one can envisage the same GP asking Jimmy: "Does it hurt here? Here? How about…..?" Eventually, he finds the mark.
But Ms Sturgeon sought to turn things round. Firstly, she described prevailing circumstances. More old folk, more patients turning up at A&E, more serious ailments, more admissions required.
Secondly, she set out an alternative contrast. Her government's record, she said, was better than Labour's when in past power in Scotland - or present power in Wales.
Ms Dugdale preferred to suggest that the SNP's record was worse than that of David Cameron. In response, Ms Sturgeon borrowed a phrase from a previous Scottish Labour leader.
If, she said, Labour wanted to trade stats on health care at the forthcoming UK General Election, then they should "Bring It On!". (Capitals somehow seem obligatory.) Ms Dugdale, all passion but, more importantly, all questions spent, simply nodded in assent.
Two other executives of the US's third largest airline also resigned.
According to US media reports, federal authorities are investigating whether Mr Smisek sanctioned a money-losing flight to benefit the head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
United said that it was cooperating with investigators.
At the time the route operated from Newark, New Jersey, to Columbia, South Carolina, United Airlines was lobbying for improvements at Newark Liberty International Airport, which the Port Authority owns.
Former Port Authority Chairman David Samson owned a vacation home in Columbia at the time.
United launched the twice weekly, direct flight route shortly after Mr Samson was appointed and cancelled it after Mr Samson left the Port Authority.
Oscar Munoz, the chief operating officer CSX Corp, was named Mr Smisek's replacement as CEO.
The charity says delays between being referred to an autism specialist and diagnosis are "unacceptably long" and putting "families into crisis".
A report by Public Health England has shown there is a huge disparity in waiting times across England.
NHS England says it is committed to reducing waiting times.
The NAS says it can take on average over two years for children and adults to get a diagnosis, if the time it can take to get a referral from a GP is considered.
Jane Harris, director of external affairs at the NAS, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme the situation had to change.
"At the moment people are waiting months - if not years - for a first appointment. If they're adults that might mean losing their job, if they're children they might be excluded from school. It can be really difficult.
"You can know that there's something wrong but not what. At least when you know, there's then a coping mechanism to deal with it, people know where to get support."
The Public Health England report, published last month, showed that some people in the South West of England were waiting as long as 95 weeks between a referral to an autism specialist and a diagnosis.
The wait was as long as 90 weeks in South East and 84 weeks in Yorkshire and Humber.
The median wait across England was 13 weeks. The national guidelines from NICE say the wait between referral and diagnosis should not exceed three months.
The NAS says an increase in autism awareness has led to more referrals, meaning there are huge delays in the system.
But it says the real issue stems from a lack of monitoring. The reasons for the delays could differ in each region and without monitoring of waiting times, it is hard to know why there are backlogs, and what is needed to fix the problem.
Ms Harris added: "The NHS needs to look at autism in the way it looks at other treatments - there's a waiting time for conditions from depression to hip operations."
An NHS England spokesman said: "Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders should of course happen as soon as possible, but is often complex and involves many different professionals and agencies.
"This is an issue we take very seriously and we have committed to working with local areas to identify and overcome the reasons behind long waiting times. We'll continue to work with NAS and others to make sure people with autism can get the help they need, when they need it".
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "The guidelines on autism make it crystal clear that families should wait no more than three months to start diagnosis. Every bit of the NHS should be adhering to these guidelines and NHS England is working with local areas to make sure these waiting times are cut."
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:15 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.
A Coastguard helicopter and Fraserburgh lifeboat were called out to assist the Fraserburgh-registered Welfare, about four miles out to sea.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said other nearby vessels had also responded to the incident which was reported at about 10:10.
The Welfare was towed back to shore in an operation lasting several hours.
O'Shea, 28, spent four years with Chesterfield, scoring 36 goals in 173 appearances after joining from MK Dons.
He joined Sheffield United on loan in January and scored three goals in 10 appearances, helping them finish top of League One.
"It's been a long time coming and it's meant some hard work, but it's been worth it," Bury manager Lee Clark said.
"He's had a lot of interest from other clubs after having a fantastic end to the season with League One champions Sheffield United."
O'Shea is Bury's eighth summer signing, following the arrivals of Jermaine Beckford, Phil Edwards, Stephen Dawson, Callum Reilly, Joe Skarz, Adam Thompson and Eoghan O'Connell.
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Police Scotland said it had now reopened.
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Three former air ambulance helicopters will begin dropping 100 million poisonous pellets in a bid to eradicate brown rats from the island.
The rats, which first arrived in the 18th Century as stowaways on sealing ships, are a threat to native species.
The three-month mission is the second phase of a four-year project.
The first phase saw successful extermination of brown rats from a much smaller portion of South Georgia in 2011; the second aims to clear more than half of the remaining area.
Brown rats are an "invasive species" in South Georgia, and with no natural predators on the island the population exploded soon after their arrival.
Now their appetite for the eggs and chicks of ground-nesting birds such as the South Georgia pipit and pintail is threatening the survival of these endemic species.
The helicopters will criss-cross the island, distributing the bait pellets with mathematical precision to cover each and every square metre.
Every single rat must be eradicated for the programme to be a success, said project leader Prof Tony Martin from the University of Dundee, who spoke to BBC News before setting off.
"Killing 99.999% is a failure. If we don't get every last one, we may as well not have gone there in the first place," he said.
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He has what has only been described as a "persistent infection" which his foundation says is unrelated to the prostate cancer he has had for 15 years.
Archbishop Tutu retired from public life in 2011 but continues to travel.
The 83-year-old Nobel peace laureate cancelled a planned trip to Rome in December following another infection.
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Sope Peters drowned in October 2013, Luke Pearce died in May 2014 and Euan Coulthard was found dead in January. All had been out drinking.
Measures, including the provision of late-night taxis and student wardens have since been introduced.
Now fire chiefs are targeting 16 to 30-year-olds in a week-long campaign.
The events, run by County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service from Monday, will highlight the dangers of low water temperatures, underwater hazards like shopping trolleys and riptides and eddies.
Andy Bruce, assistant community protection and prevention manager, said: "As we know only too well in this region, water safety is of the highest importance.
"We hope that by highlighting the fatal five dangers during Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Week, we will stress the importance of taking care near inland waterways.
"The events the service has planned also aim to remind young people, in particular, to look out for themselves and their friends to prevent any more lives being cut short in such tragic accidents."
Since the deaths, up to 50 Durham University students have taken up roles as volunteer wardens.
They have received basic life-saving and alcohol awareness training and are equipped with radios, first aid kits, water and blankets.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on Friday that showed overdose deaths jumped 7% from just one year earlier.
The spike in deaths has coincided with a rapid rise in the abuse of opioid-based prescription painkillers such as oxycontin and hydrocodone.
The CDC said 61% of the deaths involved some type of opioid, including heroin.
Many abusers of painkillers shift to using heroin as it becomes harder to obtain the prescription medications.
"The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose (poisoning) deaths," the CDC's report reads.
The report found significant increases in overdoses in 14 states across the country. All regions of the US - including the Northeast and the South - were affected.
Overdose deaths are up in both men and women, in non-Hispanic whites and blacks, and in adults of nearly all ages, the report said.
Rural West Virginia had one of the worse overdose rates in the US. The state rate was 35.5 per 100,000 people; the national rate was about 15 per 100,000.
In addition to drug treatment, the CDC urged increased use of naloxone, an overdose antidote.
Many police departments across the country have begun equipping officers with the fast-acting remedy in an effort to save lives.
The health agency has also provided guidelines for general practitioners that urge them to be more cautious about the medications they prescribe for chronic pain.
The Euro 2016 hosts eased to their win in Metz, with Olivier Giroud scoring twice before Laurent Koscielny's third.
"We have chosen to play some of the best teams in the world in the last four games to find out what we can do," Scotland manager Strachan said.
"Sometimes you have to take a hard lesson, which we have."
After wins against the Czech Republic and Denmark in friendlies in March, the Scots failed to shine against Italy in a 1-0 defeat in Malta last week before they were dismissed by Didier Deschamps's side.
With Scotland having failed to qualify for Euros this summer, Strachan will now prepare for their opening 2018 World Cup qualifier against Malta in September, a match which he believes will be all the better after his side's French experience.
"We have had four friendly games, we had to experiment, we have experimented and we take a lot of information from that, which is great, and we will debrief and see what is the best way to go forward," he said.
"I do believe after the performances in the qualifiers, we do know that we are better than some teams in it and definitely as good as some teams that are in it.
"We know from the last Euro qualifiers that we can play football and score goals and play attractive football.
"We will now try and improve with the information we have got."
Strachan praised the French side, saying: "If there is a better team than them then we are in for a fantastic Euros."
The former Scotland midfielder noted how well his players did, adding: "I'm not as tired as the players, that's for sure.
"Those guys kept plugging away, it would have been easy to fold.
"It is easier for us to sit and think we could have done this, we could have done that, but when you are out there playing against a world-class side, it is harder for them than it is for us to watch it.
"For us to get anything and make any sort of progress in the game we have to be at our best and at times that didn't happen."
The baton made its first stop in Glasgow, which hosted the last Commonwealth Games in 2014.
It is making a 142,915-mile (230,000km) journey over 388 days ahead of the Gold Coast 2018 event.
The baton's tour will take it through Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
It left Buckingham Palace in March carrying a message from the Queen and will arrive in Australia in December and travel through the country, finishing its journey at the Opening Ceremony on 4 April.
In Glasgow, the 42nd stop of its global tour, the baton visited a range of youth and community projects with a strong focus on the legacy of the previous games.
Michael Jamieson, Olympic and Commonwealth silver medallist in swimming, was the first baton bearer as the relay arrived at Glasgow School of Sport.
He was accompanied by Louise Martin, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, and Jon Doig, chief executive of Commonwealth Games Scotland.
Accepting the baton on behalf of Scotland, Mr Doig said: "The Queen's Baton Relay is the iconic symbol of the Commonwealth Games and we are delighted to welcome the Gold Coast 2018 Baton to Scotland today.
"We have had tremendous enthusiasm and support from local authorities, schools and community groups across the country, helping to organise an exciting programme of events, using the QBR to connect their communities with the Games and embrace the values of the Commonwealth movement as a whole.
"The public support Team Scotland enjoyed for Glasgow 2014 was phenomenal and I look forward to seeing that passion sparked once again, as the baton journeys through Scotland this week."
The relay team was greeted by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Lord Provost of Glasgow Eva Bolander, Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, and Angela Porter, director of the Glasgow School of Sport.
Ms Sturgeon said: "I am delighted to be able to welcome the Queen's Baton Relay to Scotland during its journey around the Commonwealth ahead of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
"Scotland hosted the most successful Commonwealth Games ever in Glasgow 2014 and we are looking to achieve our best away Games ever in Australia next year."
She added: "We will continue to invest for the future by creating world-class facilities and providing funding for coaching and training so that, from grassroots to elite, Scotland can be proud of its sporting achievements."
While in Glasgow, the baton is also visiting the former Commonwealth Games Village in Dalmarnock and the Cuningar Loop woodland park, a 2014 legacy project.
It is stopping at the Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and The Legacy Hub in Dalmarnock, finishing the day in George Square.
Ms Bolander said: "It only seems like yesterday that we were welcoming our own Queen's Baton Relay to the city ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The people of Glasgow were so excited and enthusiastic, and it really was wonderful to see."
She added: "If the excitement today is any indicator, everyone in the country will be behind the Scottish athletes next April, cheering Team Scotland on as it aims for its best ever overseas medal haul!"
The baton will spend five days in Scotland.
Designed for each games by the host nation, the 2018 Queen's Baton has a distinctive loop design and has been made using macadamia wood and reclaimed plastic, sourced from Gold Coast waterways.
Mr Yang, who is also known by his pen-name Guo Feixiang, is accused of disturbing public order last year.
He has claimed that the trial, being conducted in the southern city of Guangzhou, is illegal and improper.
Chinese authorities have mounted a widespread crackdown on dissenters and critics in recent years.
Mr Yang, 48, and another activist Sun Desheng, 32, had organised a small protest calling for media freedom outside the offices of major newspaper Southern Weekend. Its journalists had complained about government censorship.
Mr Yang released a statement from prison on the eve of the trial saying there had been numerous violations of legal procedure.
He claimed his lawyers had not been allowed copies of evidence against him and he was unable to mount a proper defence.
"I express my strongest protest and condemnation of... this flagrant violation of the rule of law," he said in a statement posted on the website of activist network New Citizens' Movement, which he is a member of.
One of Mr Yang's lawyers told Reuters that the four lawyers representing both Mr Yang and Mr Sun were boycotting the trial because they were not granted at least three days advance notice to prepare.
Mr Yang is known for helping residents of a southern Chinese village organise themselves in 2006 against a local Communist Party official who they accused of illegally selling their land to enrich themselves, according to AFP.
He was later sentenced to five years in prison for "running an illegal business".
The BBC's Damian Grammaticas says Mr Yang's prosecution is being watched closely as it comes amid the broadest crackdown carried out by China's ruling Communist Party in recent years.
Dozens of activists and government critics have been targeted, many detained, and some prosecuted on broad public order charges, says our correspondent.
Earlier this year, the founder of the New Citizens' Movement, Xu Zhiyong, was jailed for four years earlier for disrupting public order.
Last month, well-known Chinese dissident Gao Zhisheng was released having allegedly suffering physical and psychological abuse in jail.
He said the authority could have power on funding decisions for English and Welsh output but would be "ultimately accountable to the BBC Trust".
He made the comments at the third annual Patrick Hannan Lecture broadcast on BBC Radio Wales on Tuesday night.
Most of S4C's funding is from the BBC licence fee but it remains independent.
An agreement between the UK government, S4C and the BBC Trust in 2010 led to the Welsh language broadcaster receiving around 90% of its funding from the licence fee.
It had previously been almost entirely funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
During the speech, Hewlett said that there was a "huge opportunity" following the last BBC funding settlement which put in place arrangements for S4C and the S4C Authority to run independently but be accountable to the BBC Trust.
"Could the S4C licence fee deal be the blueprint for a federal BBC?" he asked.
He said the S4C principle of having licence fee funding and independence under the BBC Trust could be applied across the "whole Welsh operation" with one authority overseeing services in both languages, having funding decisions and promoting on air plurality.
Hewlett called on both broadcasters to work more closely together and said a "huge and historic opportunity" might be missed if a "mutual distrust" between the two broadcasters was allowed to continue.
Focusing on the relationship between the two broadcasters, Mr Hewlett said they could either "stand together to become partners in what could be the vital beating cultural heart of the nation," or "hang separately".
In his lecture, the presenter of Radio 4's Media Show, also discussed the challenge of newspapers' falling circulations, and the impact the internet was having on TV viewing habits.
The outcome of the Scottish referendum on independence was also an opportunity for broadcasting in the UK, he argued, regardless of its outcome.
"If Scotland leaves the union then the opportunity will open up for Wales to become more independent within," he added.
"If Scotland votes to stay and so-called 'devo max' kicks in, then I reckon the same thing will happen. Either way, opportunity will knock for Wales."
Mr Hewlett also said the phone hacking scandal would lead to a more independent press regulator, but newspapers were also facing the "digital dissolution" of their historic business models as readers turn to the internet and their circulations and advertising revenues fall.
But he argued the internet was having a more positive effect on TV viewing habits, with the ability to discuss programmes on social media prompting more people to watch television live, rather than catch up later and miss out on the online conversation.
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Carroll, who will be 40 in September, is coming to the end of his first season with the Belfast club.
The veteran keeper's form has been important in Linfield's attempt to land the league and cup double.
Linfield are one point behind leaders Crusaders with four games left and have qualified for the Irish Cup final.
"Roy is an inspirational leader who sets the right example to all around him," said Linfield manager David Healy, who played with Carroll for Northern Ireland.
"His performances in goal for us have been exceptional, none more so than the crucial late match-winning saves in recent games against Dungannon Swifts and Crusaders."
Carroll's former clubs also include Wigan Athletic, Derby County, Danish side Odense and Olympiakos of Greece.
Harry Harper died in hospital after emergency crews were called to what is believed to be his grandparents' house in Ketley, Telford, on Tuesday morning.
The dog which bit Harry, a Jack Russell, has been destroyed.
West Mercia Police said its investigation was likely to continue for some time.
Supt Nav Malik said the death was being investigated as a "tragic accident" involving the family's pet dog.
He said: "Further detailed tests are still to be carried out and therefore at the present time no further information can be released."
The Telford and Wrekin coroner's office said an inquest into Harry's death would be opened on Monday.
A statement from his family, issued the day after his death, said there were "no words to describe the loss we have suffered".
They said they were "absolutely devastated" and asked to be "left in peace to grieve and deal with our loss".
Richard Bernard was found outside his flat in Trocadero Court, in Derby, on Tuesday night.
Det Ch Insp Dave Cox, of Derbyshire Police, said police believe the 51-year-old was attacked in his home before he collapsed and died outside.
A man and woman arrested in connection with his death have been bailed.
Police declined to say what offences they had been arrested on suspicion of.
Mr Bernard's mother Nita, sister Claire and brother Andrew said in a statement: "We are devastated to hear the tragic news about Richard."
A post mortem examination revealed Mr Bernard died from stab wounds.
Witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact Derbyshire Police.
More than 20 firefighters helped tackle the blaze of polystyrene blocks at an industrial yard at 17:45 on Thursday.
The damage ran to a "low four-figure sum".
Police Scotland appealed for anyone with information about the wilful fireraising, or who saw anything suspicious, to contact them.
The singer was found unresponsive at lunchtime on Saturday, St Charles County police said.
Berry's seven-decade career boasted a string of hits, including classics Roll Over Beethoven and Johnny B. Goode.
He received a lifetime achievement Grammy in 1984 and was among the first inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
In a statement on Facebook, the St Charles County Police Department said they were called to reports of an unresponsive man at 12:40 local time (17:40 GMT).
"Unfortunately, the 90-year-old man could not be revived and was pronounced deceased at 1:26pm," the statement continued.
"The St. Charles County Police Department sadly confirms the death of Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry."
High-profile musicians were quick to pay tribute to Berry's talent and influence.
Motown legends The Jacksons tweeted: "Chuck Berry merged blues & swing into the phenomenon of early rock'n'roll. In music, he cast one of the longest shadows. Thank You Chuck."
Singer-songwriter Huey Lewis described him as "maybe the most important figure in all of rock and roll".
"His music and influence will last forever," he added.
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr quoted one of Berry's own lyrics on Twitter, saying: "Just let me hear some of that rock 'n' roll music any old way you use it."
"I am playing I'm talking about you," he wrote.
Both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones covered Berry's songs, as did the Beach Boys and scores of other acts - including Elvis.
"If you tried to give rock 'n' roll another name," John Lennon once said, "you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones said that Berry "lit up our teenage years and blew life into our dreams".
Singer Bruce Springsteen called him "a giant for the ages".
The novelist Stephen King noted that Berry had a long life for a consummate rock'n'roller, tweeting: "Chuck Berry died. This breaks my heart, but 90 years old ain't bad for rock and roll. Johnny B. Goode forever."
Berry was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1926, and had his first hit, Maybellene, in 1955.
Last year, he announced he would be releasing his first album in nearly four decades. He dedicated it to his wife of 68 years, Themetta "Toddy".
Adam Campbell opened the scoring for the Magpies after Izale McLeod hit the post from Liam Noble's corner.
Notts keeper Roy Carroll saved from Luke Berry's header before substitute Barry Corr equalised from the spot after Alan Smith fouled Ben Williamson.
Carroll's clearance then hit Williamson and looped in before Berry finished off a counter-attack to secure the win.
Match ends, Cambridge United 3, Notts County 1.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 3, Notts County 1.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Mark Roberts.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Roy Carroll.
Attempt saved. Ryan Ledson (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Cambridge United. Jeff Hughes replaces Ben Williamson.
Attempt missed. Graham Burke (Notts County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Substitution, Notts County. Colby Bishop replaces Izale McLeod.
Goal! Cambridge United 3, Notts County 1. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Williamson.
Foul by Leon Legge (Cambridge United).
Izale McLeod (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Barry Corr (Cambridge United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Adam Campbell (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Barry Corr (Cambridge United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Alan Sheehan (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Cambridge United 2, Notts County 1. Ben Williamson (Cambridge United) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Adam Campbell (Notts County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Liam Noble (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Ronan Murray (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Ledson (Cambridge United).
Attempt missed. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Conor Newton (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Izale McLeod (Notts County).
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Elliott Hewitt.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Cameron Gayle.
Attempt blocked. Graham Burke (Notts County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Luke Berry (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Adam Campbell (Notts County).
Substitution, Notts County. Ronan Murray replaces Genaro Snijders.
Foul by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Liam Noble (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Luke Berry (Cambridge United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Mark Roberts (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Izale McLeod (Notts County).
Attempt missed. Izale McLeod (Notts County) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Mark Roberts (Cambridge United).
Izale McLeod (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Corr (Cambridge United).
Alan Smith (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Greg Taylor (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Bill Etheridge, who represents the West Midlands, said it was time for "renewal and hope" outside the EU.
His announcement comes the day after North West MEP Steven Woolfe launched his campaign, promising to chase Labour's vote "ruthlessly".
North East MEP Jonathan Arnott is also running, while controversial rules have excluded some of the party's best-known names from the contest.
UKIP's ruling National Executive Committee said all candidates must have been a member for at least five years, excluding the likes of the party's only MP Douglas Carswell and suspended former spokeswoman Suzanne Evans.
Launching his campaign, Mr Etheridge said the UK's future was "beautiful, wonderful" and "democratic".
He is promising a 50% cut in alcohol and tobacco duty and to replace VAT with a local sales tax, BBC Black Country political reporter Rob Mayor said.
Mr Woolf, 48, is UKIP's immigration spokesman.
He said he wanted to tackle social mobility because it is a subject discussed "but never dealt with effectively", and said Labour were run by "champagne socialists, metropolitan, out-of-touch liberal elitists".
"We must ruthlessly go after Labour seats in the North and the Midlands," he said.
UKIP's deputy leader Paul Nuttall has ruled himself out of the race to replace Mr Farage.
Candidates must pay a £5,000 deposit to enter the contest, which will be refunded if they secure at least 5% of the vote.
Nominations will close on 31 July, with declarations to be held on 15 September.
Officers were found to have obtained communications data without judicial permission while trying to determine details of a journalist's sources.
Chief Constable Phil Gormley has asked Mike Barton, his opposite number in Durham Constabulary, to investigate.
MSPs have been holding their own inquiry, as have police watchdogs.
Police Scotland said it would review its approach to counter corruption after Derek Penman, HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland, called for an urgent overhaul in light of the case.
The Interception of Communications Commissioner ruled in November 2015 that officers had broken new spying regulations by obtaining communications data without permission on five occasions.
Officers had been attempting to find out how information about the investigation into the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005 had appeared in the media. Sir Stanley Burton said the "failures" by police "could properly be seen as reckless".
An Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) involving the four people whose data was breached - reported to be serving and retired police officers - took place in Edinburgh earlier in July. No ruling has yet been issued.
However, Police Scotland confirmed that it had asked the Durham force to carry out an independent probe into "matters arising from a breach of communications data protocols".
Deputy Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said: "The Chief Constable has asked Mike Barton, Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary, to conduct an independent investigation into a number of non-criminal complaints, which relate to matters connected to the breach of communications data protocols and guidance.
"We await the findings of the IPT and will comply with any directions given.
"Police Scotland has fully accepted that standards fell below those required in this case. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
MSPs have also convened their own inquiry into the matter.
Then-Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson told Holyrood's justice committee that the rules had been broken due to a "misjudgement" by an experienced officer.
He said "the pace the new guidance came into being was very aggressive", which may have been a factor in the "error" subsequently made.
Mr Penman's review said information-handling processes at the unit were "significantly different from national standards for source and information evaluation, and fell below the standards I would have expected".
One officer, Det Insp Joanne Grant, told MSPs that she had not been aware when authorising communication interceptions on 1 May, 2015, that a new code of practice had come into effect on 27 March.
Three other officers were named as part of the inquiry - Ch Supt Clark Cuzen, Det Supt David Donaldson and Det Supt Brenda Smith. All four declined to appear in person before MSPs, although Ms Grant submitted a statement via her solicitors.
Mr Donaldson said he was reluctant to speak publicly because his evidence could be "key" to the IPT case, a reason echoed by Mr Cuzen.
The pedestrian was injured in a collision on the Newcastle Road in Dundrum shortly before 20:00 GMT.
Paramedics took the woman to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment and said her injuries were serious.
Police have closed the road and are advising drivers to avoid the area.
That stark warning comes from one of the world's leading specialists in the iconic animals.
Deforestation and hunting are taking an increasing toll, according to Professor Jonah Ratsimbazafy, director of GERP, a centre for primate research in Madagascar.
"My heart is broken," he told the BBC, "because the situation is getting worse as more forests disappear every year. That means the lemurs are in more and more trouble."
So far 106 species of lemur have been identified and nearly all of them are judged to be at risk of extinction, many of them critically endangered.
The habitats they depend on - mostly a variety of different kinds of forest - only exist in Madagascar.
"Just as fish cannot survive without water, lemurs cannot survive without forest, but less than 10% of the original Madagascar forest is left," said Prof Ratsimbazafy, who is also a co-vice chair of the Madagascar primates section of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
"I would believe that within the next 25 years, if the speed of the deforestation is still the same, there would be no forest left, and that means no lemurs left in this island."
The pressure to clear the forests comes from a rapidly growing but extremely poor population seeking to open up new farmland. At least 92% of people in Madagascar live on less than the equivalent of $2 a day.
A form of slash-and-burn agriculture known as "tavi" sees trees felled and undergrowth scorched to make way for fields of rice and other crops.
Video of one recent forest clearance shows an apocalyptic scene of an entire hillside of charred stumps and smouldering vegetation.
In one supposedly protected area I visited in eastern Madagascar, a sign announcing a prohibition on tree felling stood ignored amid new plantations of banana palms and maize.
Conservationists have long argued that slash-and-burn farming is needlessly damaging, leaving the soil unproductive after a few years, and that more intensive forms of cultivation would allow more forests to be left standing.
The government of Madagascar has recently confirmed that as much as 10% of the country is now earmarked in some way for wildlife - from national parks to what are called protected areas - but the rules are often not enforced at a local level.
Prof Ratsimbazafy said: "We have a struggle. Sometimes there is engagement on paper but sometimes it's not in reality because on the ground there is still deforestation."
He recalled how a new species of mouse lemur had once been discovered and identified in a forest only for that land to be "turned into a field of cassava" two years later.
The only long-term solution, according to Prof Ratsimbazafy, is to engage communities and persuade them that the forests - and the lemurs - have a value that is worth safeguarding.
In one protected area, Maromizaha, his organisation, GERP, is hiring local people to keep watch over the forest and to act as guides for tourists, making the point that the lemurs can worth more alive than dead.
It is also supporting new ventures in the local village including fish-farming and bee-keeping, and teaching new techniques for rice-growing that do not require constant expansion into the forest.
Nearby, a reserve known as Mitsinjo is run by a cooperative group set up by guides who encourage eco-tourism and ensure that the lemurs are safe - a model of management widely seen as promising.
But there is an additional threat to the lemurs that stems from persistent poverty and widespread hunger - a continuing demand for bushmeat.
Although it is illegal to kill lemurs, poachers are still setting traps for the animals or shooting them, either for their own consumption or to be sold to others.
There are no reliable estimates for the scale of the losses but in one vulnerable area it is thought that as many as 10% of the population of lemurs could be killed ever year.
A local NGO called Madagasikara Voakajy recently investigated the bushmeat trade and photographed lemurs being hunted, butchered and eaten.
The organisation's director, Julie Razafimanahaka, told us that her researchers persuaded a hunter to allow them to observe him searching for the largest of Madagascar's lemurs, the Indri, famous for their size and black, white and grey fur.
"My team met with the hunter and followed him in the forest and saw him using guns and shooting the Indris and bringing back five to the shops and small restaurants.
"Families were then cooking and eating them. That was very shocking."
Although in the past it has been taboo or what is called "fady" for local communities to eat lemurs, the increasing mobility of the population has brought in outsiders who do not care about old traditions.
In one gold-mining area, new arrivals persuaded local people to hunt Indri for them. And when the locals saw that breaking the taboo did not bring them bad luck, they too started eating the lemurs.
What had begun as a research project by Madagasikara Voakajy was quickly switched into a campaign to try to save the lemurs with an education campaign in schools.
According to Julie Razafimanahaka, a survey of opinion among children conducted after the campaign found a clear difference in attitude towards the lemurs.
"We have seen that children that have been educated are more aware of the protection status of the lemurs and they have a more positive perception so they would be sad if the lemurs were dying and they would be happy to see one.
"Whereas children at schools where we didn't do the education still thought lemurs were bushmeat - they thought they could eat them and most didn't care if there were lemurs or not because they're just like any animals."
Meanwhile another study into lemurs came up with a finding that complicates the campaign to save the animals: children that were fed lemurs suffered less malnutrition than those that were not.
The most recent comprehensive survey of lemurs was published in 2013 by the IUCN, the Bristol Conservation and Science Group and Conservation International.
It concluded that 94% of lemur species were at risk - an increase from 66% only seven years earlier - and highlighted the urgent need to engage local people, foster eco-tourism and maintain a permanent research presence in the forests.
But the report also signalled that breeding colonies should be set up to ensure that the animals at least survive in captivity, if not in the wild, as a strategy of last resort.
Samples taken from the teeth of seven bodies contained traces of the bacterial infection in the Bronze Age.
They also showed it had, at the time, been unable to cause the bubonic form of plague or spread through fleas - abilities it evolved later.
The researchers, at the University of Copenhagen, say plague may have shaped early human populations.
Human history tells of three plague pandemics:
There have also been suggestions of earlier plagues, such as the Plague of Athens in 430BC.
But now scientists have hurtled millennia back in time by studying 101 ancient skeletons.
The teeth of seven of them, from across western Europe and central Asia, contained evidence of Yersinia pestis infection - the killer bacterium that causes plague.
The oldest was 5,783 years old.
The analysis of those samples, published in the journal Cell, showed the bacterium was still lacking some of the killer traits that led it to cause death on a global scale.
In its early days, it could cause only septicaemic or pneumonic plague - which is nearly always deadly and would have been passed on by coughing.
By analysing the bacterium's genetic code through history, the researchers estimate it took until 1000BC for plague to evolve into its more familiar form.
One mutation - acquiring the ymt gene - allowed the bacterium to survive inside the hostile environment of a flea's gut.
It was one of the most signification mutations in the disease's history, allowing it to spread rapidly.
Developing a separate gene, called pla, allowed the infection to penetrate different tissues and cause bubonic plague.
"It's super-fascinating," lead researcher Prof Eske Willerslev said.
He told the BBC News website: "We show that plague was widespread 2,000 years earlier than normally thought.
"With time, these studies will help us to understand how diseases are formed, how they originate and develop."
Prof Willerslev believes the plague could have had a huge impact on early human populations.
Previous studies have shown that rather than growing gradually, populations in Europe may have declined by up to 60% at some points in their history, with plague a potential culprit.
It was also a time of huge migration in the region.
"You see these very abrupt population replacements, people moved into northern Europe from central Asia, replacing the existing populations - kinds of very abrupt migrations [that] fit very well with plague playing a major role," Prof Willerslev said.
Plague remains endemic in some countries. In 2013, there were 783 cases reported worldwide, including 126 deaths.
While most cases are in Africa, even the US continues to have cases of plague.
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Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the reworking of Christopher Marlowe's play features two new acts by Colin Teevan.
One sees Faustus become a Las Vegas illusionist after he sells his soul to the Devil.
The audience at Monday's gala opening included fellow Game of Thrones actors Alfie Allen and Natalie Dormer.
This is Harington's first stage role since he appeared in the original production of Laura Wade's Posh at the Royal Court in 2010.
In January, the actor told the BBC how he was learning the art of stage illusion for his role.
Here's a round-up of what the critics thought:
You are warned that you are about to see adult material, scenes of a sexual nature, nudity, loud music, smoke, fog and, yes, "bangs". I guess they just forget to mention the rest, which includes a scene in which Kit Harington's rather stylish underpants are turned blood red in the shower. Ladies, you have been warned...
It's all wildly OTT but I must admit I rather liked it.
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This is a very busy production; it's cacophonous and fidgety, occasionally ingenious, often absurd. It never shuts up…
There are an awful lot of bodily fluids. Blood but also spittle, spatter and leakage. Mouths froth. Wounds ooze. Amid all this, Harington is nothing if not game. He drools and moons. He spends a lot of time on stage in his pants.
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The Game of Thrones star looks great in this Marlowe revival but his delivery is stubbornly earthbound, and the production verges on being totally incomprehensible...
It says a lot that the most memorable moment of the night comes not with Faustus's midnight-hour finale, but when Jenna Russell's melancholy Mephistopheles gives a tongue-in-cheek rendition of Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell after the interval. Anyone sensible would have got the hell out before that.
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Doctor Faustus was meant to work like magic: hot actor, hot ticket. Instead, it's just a hot mess.
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The lead actor acquits himself well in the circumstances. Given that he is obliged to bare his buttocks and parade in bloodied boxer shorts, I was tempted to dub him "off-with-your-kit Harington". But he is much more than a TV icon and, when the production allows him, he gives us a sense of Faustus's flailing despair: I'd certainly like to see him venture further into classical theatre.
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However much prolific director Jamie Lloyd and playwright Colin Teevan may have tinkered with Christopher Marlowe's 16th-Century text, at least one thing is certain: Faustus is going to hell.
But even if the last act can't be spoiled, there are still some pleasant surprises to be had from this lively, lusty and irreverent production, which takes aim at celebrity culture, religion, Pope Francis, David Cameron and Barack Obama alike.
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Lloyd is bringing a new generation to the theatre, and deserves credit for that. This is theatre you Blu-Tack to your bedroom walls; Marlowe as a two-hour music video.
The flip side is superficiality, and it often feels as though Lloyd isn't chasing down ideas so much as dressing them up. At best, it's a head rush; at worst, a headache - a jumble of depression and suicide, celebrity cults and internet culture that means this Faustus fails to cohere.
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Doctor Faustus is at the Duke of York's Theatre until 25 June.
The 29-year-old, who has made 129 Saints appearances, is joined by two other England internationals - flanker Teimana Harrison and prop Paul Hill - in committing his future to the club.
Wood had neck surgery in May, but hopes to be fit for the start of the season.
Flankers Jamie Gibson and Ben Nutley and prop Adam Parkins have also agreed new contracts at Franklin's Gardens.
Along with Wood, Courtney Lawes (ankle), Ethan Waller (toe) and Tom Stephenson (foot) have all undergone operations this summer, but all are expected to be fit for the start of the 2016-17 campaign against Bath on 3 September.
Winger George North is also expected to be fit for the start of the campaign after leaving Wales' summer tour of New Zealand with a hamstring injury.
However, Jamie Elliott (shoulder), Rory Hutchinson (ankle) and Calum Clark (shoulder) are set to miss the start of the campaign.
This means the issue will now be considered for debate in Parliament.
When higher fees and loans were introduced in 2012, ministers said the repayment point would rise in line with average earnings.
But last year, the government decided to freeze it at £21,000.
Campaigners say lower-paid graduates will be hit particularly hard by the change because they will be paying a larger percentage of their monthly income.
The petition, started last week by Alex True, an engineering student at Durham University, calls for the retrospective changes to the student loans agreement to be stopped.
"By introducing retrospective changes it threatens any trust in the student finance system," it argues.
It says the changes will mean 2 million graduates will end up paying £306 more a year by 2020-21 if they earn over £21,000.
By the end of last week, the petition stood at more than 100,000 signatures and has now reached over 120,000.
Money Saving Expert's Martin Lewis, who was involved in the consultation process on the original plan to reform student loans, called the change "a disgrace" and welcomed the petition's success.
"It is fantastic that this petition's numbers exploded so quickly to force a parliamentary debate.
"It shows there's real concern among students and parents.
"Having said that, I have already engaged lawyers, written to the prime minister and met with Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities and Science, and at every stage, the government has pig-headedly refused to budge even a fraction.
"My concern is even after a parliamentary debate they'll put their fingers back in their ears."
The personal finance journalist and former head of the Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information, says the change goes against all forms of natural justice.
"If a commercial company had made retrospective changes to what they had promised about their loans, they would be slapped hard by the regulator.
"The government shouldn't be allowed to get away with it either."
The government says the threshold before borrowers have to repay their loans is still "relatively high".
A Department for Business Innovation and Skills spokesman said ministers had consulted on freezing the repayment threshold last year and the decision "along with our wider reforms is helping to ensure higher education remains sustainable financed and open to all students, irrespective of background".
City officials say they will commit $100m (£65m) to tackle the problem.
An estimated 26,000 people live on the city's streets, 12% more than two years ago.
Experts say high rents, low wages and unemployment are to blame for the rise. Officials admit that the present policy amounts to little more than moving the problem around the city.
The plan was announced by Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is heading the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics.
Tents and tarpaulins can now be seen clustered on pavements across the city - and far beyond the central Skid Row district, historically a magnet for the city's homeless.
"Every single day we come to work, we see folks lying on this grass, a symbol of our city's intense crisis," Mayor Garcetti, a Democrat, said at a news conference.
"The city has pushed this problem from neighbourhood to neighbourhood for too long."
According to one recent report, 13,000 people in Los Angeles County become homeless each month.
Homelessness means sleeping outside or in an emergency shelter or transitional housing program.
A lack of affordable housing, poverty (due to lack of jobs and declining public assistance), a lack of affordable health care, domestic violence, mental illness and addiction are all factors in homelessness.
Homelessness is declining nationwide, but the picture remains mixed, with some states and cities dramatically bucking that trend.
The decline is attributed to the economic recovery in the US - most notably the fall in unemployment figures.
From 2013 to 2014, the national rate of homelessness fell to 18.3 homeless people per 10,000 people in the general population (0.18%), but the rate in individual states ranged from 120 in Washington DC to seven in Mississippi.
Sources: National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Coalition for the Homeless, US Census
The mayor and seven other elected officials declared the situation an emergency on Tuesday, saying they would find $100m in the 2016 budget to devote to addressing the problem.
The money still has to be approved by the city council.
It might be used to increase the provision of homeless shelters, use public facilities such as schools and parks as emergency housing and facilitate the construction of affordable housing, officials suggested.
A further $13m of unexpected income in this year's budget will also be earmarked to alleviate homelessness.
But critics point out that it is unclear where the $100m would come from and say a plan previously announced by the mayor on homelessness has yet to be enacted.
Gary Blasi, a UCLA professor and homelessness expert, told media outlets the plan was a positive step for a government which has focussed until now on trying to clamp down on homeless encampments.
But he said previous grand schemes had "never made it off paper" and pointed out that given the scale of the problem, $100m did not amount to much.
The problem, experts say, stems from rising housing costs and an unequal economic recovery - a problem mirrored in other cities such as San Francisco and New York.
Manbij is situated at an intersection of roads just south of the Turkish border.
It has been under IS control for more than two years.
Small numbers of IS militants are still resisting, using civilians as human shields, the alliance says.
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Forces 'enter Manbij'
The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of US-backed fighters including the powerful Kurdish YPG militia, launched a campaign to retake the northern city two months ago.
They were backed by US-led air strikes on IS positions.
After some heavy fighting, Manbij was encircled and completely cut off in June.
Dozens of civilians, including 11 children, were reportedly killed in US-led air strikes in July as they fled a village near the city.
Now, says a report from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that relies on updates from people inside Syria, IS is being pushed out.
An SDF commander, Adnan Abu-Amjad, said his forces were "advancing cautiously" into the city and had taken over 80% of the town. The main obstacle was that IS was using civilians as human shields.
He said the "small groups" of militants that remained had been surrounded by SDF soldiers.
Mr Abu-Amjad said that between 10,000 and 15,000 civilians were left in areas under IS control, and his forces were working to avoid any harm to civilians.
The roads in Manbij link the IS stronghold of Raqqa to some parts of the Turkish border and other areas under its control in Aleppo province.
The routes have become key to the group's ability to move fighters, weapons and supplies in and out of Syria.
Neighbouring Aleppo, meanwhile, is currently the site of a major battle as rebel groups try to break a government siege.
The dark colour on Greyfriars Bobby's snout had been worn off by people rubbing the nose "for luck".
Restoration specialists Powderhall Bronze have been commissioned to clean, re-patinate and wax the affected area.
The wear to the statue had been highlighted in a Facebook campaign called "Stop People Rubbing Greyfriars Bobby's Nose - It is not a Tradition".
Edinburgh city council's culture convener, Councillor Richard Lewis, said: "Although Bobby has never been in any immediate danger, it was highlighted to us that the practice of rubbing his nose was starting to make him look a little scruffy.
"As one of the most famous - and most popular - statues in the capital, it's only right that he looks his best at all times.
"Once we became aware of the local concern it was clear that we had to act and I'm delighted we've been able to get specialists in to restore Greyfriars Bobby to his former glory."
Traditionally, the story of the real Bobby is that the dog had been the pet of Edinburgh constable John Grey, who died of tuberculosis in 1858.
Bobby is said to have stayed close to where his master was buried.
The dog's period of mourning reputedly lasted until Bobby's own death in 1872.
However, a historian at Cardiff University believes he has uncovered evidence that the story is not true.
Dr Jan Bondeson said there were distinct differences in photos and paintings of Bobby, which fell into two groups, those before 1867 and those after.
The Facebook campaign to restore the commemorative statue was started by local resident Becky Thomson.
She said: "This campaign started out as a bit of fun and I was amazed by how many people supported the page. We discussed ways we could address the problem as ordinary members of the public - by asking tour guides to discourage it or maybe using anti-climb paint.
"Given that this is a world-famous statue in a World Heritage site it now makes sense the council are involved.
"Now it is up to anybody who is passing just to keep an eye open and politely ask people to keep their paws off Bobby's nose so it doesn't happen again."
Hill, 38, was replaced in the second half of the 1-1 draw in Perth, with captain Lee Wallace sitting out.
Wallace, 29, was injured near the end of Saturday's win against Inverness.
"It will be touch and go," said manager Mark Warburton of Wallace. "Hill is a quick healer, so touch wood we can get him ready."
Barrie McKay fired Rangers ahead in Perth but Steven MacLean levelled after an error by Rob Kiernan.
With Celtic winning at home to Ross County, Brendan Rodgers' side travel to Ibrox 16 points clear of second-placed Rangers and with a game in hand.
"Lee was out on the training pitch today, doing light work," Warburton explained after the St Johnstone game.
"He's got a tight hamstring. Fingers crossed, because he's our skipper and a very influential player. He has been outstanding.
"I wouldn't risk him. I wouldn't risk anyone. The health and welfare of the players is always paramount. Someone asked me if I could risk him because we have a three-week break after Saturday, but absolutely not.
"Clint Hill also came off but that was an impact injury, more of a dead leg type. Lee Hodson came on and we have enough quality in reserve if required."
Kiernan was short with a pass-back that allowed MacLean to intercept and score.
"It was a mistake," Warburton said. "We are all human. Find me someone who is perfect.
"The reaction is about how Rob Kiernan responds to the mistake. Does he shy away from the ball? Does he shy away from tackles? No, he didn't, so all credit to Rob.
"As long as he learns from the mistake, as we all must do, then I have no problem with him making it."
Meanwhile, St Johnstone captain Steven Anderson was unhappy with Kiernan after marking him at a corner.
"It was a corner and he caught me in the ribs," said the defender. "[St Johnstone team-mate] Brian Easton saw it as well. It was a clear punch on me.
"There was nothing happened before it. The referee said he did not see it and you can understand it because there was a lot going on in the box. The linesman has probably not seen it either."
The proposal would apply to thousands of women who argue they were not given enough warning that the pension age was being increased from 60 to 66 by 2020.
The plan would help such women cope at no extra cost to the Treasury, the Work and Pensions Select Committee said.
The government has said women were clearly informed about the changes.
Ministers have been under pressure to put in place transitional help for the estimated 500,000 women born in the 1950s who have seen the age they can claim their pension rise by six years.
The BBC's personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz said so far the government had refused to budge on the issue, and recalculating pensions on the old basis could cost the taxpayer billions of pounds.
In an interim report, the committee suggested ministers should consider allowing women in the age group concerned to claim their state pension sooner than scheduled.
In return, they would get "slightly" lower weekly payments for the duration of their retirement, it said.
The scale of the reduction would be calculated to ensure that, on average, over the lifetime of the pensioners involved, there would be no additional costs to the public purse.
Labour MP Frank Field, the committee's chairman, said more work needed to be done before such a scheme was introduced, but he hoped the idea would "open up debate" among MPs from all sides.
The government's state pension calculator is available here.
Conservative committee member John Glen added that it was necessary to find "transitional arrangements, but implemented in an affordable way".
"This report recommends a possible way forward which the government should now explore," he said.
Under the 1995 Pensions Act, the government decided that the pension ages of both men and women would be equalised by 2020. Previously, women retired at 60, while men retired at 65.
In 2011, state pension ages were raised at an even faster rate.
Some of those born between April 1951 and 1960 will not qualify for a pension until the age of 66.
More than 130,000 people have signed a petition calling for "transitional arrangements" to be put in place to help such women cope with the changes.
However, Pensions minister Baroness Altmann defended the government last month, saying letters sent to women informing them of changes to their state pension age were clear.
Adverts about the changes were also placed in papers and magazines, she said.
Mrs Clinton was reportedly concerned that news of the illness would be exploited by her opponents.
She was diagnosed on Friday and advised to rest, but continued campaigning.
Her team was forced to go public with the diagnosis on Sunday when she left a 9/11 memorial early, appearing weak.
Speaking to CNN late on Monday, Mrs Clinton said she was feeling "so much better".
She also told the broadcaster that she had not disclosed her pneumonia diagnosis, saying: "I just didn't think it was going to be that big a deal."
The US presidential candidate said she had ignored a doctor's "wise" advice to rest for five days. She said she hoped to be back on the trail in "the next couple of days".
The Democratic nominee acknowledged she had lost her balance during Sunday morning's health scare, but said she did not faint.
"I felt dizzy and I did lose my balance for a minute, but once I got in (the van), once I could sit down, once I could cool off, once I had some water, I immediately started feeling better," she said.
Some critics questioned why this had only been revealed after Sunday's events and Mrs Clinton's communications director conceded the incident had been poorly managed.
She will be releasing new medical records to help ease concerns about her health, a campaign spokesman said.
Don Fowler, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), urged the party on Sunday to immediately come up with a process to choose a potential successor for Mrs Clinton, in case she is forced to retire with ill health.
Mr Fowler said he expected Mrs Clinton to fully recover but said taking precautions was necessary.
Ed Rendell, another former DNC chair, told Politico: "There is absolutely no chance Hillary Clinton will withdraw from running for the presidency."
It capped a difficult weekend for Mrs Clinton, who came under attack from Mr Trump for calling half of his supporters "deplorable" people on Friday.
On Monday, the Republican presidential nominee wished her a speedy recovery. He also pledged to release the results of a medical examination he took over the past week.
Mr Trump has repeatedly suggested Mrs Clinton is unfit, telling supporters last month she "lacks the mental and physical stamina" to serve as president.
Will Hillary Clinton's near collapse during Sunday's 9/11 memorial ceremonies make her health a political Achilles heel?
The Trump campaign managed to hold its tongue as the news unfolded, probably sensing that the story was damaging enough on its own.
At 68, Mrs Clinton is particularly susceptible to concerns about her health (as is 70-year-old Mr Trump).
But if she returns to her normal campaign schedule without incident, she will go a long way towards putting health concerns to bed.
Mrs Clinton's team said she is suffering with "walking pneumonia" - a not-too-serious form of the lung infection which leaves patients feeling unwell but doesn't usually require bed rest or hospital care.
Pneumonia is essentially an infection of the lungs which causes inflammation in the air sacs and fills them with fluid. Symptoms can include a cough, fever, fatigue, chills and shortness of breath.
Anyone can contract pneumonia, although smokers, older people, and sufferers of chronic lung diseases are at increased risk. There are two types - bacterial or viral. Bacterial pneumonia is common and easily treated with antibiotics.
Most people with so-called "walking pneumonia" can recover within a few days. Those with weak immune systems or existing conditions can take weeks to recover, and pneumonia can in some cases be fatal.
Lee Fowler's close-range finish and a penalty from Connor Jennings gave Wrexham a commanding 2-0 half-time advantage.
Kayden Jackson hit the post as Wrexham continued to press after the break but were unable to add to their lead.
Wrexham are now sixth in the table and only behind Gateshead, in the final play-off spot, by two points.
Manager Gary Mills told BBC Radio Wales: "We've played well today and in the second half I thought we were outsanding.
"It was an excellent performance. It's never easy coming here, we know that, and I think it's the first time I've won here actually and it feels good."
Its UK launch set a new record for movies released on a Monday - as opposed to a Friday - taking more than £41m in its first week.
It beat previous Monday release record holder, 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which took £23.8m.
Records were also set in the Norway, the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark.
Spectre took $80.4m (£52.1m) in all six released territories.
"We're so grateful to all our James Bond fans," producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said.
Skyfall, the previous Bond movie, was the highest-grossing 007 film in the franchise's history, taking £700m ($1.1 bn) worldwide.
Craig's fourth outing as 007 has received widespread critical acclaim, with one saluting it as "pure action mayhem".
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described the film in his five-star review as "terrifically exciting, spectacular [and] uproariously entertaining".
The Times said Sam Mendes' film was "achingly cool", while The Independent said it was "every bit the equal of its predecessor", 2012 release Skyfall.
Spectre also broke opening-day UK box office records after taking £6.3 million by Tuesday.
It opened in 647 cinemas on 2500 screens in the UK, making it the widest release of all time in the UK and Ireland.
"What an incredible thrill it is for us at MGM to see how James Bond continues to deliver such excitement to his fans," said Gary Barber, MGM Chairman and CEO.
Peter Taylor, managing director of Sony Pictures UK, added: "We are delighted that audiences in the UK and Ireland continue to embrace these stories about one of our biggest and best cultural icons."
The movie opens in the US on 6 November where it is expected to top the box office, after a Halloween weekend of flops.
Sandra Bullock's Our Brand is Crisis, and Bradley Cooper's Burnt brought in an underwhelming $3.3m (£2.1m) and $5.1m (£3.3m) respectively.
Jurassic World has been this year's biggest film so far, bringing in more than £1bn worldwide.
Anna Chudy left Northwick Park Hospital, in Harrow, north London, on Friday, a day after her son was delivered.
Images and footage of the 35-year-old were released in a bid to trace her amid concerns for her welfare.
In a statement, the Met said Ms Chudy had been found "safe and well" in the early hours of Sunday.
The organisms have a cylindrical stalk capped by a flat, semi-transparent disc that houses visible channels branching outwards.
These channels, which resemble tree-like diagrams known as dendrograms, are the basis for its scientific name - Dendrogramma.
The original specimens were described for the first time in 2014 by a team of Danish scientists, one of whom had been aboard the 1986 voyage and later transported the samples to Copenhagen.
The Danish team classified the creatures as belonging to their own unique taxonomic group in a paper published in the journal PLOS One.
But the researchers were unable to support the claim with genetic evidence, due to the way the specimens had been preserved.
"Like forensics and in medicine, DNA has become an essential part of a modern zoologists' toolkit," says Dr Tim O'Hara, a senior curator at Museum Victoria in Melbourne.
"Publishing a new phylum without actually showing how it was related to other animals through DNA was a very old-fashioned way of doing things.
"They copped a bit of flak, but there the matter rested."
But in late 2015, after nearly 30 years without a reported sighting, the strange mushroom-shaped creatures were relocated by scientists aboard the Australian research vessel Investigator.
"It was a 'eureka' moment," says Hugh MacIntosh, a senior research fellow at Museum Victoria who identified the creatures.
"Holding one up to the light, the distinctive forked veins shimmered through the transparent body, and it suddenly dawned upon me that we had rediscovered the elusive Dendrogramma."
In total, 85 specimens were collected from a depth of around 3km on the continental slope near South Australia. They were stored in a solution that would enable DNA extraction.
"We could suddenly get DNA and complete the picture, which is what we've done," says Dr O'Hara, who led the genetic component of the research.
The results of the team's analysis, published this week in the journal Current Biology, have revealed that the deep-sea creatures are not unique in the animal kingdom.
Instead, they belong to a class of floating jellyfish known as siphonophores, found along the Australian coast, and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish, also known as a bluebottle, is considered part of the siphonophore class.
"We were totally surprised," says Dr O'Hara. "We only vaguely knew what a siphonophore was because they don't turn up very often."
Although they appear to be one organism, siphonophores are actually comprised of many polyps, which are specialised for buoyancy, propulsion, gathering and eating food, reproducing, and fending off threats, explains O'Hara.
They also have a mushroom-shaped organ called a bract, which can become detached from the rest of the animal when it's disturbed.
O'Hara says the deep-sea mushroom is not an independent species, as was previously suggested, but a bract, which has been shed by a larger organism, and which lives for only a very short time afterwards.
"We were a little bit disappointed," he says. "It would have been nice to find a new phylum [or class of animal], but nonetheless we solved the mystery."
But with one mystery solved, another has immediately opened - with a diameter of 2cm, the mushroom-shaped caps are considerably larger than all the bract appendages of all known siphonophores.
Most bracts are closer to 2mm wide, says Dr O'Hara.
"We know it's part of something. But what our actual animal looks like in real life is still a mystery," he says.
The team's findings reveal how little we know about the deep ocean.
With no deep-sea submarines, he says Australia still has to "rely on old-fashioned dredges and sleds, which get dangled all the way to the sea floor, pulled along for a few metres, and then hauled back up again.
"It's all exactly the same as it was in 1870, really. So we're still groping in the dark when it comes to deep-sea research."
Customers at The Yard on St Mary Street were ushered inside and a sign was put up that read: "Please use side entrance. Bee Aware!"
A beekeeper was called who was able to coax the queen bee into a hive, and eventually the others followed.
Pub manager John Muldoon said nobody was stung during the incident.
He said: "This swarm of bees descended from nowhere. There were thousands and thousands and thousands of bees.
"I managed to get hold of the beekeeper and he was happy enough to come down and spend a few hours here.
"Everybody who was inside had a front row seat as they could watch the exhibition."
The hosts started brightly, with on-loan Stoke winger Moha Choulay's fine run and pass setting up an early chance for Ivan Toney which the striker fired wide of the near post.
But Chesterfield, having collected seven points from their opening three league games, struck first when Jay O'Shea drove confidently home from 15 yards in the 14th minute.
Gboly Ariyibi almost doubled the Spireites' lead shortly afterwards, but his low shot was well turned around the near post by goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler.
Shrewsbury responded well and equalised with their first league goal of the season after 24 minutes as Choulay's corner from the right was headed in by left-back Junior Brown.
Chesterfield ended the half strongly with Leutwiler saving well from both Dan Gardner and O'Shea.
Ched Evans went close for the visitors after the break with a 30-yard free-kick which Leutwiler did well to save before Shrewsbury grabbed the winner six minutes from time when central defender El-Abd powerfully headed in Jim O'Brien's corner from the right.
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Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Chesterfield 1.
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Chesterfield 1.
Attempt missed. Dion Donohue (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. George Waring (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jim O'Brien (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).
Foul by Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town).
Jon Nolan (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Kristian Dennis replaces Jay O'Shea.
Foul by George Waring (Shrewsbury Town).
Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Curtis Morrison replaces Dan Gardner.
Ethan Jones (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Gardner (Chesterfield).
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Jayson Leutwiler.
Attempt saved. Ian Evatt (Chesterfield) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ryan McGivern.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 2, Chesterfield 1. Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jim O'Brien with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Ian Evatt.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. George Waring replaces Ivan Toney.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town).
Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield).
Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) header from very close range is too high.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ryan McGivern.
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Adam El-Abd.
Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield).
Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town).
Attempt saved. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Louis Dodds replaces A-Jay Leitch-Smith.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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The Gloucester back-row was retained at number eight for Saturday's match against Scotland after a fine display in the loss to England on 11 February.
British and Irish Lion Taulupe Faletau remain on the bench for the trip.
"If I play as well as I know I can, I will give coaches less reason to not let me be in the team," Moriarty said.
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"[The England game] was probably the best I have ever felt in a Test match, and the best game I have played. It's confidence, and things going my way."
Interim Wales coach Rob Howley expects the experienced Faletau to react to the pressure of missing out on a starting place and said Moriarty deserved to start against Scotland.
Moriarty will join Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric in the Wales back-row at Murrayfield, where they will chase a 10th successive victory in the fixture, with an unbeaten run stretching back to 2007.
"I think it [Wales' winning run v Scotland] puts more pressure on us, because if you lose it then we will look a lot worse than anyone else," he said.
"We don't want to be the team that falls short. Hopefully, we will be bringing our best game. We have trained hard for it this week.
After putting some powerful tackles in during a largely dominant display against England, former England U20 Moriarty says he enjoyed playing against some of his former teammates.
"Even when you are playing for your local team, you put a big hit in and all your mates go a bit crazy. It's always a good laugh," he said.
"That's the way I felt against England. Obviously, a lot more of my friends were behind me, and to have people enjoying what I was doing always feels good.
The former deputy prime minister lost his five advisory roles after voting against the government in the House of Lords over Brexit on Tuesday night.
He had been due to visit Swansea today in his role advising on a proposed £1.3bn investment deal for the region.
Minister Guto Bebb said he was "confident" the deal would go ahead.
During Welsh Questions in the Commons on Wednesday, Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts had asked the minister "what hope we have of securing similar deals for the rest of Wales if experts are axed at the whim of an insecure executive fearful of parliamentary sovereignty?"
In reply, Mr Bebb described the Swansea region city deal as a "bottom-up agenda", adding that Lord Heseltine contributed "significant expertise" at a "challenge' session.
"I am confident we will have a city deal for the Swansea city region," he said.
"We will have further growth deals for Wales as a result of the work that this government is doing to ensure that Wales benefits from investment in the same way as this as any other part of the United Kingdom."
A UK Government spokesman said: "Lord Heseltine provided useful input to the Swansea City Deal project.
"However the decision over his role as government adviser does not impact on the city deal.
"We will keep working to ensure we meet the Secretary of State for Wales' ambition to turn a good proposal into a great one."
Lord Heseltine told the BBC he felt "great disappointment" to be sacked as an advisor, but defended his rebellion on Brexit, saying Europe was the "transcending issue of our time".
The four firms bidding to run the Wales and Borders network were due to submit tenders on 18 August.
However, the UK Department for Transport (DfT) wants the date moved to 26 September to resolve a funding row.
The Welsh Government wants £1bn plus £3.5m for delays it said were caused because of June's general election.
The bidders - Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR - have been in discussions since June 2016 over the running of the network, including the South Wales Metro project.
But UK Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has threatened to put the whole process on hold.
Russell George, the Conservatives' economy and transport spokesman in the assembly, called the letter "damning".
The £1bn requested by the Welsh Government relates to an annual rebate of £67m given by current franchise holder, Arriva Trains Wales, to the DfT.
The rebate, which is linked to track charges, is passed to Network Rail via a grant for improving railways.
However, the rail infrastructure in Wales will remain in UK government hands after the handling of the franchise is devolved to Wales from 2018.
The Welsh Government says this means it will not be able to collect the rebate - which it has calculated to be worth £1bn over the 15-year span of the contract.
In a letter to Welsh Economy Secretary Ken Skates, Mr Grayling said he would only authorise the tender process continuing when agreement is reached on this.
He described it as a "claim which would commit my department to finding an additional £1bn over the franchise term compared with today, and for which I see no basis".
Mr Grayling also said he was "unable to accept" an assertion he attributed to Mr Skates that the "general election caused the process to be behind schedule".
He listed seven outstanding issues, such as the Welsh Government not resolving the future of the valleys lines with Network Rail and services that cross into England.
The secretary of state blamed "cumulative delays in the process over the last few months" and refused to pay the £3.5m in compensation requested.
Saying the tender process will not begin until he is happy all issues were resolved, he added: "The scale of the challenge for all of us is clear."
A Welsh Government spokesman said Mr Grayling's letter "misrepresents a complex devolution position".
He added: "This approach jeopardises the Welsh Government's ability to award a replacement for the current Wales and Borders franchise, which, if unresolved, will be a major issue for rail users.
"Being willing to subject people to the prospect of continued overcrowding and poor quality rolling stock to resolve a budgetary issue of their own making is no way for the UK government to behave."
The spokesman accused the UK government of having a "cavalier attitude to devolution".
A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: "We remain committed to the principles agreed with the Welsh Government in 2014 to devolve rail powers."
Tory AM Mr George added: "Sadly, it's the commuters which are going to pay the price and they will be extremely worried that the timeline for completing the next franchise seems some distance away."
Swindon led when Jon Obika converted Ben Gladwin's pass, but Dack equalised 90 seconds later with a placed effort.
Hessenthaler capitalised on Raphael Branco's mistimed clearance to slot home, before Jackson's long-range effort secured the Gills' second successive away victory.
Branco was sent off late on, before Dack's late penalty was saved.
Gillingham are currently third in League One, one point off leaders Walsall, while Swindon sit 15th in the table.
Robert Chester was stabbed to death and his house in Rothersthorpe Road, Northampton, set alight on 8 October.
Mary Cash, 39, of no fixed abode, and Karl Pound, of Briar Hill, Northampton, were both arrested and charged.
Pound confessed to murder but Cash denied the charge and was convicted of manslaughter by a jury at Northampton Crown Court.
Mr Chester was found dead on his sofa with a eight stab wounds.
The trial heard from a number of eyewitnesses who said they had seen visitors leave Mr Chester's house the day he died.
CCTV footage showed Cash and Pound walking around the area and two knives were recovered from various places they had been.
The pair were arrested when a resident spotted them in a garden with their trousers pulled down.
The court heard it took more than 13 hours for Cash to be sober enough to be interviewed.
She told police she was frightened of Pound and said he had struck her. But she maintained she played no part in the killing or setting the house alight.
Prosecutors said Cash was either involved in a physical attack on Mr Chester or she "encouraged or assisted" Karl Pound to do it.
Speaking after the verdict, Det Insp Louise Hemingway, who led the investigation, said: "Robert was known by his neighbours to be a quiet man who never caused any issues or harmed anyone.
"It appears that an act of kindness by Robert was a fatal mistake. He offered to take in two people who might otherwise have had to spend a night out on the streets on a cold October night.
"They repaid [him] by... stabbing him in his own house and then setting a fire to cover their tracks."
Cash will be sentenced along with Pound after psychiatric reports.
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Two goals in three second-half minutes sealed their fate in Lyon.
"We have to be proud of ourselves," the forward said. "We have given everything on the pitch and off the pitch and tried to enjoy the experience."
Prime Minister David Cameron said Wales had "inspired a nation and made Britain proud" with their exploits in France.
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said he was "sad it's over" but "very proud again".
Chris Coleman's side upset the odds to reach the last four as the likes of England, Italy, Spain and Croatia were knocked out in earlier rounds.
But he admitted: "It hurts that we lost. The players are gutted, but they need to look back and see they have done their country proud."
Reaching the semi-finals was a historic moment for Wales.
Their previous best tournament result came in 1958, when they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in their last appearance at a major finals.
After a goalless first half, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock on 50 minutes with a magnificent header.
Three minutes later, his shot was diverted past Wayne Hennessey in the Wales goal by former Manchester United team-mate Nani.
Wales began the tournament as one of the outsiders but caused a shock by topping Group B, finishing above England despite losing to their neighbours.
They then edged past Northern Ireland in the last 16 before upsetting a highly regarded Belgium side 3-1 in the last eight.
Their exploits earned rave reviews back home, securing a good luck message from the Prince of Wales before Wednesday's game against Portugal.
Footballers past and present, politicians, celebrities and other sportsmen and women were also full of praise for the Wales team.
Welsh rock band The Manic Street Preachers, who performed the country's Euro anthem Together Stronger, tweeted that the campaign had been "a beautiful dream" and thanked the team from "the bottom of our hearts".
Former Wales midfielder and BBC pundit Robbie Savage said: "The boys have made us all so proud of our country," while Wales rugby union wing George North tweeted: "Gutted but what an unbelievable tournament!"
Boxer Enzo Maccarinelli said Wales had achieved more than anyone thought possible, while cyclist Geraint Thomas, busy riding in the Tour de France, said: "The dream is over... but the boys have done themselves and Wales proud!"
Five months before Coleman was appointed in 2012, Wales were ranked 117th in the world. They reached a high of eighth in October last year, one month after moving above for England for the first time ever.
Wales were 26th before the tournament began but when Fifa updates its list on 14 July, they are set to rise to 11th - above England again.
Wales players had started referring to their fans as 'The Red Wall'.
"We want to thank the fans for all the support we have had, they have been absolutely incredible," Bale said. "I felt we deserved better.
"We wish we could have done it for them and we'd like to thank all the fans at home and all the ones who have travelled out and behaved themselves.
"It is difficult to analyse now as we are obviously massively disappointed.
"We tried our hardest to get back in the game, we fought until the last second and we are sorry we couldn't get to the final, but we gave it everything.
"It's been an amazing journey. We look forward to the future."
Coleman admitted a real sense of hurt but was proud of the performance.
"I have a dressing room full of disappointment unfortunately," he said.
"As much as I've told them that they should be proud of themselves, the nation is proud of them, they're still devastated.
"That speaks volumes for them and they'll get stronger from this experience.
"I always thought that whenever the time was to bow out it would hurt, but I didn't expect it to hurt this much. It was just one too far for us tonight."
Bale and Real Madrid team-mate Ronaldo shared a warm embrace at the final whistle.
Asked what he had said to Bale, Ronaldo replied: "I congratulated him on their run. They were the shining star, the revelation of the tournament."
Ronaldo is now hopeful of winning a major trophy with his country, 12 years after they were stunned by Greece in the final of Euro 2004 on home soil.
"I've always dreamed of winning something with my country and it's just one step away," he said. "Dreaming is free so let's keep dreaming."
Coleman believes the performances of the squad in France have set the tone for the future.
"It's not the end of this group," he said. "There's plenty of football left in them."
Bale also believes Euro 2016 can act as a spur for Wales as they turn their attentions to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wales open their campaign at home to Moldova on 5 September.
"We've got confidence now for the future," he said.
"We're all going to be disappointed now but we're going to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and we'll go again for the World Cup qualifiers."
Dundee United fan Tommy McKay scored during a half-time challenge at Tannadice last month.
The goal is featured in the SPFL facebook post on the nominated goals for November.
The 32-year-old had his right leg amputated after he was found to have bone cancer as a child.
Tommy made no mention of his disability when he entered the McEwan Fraser Legal #HomeAdvantage Challenge competition for a chance of winning a hospitality ticket but was welcomed into the contest.
His goal, during half-time entertainment at Dundee United's match against Dunfermline on 8 November, earned a huge roar from the 6,000-strong crowd.
Tommy travelled half the length of the pitch on crutches before lobbing the ball past keeper Brett Long and into the back of the net.
Footage of the goal has since been viewed more than two million times after it was posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Tommy said was it was "unbelievable" to be nominated for his goal, alongside seven professional players.
"It's very humbling to be considered in the company that I am," he said.
"Fantastic professionals. And to think that for this month's goal of the month competition I'm in that company is beyond my wildest dreams."
Recalling his moment of glory, he added: "I was just happy to get on Tannadice really, and the intention was just not to fall over - or my trousers or something to fall down.
"But I thought: 'Why not?' I had to take my chance when it came along. It's worked out quite well, and the response to the goal and the video has been phenomenal."
His goal came in the same week that Scottish charity Amputee Football Association Scotland (AFAS) was launched with the aim of growing the sport of amputee football in Scotland.
Ashley Reid, of AFAS, said: "We're really excited for Tommy. To see him get the chance to score at Tannadice and knowing what that meant to him personally was fantastic - but now for his strike to make the SPFL Goal of the Month nominations is the stuff of dreams.
"Tommy's goal has helped put a spotlight on both the sport and on Amputee Football Association Scotland and we're thrilled that amputee football is getting the recognition it deserves by way of this nomination."
Tommy, from Monifieth in Angus, has been a lifelong fan of Dundee United.
He believes football saved his life as his cancer only came to light when, as an eight-year-old boy, he snapped his femur while attempting a Johan Cruyff turn.
He has continued to play football throughout his adult life and is now midfielder for Scotland's only amputee team, Partick Thistle Amputees FC.
His goal at Tannadice helped persuade McEwan Fraser Legal to provide financial support for the amputee team to attend its first international fixture next year in Limerick.
Kevin McGeever, 71, of Clontarf in Dublin, was at Galway Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday and admitted wasting police time, RTÉ reports.
He told gardaí (Irish police) in 2013 he had been abducted and held in captivity for eight months.
McGeever was found on a roadside in County Leitrim in a dishevelled state in January that year.
He later told gardaí he had been kidnapped at gunpoint and held in a steel container, possibly underground, by his captors.
His statements prompted a six-week investigation, costing €86,500 (£68,000) and involving over 3,000 hours of police time.
The court heard McGeever owed a considerable amount of money to investors following the economic crash.
He hoped the claim of kidnapping would get them off his back.
McGeever's defence counsel John Jordan said his client had done something "incredibly stupid" and regretted his actions.
A judge said the charge was of considerable gravity, but in light of the defendant's age and the burden already carried by taxpayers as a result of his crime, he suspended the sentence.
When asked afterwards if he was glad the matter was resolved, McGeever said: "Figure that out yourself".
Kent Police "significantly" increased its presence in an attempt to prevent a repeat of January's clashes.
Officers lined the streets as anti-immigration groups followed a planned route.
Eight people were arrested after they left a designated assembly area and blocked the route, police said.
Three further people were arrested after they were identified as people the police were looking for in connection with the violence on 30 January.
One man was detained on suspicion of possession of offensive weapons and another on suspicion of theft of a police baseball cap.
At one point, there were loud chants and tense exchanges through a wall of police, who prevented the two opposing groups from meeting.
Before the march, Kent Police said: "We respect anyone's right to protest peacefully - we are impartial and are working with all involved to minimise disruption."
On Friday it warned: "Those who choose to act in a violent, threatening or disorderly manner... will be held to account for their actions."
As the march set off, Conservative MP for Dover and Deal Charlie Elphicke said it was "appalling" the town was so disrupted.
He added: "These people are not welcome, they don't come here with any good intent and the law should be changed so that they can be removed more forcibly."
But he praised police action saying it had been "proportionate, appropriate and very effective in preventing disorder".
In anticipation of the march the group Global Justice Now, working with "guerrilla" projectionists Feral X, lit up the cliffs with the words "Refugees welcome" on Friday evening.
The group said thousands of people across the UK were working to support refugees who had fled desperate circumstances to get to the country.
Judges allowed a government appeal against a High Court ruling that the 2007 ban covered all public places and workplaces in England and Wales.
The government says it means it can carry on with its plans to roll out a ban gradually "in a safe and secure way" rather than rushing it through.
An inmate who wanted quicker implementation had brought the case.
He and some other prisoners and staff argue state prisons should never have been exempted from the 2007 ban on smoking in public places.
Smoking has, until recently, been allowed in cells and exercise yards at all 136 state-run prisons in England and Wales - the ban already applies to private prisons as they are not Crown premises.
Welsh prisons began to go completely smoke-free in January and the government says all of those in England will eventually follow suit to reduce health risks to staff and inmates.
By Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
At the Whitehall headquarters of the Prison Service they will be lighting up in relief.
The Court of Appeal ruling means, firstly, the government can continue its steady-as-she-goes approach to introducing smoke-free public sector jails; and, second, prison officials won't be prosecuted or fined if they fail to enforce the current no-smoking ban in communal areas.
That was why Paul Black brought the case: he wanted the rules restricting smoking to cells properly enforced, as they are in pubs, for example, where local authorities can intervene.
However, the judgement does not exempt the Prison Service from being sued by inmates or prison officers for the effects of passive smoking.
A report last year provided further evidence of the risks - which is why a phased introduction of a full smoking ban is already under way.
Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, complained that prison smoking rules were being flouted and should be made legally enforceable under Part 1 of the 2006 Health Act, which came into force in July 2007.
His lawyers told the hearings he suffered from a range of health problems due to frequent exposure to second-hand smoke, in particular on prison landings, in laundry rooms and in healthcare waiting rooms.
Black's health problems included hypertension and heart disease, the court was told, and other prisoners provided statements in support of his claim.
Sean Humber, head of human rights at law firm Leigh Day, which represented Black, said the ruling seemed "absurd" to their client and they would discuss an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Government lawyers had warned that a "particularly vigorous" ban could cause discipline problems and risk the safety of staff and inmates.
That warning was echoed by the Prison Governors Association, which is in favour of a ban, but has raised concerns about it potentially leading to instability in jails, given about 80% of inmates currently smoke.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "The result of this appeal means we are able to roll out smoke free prisons in a safe and secure way.
"Our careful approach will ensure staff and prisoners are no longer exposed to second-hand smoke, while not compromising the safety and security of our prisons."
In Scotland, prisoners are allowed to smoke in their cells and in some open-air areas. Prison staff are not allowed to smoke anywhere.
A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said they were developing plans to deliver smoke-free prisons in Scotland, but no timeframe for this was available.
The Northern Ireland Department of Justice said it had no plans to change the current rules, under which smoking is permitted in prison cells and certain open spaces.
Under the terms of the deal, the club will pay back about £25,000 a year.
The club revealed in February the bank wanted to end its relationship with it as soon as possible, putting its property assets in jeopardy.
Chairman Bob Dorrian admitted he was "very pleased to have finally sorted things out with the Co-op Bank".
"It's financially damaging but it is my belief that it is manageable" Mr Dorrian said.
"Overall, we think it is the best deal we could have got".
Under the terms of the new deal, the club should pay off the debt in 15 years.
The money owed is made up of a £300,000 overdraft and a £70,000 mortgage.
"What we've agreed to do is pay off the mortgage of £70,000, I shall loan the money to the football club to allow that to happen.
"The £300,000 overdraft will now be split."
"The figure is £25,000 a year plus interest and charges, so from that perspective, it's quite onerous, but it does give us a lot of time to get our house in order," said Mr Dorrian.
"We're looking to increase our revenue by at least £25,000 per year and that is the way to counter that problem".
The Co-operative told the BBC it could not comment on individual customer matters.
The source crops could be grown on marginal land, avoiding displacing food production, the team observed.
They added the development of renewable liquid fuels was critical to reduce global reliance on petroleum and help mitigate climate change.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Biofuel sweetspot
"We've identified a new route of chemistry with its source from sugars in sugarcane plus some of the so-called waste material called bagasse," said co-author Alexis Bell from the University of California, Berkeley, US.
"We show in this paper how we can put these components together to make jet diesel and lubricants."
The development of a reliable biofuel that can be scaled up to a level that be used by the world's commercial airlines has proved somewhat elusive.
Prof Bell explained that there were a number of understandably strict requirements when it came to aviation fuel.
"The first one is that there must be no oxygen content, the reason being that any oxygen you put in decreases the energy density and as space on an aircraft is at a premium, and you'd like to pack in as much energy in the form of burnable fuel as possible," he told BBC News.
"Second, the fuel must have the right boiling point distribution, and then it has to have properties called lubricity, which means it does not cause excessive wear of the turbine components.
"It also has to have a very low pour point, which means the temperature at which the fuel becomes gelatinous and therefore no longer flows. When you are up in the stratosphere, temperatures around the aircraft are around -40C (-40F) or -50C, so you do not want your fuel gelling up on you."
He added: "What we have developed meets all of those criteria."
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The search for aviation biofuels broke on to the public stage in the late 2000s when there were a number of test flights using a blend of conventional fuel and biofuel.
In February 2008, the first commercial flight partly powered by biofuel (derived from a mixture of babassu nuts and coconuts) took off from London's Heathrow airport.
After a lengthy review by aircraft makers, engine manufacturers and fuel producers, biofuels were approved for commercial use in 2011.
Prof Bell said the team were hopeful that their findings would ultimately be adopted by commercial fuel producers.
"Our sponsors, BP, have encouraged us to apply for a patent, which we have, on this technology," he revealed.
"Where they see the likely commercial interest for themselves and others is that the lubricants would be first as the profit margins are largest, next would be aviation fuel because of the growing US and European regulations requiring a 'green' component of aviation fuel."
Food v fuel
In recent years, political support for biofuels has waned as concern grew that global demand for biofuels would result in a switch away from food production to biofuel production, exacerbating food security worries.
Prof Bell acknowledged that certain crops as feedstock for the sugar-derived process would be problematic: "If, for example, we were to use sugar beet instead of sugarcane then there would be a potential conflict over fuel versus food."
But he added: "By using sugarcane, particularly in Brazil, on land that is not used for agriculture, we escape that conundrum.
"But we are talking about the Amazon basin, and one of the issues there is that if you cleared the land of scrubs and trees - whatever is growing there naturally - in order to make it available for growing sugar plantations, and you get rid of that vegetation by burning it then you are putting a big pulse of CO2 into the atmosphere."
Prof Bell said that the process to make the aviation biofuel outlined in his team's paper would use waste biomass to generate the energy required operate the refinery, with excess energy being put into the Brazilian grid system.
The BBC's gamble on Chris Evans as host for the first series of the show since the departure of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May was always going to split opinion.
Some felt Top Gear had departed too much from its original format - others felt it hadn't departed enough. No one really expected the same on screen chemistry as Jeremy Clarkson and co, but there was no obvious alternative TV presenting blueprint for the new team to follow either.
A critical mauling and a slump in viewing figures followed - but for those that stuck with the series, there were some pleasant surprises.
Matt LeBlanc turned out to be quite likeable. Rory Reid had gravitas and passion. Chris Harris overflowed with genuine motoring expertise. Sabine Schmitz proved it was possible to be both funny and German. Eddie Jordan was… well… Eddie Jordan.
Top Gear is now returning for its 24th series - minus Evans - perhaps a little wiser, cleverer and more mature than ever before.
"I thought the last series was good," mulls LeBlanc. "But we're very collaborative now. This series it feels like ideas are welcome. Things are discussed a little more openly."
"I think we were in for a hard time whatever happened," Harris chips in. "We went in to it knowing that. This is our dream job. We don't sit around dwelling on what's been said. I'm from the internet. If you think [the press] are harsh, try YouTube comments."
The new team seem unfazed by the inevitable comparisons to the Top Gears of old. Since the departure of Evans however, the show's producers have backtracked slightly. For the new series, the presenter dynamic will more closely resemble the lads-on-tour camaraderie of Clarkson's heyday.
"In the last series Matt was very much front and centre," says Reid. "Chris [Harris] and I operated more like lone soldiers, and our films were kind of plugged in to the main thing. This year we're doing much more challenges together and having fun as a trio."
As well as having to distinguish themselves from previous incarnations of Top Gear, since the show was relaunched last year the new team must also now contend with a new rival motoring programme - The Grand Tour, fronted by Clarkson, May and Hammond.
"I've seen a couple of parts," sighs LeBlanc. "It is what it is. It's those guys. They're great."
The Grand Tour was an instant hit with hardcore fans - but the elaborate set-ups and dad gags grated against some critics.
The new Top Gear team saw The Grand Tour's focus on contrived humour as an opportunity to indulge in a level of vehicular geekery not seen since the days of Quentin Wilson and Tiff Needell.
"The car is absolutely central to our approach," says Harris. "Everything we do begins with the automobile, whether it's old, new, bizarre, weird, strange, or cool.
"We're not going out to make a comedy show, and that's great, certainly from my point of view because obviously I'm totally obsessed with cars and I don't really like people."
So will this latest series of Top Gear be entirely void of laughter?
"In my experience, in this business, if you're having fun making it, generally it's fun to watch," says LeBlanc. "It's fun to find the balance between the car porn and the funny element. The jokes are as important as the cars."
And what about Top Gear's reputation as a magnet for controversy? When asked what the most offensive moment of the new series might be, the team eventually agree it's probably the accidental smashing of an Alfa Romeo windscreen - hardly a front page tabloid scandal.
"We don't want to damage cars," says Harris. "People work hard and save money to buy these things."
As Top Gear continues to evolve, it will no doubt face further criticism from fans sentimental about its past. But it's a sentimental attachment to the world of cars that the new team believes aligns them with Top Gear's rich history.
"The car is such a part of our lives," adds LeBlanc. "When you go off to work, when you're arrested they bang you in the back of a car, the first car you ever have, if you go on a date and you end up in the back of a car. That's why we love cars."
Since launching in 1977, Top Gear has been through many guises with many presenters. Each time the programme was reborn, it took years for its core audience of car lovers to warm to its new presenters and format.
Whether or not this latest incarnation will become a fan favourite remains to be seen, but its new team are determined to make it work.
"I never thought about walking away," says LeBlanc.
"I believe in the show. I'm a fan of the show. And if they fire me, I'll continue to be a fan."
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The move follows a consultation with its workforce.
A further 24 redundancies are being made at the firm's operations in Morecambe Bay.
Centrica said the cuts come as it explores new ways of working to "maximise the potential of its North Sea assets".
A company spokesman said: "After a full consultation with our people, we have taken the difficult but necessary decision to reduce the number of roles in our E&P team.
"We want to maximise the potential of our North Sea and Morecambe Bay assets, and over several months have been working hard to find new ways of operating and finalising the structure of our business to make that happen.
"We recognise that this represents difficult news for our employees who may be affected. Our priority now is to support all those impacted."
A BBC correspondent says both teams are now concentrating more on getting their supporters to vote, rather than swaying those undecided.
Thirty-seven million early ballots have already been cast.
US authorities say they are assessing the credibility of information on a possible al-Qaeda terror attack.
New York, Texas and Virginia are believed to be the potential targets mentioned in connection with a possible attack before election day on Tuesday, but a police spokesman said the information "lacks specificity".
Officials say they regularly assess all possible threats before major events.
News of a possible attack came as both Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump made final pushes for support in battleground states across the US.
They both held rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday, two states that may prove crucial on Tuesday.
Both candidates are due to campaign in Florida today. The state is seen as a key contest that could tip the election.
In Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs Clinton ended the day's campaigning at a concert, where she was joined by the singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay Z.
"We have unfinished work to do, more barriers to break, and with your help, a glass ceiling to crack once and for all," Mrs Clinton said.
Addressing the crowd, Jay Z explained his support for Mrs Clinton. He said that though he did not have any "ill will" towards Mr Trump, the Republican's conversation was "divisive".
"That's not an evolved soul to me, so he cannot be my president. He cannot be our president," he said.
The free concert was part of a series of events put on by Mrs Clinton's campaign as she aims to encourage greater African-American participation in the election.
Mr Trump, meanwhile, told a crowd of supporters in New Hampshire that his rival wants a "550% increase" on Syrian refugees allowed into the US.
"Her plan would mean generations of terrorism, extremism, and radicalism spreading into our schools and communities," the Republican candidate said.
Earlier, at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mrs Clinton said that her opponent was "unfit" for office because of his temperament and disparaging comments about women and minorities.
Mr Trump is currently ahead in Ohio, according to a state polling average by Real Clear Politics (RCP), while Mrs Clinton leads by a small margin in Pennsylvania.
In Florida, RCP's poll average puts the Democratic candidate ahead, but poll analysis website FiveThirtyEight says Mr Trump has a 52.4% chance of winning the state's 29 electoral votes.
National polls have suggested that the Republican candidate has gained substantial ground on his rival in the last week or so. That momentum also appears to have helped him in several key battleground states.
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The Democratic nominee has had a tough few days after the FBI said last week it was looking into emails that may be connected to her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state in the Obama administration.
Mrs Clinton has said she is confident the new inquiry will not change the FBI's original finding in July, which criticised her but cleared her of any illegal acts.
The Clinton camp have questioned the timing of the announcement. Two senior Democrats have now called for an investigation into the role of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Trump surrogate.
In an interview on Fox News on Friday morning, Mr Giuliani appeared to suggest he knew about the inquiry before it was announced, saying: "I had no role in it. Did I hear about it? You're darn right I heard about it."
Democratic Representatives Elijah Cummings and John Conyers wrote to the Justice Department on Friday afternoon asking for an investigation into the source of the information to Mr Giuliani.
"Leaking this information to former FBI officials as a conduit to the Trump campaign is equally intolerable," they wrote.
But Mr Giuliani later denied having prior knowledge of the inquiry, telling CNN he had not received advance notice: "No, I've spoken to no current FBI agents."
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The 27-year-old held off Donald, who shot a three-under 68 and finished one back on 12 under par - his fifth second-place finish at the tournament.
Donald hit three birdies in four holes down the back nine but South Carolina-born Bryan took his first PGA title.
England's Ian Poulter shot 73 on Sunday to finish in an 11-way tie for 11th.
Bryan, who birdied four consecutive holes on the front nine and secured the lead with a birdie on the 15th, became the first native South Carolinian to win the Heritage in its 49-year history.
Former world number one Donald, who shared the halfway lead, is now ranked 96 in the world and without a PGA Tour title since 2012.
"After starting with a seven at the second, to bounce back, I'm pleased with the way I played this week," he told Sky Sports.
"I just need a tiny bit more off the tee and hopefully I can give myself some more chances."
Poulter was in fifth place going into Sunday's final round but carded four bogeys for his worst score of the week.
And despite recording his best-ever finish at the tournament, there was disappointment for the 41-year-old - who finds himself in a precarious position.
Playing on a medical exemption after foot surgery last year, Poulter needed to finish outright 12th or better to secure his playing card for the rest of the season.
But an 11-way tie for 11th, in the the penultimate event of his 10-tournament exemption, was not enough and he now has just one chance to collect the prize money he needs to secure his playing status.
"I'm a little hot under the collar right now. Today could have been a victory and I've let it slip," he told Sky Sports.
"To three-putt from 25 feet is unacceptable. I should have got it done today. I didn't do what I needed to do and shut out some of the putts I needed to.
"I played well enough to win the golf tournament today. I need to continue to work harder on the putting."
Residents of Orchard Village, in Rainham, said they have had to deal with a range of problems, including raw sewage, mice, and gas leaks.
The association which manages the estate, Clarion Housing, has offered to buy back 58 of the 387 homes.
It admitted the situation was "unacceptable".
Clarion took over the estate when it bought original property developer Circle Homes two months ago.
Orchard Village, where a two-bedroom flat costs about £250,000, was opened in 2014.
Built partly using £31m of public money, the £80m estate replaced the "notorious" Mardyke housing estate.
Colin Nickless, who moved into the estate in September 2015 to be near a special school for his daughter, who has cystic fibrosis, said: "My son's bedroom had wastewater going through from the leaking waste pipe. We had roof leaks, leaks from the bath coming out.
"Subsequently then we had mould and damp growing."
"My daughter picked up a bacterial infection, she spent many weeks in hospital. My son has also been admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties. It's like a cycle of illness not just in my home but all across the estate.
"We call it the Orchard Village Sickness or the Orchard Village Flu".
Havering UKIP councillor Phil Martin called for the whole estate to be demolished.
"We've had a poor chap wandering about for days on sewer-soaked carpets before they did anything about it," he said.
"And of course the value of the houses has plummeted. You can't sell them at all.
"The only solution is to pull the whole lot down and start again, because all this is doing is patching up."
A spokesperson for Clarion said its dedicated project team had "already made significant progress in tackling the build defects at Orchard Village".
It said it took concerns "extremely seriously", and that the organisation had "instructed ground investigation specialists to undertake rigorous scientific tests".
Mr Wells apologised on Friday after he linked gay relationships and the abuse of children at a hustings meeting on Thursday night.
Maeve McLaughlin welcomed the apology.
However, she said she wanted Mr Wells to explain the nature of the alleged research he had quoted at the event.
"While I welcome his apology and retraction of the offensive comments, questions still remain for Jim Wells to answer," Ms McLaughlin said.
"I look forward to the minister's appearance before the committee and I hope he will take the opportunity to completely and unequivocally refute his baseless claims."
Police are investigating the comments by Mr Wells.
He told a hustings event: "You don't bring a child up in a homosexual relationship. That a child is far more likely to be abused and neglected..."
The minister was then interrupted by uproar from the audience.
In a later statement, he said: "I accept that one line of what I said caused offence and deep concern."
Mr Wells added: "I regret having wrongly made that remark about abuse and I'm sorry those words were uttered. The comment did not reflect my view nor that of my party."
The police said they had received a complaint and officers were currently making inquiries.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said: "Those comments have lifted the lid on some really unpleasant views. The mask has slipped.
"I've been warning for weeks that while, of course, we should be alarmed about the prospects of Ed Miliband dancing to the tune of Alex Salmond, we should be equally alarmed at the prospect of a hapless David Cameron, minority Conservative administration, dancing to the tune of Nigel Farage, the right wing of his own party and some of these truly, truly, backward looking views from the DUP."
Mr Wells, the DUP South Down candidate in the 7 May election, made the comments during a discussion on gay marriage.
In a second statement on Friday morning, Mr Wells said the past few weeks had "been extremely difficult" for him personally as he had "just come from a hospital visit".
He added: "Within seconds of realising this error, I asked the chairman to let me back in and twice corrected my remarks before the debate moved on."
The Ulster Unionist Party said the comments were "absolutely appalling... and totally wrong".
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt told the BBC's Nolan Show that an electoral pact between his party and the DUP, in four Westminster constituencies, remained in place.
However, he added: "Jim Wells needs to do more in deed and in action to prove that the real Jim Wells is reflected in this morning's statement rather than in yesterday's comment."
South Down Conservative candidate Felicity Buchan also attended the hustings event.
"The Conservative Party and I personally do not in any way agree with what was said."
Alliance North Down MLA, Stephen Farry, said: "There is absolutely no link between the incidence of abuse and neglect and the sexual orientation of parents," he said.
"Nor indeed, is there any difference between two-parent and single-parent households."
The SDLP said it was going to submit a motion of no confidence in Mr Wells.
Margaret Ritchie, who is standing as an SDLP candidate, said his comments were "completely unacceptable".
Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, Ivan Lewis, said: "It is right that Jim Wells has apologised for these highly inappropriate remarks. There can be no justification for false and stigmatising statements about LGBT people.
"There should be a commitment to zero tolerance of homophobia across the United Kingdom, including in Northern Ireland."
The ceremony in Auckland brings the huge trade pact, which has been five years in the making, another step towards to becoming a reality.
But the TPP continues to face opposition.
The 12 nations account for some 40% of the world's economy - they now have two years to ratify or reject the pact.
Australia's minister for trade Andrew Robb was the first to sign the pact. Those attending the ceremony cheered as his counterpart, New Zealand trade minister Todd McClay, added the last signature.
The TPP involves the US, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
Those against the deal, particularly some Americans, fear it could mean jobs will move from the US to developing countries.
However, US President Barack Obama said the agreement was a new type of trade deal "that puts American workers first".
"Partnership would give the United States an advantage over other leading economies, namely China," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
"TPP allows America - and not countries like China - to write the rules of the road in the 21st Century, which is especially important in a region as dynamic as the Asia-Pacific," he said.
"We should get TPP done this year and give more American workers the shot at success they deserve and help more American businesses compete and win around the world."
In Auckland and in the US, among other countries, protestors have voiced their anger about the trade pact over the past several months.
In the lead up to Thursday's signing, the streets around Auckland's central business district were disrupted by groups blocking access to the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Police clashed with some protestors, who have widely claimed the deal will benefit big business rather than workers.
The trade deal looks to facilitate investment between 12 countries across the Pacific Rim, which together account for about 40% of the global economy.
It was agreed in October last year after years of negotiations and multiple missed deadlines.
The US-led initiative is a key part of Mr Obama's so-called pivot to Asia but has proved to be a controversial issue ahead of the US elections in November.
Mr Obama has barely a year left on his term and his administration warns that the US economy will suffer if politicians don't ratify the agreement.
US Trade Representative Michael Froman said the deal could add $100bn (£68.5bn) a year to US growth.
"After five years of negotiation, signing the TPP is an important milestone in our efforts to set high-standard rules of the road in the Asia Pacific region and more generally, and to deliver an agreement that will benefit American workers, farmers and businesses," he said.
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In May, it was revealed that the EFL, formerly known as the Football League before a rebrand this summer, could expand to include a fifth tier by 2019-20, with 100 teams over five divisions.
It is planned that additional clubs would come from the National League.
EFL clubs met to discuss the proposals for the first time on Thursday.
The exclusion of extra 'non-English' clubs from the plans, which will be voted on by all clubs in June 2017, would appear to remove any prospect of Scottish giants Celtic and Rangers being involved in the EFL in the forseeable future.
"The logical place for many was to source the additional teams for League Three from the National League," EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey said.
"We will now continue our consultation with the National League with a little more certainty as to what any change could mean for them."
This season, the Checkatrade Trophy has included under-21 teams from Premier League and Championship clubs for the first time on a trial basis.
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Skelmersdale could get two direct trains to Liverpool per hour and an hourly service to Manchester, Councillor John Fillis said.
Lancashire council has a £1m fund to develop a more detailed proposal with Network Rail and Merseytravel that could eventually cost under £4m.
Mr Fillis said the planned station would "extend the opportunities available to local people".
He added the proposal could be Lancashire's largest bid for the government's Growth Deals, which provide money to local enterprise partnerships (LEPs).
"Our initial feasibility study shows that connecting Skelmersdale to the rail network should deliver good value for money."
The rail link is part of a "wholesale reconfiguration" of the town's transport network, which aims to improve bus services, cycling and walking links, he said.
Jane Marion Lord, 76, had tried to stop her red Vauxhall Corsa from rolling down the driveway at her home near Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion.
Miss Lord is believed to have died on 21 December 2016 but remained under her car until a friend, alerted by her dogs, found her after Christmas.
A coroner at the Aberystwyth inquest concluded her death was accidental.
The inquest heard how Miss Lord, who lived in the village of Cwmcou, was last seen alive at around 19:00 GMT on 21 December at a party at the house of her friend Francesca Lis Ross.
Miss Ross said she first became worried about Miss Lord when she went over to her house on 23 December, to give her a Christmas card and found the house locked but the car still on the drive.
"I assumed she must have gone away with a friend with a vehicle, so I left a present down at the house and left," Miss Ross told the inquest.
Miss Ross returned with her husband and two dogs on 30 December after trying to call Miss Lord the day before.
They broke through the door of the house to check inside and searched the garden, but only found Miss Lord's body when the dogs took an interest in the underside of the car.
PC Matthew Fraser, of Dyfed-Powys Police's forensic division, described how Miss Lord had suffered crushing injuries to her shoulder and hip.
He added that hand marks on the car suggested she had tried to stop the car rolling down the drive before falling over and being pinned under it.
PC Fraser said the car's handbrake was in full working order, but that the "three clicks" the lever had been set at were only just enough to stop it from rolling down the driveway on most occasions.
He said five clicks of the handbrake would have engaged it fully, but that Miss Lord would have found it difficult to pull the lever this high.
Ceredigion coroner Peter Brunton said Miss Lord would not have survived the night of 21 December.
He added: "This is one of the those dreadful cases where if circumstances had turned out slightly differently we wouldn't be here today."
Ernest Upward, who was known as Michael, and was from Pershore in Worcestershire, suffered from dementia.
Police scrambled a helicopter in their attempt to find 82-year-old Mr Upward, who went missing after going to sit in the garden of a home in Holly Green, Upton upon Severn.
His death is not being treated as suspicious, West Mercia Police said.
Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) directors Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Alex Wurz have written a letter on behalf of the drivers.
It urges the owners and stakeholders of F1 to" restructure its governance".
Many issues can be traced back to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, but the letter does not mention the 85-year-old.
It claims that some recent decisions are "disruptive", avoid "the bigger issues" and "could jeopardise F1's success".
Writing the letter is an extraordinary step by the drivers, which reflects the strength of their feelings on the matter.
The GPDA has been careful not to single out specific issues but collating recent remarks by many drivers and Wurz - and developments over the winter - it seems likely they are referring to a number of issues.
These are:
"It is fundamental that the sport's leaders make smart and well-considered adjustments," it reads.
"We feel that some recent rule changes - on both the sporting and technical side, and including some business decisions - are disruptive, do not address the bigger issues our sport is facing and in some cases could jeopardise its future success.
"The drivers have come to the conclusion that the decision-making process in the sport is obsolete and ill-structured and prevents progress being made. Indeed, it can sometimes lead to just the opposite - gridlock.
"This reflects negatively on our sport, prevents it being fit for the next generation of fans and compromises further global growth."
The drivers add: "The future direction and decisions of F1, be they short- or long-term, sporting, technical or business-oriented, should be based on a clear masterplan that should reflect the core principles and core value of F1.
"We need to ensure that F1 remains a sport, a closely fought competition between the best drivers in extraordinary machines on the coolest race tracks.
"F1 should be home only to the best teams, drivers and circuits, with partners and suppliers fit for such an elite championship."
Wurz, a former F1 driver, told BBC Sport the GPDA "operates by majority vote" and added: "In this case, it was an extremely clear vote regarding the desire to express our opinion."
He emphasised the letter is "not a knee-jerk reaction" to the fiasco over the change of qualifying rules for the first race of the season.
"This statement was well-considered and planned between all drivers for quite a while now and discussed again in Melbourne," Wurz said.
The GPDA is careful to make the letter sound as reasoned and unconfrontational as possible.
It emphasises the drivers "seek competition and love our sport almost unconditionally, which makes us most probably the people with the purest interest for F1, beside our fans".
It says the drivers recognise the sport's leaders "act with the very best intentions" and emphasises the letter "should not be seen as a blind and disrespectful attack".
Wurz said that The business model and the way F1 is run "needs to be addressed and redefined, followed by a clear road map or masterplan".
He added: "We are not convinced that individual updates to sporting or technical rules are the solution a) to stop F1 losing viewers and fans; and b) to initiate global growth.
"The desired outcome to the drivers' statement would be to achieve points a) and b).
"Personally, I believe the answer to F1's global growth is mainly based around its business model.
"Over many decades the business and sport have grown amazingly, but things change and we are most definitely witnessing a sudden and fast-changing landscape of media and consumer behaviour, to which we should adjust in carefully considered steps."
Now, 20 years on, Uttoxeter's Peaty is a double world breaststroke champion and world-record holder.
"He was completely petrified," Peaty's mother Caroline told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I wanted my children to learn to swim, but my friend had to take him at first because it was breaking my heart, he was screaming that much."
Peaty, 20, became the first man to complete the double of 50m and 100m breaststroke world titles with victory over the shorter distance on Wednesday in Kazan, Russia.
He also helped the 4x100m mixed medley relay team win gold in a world record time.
His 200m campaign begins with Thursday's heats before a possible appearance in the final on Friday night and Peaty says his championships could not be going better after a win that recalled fellow Briton David Wilkie's 100m and 200m double at the 1975 championships.
"I got the world record yesterday and secured the title today - I couldn't really ask for more," Peaty said.
"It was just a race to touch the wall first and thankfully it was my day. I missed a couple of strokes, but I just stayed on top of the water."
Peaty's twin individual successes, along with James Guy's 200m freestyle gold and the team's relay victory, mean Great Britain is top of the swimming medal table with one more gold than both the United States and Australia.
The 24-year-old graduate of Manchester United's academy was released in June after three years with the Eagles.
Fryers, who has also played for Tottenham and Standard Liege, has previously featured in the Championship on loan for Ipswich Town and Rotherham.
He arrives after defender and captain Marc Roberts joined Birmingham.
Fryers, a left-back capped at under-16 to under-19 levels for England, is the second defender to move to Oakwell in as many days, following the signing of centre-back Ethan Pinnock.
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The two-hour low-speed pursuit last July started in Norwich and ended in Brandon, Suffolk, and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.
Nicholas Churchill, 40, from Brandon, wrote off two cars and damaged several others after a "red mist" descended.
A police officer whose car was rammed said he thought he was going to die.
The pursuit took place on major roads including the A140, A11, and A134 - as well as in a pedestrianised precinct - and involved six police cars and a helicopter.
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At an earlier court hearing, Churchill, of Mounts Pit Lane, admitted aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs.
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Norwich Crown Court heard he took the 30-tonne truck from his employer after becoming angry about the air conditioning in his cab when it became too hot to work at a quarry in Spixworth, Norfolk.
But it was a mild day of about 13C (55.4F) and he felt hot because he had been taking amphetamines, prosecutor Andrew Oliver said.
His antics left a trail of destruction along the way and shoppers were forced to scatter as he drove through the Brandon street that is closed to traffic.
A Norfolk policeman, whose patrol car was rammed, told the court: "I thought I was going to die. I was petrified."
Churchill's rampage damaged police cars and the truck he was driving was estimated at costing more than £26,000 to repair or replace.
In mitigation, the court was told: "The red mist descended. What happened after that he can't remember or explain."
Jailing Churchill for 14 months and banning him from driving for two years, Judge Anthony Bate said: "You left a trail of destruction and damaged police vehicles in your wake.
"It was a shocking piece of sustained dangerous driving."
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Pressure is mounting on head coach Ian Cathro after the Edinburgh side were knocked out of the League Cup.
And, with work continuing on the main stand at Tynecastle, Hearts' first four Premiership games are away to Celtic, Kilmarnock, Rangers and Motherwell.
"These games make you or break you and hopefully they're going to be the making of us," Berra said.
The 32-year-old reckons that, following a tough week in the League Cup. there is "no better game to bounce back" in than away to champions Celtic on Saturday.
A 2-1 defeat at Peterhead was followed by a 2-2 home draw with Dunfermline Athletic, with the Pars winning the penalty shootout and the bonus point that came with it.
The Gorgie fans vented their anger towards Cathro at the end of Saturday's match and Berra revealed that the players had a frank exchange in the dressing-room at full time.
"It's not the result we wanted and we had a few harsh words afterwards for 10-15 minutes between the players, which was needed," the summer signing from Ipswich Town revealed.
"Sometimes, if you let it lie, you come back into training and everything is rosy again, nothing is said.
"So sometimes you're better saying things in the heat of the moment in the changing-room after games. I said a few things, a few other boys and the manager did too."
Berra, who was also at Hearts from 2003-09, says the players are backing head coach Cathro and the Scotland international reckons the 31-year-old is the man to take the club forward.
But he knows the pressure is on the man who took over in December last year and guided Hearts to a fifth-place finish in the Premiership.
"At the end of the game, the fans weren't happy, first and foremost, and the players can sense that," Berra said.
"It's not just on the manager, it's the players as well, we're not getting results. We're the ones who cross that white line.
"We're the ones on the pitch, not taking chances or making mistakes that lose the game. So, in the end, the responsibility lies on the players and we need to do better as well.
"I wasn't here when he was revealed as manager, but a lot of press has been on his back, but he won't be the only one or the last one - that's football and I'm sure the manager is big enough to take that on the chin and move on."
Cathro is in his first job as team boss, with the former Dundee United youth coach having been assistant Rio Ave, Valencia and Newcastle United.
"It's a lot of pressure," added Berra. "If you're a footballer or a manager, if things are not going well, you're going to get stick. That's the way it is.
"Scotland is a small country, but there is a lot of media and that's the way it is - it's the nature of the beast.
"The only way we're going to win the fans over is by winning games, starting the season well and doing the best we can."
Amy's Place aims to help its residents reintegrate into society "with the best possible opportunity of sustaining their recovery and building a fulfilling life".
Based in east London, the house will accommodate 16 women aged 18 to 30.
Winehouse died aged 27 in July 2011 from accidental alcohol poisoning.
Her family set up the foundation, which works to prevent young people misusing alcohol and drugs, as well as to support disadvantaged young artists, in September 2011.
Amy's Place will be run with the help of Centra Care and Support, part of the non-profit organisation Circle Housing, one of the UK's largest providers of affordable housing.
New residents at the recovery centre will take part in a three-month programme, including activities such as yoga and reiki as well as relapse prevention groups. They will be allowed to stay for up to two years.
Dominic Ruffy, special project director at the Amy Winehouse Foundation, said there were very few female-specific addiction centres in the UK - despite the fact research shows women have a greater chance of relapse without support.
He also spoke to women at female-only addiction centre Hope House who said moving to a mixed sex centre had been one of their fears, because of issues around co-dependency and past experiences of abuse.
"It's really critical that women have that length of time to sit with themselves, be with themselves, and learn how to manage their emotional wellbeing," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Mr Ruffy said women based at Amy's Place would already have been through a treatment programme and would come to the new centre clean and sober.
But he added: "It's one thing to be clean and sober, it's another thing learning how to then live your life without using drugs, and going down pathways such as volunteering or employment or education."
The centre is due to open on 22 August.
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The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust wants to cut its deficit from £8.9m in 2015-16 to £6.1m in 2016-17.
The trust says in its report it hopes most posts can be cut through "non-essential" vacant posts being left unfilled.
But Unison claimed it would have a "dramatic impact on services".
The trust's annual operational plan for 2016-17 says demand for mental health services "continues to increase, whilst our funding declines".
The trust, which has an annual budget of more than £200m, added: "While we must control our own costs, we recognise that 'parity of esteem' is yet to be reflected in parity of resources.
"Our Board will continue to campaign to improve this position.
"We have a robust financial recovery plan which will see us deliver a £6.1m deficit in 2016-17. Like the wider health and social care community, our trust faces long-term challenges, often outside of our control."
The trust had planned to cut 135 posts, but said that it had now reduced that figure fo 90.
Anne Humphrys, from the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk, said: "The trust is in special measures because it was rated inadequate.
"Further cuts is no way going to improve the service. There are not enough staff to meet the needs of the service at present."
Jeff Keighley, of the Unison union, said staff were "trying to run a service without the adequate resources and for them it's quite frightening".
He added: "It will have a dramatic impact on services."
The foundation trust said it did not plan to make any compulsory redundancies.
It was placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission in 2015 when it was described as "not a safe... service".
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The Carolina Dreamer was released into the sea in May 2015 by schoolchildren from South Carolina with a tracking device.
The class were able to follow the boat's 4,000 mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Now they're hoping it might make it back to America from Wales.
Dennis Young, from York, is accused of nine counts of indecent assault on a boy under 14 at Skegby Hall School in Nottinghamshire.
The offences are alleged to have been committed between October 1958 and December 1961.
Mr Young will go on trial at Nottingham Crown Court on 26 August.
He appeared at Mansfield Magistrates' Court and was granted unconditional bail.
Mr Young was charged by police investigating historical abuse at the school, which has since closed.
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Macedonia has only been letting in Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans who are fleeing conflict, sparking angry demonstrations from other groups.
The border reopened on Friday morning after a protest by migrants of other nationalities closed it for two days.
There is a substantial riot police presence on both sides of the border.
More than a thousand migrants - notably from Iran, Pakistan, Somalia and Morocco - are still not being allowed to proceed.
Separately, a young Moroccan migrant was electrocuted amid clashes near the Greek village of Idomeni. The man died after climbing onto the roof of a train carriage and touching a high-voltage overhead cable, local police said.
Some 5,000 people are now stuck at the border, including 43 busloads of Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans who arrived overnight on Wednesday.
The thousands of people stranded near Idomeni are sleeping in charity-provided shelters, tents or in the fields.
EU interior ministers will meet on Friday to discuss Greece's ability to control the flow of migrants crossing through the country on the way to northern Europe.
Athens' acceptance of help from EU border agency Frontex and European aid to care for migrants was welcomed by the bloc ahead of the meeting.
Reports had suggested that some EU states had asked for Greece to be suspended from the Schengen passport-free zone for not doing enough to secure its external borders and allegedly rejecting EU help.
Greece denies that it ever spurned EU assistance, but the government, aware of domestic ramifications, has sought to make clear that Frontex will only assist with migrant registration, and not conduct joint border patrols.
Almost 600,000 migrants have arrived in Greece this year, mostly by boat from nearby Turkey. The Greek government says it has spent some €1bn (£722,000) on managing the crisis.
Many migrants try to travel onwards to northern Europe through the Balkans, where several countries have put up fences and reinstated border controls.
It was found at North Queen Street on Tuesday morning and was declared a "viable device".
The police have now launched an attempted murder investigation.
Det Ch Insp Peter Montgomery said it was "lucky" that no officers or members of the public were hurt.
"This incident also caused massive inconvenience, disruption and upset for the local community of north Belfast," he said.
During the operation, a number of families had to leave their homes and several roads in the area were closed.
Police have said they want to speak to the driver of a white van that was seen in North Queen Street just before midnight on Monday 8 August.
Det Ch Insp Montgomery added: "I am appealing for anyone who noticed any activity in the North Queen Street area, close to Spamount Street, between Monday evening and Tuesday morning."
Shropshire Wildlife Trust wants to restore the 15-acre site as an area of wildlife-rich peat bog.
It is launching a public appeal to help convey the site back to nature.
The scrapyard lies on the Marches Mosses, a wetlands area which crosses the Shropshire and Cheshire border.
The trust has bought the scrapyard but said it will have to get specialist help to clean it up.
It currently contains 100,000 tyres, tonnes of wing mirrors and bumpers and oil sump pits.
Once cleaned, the site will be covered with peat allowing the bog habitat to regenerate.
The trust said it needs to raise about £500,000 to clean and manage the land.
Four years ago, the government gave the wildlife trust a grant of more than £500,000 to help maintain the wetlands and make them more accessible.
The post, directed at MP Anna Soubry but misspelling her name, said "Someone jo cox Anna sourby please".
It was a reference to the Labour MP murdered the week before the EU referendum. Her killer, Thomas Mair, 53, was jailed for life last week.
The Met said a 25-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of sending malicious communications.
He was arrested at his home in Bethnal Green, east London.
Nottinghamshire Police confirmed it was investigating the alleged threat made against the MP for Broxtowe.
Ms Soubry told the BBC it was the "second of two death threats" she had received in a week.
Ms Soubry responded to the tweet by saying: "This is what has happened to our politics. Tolerance & free speech must prevail."
A tweet from the same account then replied: "lol get jo coxed you old bint".
The account responsible for the tweet can no longer be found.
Hundreds of people took to the social media platform in support of Ms Soubry.
A Twitter spokesman told the BBC the organisation did not comment on individual accounts "for privacy and security reasons".
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The 42-year-old made a record 963 appearances for United and had a year left on his contract at Old Trafford.
Giggs, who gained his Uefa Pro Licence in 2014, hopes to manage in the future.
"The time feels right and, although I have no immediate plans to step into management, it is where I want to be," he said.
"It's time for a new chapter and a new challenge. I'm excited about the future - I've had the best apprenticeship into management anyone could ever ask for."
As a player, Giggs won a record 13 league titles, two European Cups, four FA Cups and four League Cups before retiring in 2014.
Giggs served as assistant to David Moyes, then Louis van Gaal, but the role now seems likely to be taken by Rui Faria, a long-time friend of recently-appointed manager Jose Mourinho.
The former Wales international paid tribute to both Sir Alex Ferguson - his boss for all but one season of his 24-year professional career - and Van Gaal as "great managerial mentors", and said it was a difficult decision to leave the club he joined as a 14-year-old in 1987.
"After 29 seasons at Manchester United as a player and assistant manager, I know winning is in the DNA of this club - giving youth a chance, and playing attacking and exciting football," Giggs told United's website.
"It's healthy to have high expectations, it's right to expect to win. Manchester United expects, deserves, nothing less.
"This is why it is a huge decision for me to step away from the club that has been my life since the age of 14. It has not been a decision that I have made lightly.
"I'll take away so many special memories as well as a lifetime of experiences that will, I hope, serve me well in the future."
Giggs, who hoped to take over as manager following Van Gaal's sacking in May, backed new boss Jose Mourinho to be a success in the role.
"There are only a handful of proven winners at the very highest level and Jose is unquestionably one of them," he said. "I know the fans will welcome him."
Cardiff-born Giggs joined the United academy on his 14th birthday, turning professional aged 17 in November 1990 and making his first-team debut against Everton on 2 March, 1991.
He became a player-coach following the arrival of Moyes as manager in 2013, and had a brief spell as caretaker-manager following the Scot's dismissal in April 2014, taking charge of the final four games of the season.
He served as assistant to Van Gaal for two seasons.
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Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says Giggs' "rigour and diligence" will help him become a successful manager in the future.
"The experiences and discipline he developed at United will undoubtedly be a big help as he continues to learn his trade," he said. "He has all the attributes to be a terrific manager in the future."
Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera posted on Twitter: "It has been a great honour to learn from such a football legend like you. I wish you all the best."
United vice-captain Michael Carrick posted a picture on Twitter of him holding the FA Cup with Giggs, and wrote: "Gonna miss this fella. All great things come to an end I suppose. He's gonna make a top manager. Good luck mate."
Dutch defender Daley Blind thanked Giggs on Twitter, writing: "I wish you all the best in the future, a Legend but also a great personality! Learned a lot Thanks #GiggsLegend"
Ryan Giggs might be leaving Manchester United after almost three glorious decades. But Giggs will hope to return one day. And most United fans will share that hope.
Having accepted it was too early to take the manager's job after the experience of being in the hot-seat for four games following David Moyes' dismissal, there is no doubt Giggs felt capable of replacing Louis van Gaal.
In an ideal world, Van Gaal would have seen out his three-year contract and Giggs would have taken over in a seamless transition. As recently as December, it was the future envisaged by senior figures in the United hierarchy.
But football is not an ideal world. Even though Giggs retained influential backers at Old Trafford, the club targeted Jose Mourinho as a potential replacement for Van Gaal as results and performances suffered in mid-season.
By the time the axe fell on Van Gaal in the wake of the FA Cup final win over Crystal Palace, Giggs knew the job would not be his.
And as a relatively late starter in management due to the staggering length of his playing career, there was no other decision to make other than to seek a fresh challenge.
Giggs will not be short of offers. But he needs to choose wisely. He cannot risk his reputation at a club where the sack will follow within weeks if immediate results are not the ones he - or his new employers - are looking for.
It is a moment he has prepared well for. His coaching badges are all done. As Giggs pointed out in his statement, he had two amazing managerial mentors in Sir Alex Ferguson and Louis van Gaal. Draw your own conclusions about the absence of David Moyes from the list.
Giggs had hoped he would stride confidently into the manager's dugout at Old Trafford. Instead, he must do so elsewhere.
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That's what a former Tory benefits axeman in the 1990s used to tell fellow MPs who urged him to find an easy £1bn cut from the nation's welfare bills.
So, "all" that his successor, Iain Duncan Smith, and the Chancellor, George Osborne, have to do now is identify 12 million people they'd like to take £1,000 away from.
The two men met with the prime minister last Thursday to find agreement on how to find the £12bn they've promised to cut from the nation's benefit bill in the next two years. It is not clear that they have yet found it.
They have agreed the total sum they want to save; they've agreed the cuts the prime minister will not let them make - to pensioner and child benefits; they've heard his worries about targeting disability benefits; they've agreed some small popular down payments but they've a way to go before reaching detailed proposals to produce that sum.
That's one reason why the Budget on 8 July will only unveil some of the proposed welfare cuts. Others will have to wait until the Spending Review this autumn.
What, you might ask, about the promise to cut the benefit cap? Or to take housing benefit away from the under 25s? And how about freezing tax credits. Between them those measures would raise less than £1.5bn. Not nearly enough.
So, that's why the prime minister's speech signalled that tax credits are in his sights. They're worth around £30bn of the unprotected welfare spending bill of £77bn a year.
That's why he attacked what he called the "merry-go-round" of the Treasury giving cash to working people with one hand and taking it away with the other. He pledged to "remove perverse incentives" which discourage people from leaving benefits and returning to work and criticised the idea of handing a few pounds to poor people to get them above the poverty line.
This is what David Cameron calls "pitch rolling", preparing the ground for what is to come.
The likeliest target appears to be child tax credit, which is paid to those on low incomes who are both in and out of work.
Newsnight's Allegra Stratton got the first whiff of this a couple of weeks ago. She reported that ministers were studying the work of the Institute for Fiscal Studies which noted that £5bn a year could be saved by returning child tax credit to the level it was just over a decade ago. The IFS estimates that this would hit 3.7 million low income families by £845 per child - producing an average loss of £1,400 per year - although some of these would be future rather than current recipients.
The government have the IFS's backing for saying this would increase work incentives although critics at the Resolution Foundation have pointed out that it would be the 30% of the poorest usually out of work families who would suffer most.
The devil will, as they say, be in the detail. It's worth remembering that it is sometimes the smallest, apparently least controversial cuts that cause the most political pain.
Ministers are well aware that when it was first proposed the "bedroom tax" was regarded in Whitehall as a tidying-up measure and not a symbol of the government's wickedness.
Taking cash away from people who've yet to receive it by cancelling future entitlements or increases is usually easy to do, particularly when inflation is low and when real wages and the minimum wage are rising. What really hurts - people and governments - is taking cash away from families which have already got it.
So, anyone want to start drawing up that list of 12 million people?
Kim backed up her opening 65 with an eagle and three birdies in torrential rain to reach 11 under and leave her clear of England's Georgia Hall (67) and American Lexi Thompson (68).
Overnight leader Michelle Wie followed her course record 64 with a 76.
"I think it [the rain] was about as bad as it could get," Kim said.
"But I really enjoy playing here. If I had to play golf anywhere in the rain, this would be the course."
American Ally McDonald sits fourth after a 68, one clear of England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who posted a 70.
Sally Watson is the only Scot out of the seven starters to have made the cut, posting a 69 that included an eagle on 11 to sit three under in a tie for 34th.
Hall led for most of the day thanks to four consecutive birdies and a solitary bogey in a stunning front nine. She added three more birdies on the way in to put herself in a great position for the final two days.
"I don't think I've had four birdies in a row before," Hall said. "I holed some great putts and I'm playing really well."
Another player who hit a hot streak was Thompson, who managed to go one better than Hall with five birdies in a row at the start of the back nine, as well as another on 17, to roar into contention.
British number one Charley Hull hit three early bogeys on her way to a 71 that leaves her five under for the tournament.
England's Mel Reid is also on five under after a 72, with compatriot Sophie Lamb a shot further back after a 71.
Founded more than 100 years ago, it is said to be home to around a fifth of Nairobi's population and yet has not featured in any government plans - until recently.
Fifteen densely populated villages make up this slum. We're in Mashimoni, home to mud huts and tin shacks.
The only formal structure here is a recently built toilet.
But Boniface Ouma has lived in Kibera for 37 years and says the changes are difficult to miss.
There are now tarred roads, mobile clinics and police stations made from shipping containers, working street lights and even free Wifi throughout the slum.
One of the biggest issues has always been housing.
The residents do not have title deeds, so technically the land still belongs to the government.
That does not stop descendents of the original residents, largely from the Nubian community, from sub-letting their tin shacks to more recent arrivals.
Now, however, the government is building permanent houses, with proper sanitation.
Anne Waiguru, the minister of planning and devolution, told the BBC: "We want these new houses to become the minimum standard for the people of Kibera."
Around 50% of those Kibera residents who have jobs are employed in nearby Nairobi, usually as cheap unskilled labour.
However, unemployment is still high, especially among the youth.
Many sit idle the whole day, often getting themselves into trouble with the police and hooked on drugs and alcohol.
As part of the revamp, some young residents are being encouraged to get into business.
The idea is that they will sell locally produced staple foods such as kale, maize and fish.
But Mr Ouma is worried about the future of such projects.
"We need long-term solutions and some of the projects like the vegetable projects and the fish ponds are not really going to be sustainable in the long run."
Others are being engaged in construction work through the National Youth Service.
Since the introduction of the slum renewal project some five months ago, more than 3,500 people have been employed.
Because all the work is done by residents, the government hopes that once they leave, the community will be able to continue building more homes.
It may take up to two years to cover all of Kibera.
As for the new roads, street vendor Millicent Atieno says it has been something of a double-edged sword.
"This means I can get to the market a lot easier and the transport drops me just in front of my stall," she says.
But because some shacks were removed to make space for development, she now has fewer customers living nearby.
While the shacks and lack of sewage are still a daily reality for many residents, new Kibera is fast taking shape.
Shops made of corrugated iron line the streets. These include clothing stores, butchers, street food stalls, bakers and even a wedding gown shop
Trucks collecting rubbish - still a phenomenon here - whizz down the streets, and graders work on new roads, careful not to knock into the new street lights.
We see about 10 people working to unblock one of the main sewerage pipes in preparation for proper drains.
It is filled with garbage. The stench of human waste fills the air.
"If we can keep the drains and dam clean, there'll be a less chance that our children will get sick. The dirty water can also pass easily," one passer-by explains.
It is a dirty job but one that is necessary.
It seems that one of the most welcome additions has been flushing toilets. Previously, residents were using plastic bags which would then be thrown into the nearest river or even into the street.
They call them flying toilets.
"These flying toilets would make us sick. But now we won't catch diseases as often as we did before," said Catherine Mueni, who has lived her for many years.
Residents have also used a hole in the ground that is shared by more than 30 shacks.
Ms Waiguru says her department plans to build 182 communal toilet blocks here. So far, 90 have been completed.
Until recently Kibera had no running water and it had to be collected from the Nairobi dam. The dam water is not clean and there have been reports of water-borne diseases.
Driving through the slum villages, I saw residents forming queues to use one communal tap. They say it is much better than collecting water from the murky dam.
Officials believe if the residents are directly involved in the renovations here, they will take pride in making sure that they are well maintained.
Maria Kowa, 32 and a mother-of-three, agrees.
"This is our home. If we don't look after it, after everything, we will only have ourselves to blame," she says while hunched over a basin of water doing her laundry.
"It warms my heart to see that my children will not have to struggle the same way I did."
She hopes that soon collecting water from the dam will be a thing of that past, and she is looking forward to the days when she'll have clean running water in her own house.
It is still a long way off but many hope the work done here means that one day, Kibera will no longer be synonymous with poverty and chaos and instead become just another Nairobi neighbourhood - one that its residents can proudly call home.
No-one was injured in the incident which took place at about 11:20 on Saturday but numerous wagons derailed and the track was damaged.
The line, which was closed for the weekend for engineering work, could remain shut for two weeks.
It is believed one of the trains ran into the back of the other.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "At about 11.20am on Saturday, 1 August, we were called following reports of a collision on the line near to Logan, East Ayrshire.
"Our officers attended and discovered two engineering trains had collided. As a result of the collision a seven wagons and one engine derailed, with some travelling down onto the embankment.
"Fortunately no-one was injured as a result of the collision or derailment, but the tracks have been significantly damaged and the line, which is the main Glasgow to Dumfries route, is expected to be affected for several days.
"At this stage the incident is not being treated as suspicious and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has been informed."
A spokesman for track owner Network Rail told BBC Scotland that a crane was being brought in to remove the wagons.
He said this would take about 10 days and early indications were that it would then take about three days to repair the track.
The Network Rail spokesman said: "At the time of the incident the line was closed for engineering work and there was no public risk."
Train operator ScotRail Alliance said: "We apologise to customers affected by the disruption. Replacement buses have been arranged to minimise the impact and specialist engineers are working to reopen the line as quickly as possible."
The 27-year-old was attacked in Middleton Street, Leicester at about 04:30 GMT on Friday.
The teenager has also been charged with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon. Two other boys, aged 13 and 15, were charged with robbery.
The trio, who can not be named for legal reasons, will appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Police said the victim was now in a stable condition.
Two girls, aged 13 and 14, who were also arrested over the attack have been released without charge, while another 14-year-old girl has been bailed.
Ali, 39, pushed incumbent president Sepp Blatter to a second round of voting in May's poll, winning 73 votes, before standing aside in the contest.
He joins Uefa president Michel Platini as confirmed candidates to replace Blatter and lead football's world governing body.
The election is due to be held on 26 February next year.
"This election should be about football, not personal ambition. We have come too far to walk away now," Ali said.
"We must overcome deep-seated corruption but I was not brought up to walk away from a tough fight. This is about right and wrong."
Blatter, 79, triggered next year's election by announcing shortly after winning the last vote that he would resign amid twin criminal investigations into alleged corruption at Fifa.
Seven Fifa officials were arrested in May on charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.
Former Fifa executive Chung Mong-joon of South Korea has also indicated that he will run in next year's election, as has Liberian FA president Musa Bility.
Referring to May's election, Ali added: "I was the only person who dared to challenge Blatter, I ran because I believe that Fifa needs change.
"I had the courage when others feared. They didn't have the guts to run, but I did."
Alan Bannister, 56, of Barry, claimed a higher rate disability living allowance after exaggerating the severity of his arthritis, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
He claimed his chronic arthritis left him in constant pain and he struggled to walk and lift a saucepan.
But secret video footage showed him completing 18 holes in four hours.
His trial heard the former mechanical engineer made a claim for more benefits after he quit work on health grounds and saw his income halved.
As well as getting a benefit payment usually reserved for people who cannot walk, he was also given a car - which he drove to golf tournaments.
Bannister told the court he had been advised to play golf by his doctors and maintained he had not claimed anything he was not entitled to.
On his claim form for increased benefits, he said his difficulties had got worse and he needed help getting dressed and cooking food.
But that same year he joined the 18-hole St Andrews Major Golf Club in Dinas Powys - and soon racked up some impressive scores on the course.
He won the club's championship and also lifted a number of other trophies.
Bannister claimed he had "good days and bad days" and golf helped ease his pain.
"I would have ended up in a wheelchair if I did not take up golf. I'm more exhausted not playing golf. Am I a freeloader? No," he said.
In 2012, the DWP received an anonymous tip-off, prompting officials to investigate Bannister.
Footage filmed by officers showed Bannister holding a golf bag with one hand and appearing to have no trouble raising clubs above his head.
In his closing address Mr McLeese, prosecuting, said: "Is this someone out for a leisurely stroll while playing a game of golf on a Saturday morning? Or is this a man virtually unable to walk?"
"He misrepresented enormously his true capabilities."
A jury found Bannister guilty of obtaining money transfers by deception after making false representations.
The decision overturned an earlier ruling by the High Court.
The inquiry had said witnesses did not need legal representation, nor should it be met by public funding.
In January, the High Court said that decision was wrong, but on Friday the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling.
The inquiry is examining allegations of child abuse in children's homes and other residential institutions in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.
It is the biggest child abuse public inquiry ever held in the UK.
The witness, known as BP, wants to give evidence regarding alleged abuse she suffered while living in institutions run by the Order of the Sisters of Nazareth.
She also wants to give evidence of being sexually abused by an outside and independent person (referred to in court as X) during the period when she was in care.
She made an application for legal representation at the inquiry as it was envisaged that her allegations would be robustly rejected and challenged in public.
BP has suffered from severe mental health issues and is currently serving a prison sentence. She submitted that being questioned in public on her background could amount to a significant detriment being cast on her character.
BP's request for legal representation was refused. She then asked for an oral hearing before the chairman, Sir Anthony Hart. Her application was again rejected.
She challenged this decision by way of judicial review and the High Court ruled in her favour.
However, that ruling was appealed by the HIA.
Ferry, 20, has signed a two-year contract at Boro after failing to play a first-team game for the Bees, but had loan spells at Welling and Wycombe.
Lee, 30, leaves after 130 games for Boro along with fellow midfielder Michael Tonge and forward Jake Hyde.
Defenders Andrew Fox, Dean Wells and Nathan Kerr are also being released.
Midfielder Tom Pett, 25, has been placed on the transfer list after talks over a new contract broke down.
Ferry has joined Stevenage after the Bees gave him permission to train there during the latter part of the season.
"I've had a couple of months with the lads so I've got to know them and there isn't any settling in period," he said.
"It has been really useful in that sense so I am just looking forward to getting back from the summer and kicking on.
"The gaffer has been good with me. He has told me exactly what he wants and that is all I can ask for - a clear picture of what I need to do."
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Melissa Hamilton, from Killygordon, Co Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, died two weeks after she was diagnosed.
Letterkenny General Hospital has apologised to her family.
But Mrs Hamilton's husband Seamus said that and the settlement meant little as it "doesn't bring Melissa back".
Mr Hamilton had sued for damages for nervous shock over the wrongful death of his wife.
The hospital admitted liability in the case in May.
The settlement was reached on Friday, with 900,000 euro (£649,000) awarded for the future care of Mrs Hamilton's three children, who are aged 10, six and three.
Mrs Hamilton died in August 2011, just nine days after the birth of her third child.
She had first been referred to the breast clinic at Letterkenny General Hospital in February 2010, where she was informed that she had a benign cyst.
In June that year, she visited her GP again with a discharge from her breast.
She was referred to the breast clinic for a second time, and was diagnosed with mastitis.
Over a year later, in August 2011, Mrs Hamilton attended a locum GP and was again referred to the breast clinic, where she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
In his first interview since the settlement, Mr Hamilton told BBC Radio Foyle what was important to him was "to clear Melissa's name".
"That figure could've been 20m euro, it wouldn't have mattered one iota," Mr Hamilton said.
"I'm hoping that I've proved the fact that Melissa did all she could.
"I'm hoping that will go some way to help me to move on and show this shouldn't happen."
Mr Hamilton said he wanted the settlement to mark a point from which he could move on with his life.
"I don't want to have to live the rest of my life in anger - it's not a healthy way to be.
"There are certain people in the hospital that if an apology came straight from them it would've meant a bit more.
"But it's only a piece of paper, it doesn't bring Melissa back.
He added that his wife's death should show others it is worth seeking a second opinion in cancer diagnoses.
In a letter read to the high court in Dublin on Friday, Sean Murphy, the general manager of Letterkenny General Hospital, apologised "unreservedly" to Mrs Hamilton's family because her cancer had not been diagnosed and treated at an earlier stage.
Well boss Mark McGhee said he could call for a postponement if any more players are struck down.
He was left with only six of his regular first-team players training on Thursday, but McInnes is "confident and positive the game will go ahead".
'It's very unusual for the league to postpone a game," he said.
"I think it would be very unusual for a game to be cancelled for that, but I have every sympathy for Mark.
''It happened to me before at St Johnstone when it ransacked the club. We had to deal with it. Hopefully the game will go ahead as planned.''
Motherwell were forced to postpone an under-20s game against Celtic on Tuesday after the vast majority of the squad were laid low.
And a request to the Scottish Professional Football League would follow about the Aberdeen game if the illness continues to spread among the first team.
But an SPFL spokesman said that as of 1730 GMT on Thursday, no request from Motherwell had been received.
"We had to shut down the club yesterday," McGhee said.
"If we had another three or four showing these symptoms and unable to train then it would leave me with no choice.
"I might only have nine players including the entire under-20s. I can't go into a football match with eight or nine players."
McGhee believes his team have "a responsibility to the competition", with Celtic also to visit Fir Park on 9 April.
"I don't particularly want to go into the Aberdeen game with half a team and then have my full team out against Celtic," he said.
"I want it to be fair. I want to beat them both with the same team."
Motherwell already had Stephen Pearson ruled out with a punctured lung and broken ribs, with fellow midfielder Keith Lasley a major doubt with a dead leg and defender Louis Laing still sidelined through injury.
"We had the entire under-20s wiped out by a virus," said McGhee. "We had six of the first-team squad showing symptoms.
"At the moment, our count seems to be about 15, which includes two or three of the young boys who have never been involved at first-team level.
"So it's looking pretty grim at the moment with Lasley, Pearson and Laing all injured.
"But if I have nine or 10 of the ones that have been playing every week then I will be quite content to go into the game. I don't want to go in with six though."
Motherwell are hoping to consolidate their place in the top six following their 2-1 win over Dundee United last Friday, while the Dons will arrive aiming to maintain pressure on leaders Celtic at the top.
''Motherwell will be no different to us, they'll want to get all three points, they've got their own motivation," McInnes added. "I can sympathise with Mark - he'll want to get his best team out there.
"They're very competitive and there's no doubt they have some good players, a lot of know-how and they score goals so it'll be tough. But we aim to be a tough opponent for them too."
Ross County's failure to beat St Johnstone on Wednesday means Aberdeen will finish at worst third in the Premiership and have already secured European qualification.
McInnes is confident top scorer Adam Rooney will be fit to bolster their title challenge in the next few weeks, the striker responding well to treatment on a thigh problem.
''He's had another scan and the healing is going well," he added. "I'm confident he'll be back after the split for the last five games. He has a lot to do in terms of coming back before that.''
The pound is currently trading 1% higher against the dollar at $1.22.
Sterling has been sliding since Mrs May announced on 2 October that the formal Brexit negotiation process would start by the end of March 2017.
Traders sold the pound, fearing the effects of a UK exit from the single market.
However, MPs have been demanding to scrutinise the plan to leave the European Union before that date, and on Wednesday the government agreed there should be a "full and transparent debate".
But it added that the process should not "undermine" the government's negotiating position.
"After weeks of tough rhetoric pushing sterling into a trading environment closer to an emerging market currency, the government may aim to stabilise markets, with its rhetoric and suggestions now possibly shifting in tone," said Morgan Stanley's head of currency strategy, Hans Redeker.
"However, there is a fine line to walk as May's Conservative Party wants a clean split from Europe. In addition, giving in too much, even before Article 50 negotiations have started, shifts the negotiation advantage towards the EU. Hence, the pound's rebound should be limited and followed by a decline," he added.
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By early afternoon, the pound was up 0.6% against the dollar at $1.2197, and 0.9% higher against the euro at €1.1068.
Other analysts warned of further volatility ahead.
"It would appear that trying to find a floor for the pound is going to be difficult in the short term, simply due to the amount of political uncertainty being generated on both sides of the Channel, as both sides dance on the edge of the volcano, in laying out their negotiating positions, which for now appear a long way apart," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.
Neil Wilson, markets analyst at ETX Capital said: "If traders think the mood is turning bullish for the pound, they're mistaken. The bears are still very much in control and this relief rally looks like a dead cat bounce. It could just be a short pause before sterling takes another leg lower towards $1.20."
The FTSE 100 share index has fallen back after a recent strong run, which has been partly helped by the weaker pound.
The fall in the pound has boosted the FTSE 100 as many of the companies in the index generate most of their revenues abroad.
A weaker pound means overseas revenues are worth more when they are converted back into sterling.
On Tuesday, the benchmark index hit an intraday high of 7,129.83, and on Monday the fell just short of registering a record close.
However, by early Wednesday afternoon it was down 13.26 points at 7,057.62.
Why does the fall of the pound matter?
On the upside, it matters for exporters which are boosted as their goods are far cheaper on foreign markets.
It matters for multinational companies like pharmaceutical firms which earn much of their income in dollars. It matters for the tourism industry in the UK, as foreign visitors flock here for bargains and good value holidays.
On the downside, it matters for tourists travelling abroad who will find everything they buy much more expensive.
It matters for the food and fuel this country imports as it becomes more expensive. It matters for inflation, as the rise in import costs feeds through to businesses and the High Street.
And remember, it does not need much of a rise in inflation to wipe out real income growth which at present is running at around 2%. If real incomes start falling, that is when the fall in sterling becomes a truly political issue.
Because the pound in your pocket will actually be worth less.
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On Thursday, Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told the parliament that the airlines are expected to report a combined loss of nearly $2bn for the last financial year. Independent analysts peg last fiscal's losses at $2.5bn.
All airlines - there are six main operators - barring budget carrier Indigo are in the red and further losses are expected in 2011-12, he said.
India's biggest airlines - the private Jet and the the national carrier Air India - are struggling.
Private airline Kingfisher has shut down overseas operations, pruned domestic flights, downsized and is desperately hunting for funds. Things are so bad that the government is mulling a proposal to allow foreign airlines to buy stakes in India's airlines to help revive them. But this is not expected to happen soon.
What is wrong with one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets? Aviation and telecoms are held up as leading examples of industries which have bloomed after the unshackling of India's economy.
But in less than eight years the boom is beginning to look like a bust. What went wrong?
Total losses since 2004 are estimated to be around $8bn, and the airlines are groaning under accumulated debts of up to $18bn, according to independent analysts.
Most believe the industry has been hit by steep fuel prices, punishing taxes, tough competition and the general economic slowdown. Airport charges are also on the upswing - Delhi airport has already seen a fat rise and Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai are expected to follow suit - and flying is going to become more expensive.
Consider aviation fuel, which comprises more than half of the operating cost of an airline.
In early March, global aviation analyst Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (Capa) calculated that a kilolitre of aviation fuel cost 67,000 rupees ($1,247) in Mumbai, compared to 44,000 rupees ($819) in Dubai and 43,400 rupees ($808) in Singapore. India imports the bulk of its oil, so with the rupee falling, it is paying more for it. On top of that, oil is also also heavily taxed domestically.
The situation is not likely to improve in the near future unless oil prices drop, the rupee strengthens and taxes are cut. "There are serious fiscal challenges linked to the slowing economy and punitive taxes, but there are equally serious structural issues with industry and the infrastructure," Kapil Kaul, chief of Capa India told me.
The structural weaknesses extend from quality of air navigation services to adequate inspectors to the way the private airlines are run.
Mr Kaul says the quality of air navigation services needs to be upgraded: airports like Delhi, he says, can potentially handle 90 landings and takeoffs every hour, but do between 50-60. Mumbai airport manages some 30-35 landings and take offs every hour on a single runway. Gatwick manages almost double the number on a single runway.
"Navigation systems are marked by low productivity. There is not enough training of human resources," he says.
Analysts says most of the airlines have expanded recklessly and managed their money poorly.
They point to Indigo, the only airline in black, which runs a low-profile, no-frills, on-time operation and has an extensive network as an example of how the business should be run in these difficult times.
To add to this, many analysts believe, India has weak and understaffed regulatory agencies, and with an economy which aspires to attract billions of dollars in investment, still does not have a civil aviation policy. There is no evidence of any compromise on safety, but the understaffed safety regulator is a growing concern.
India has more than 400 aircraft - flying on both domestic and international routes - and some 3,500 pilots. More than 60 million Indians flew domestically in 2011, and some 37 million flew internationally. Passenger traffic grew by a healthy 17% last year, though it has slowed down a bit since.
On the face of it, the industry should be booming. Instead, it seems to have become a victim of a slowing economy, shoddy fiscal management, punitive taxes, poor management and the hubris of the operators.
Researchers at Australia's Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), just outside Townsville, Queensland, in north-east Australia, have mapped the pattern of destruction.
"Coral cover is half of what it was 27 years ago, coral cover is going down at an alarming rate." Dr Katharina Fabricius, coral reef ecologist and AIMS principal research scientist, told the BBC World Service programme Discovery.
She said the biggest culprit was the Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTs).
"There are three main sources for the coral decline, one is storms, however 42% is attributed to Crown of Thorns Starfish - and just 10% due to bleaching. This compares with 70% due to bleaching for reefs elsewhere in the world , such as in the Caribbean."
Bleaching occurs when corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients. They expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white.
Australian scientists are now looking at ways to reduce the destruction wreaked by starfish, which have the ability to smother coral and digest the fleshy parts.
"Crown of thorns are amazing creatures, they can grow to larger than a dinner plate they have multiple arms they're covered in spines," said Craig Humphrey, manager of the AIMS SEASIM project, the world's largest marine environment simulator.
"They go onto a coral, invert their stomach and dissolve and digest the coral tissue."
The SEASIM team is running a series of experiments on COTs to look at ways of lessening their impact on coral.
There have always been COTs outbreaks: go into the fossil record and you can find the spines of COTs throughout geological history.
But while outbreaks have occurred over many years, they now seem to be increasingly in frequency - and nutrients from land-based agriculture are the probable culprit.
"The conjecture is the agricultural practice has reduced the time between COT outbreaks," said Mr Humphrey.
"At a point north of Townsville, you'll get an initial outbreak then you'll see waves of COTs spreading down the reef, and they'll consume massive amounts of coral - they do massive damage.
"We've held COTs here on restrictive diets, but you put them into a tank with coral and within 12 hours they'll have consumed all the tissue on that coral."
Excess fertiliser from agriculture, in Queensland particularly from sugar cane farming, is leached into rivers which then run into the sea, taking these concentrated nutrients to the reef.
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is on a continental shelf, which contributes to the problem, acting as a barrier to the further dispersal of nutrients from the land.
"The GBR is having a higher nutrient status because of what's coming down the rivers - and the main cause of the runoff is agriculture, contributing nutrients to the system at rates that are probably six to 10 times higher than in pre-industrial times," said Dr Fabricius.
John Brodie is team leader of the Catchment to Reef Processes Research Group at James Cook University. He explains that historically only a tiny proportion of COT larvae survived to adulthood - but the agricultural nutrients are changing that.
"Crown of Thorns are very fecund animals: each female can produce between five and 20 million eggs per animal - so a lot of eggs.
"The larvae drift in the water for about five weeks and eat phytoplankton."
In just the same way that algal blooms have been created in other parts of the world, in Queensland an increase in the amount of agricultural nutrients in the seawater has led to a vast increase in the amount of phytoplankton - which the COT larvae need to survive.
As Mr Brodie explains: "What have we done, we've pumped a whole lot of nutrients in, we've increased the amount of phytoplankton enormously at just the right time of year, so instead of 0.0001% of the larvae surviving, now 10 times as much survives.
"Usually we have tiny number of larvae surviving, now we've got big numbers - 10 million eggs per female - so each reef might have a million animals, so now you're talking about five trillion in the water at a time, the numbers are extraordinary."
Mr Brodie has been working with Queensland's sugar cane farmers to try and reduce the amount of fertiliser entering the sea.
He seems to be having some success, reducing levels by 2-3% by suggesting to them that using less fertiliser will save them money and help protect the recreational fisheries that they use.
As the official announcement of an early election draws near, a resurgent opposition Labor party has been piling pressure on with populist policies.
It appears as if this budget is about two things: neutralising Labor's lines of attack for the election and playing up the government's economic management credentials.
This is aside from setting up Australia's economy for future prosperity and reducing a ballooning deficit. Here are five key things you should watch out for.
The end of the mining boom has left Australia with a deficit problem. Ratings agency Moody's said this month that Australia could lose its AAA credit rating if the government cut spending but failed to raise taxes.
The opposition has already boldly announced a number of policy measures aimed at raising revenue, including preventing multinational companies' tax avoidance, increasing the tobacco excise and cutting tax concessions for high-income earners saving for their retirement.
And all three measures will almost certainly be in the government's budget. Reports say Mr Morrison will reduce the amount of tax-deductible debt that multinational companies can load onto their local operations through so-called "thin capitalisation". The treasurer has also confirmed that the wealthy will pay more on their superannuation plans.
These are all relatively modest ideas. The government has taken an increase in the goods and services tax (GST) off the table.
It is also refusing to consider changes to negative gearing laws, which allows property investors to write off losses on private housing on tax. Ending negative gearing on existing dwellings is a key Labor policy.
But while Labor plans to plunge additional revenue back into health and education, the government intends to use its new revenue to deliver a modest cut in the corporate tax rate of 30%. While this leaves Mr Morrison open to charges of supporting big business over ordinary Australians, the government says it will deliver productivity gains in the future.
Workers earning around A$80,000 ($61,300; £42,000) per year can expect some tax relief as the threshold for entering the second-highest tax bracket, where earnings are taxed at 37 cents in the dollar, is pushed higher.
Mr Morrison appears to be sticking to his word that the budget will not be filled with sweeteners for voters. Instead the government is emphasising a message of fiscal responsibility and contrasting that with what it says is Labor's inclination to "tax and spend".
But even as it seeks to emphasise its economic credentials, the government wants to neutralise Labor's promised spending on health and education.
To that end, it's promising a A$5bn subsidised dental plan and an extra A$2.9bn for hospitals between 2017 and 2020. It will also provide an extra A$1.5bn for school funding. By way of comparison, the opposition is promising A$4.5bn in school funding.
This will be a key election battleground. Do voters trust Labor to deliver a solid economy along with increased social spending, or will they prefer the government's fiscally conservative approach?
Cities policy is a pet project of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the government plans to fund crucial infrastructure.
There will be A$5bn to pay for transport infrastructure, chiefly the Sydney Metro and Melbourne Metro rail projects. The fund will only partially pay for each project, with state governments to provide the rest of the cash.
Mr Turnbull has also announced a A$50m Smart Cities program which will look at issuing long-dated government bonds to pay for high-value infrastructure projects.
Australia's budget has not been in surplus since 2007-08 and falls in commodity prices have left a gaping hole in the government's revenues. Australia is now carrying more than A$400bn in debt and this is growing.
The government is aiming to slow this ballooning debt over the next five or six years, returning the budget to surplus by around 2021. It may be wise not to put too much faith in that date as modelling from the treasury has predicted a rapid return to surplus more than once.
Anis Sardar, a 38-year-old black cab driver from Wembley, London, has been convicted of his role in making an improvised explosive device that blew up a US Army patrol, near Baghdad, in 2007.
The blast killed Sgt Randy Johnson of the US 2nd Cavalry Regiment.
This unique prosecution relied on painstaking forensic science and circumstantial evidence.
Those investigations placed the Londoner inside the team of bombmakers in western Baghdad and ultimately led to his conviction eight years after Sgt Johnson's death.
But given Sgt Johnson was killed amid the chaos of Iraq, how could Sardar be found guilty of murder under English law?
As far as British detectives and the Crown Prosecution Service were concerned, this was an act of terrorism, rather than an act of war.
In legal terms, he was a British citizen who had committed a crime overseas.
Generally speaking, the criminal law of the land is just that - it applies only to offences in the UK.
But murder is one of a small number of the most serious crimes that are extra-territorial.
Any British citizen can be convicted of any murder abroad thanks to the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. The nationality of the victim is irrelevant.
Parliament's rationale was that it wanted a law that would prevent British citizens from getting away with offences by orchestrating crimes abroad, particularly in circumstances where the local authorities would be incapable of bringing the culprit to justice.
So the question was not whether the law said he could be prosecuted, but whether he had a defence to the allegation.
The trial judge Mr Justice Globe told the jury that if they were sure Sardar had helped construct the device that killed Sgt Johnson, they also had to be sure his decision amounted to an action that he could not excuse away.
By his own admission, Sardar had helped build homemade bombs in west Baghdad in 2007, but he told the court he did not know whether he had handled the specific device that killed the American soldier.
The devices, he told the jury, had been constructed by members of a local Sunni community who were repelling sectarian attacks by Shia militias - one of the features of the chaos that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Sardar argued he had wanted to help that local protection force stop the killing sprees, but he had not envisaged the devices would kill American soldiers.
In other words, Sardar argued that he was innocent of murder because he genuinely believed he had been acting to defend others - and the degree of violence was necessary and proportionate to the circumstances. This is the essence of the law of self-defence.
But the prosecution said that defence was irrelevant because the bombmakers' genuine target was the US Army and the defendant had known that.
The design, explosive power and location of each device could only mean they were aimed at destroying heavily armoured American patrols, prosecutors said.
But what about the circumstances of the death - could Sardar argue that Sgt Johnson was a casualty of a legitimate act of war?
The Geneva Conventions set out the rules and, as any soldier knows, military personnel can't be prosecuted for killing each other on the battlefield - assuming of course they do not commit a war crime.
That legal protection extends to people who come from abroad to the aid of an oppressed people.
For instance, British Muslims who fought in Bosnia 20 years ago to prevent the genocide of their co-religionists have never faced prosecution.
Sardar's counsel, Henry Blaxland QC, asked the jury to consider the chaos that Sardar had found himself in after he went to Iraq from Syria, where he had been living.
"How are we, here in Woolwich Crown Court in east London, expected to pass judgement on the reasonableness of someone's conduct in armed conflict in a different country?" he said.
"History shows that when law and order breaks down, previously stable countries can descend into a vortex of violence."
It's that violence that the jury decided Sardar unlawfully contributed to by building a bomb that took the life of Sgt Randy Johnson.
Amber Rudd was speaking in the House of Commons about arrangements after Brexit for EU citizens living in Britain.
She was asked by Labour how employers and landlords could distinguish between those allowed to live and work here and those who had arrived recently and missed the "cut-off".
Ms Rudd said: "There will be a need to have some sort of documentation."
She promised a "phased approach" to ensure the government used "all the technology advantages that we are increasingly being able to harness to ensure that all immigration is carefully handled".
She added: "But we are not going to set it out yet."
Later, Robert Goodwill, the Immigration Minister, confirmed that "no additional documentation" was needed "at this stage".
However, he refused to respond directly to a suggestion from the Liberal Democrats that the cost of the process of documenting EU nationals could be £100m per year and involve 3,000 extra staff.
It's a family affair for the McGorums, with sister Anna, 15, returning to the race - having taken part in 2014 and 2015 - and mum Isabel acting as team manager for Peebles Cycling Club in the event, which takes place this year from 7-10 April in Perthshire.
Elena has experience of mountain-bike racing but less so on the roads and says she'll be relying on the extra bit of knowledge that her older sibling brings to the event.
"Anna always tells me about race preparation," she says. "We have a kit list that tells us what to pack and we make sure to get enough sleep so we are less stressed on race day.
"She also looks out for me when we are competing in the same race - she is much stronger than me but that's because she is older."
The route comprises four stages in the Perthshire countryside, as 140 riders from the UK, Ireland and Isle of Man compete for individual and team awards with numbers boosted by a one-fifth rise in girls taking part in its 2017 edition.
"I am looking forward to the team aspect," says Elena. "I know the girls in my team, so I am looking forward to spending time with them throughout the weekend."
And she is realistic about racing prospects in her debut stage race.
"Fitness and experience is more important for me this year than placings, but it is only my first year," she says.
Conversely, Anna has a high-placed finish firmly in her thoughts.
"In 2015 I did my best - at one point I was even leading the Kermesse race on the last day," she recalls. "I was seventh overall, which I was proud of. In a composite team it is often harder to do well because you haven't ridden with them before.
"I was 14th after all the stages in 2015, out of around 80 or 90 girls. I aim for lots of top-10 finishes this year, and to enjoy it."
And that extra level of competitive edge makes the Youth Tour a different beast to local road races, as Anna explains.
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"It is very different. The English riders are much pushier as they are used to bigger bunches than we are in Scotland," she says.
Her advice for Elena is simple - "go to bed early, eat properly" - but not always straightforward for the race itself.
"Also, try not to put yourself in a position where you are wasting energy catching up," she says. "That's much easier said than done!"
So how did the McGorum family become so intertwined with Peebles Cycling Club?
"We were out walking and saw a kids' club out on their bikes," says Isabel. "We immediately got Anna's name on the waiting list and she started with PCC when she was six. From then on she started racing at local dirt crits [criterium races]. Myself and Dad love cycling but we definitely don't race the same as the girls do."
As for the Youth Tour, it was a visit to one of the accommodation venues for the event that proved a spur to action.
"We visited Strathallan School and saw the older kids racing," Isabel explains.
"It is brilliant - one of the only events where the teams stay together for the whole event. They eat together, sleep in the same accommodation, train together, and recover together.
"It is a real social event and a great experience for them.
"I took on the role of team manager in Anna's second year to help PCC who were struggling to get a team together - I enjoyed it so offered up my service again this year," she adds.
Team managers offer support to riders across the event, not just their own teams, which can sometimes create a conflict of loyalties.
"You have to give a lot of encouragement... it can be tough as I am pretty competitive myself," says Isabel.
"But I am lucky the girls are already good at pushing themselves and always strive to do their best, so I can get away with not being a pushy parent!"
The sisters have retained their interest in cycling during years when drop-off can be high among girls.
And Anna believes schools can play a greater role in keeping teenagers interested in the sport.
"Not many girls cycled when I was young - now there are a lot more so we just need to keep them in the sport," she says.
"I think maybe schools should do more mountain biking trips, get some bikes and just take people our riding during PE."
For now, though, the pair are focused on the four days of racing ahead.
"We'll get up early, have breakfast, get changed and if we can practise the course we will do that too," says Elena. "I try to eat porridge and banana for breakfast - even though I don't like it that much! - it is good for energy and racing."
Anna, meanwhile, stresses the importance of teamwork.
"Having lots of different stages means that if you have a bad race, you can always pick yourself up and do okay in the end," she says. "It is important to ride as a team; you look out for each other, help each other and support one another."
And Isabel - despite her competitive edge - can't help, at heart, just being a mum: "All I hope is that they enjoy the experience and come back happy and positive."
The Youth Tour of Scotland runs from 7-10 April. For more information go to the British Cycling website.
Norman Waller, 90, from Scarborough, was awarded the Medal of Ushakov during the town's Armed Forces Day commemorations.
He served aboard destroyer HMS Westcott escorting merchant ships from Scotland.
Mr Waller said the medal was recognition for "all those who went out there and the ones who were lost."
The medal was presented by the Mayor of Scarborough Tom Fox and the town's Conservative MP Robert Goodwill, on behalf of the Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakvenko.
More than 3,000 men died during the maritime campaign that wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill was said to have called the "worst journey in the world".
The convoys transported crucial supplies and munitions to the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1945.
Mr Waller said that while there was the risk of attack from German submarines and aircraft, the weather was the biggest danger.
"These convoys didn't sail in the summer months they were only from the end of October," he said.
"The weather up there was diabolical."
"Spray coming over would be frozen by the time it hit the ship."
James Sullivan, 27, from Nottingham, pleaded guilty to murdering Sara West, 21, at her home on Aspley Lane in October 2010.
Sullivan, who was serving a 20-year sentence at HMP Lowdham Grange, was found "unresponsive" on 24 March but it has only recently been confirmed.
Nottinghamshire Police said it was helping prepare a file for the coroner.
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In January 2011, Nottingham Crown Court heard how Sullivan had become increasingly angry about the lack of contact with his son.
Ms West had been stabbed in the neck and Sullivan left the house with their two-month-old son, the court was told.
When police stopped him on a bus, the knife was found in a bin liner in the child's push chair.
Judge Michael Stokes had told Sullivan: "To kill a mother in this horrific way simply because you disagreed with her views about your child is almost beyond belief".
A Prison Service spokesman said staff attempted CPR and an ambulance was called but Sullivan was pronounced dead at about 08:34 GMT on 24 March.
The Independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said it was investigating the death.
Kershner - who also directed James Bond film Never Say Never Again - died at home after a long illness, according to his goddaughter Adriana Santini.
Born in Philadelphia in 1923, Kershner trained as a musician before making documentaries and then features.
His other credits include Robocop 2 and Eyes of Laura Mars with Faye Dunaway.
Known as "Kersh", the director was behind the camera when Sir Sean Connery reprised his 007 role in 1983's Never Say Never Again.
The University of Southern California film school graduate had previously worked with Connery on his 1966 romantic drama A Fine Madness.
Kershner also directed Barbra Streisand in 1972 comedy Up the Sandbox and Richard Harris in 1976 sequel The Return of a Man Called Horse.
Yet he remains best known for The Empire Strikes Back, considered by many to be the best film in the Star Wars series.
"I think it went beyond Star Wars," he once said. "You had some humour [and] you got to know the characters a little better.
"I saw it as the second movement in an opera."
The trust was rated "inadequate" and placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) earlier this month.
Maggie Oldham replaces Karen Baker, who resigned ahead of the CQC report.
Ms Oldham was brought in to help improve Staffordshire Hospital in 2010 after care failures there came to light.
The CQC report on the island trust found "unsafe" mental health services, widespread understaffing, a "subtle culture of bullying" and poor leadership.
The trust later apologised for "letting down patients and the community".
A statement from the trust said Ms Oldham was "particularly experienced at supporting NHS Trusts that face significant challenges".
She also worked with South East Coast Ambulance Service on its recovery plan after it was placed in special measures.
Ms Oldham said she would be working with the board and the NHS Improvement director on a "robust and achievable plan for major and rapid improvement."
"It is clear from the recent CQC report that much needs to be done to improve the quality of care, improve performance against key targets, recruit staff to vacant posts and address outdated and bureaucratic practices."
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Leighton James' first-half penalty in the 1977 Home International clash clinched a 1-0 victory and Wales' first win over their biggest rivals on their home turf since 1936.
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The 29-year-old from Belfast, a former super-bantamweight world champion, is the first Northern Irish fighter to win a world title in two weight divisions.
Frampton was declared the clear winner by two of the judges, with the third seeing it as a draw.
It was a first defeat of 27-year-old Mexican Santa Cruz's career.
"I wanted to be in a fight people would remember," said Frampton, having made good on his pre-fight promise to give fans a "shock".
His mentor and manager Barry McGuigan, who held the same title three decades ago, said: "This is one of the greatest nights of my life."
Saturday's fight was Frampton's first as a professional at featherweight, having moved up a division after unifying the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight titles by beating England's Scott Quigg in Manchester in February.
The Belfast boxer, in his fifth world title fight, made the stronger start, rocking the champion on to the ropes with a series of heavy punches in the second round.
The classy Mexican, with a two-inch reach advantage, was clearly throwing more punches, but the more effective, cleaner work came from the challenger.
Frampton seemed to be building up a lead but Santa Cruz, who has held world titles at three weights, was on top in rounds six and seven.
Frampton regained the initiative but was hit by a clean right hand during the 10th before Santa Cruz finished strongly.
One judge scored it a 114-114 draw but the others made Frampton the winner, 116-112 and 117-111.
It gave Frampton the belt McGuigan won more than 31 years earlier, when he memorably defeated Eusebio Pedroza at Loftus Road football stadium in London.
The new champion said he wanted to defend the title in his home city and did not rule out a rematch, although he also has IBF champion Lee Selby in his sights.
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Carl Frampton: "I wanted to be in a fight people would remember. I wanted to be in with true champions like Leo Santa Cruz.
"It was a close, hard fight. I probably could have made it easier.
"I fought with my heart rather than my head at some points. But I got the hand raised and that's the main thing.
"This guy is a three-weight world champion. He is a true warrior and I respect him a hell of a lot.
"I would love to bring him to Belfast and show them an amazing fighter but I have a good relationship with Lee Selby's team. I want to be the best and be involved in big fights."
Leo Santa Cruz: "It was a pretty tough fight but now I want a rematch. I don't care where.
"He's a great champion and he's got a very difficult style. It's hard to forget your first loss but I will go back to the gym and get a rematch."
Frampton's trainer, Shane McGuigan: "Carl wants to create a legacy and I believe this is the entertainment business. Against Santa Cruz ,you need to fight your way out and he did that.
"There was a lot of respect there, it's nice to come over here and be involved in a fight that sells itself. Carl is a very respectful person, that showed in the build-up and tonight. He's here to be himself and that's what he did."
Lee Selby: "Beforehand I thought it could go either way. It was going back and forth, it was a great spectacle.
"Carl has talked about moving up, he mentioned me after his fight with Quigg, so it sounds like he wants the fight and I want the fight so let's make it happen."
Mike Costello, BBC boxing correspondent in Brooklyn
"It has been a long, long road for Barry McGuigan since he first spotted Carl Frampton in 2008 at the Ulster Championships.
"While this isn't the end of their journey it is a very important station; when the pressure was on, Frampton produced some of his very best form.
"There are so many options for him now, so many possibilities, he's the boss man."
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In the UK, Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January.
It marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by soldiers of the Soviet Army in 1945.
The day is a national mark of respect for all victims of the Holocaust as well as victims of other genocide around the world.
It helps to educate people about the terrible events and it shows how important it is to be tolerant of other people and their beliefs.
Marking the day also makes sure the Holocaust is not forgotten and can help to stop anything like it ever happening again.
Background information courtesy of the Holocaust Educational Trust
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Hannah was one of 57,000 people taking part in the 2016 Great North Run.
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Lewington has made 641 appearances for Milton Keynes, having made his debut for the club in their first competitive fixture in August 2004.
The 33-year-old started his career with Wimbledon FC, before moving to Milton Keynes when the Dons relocated.
"I've always had a good relationship with the fans and they've supported me brilliantly," he told the club website.
"A lot of them got in contact at the end of last season to wish me the best whatever happened - after all these years, it's nice that they still like me!"
Motown founder Berry Gordy, Supremes star Mary Wilson and singer Smokey Robinson all attended Tuesday's opening night in London.
The show, written by Gordy, arrives in the West End after a two-year run on Broadway and a US tour.
It features some 50 songs including Dancing In The Street and My Girl.
But while one critic suggested this could be "the ultimate jukebox musical", others found the script wanting.
Here is a round-up of reviews:
"In its triumphant new West End incarnation, it gives a valuable leg-up to a mass of young, gifted and black British talent and puts such a spring in its audience's step, you may well see people dancing in the street along Shaftesbury Avenue...
"The show moves beyond being a welcome nostalgia fest and becomes an urgent rallying cry for us all to rediscover our Motown mojo."
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"Motown the Musical may just be the ultimate jukebox musical. Short of putting a physical jukebox on the stage and playing a succession of the records once minted by the famous Detroit-based record label that emerged in the 1950s and made a succession of black solo artists and singing groups into global superstars, musicals don't get more like a parade of wall-to-wall hits than this.
"The music is so thrillingly and beautifully rendered, this jukebox trip down memory lane just can't fail."
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"Motown breaks free of the normal constraints of a jukebox musical. It is a joyous, exuberant celebration of life, of challenge and ultimately of success.
"I can't recall a time in recent memory when an audience sang and danced their way out of the theatre but they did for Motown."
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"Cedric Neal is a wonderful Berry Gordy, always at the centre of things, showing the conflict of a creative spirit who turned midwife and mentor, and suffered the inevitable blowback when his big stars outgrew the label and left it in trouble. But there is no self-pity: just wry satisfaction in having 'led them along a path I didn't know was there'.
"Neal himself sings like a dream, as do all the vast ensemble who become successive groups in dizzying sequence."
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"What's not to like? A hit on Broadway, this chronicle-cum-celebration of Tamla Motown arrives in the West End complete with faithful and dynamic re-creations of some of the greatest pieces of soul pop ever recorded."
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"This jukebox musical has one of greatest set-lists ever… and one of the laziest scripts.
"The simple fact is that other jukebox musicals set in a similar era - Jersey Boys, Beautiful - do the storytelling thing a lot better. Motown has more hits and better hits than both those shows combined. But while Gordy can write music with soul, he doesn't seem to be able to do the same with his own story."
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"If you're going to the theatre for a party or a karaoke evening... you will be cheering all the way through and standing at the end.
"But you won't be seeing anything half as classy as Jersey Boys, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical or Sunny Afternoon, all of which modestly aspiring back-catalogue shows knitted songs and story with wit, propulsion and clarity."
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"Given that Berry Gordy has written, co-produced and is the lead character in this imported American musical, it is clear that the ego has landed. But, eager as I am as the next person to learn more about the Motown mogul, I was disappointed at how little I discovered.
"The appeal of this all-too-typical modern musical lies in the capacity of the 50 numbers, many of them severely truncated, to unlock the memories of the baby-boomer generation."
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Motown the Musical is booking at the Shaftesbury Theatre until 18 February 2017.
Hundreds of people were involved in searches along the river on Saturday to find 23-year-old Jack Glenn.
Jack's sister, Katie Glenn, said her family were "extremely grateful" for all the support.
Foyle Search and Rescue are leading the search efforts which resumed early on Monday morning.
The police have urged those involved "not to put their own safety at risk" and warned of the dangers of fast-flowing water.
"We just want to thank everybody so, so much for all the support that they have given us," Katie Glenn told the BBC.
"Jack was my only brother and he was just the best brother in the world.
"He was so talented at everything, he didn't know how good he was and how much everybody loved him."
Jack was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, dark tracksuit bottoms and blue trainers when he entered the water at the Foyle Bridge.
The Kempinski Hotel chain calls itself Europe's oldest luxury hotel group. Founded in Germany, now based in Switzerland, it operates more than 70 five-star hotels around the world, including one in the city of Qingdao on China's east coast.
But following the signs to the spa in the basement, along a gloomy corridor, we found little luxury, just a small room from which more than 10 women are bought and sold for sex.
"Do you need them just once, or do you want them to stay overnight?" we were asked by the man on duty.
He made it clear that the business was independently run as he could not, he said, offer us an official hotel receipt. But there appeared to be little secrecy about what was on offer.
One of the prostitutes told me that she was 20 years old, had sex with up to three clients a day, and was allowed to keep just 40% of the fee charged.
It is a stark illustration of just how easily reputable foreign businesses in China can become tangled up in vice and criminality.
China's communists once claimed to have eradicated prostitution. Whether they ever succeeded is debatable, although for a period, it was driven from public view.
Today, it is safe to say, the battle has truly been lost.
On paper at least, the ideological sanctimony is undiminished and prostitution remains illegal, but in practice the party rules over a country in which sex is bought and sold on an industrial scale.
There are an estimated four to six million sex workers in China, hiding in plain sight in the barbers' shops, massage parlours and karaoke bars that can be found pretty much everywhere.
So the allegation that prostitution is thriving inside some hotels in China will not be surprising to anyone with even a passing acquaintance of the travel and tourism industry here.
But our investigation shows for the first time just how far pimps and prostitutes have moved into the international hotel industry, apparently without its knowledge.
With very little effort, we have found the sex trade operating from inside hotels that are household names in Europe and America, seemingly with little fear of detection.
We called dozens of international hotels in China and asked to be put through to their spas.
A BBC colleague, posing as a personal assistant, told the spa receptionists that she was setting up a business meeting for potential clients who expected sex to be available in the chosen venue.
In around 7% of those she spoke to, in cities as far afield as Nanjing and Qingdao on China's east coast and the inland cities of Xian and Zhengzhou, we discovered that prostitution is very easy to arrange.
Using the results of that telephone survey, we then visited some of those hotels and, using the same cover story, filmed what we found on hidden camera.
In Qingdao, as well as what we found in the Kempinski Hotel we found sex on sale in the Intercontinental, part of the British-based hotel chain.
The signs in the spa on the second floor make it very clear that it is not run by the hotel, but is under independent management, and here legitimate massage is clearly the mainstay of the business.
But the spa staff showed little hesitation in telling us that sex could be supplied to those who ask for it. The prostitute herself told us that the bill for her services could be settled at checkout through the hotel main-desk.
Both the Intercontinental and the Kempinski deny any knowledge of the prostitution we have found.
In a statement, the Intercontinental Hotels Group told us: "Prostitution is strictly prohibited" in all of its hotels, and that third-party run businesses, like the spa, have a "contractual obligation" to abide by that policy.
"Hotel staff have not knowingly been involved in processing bills for prostitution," it said.
The Intercontinental Hotel has now closed the spa.
The Kempinski Hotel issued a statement saying: "While a spa was originally planned for the hotel, hence the signage in the elevators, the actual facility was never approved nor opened or operated by Kempinski Hotels."
The hotel, it said, is connected to a third-party business through a basement passageway that "cannot be closed off for safety reasons".
We asked the Kempinski why it was that when we called the hotel main desk, asking to be transferred to the massage centre, staff put us straight through to the pimp in the basement.
"Regarding the phone calls I'm afraid that there is no way for us to verify the calls and/or if indeed they were redirected," was the written reply.
The Kempinski group had already decided to pull out of the hotel in Qingdao before our investigation. They will cease to manage it from 15 November, a sign that just a year after it opened something has gone badly wrong.
The third hotel we visited was the Ramada Plaza in the city of Zhengzhou.
Once again, we followed the signs to the third-party-run spa, which was on the sixth floor. Passing a somewhat suggestive poster of a woman at the entrance, we found a massage centre that we were told was available for the use of male customers only.
The man on the reception desk told us that sex could be provided and that more than 20 women worked there. And he handed us a small leaflet on the top of which, handwritten in English, were the words, "Prostitutes 800Rmb" - about £85.
In response to our findings the Wyndham Hotel Group, which owns the Ramada brand, said it was looking into the matter and issued a statement which said: "Please know that we are a family-oriented company."
The company told us that while most hotels are run as franchises, "independently owned and operated", they are required to comply with the law and that Wyndham is providing training to help employees "identify and report human exploitation and abuse activities".
But it added, "As long as there are people profiting from tragic practices, we believe no member of the travel and tourism industry can ever guarantee these events will not occur in the future."
Few customers who visit the spa in the Ramada Zhengzhou would be left in much doubt about what is on offer there.
Indeed, a group of female travellers who stayed at the hotel earlier this year raised their suspicions in a review posted on the TripAdvisor website. "If you are a woman, don't come and stay in this hotel," it urges readers.
While prostitution might be easy to find in China, prostitutes continue to face danger not just from clients but the police too.
Sophie Richardson is the China Director of Human Rights Watch, which recently called for the Chinese government to remove the criminal sanctions in force against sex workers.
"We've documented torture and other kinds of physical abuses of sex workers, including rape, both by clients and by police," she told the BBC. "Anybody who understands what's at stake here and how vulnerable sex workers can be to these kinds of abuses would want to step up."
Three years ago, one foreign-run hotel was raided and closed by the Chinese police because a karaoke bar in the basement was linked to prostitution.
But now our investigation shows that the widespread use of third-party-run spas means that the sex trade has gained a much firmer foothold than the industry itself appears to realise.
Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, advises foreign companies operating in China. He said that there is more that some hotels could be doing to keep the sex trade away from their doors.
"The companies should be negotiating with the landlords or the owners of the properties from day one," he said. "They should say that if we're going to run a spa, it can be owned by a third party, but it needs to be managed by our own employees, and we also have to be in charge of the hours, so it closes at nine pm, rather than later."
Mr Rein said that now more than ever, foreign companies in China should be striving to stay clean.
"There's a definite reputational risk for the brands to have hookers in the hotels, especially from the government side because they're going to crack down and go after foreign brands to show the country that they are adhering to the laws," he said. "It's much easier to crack down on a foreign brand than a local one."
A few months ago the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) found itself on the receiving end of just such a crackdown, accused of paying bribes to boost sales.
It was forced to admit that some of its employees did appear to have broken the law. But many observers wondered why GSK was being singled out when corruption is widely alleged to be endemic in China's domestic pharmaceutical industry.
Now our investigation suggests that the international hotel trade is at least running the risk of handing the government another political opportunity to look tough on foreign business.
The council's chief executive Anthony O'Sullivan, 54, and his deputy Nigel Barnett, 51, face charges of alleged misconduct in a public office.
The council's head of legal services, Daniel Perkins, 48, is due to be charged with the same alleged offences.
They will appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court on 22 April.
Avon and Somerset Police, which is the investigating force, said the misconduct was alleged to have taken place between June and October 2012.
Police were called in after a Wales Audit Office (WAO) report raised concerns about pay increases awarded to senior staff.
This included a salary increase of £26,000 given to Mr O'Sullivan, approved by councillors on the recommendation of a report he wrote.
The decision sparked protests by staff and trade unions because it came at a time when the bulk of the council's staff were on the third year of a pay freeze.
The council eventually reversed the decision and awarded lower pay rises instead.
A spokeswoman for Caerphilly council said: "We can confirm that two senior officers have been formally charged by Avon and Somerset Police and a third officer has been reported for summons in connection with the offence of misconduct in a public office.
"We are unable to offer any further comment other than to say we continue to fully co-operate with the police with their enquiries."
The girl was walking with a woman, aged 55, when they were hit by a black Ford Fiesta at 15:00 GMT on Prescot Road.
The car then hit a lamp-post before the two male occupants reportedly fled on foot.
The girl was taken to hospital. The woman is serious but stable
Prescot Road was closed from Lugsmore Lane to Dunriding Lane.
Mr Farage said immigration, housing, local democracy, schools and public spending were key issues for the party.
He said UKIP offered "plain speaking" in local government and he hoped more of its "free-spirited" candidates would be elected to local councils.
Elections take place across the UK on 5 May.
As well as the local authority elections in England, polls are also being held for the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations as well as to elect a London mayor and police and crime commissioners in England and Wales.
A guide to May's UK elections
UKIP has made big strides in local council elections in recent years, and will be defending about 200 seats this time around.
Mr Farage said UKIP councillors had been "unafraid" to challenge town hall spending and were "free" to represent their constituents as they were not subject to a party whip.
"What you've seen from UKIP is plain speaking from local government. What I hope we see on 5 May are more free-spirited councillors getting elected," he told the BBC.
He insisted UKIP - which has long campaigned for the UK to leave the EU - was not a single-issue party.
"We're the party that believes in border controls... in giving housing priorities to local people... that local people can call a referendum on an issue that really matters to them," he said.
"We're the party that believes every town in the country should have a grammar school opportunity for bright kids that come from poor backgrounds, and we're the party unafraid to deal with excesses of expenditure - be it at national government or local government level."
UKIP came third in the 2015 general election, receiving four million votes - almost 13% of the vote share - but it failed to add to its one MP, Douglas Carswell.
Mr Farage lost in Thanet South, Mark Reckless - who defected to UKIP from the Conservatives - was beaten in Rochester and Strood and the party also failed to win the key target seats of Castle Point in Essex, Great Grimsby and Thurrock.
The workers are said to have posed as US tax officials while placing calls to unsuspecting victims.
A senior police official in Gujarat said they were contacting the FBI to assist them in their investigation
Mumbai police arrested 750 people in October over a similar scam.
The workers are alleged to have posed as officials of the US Internal Revenue Service and forced their victims to deposit money by telling them they were committing tax violations.
Police in India detain 750 over scam
Police raided the office in the city of Ahmedabad and seized computer hard drives, laptops and mobile phones.
They have said they they are in the process of going through the data stored in them.
The latest arrests come just a month after Mumbai police unearthed one of the largest call centre frauds India has ever seen, involving several hundred people including some based in the US.
That is the message from a business lobby that wants its voice heard after an election campaign from which it had felt excluded.
Two reports out this morning show the level of frustration and anxiety business leaders feel at a messy and damaging political process.
The head of the Institute of Directors, Stephen Martin, warned of the "disastrous consequences" of the current political uncertainty, after a survey conducted since Friday found 57% of members pessimistic about its impact on their business.
A separate survey by the Harvard Kennedy School of Business - under the auspices of fellows Ed Balls, the former shadow chancellor, and Peter Sands, the former boss of Standard Chartered bank - shows that firms are sceptical that unfettered access to the UK's biggest export market, the EU, can easily be offset by trade relationships with new markets.
The study concludes that even a small reduction in exports to Europe of 5% would require a massive 28% increase in exports to the rest of the world.
Of the 50 companies surveyed, most highlighted practical concerns such as customs checks, access to skilled labour and the additional regulatory burdens that a split from the EU might involve.
Business leaders are hoping that - post-election - the political wind that becalmed them for many valuable weeks of Brexit negotiating preparations could be blowing back in their direction.
Business leaders were summoned to see the Business Secretary Greg Clark on Friday and although they have been tight-lipped about what was discussed, they are privately hopeful that the election aftermath will usher in a more collegiate cabinet which will take wider soundings on policy - including the hopes and fears of business.
However, any optimism that this is the right moment for business to raise its voice may be tempered by the appointment of Michael Gove as the Environment Secretary.
As a prominent campaigner for Brexit he has so far shown no sign he is in favour of watering down what business leaders consider Theresa May's aggressive approach of leaving the single market, the customs union and her belief that no deal is better than a bad deal.
Labour said it would help tackle low pay, but the Scottish government said the policy may breach European law.
As an alternative, ministers said firms seeking public contracts would have their willingness and ability to pay the living wage assessed.
The policy formed part of the government's Procurement Reform Bill.
The legislation, which was unanimously passed by MSPs at Holyrood, aims to improve the way the public sector buys goods, works and services, which comes to a cost of about £10bn a year.
Labour MSP James Kelly said of his party's proposal: "There is no doubt the living wage is an idea whose time has come.
"The Labour amendment to pay £7.65 across all public contracts would make a massive difference to the 400,000 people who are not on the living wage currently, many thousands of whom would be covered by these public contracts.
By Glenn CampbellBBC Scotland news
The living wage of £7.65 is more than a pound an hour higher than the national minimum wage, which is currently set at £6.31 for over-21s.
The living wage, which is designed to reflect the actual cost of living, is paid voluntarily by some employers. The minimum wage is a legal requirement.
The Scottish government has guaranteed the living wage to its own staff and says it would like to extend its application.
Labour has challenged ministers to make the living wage a requirement of all public sector contracts. But the government says that would be in conflict with EU law.
The politics of this are interesting because when it comes to standing up for workers' rights, the SNP does not like to be outdone by Labour.
Especially not in the run up to an independence referendum in which the 'Yes' side is seeking to win over traditional Labour supporters.
Under the SNP's plans for independence, the Scottish government would still be subject to the same EU rules.
However, the government says independence would allow it to increase the national minimum wage by at least the rate of inflation, which could potentially make that more generous than in the rest of the UK.
Labour and other pro-union parties say living standards are best protected by sharing risk and resources across the UK.
"That would give a rise to many of £2,600 a year. 64% of these people are women, so this is an opportunity not only to help women but an opportunity to tackle low pay in public contracts."
The EU's internal market commissioner, Michel Barnier, advised Labour's policy was "unlikely" to be possible, said the government.
Liberal Democrat Tavish Scott, who supported Labour's amendment to the bill, said it seemed there was room for manoeuvre, adding: "It is open to the government to press that particular point so as to see as to whether, even with a limited chance of success, it's possible."
Green MSP Patrick Harvie echoed Mr Scott's comments, adding: "Sometimes it is necessary for governments to be willing to test the boundaries of what's allowable.
"I think that's a more articulate means of making the case with colleagues in Europe than simply advocating for an issue."
But Tory MSP Alex Johnstone said it was unclear how the policy would be paid for, adding: "While I fully commend the Labour party for their long-held objective to achieve the living wage in Scotland, it is, at the same time, an inappropriate place to try and bring in this amendment."
Court 'risk'
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the government's own last-minute amendments to the bill meant companies bidding for public contracts would will have their willingness and ability to pay the living wage assessed.
And she said public bodies would be required to explain their living wage policy in their procurement strategies.
She told MSPs: "I want to ensure we abide by the law and that we don't put our public bodies at that risk of being taken to court."
Ms Sturgeon added: "We don't disagree with the objective of making payment of the living wage a mandatory requirement of public contracts.
"We're the first Scottish government to adopt the living wage for all of our employers and we encourage all other employers, public private, third sector, to pay their staff the living wage."
Seven-year-old Luke Stewart, from Tranent, has a brain tumour known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.
His mother Jennifer Ure Stewart and her husband Mark are with him at Monterrey Valle Oriente hospital.
Speaking from Mexico, on BBC Radio Scotland's Kaye Adams programme, she said they felt as though they had their "son back" following a course of intra-arterial chemotherapy treatment.
She told how Luke is now able to give eye contact again and smile and is trying to move the right side of his body, which "doesn't work" due to the tumour.
The seven-year-old was first diagnosed on 5 January and since then £164,000 has been raised for him to have the treatment, which is not available in the UK.
Mrs Ure Stewart said the family were pleased with his reaction to the treatment.
She said: "Since his treatment here, we feel as though we have got our son back.
"He's communicating with us more and he's trying to do things with the right side of his body, which doesn't work as efficiently as his left side.
"Now he is trying to use his left arm and he's been to the swimming pool and little things are better. His eye contact is so much better and his smile is back."
When Luke was diagnosed he was given between six and nine months to live.
The cost to see the doctor in Mexico is about $40,000 (£30,800) which includes the initial operation and living costs.
The infusions are $10,000 (£7,700) each and then Luke will be given a boost of immunotherapy costing around $15,000 (£11,500).
The couple said their fundraising target is £350,000.
Mrs Ure Stewart said they have not told Luke that his illness is terminal.
She said: "I never thought my child would have a brain tumour and I never thought my son would have cancer.
"This treatment has given him, so far, a better quality of life. We can't let it be any different for Luke and his brothers' lives.
"We have made sure he has no knowledge of what is going on. We've explained so far that he has a lump in his head and we are trying to get rid of it.
"We haven't mentioned the word cancer or brain tumour."
She added: "Luke would ask more and more questions. He's quite knowledgeable and wants to know about things in depth.
"I feel for a child there are certain things that he doesn't need to know and he needs to live his life as a happy seven-year-old boy.
"We have tailored what he needs to know around what he should know at this stage."
Before the treatment Luke was not interacting, he was "quite unhappy" and his balance and speech were not very good.
Now the family say he is improving and enjoying his life again.
Yamaha's Rossi, a seven-time MotoGP champion, claimed his 109th Grand Prix victory after the 36-year-old held off Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso.
Andrea Iannone on the Ducati made it an all-Italian podium, with Spain's two-time defending champion Marc Marquez back in fifth place.
Britons Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith came seventh and eighth respectively.
Marquez won the opening 10 races in 2014 but made a dreadful start to the new season as he was forced off the track and slipped to the back of the field.
The 22-year-old fought his way back up to fifth but could not challenge Rossi, who began the race eighth on the grid but charged to the front.
Rossi, who won the last of his seven titles in 2009, and compatriot Dovizioso enjoyed a dramatic duel in the closing stages, with the former champion defending a small lead over the final two laps.
"This was one of the best victories for me," said Rossi. "The bike was fantastic, I never gave up but it was a real fight with the Ducatis and the Hondas who were really strong.
"I'm so happy for me, for the team and for Yamaha. The second part of the race was really good and I'm very happy because we had difficulties in testing and practice but my experience helped today.
"This is a great, great victory but I had a good feeling this morning."
Qatar MotoGP result:
1. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha
2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati
3. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha
5. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda
6. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda
7. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda
8. Bradley Smith (GB) Yamaha
9. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha
10. Yonny Hernandez (Col) Ducati
11. Aleix Espargaro (Spa) Suzuki
12. Danilo Petrucci (Ita) Ducati
13. Scott Redding (GB) Honda
14. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki
15. Hector Barbera (Spa) Ducati
The 29-year-old Briton, who lost to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in May, said he had enough time left in his career to train in mixed martial arts.
McGregor was unbeaten in six years before losing to Nate Diaz at UFC 196.
"McGregor is a massive name in MMA and I'm a big name in boxing, so, globally, I think it would be a massive fight," Khan told Flocombat.com
Khan, a financial stakeholder in Indian MMA promotion Super Fight League, later told his Twitter followers that he had "never backed away from any fight".
Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather was rumoured to be facing an MMA fighter, possibly McGregor, but Khan reckoned that was a "publicity stunt".
"I don't think Mayweather would want to fight under MMA rules," said Khan.
However, he insisted he would be happy to switch sports.
"I've been fighting all my life, so, for me, I don't think it'd be a problem for me to learn and switch over to the sport," he added.
They were: Olivia Burke, 21; Eoghan Culligan, 21; Niccolai Schuster, 21; Lorcan Miller, 21 and Eimear Walsh, 21, all with addresses in the Republic of Ireland, and Ashley Donohoe, 22, from Rohnert Park, California.
Olivia Burke has been remembered as a very well-liked student at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).
The Foxrock woman was due back at the south Dublin college in September to start her final year of a degree in entrepreneurship and management.
Dr Annie Doona, IADT president, said counsellors were on hand for friends and family turning up at the college to remember her.
"It's a very sad day here for her fellow students and for the staff," she said.
"Olivia was very well respected, very well liked and had been doing really well on the course."
Olivia was one of up to 30 students from IADT who go to the US every year on a J1 summer working holiday visa.
"She was working in a restaurant in Ireland before she went out and our understanding is that she had a job in a sushi restaurant in California," said Dr Doona.
Olivia had completed a five month placement at East Coast Radio in Ireland recently, where colleagues praised as a "bright, bubbly, young kid".
Dr Doona added: "She was doing very well, and enjoying herself and making great friends. It's terribly sad."
Eoghan Culligan was studying at the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he had finished his third year in logistics and supply chain management.
College president Prof Brian Norton said: "The sadness felt at this tragedy reaches far beyond those who knew the students personally.
"We know that this is a very difficult time for many students, both at home and those who are travelling for the summer holidays."
Eoghan was also a highly regarded Gaelic football player and turned out for Ballyboden St Enda's in a county final in 2011.
A statement on the club's website expressed "great regret and sadness" at his death.
"Eoghan was very popular with his team-mates and this tragic news is keenly felt by all members of our club, but especially by those players and mentors who knew him well," the statement said.
"We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his parents, Gerry and Marie, and to his brothers, Stephen and Andrew, and to all the extended Culligan family.
"May we take this opportunity of extending our sympathies to all the families of Eoghan's friends who also lost their lives in this terrible tragedy and to wish those who are injured eventual recovery to full health."
Niccolai Schuster was 21 years old and from Terenure in south Dublin.
He and Eoghan Culligan were former students of St Mary's College in Rathmines.
The college said in a statement: "The thoughts and prayers of everybody in the St Mary's community are with the families of Niccolai and Eoghan, and the other Irish youngsters who died or were injured in the heartbreaking accident in the United States."
Niccolai was the grand-nephew of the late Irish playwright John B Keane.
Lorcan Miller was a former pupil at St Andrew's College in Booterstown, south Dublin, where his mother had taught Irish, and he had gone on to study medicine in UCD.
Headmaster Peter Fraser recalled him as an exceptional person.
"The one thing speaking to colleagues this morning was the fact that he was a positive, engaging, decent boy who was incredibly talented, but normal, modest and balanced about it all," he said.
"He was hugely popular."
Lorcan was deputy head boy in his final school year before leaving for college in 2012.
"He would have been very well known by almost everyone in the college, and in such a big school that's quite an achievement. He had a rounded talent. He was very keen on issues of social awareness and social conscience," Mr Fraser said.
Lorcan played on the school hockey team, had roles in the choir and musicals and also took key positions in the school's Model United Nations.
Eimear Walsh, was a medical student at UCD, and was a former classmate at Loreto College in Foxrock, south Dublin, of Olivia Burke.
In a statement, the school said it was "deeply saddened and shocked" by the Berkeley tragedy.
"We offer our deepest sympathies to the families of Olivia and Eimear, and to the families of the other students who died," a spokeswoman said.
"Please keep in your thoughts and prayers all those who have been injured and affected by this terrible tragedy."
The Church of Our Lady of Foxrock held a vigil in the aftermath of the tragedy as Ms Walsh and Ms Burke, were from the area.
Parish priest Frank Herron, who knows Ms Walsh's family, said the community was deeply shocked and saddened by what had happened.
He said: "The tragedy is that they were heading out full of life and full of the joys of summer.
"I was talking to one of the families whom I know well and they of course are distraught."
Ashley Donohoe was an Irish-American from the Californian city of Rohnert Park. about 50 miles north of San Francisco.
The 22-year-old was a student at Sonoma State University.
She graduated in 2011 from Rancho Cotate High School, and assistant principal Josh Wilson described her as "outgoing and well-respected".
"She was a great student, not to mention a phenomenal soccer player. I knew she had a bright future ahead of her, which just compounds the tragedy that just occurred," he told the Press Democrat.
Teams from the Republic of Ireland will join existing counterparts from Northern Ireland and Wales in competing for next season's Irn-Bru Cup.
Doncaster believes cross-border tournaments could become more prevalent across Europe in the coming years.
"That is absolutely the direction of travel [across Europe]," he said.
"A number of territories have looked at cross-border competition, and Uefa are clearly open-minded about where that might lead in future.
"The fact we are able to include teams from Republic of Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland positions us very well for the future, whatever that may hold."
In addition to the non-Scots, Scottish Premiership clubs also entered colt teams to this season's Irn-Bru Cup for the first time, alongside teams from the Highland and Lowland leagues.
When asked whether league competitions, as well as knockout tournaments, could become cross-border in future, Doncaster stressed the need for objectivity.
"The whole concept of cross-border is something we have to keep an open mind to," he continued. "Uefa have kindly allowed the expansion of the Irn-Bru Cup in the coming season - whether there is an expansion into cross-border leagues in the future remains to be seen.
"I think absolutely [today's announcement] positions us well in the discussions that undoubtedly lie ahead.
"I'd be cautious not to put any time limit on it. It's always dangerous to set expectations. We have to be in a constant dialogue, to be open to innovation and with the Irn-Bru Cup, we've been able to respond to that demand."
Bray Wanderers and Sligo Rovers are the latest non-Scots to join the Irn-Bru Cup, and Football Association of Ireland director Fran Gavin says the clubs are relishing the opportunity.
"It's hugely positive for us, it gives our teams new horizons, and it's a good challenge to the coaching staff of those teams," Gavin said. "They're full-time professional squads, with very talented young players."
The FAI director of competitions said that Bray and Sligo were looking forward to meeting new opponents and "will be looking to advance as far as possible in the competition".
"The Football Association of Ireland were delighted to receive the invitation for two teams to take part," added Gavin.
"We have watched the competition grow with the inclusion of clubs from Wales and Northern Ireland last season and we are delighted to be participating."
The first-round draw for the 2017/18 Irn-Bru Cup, which will be competed for by 56 teams, will take place on Tuesday 27 June.
The Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was docked at Invergordon in the Highlands when an amateur photographer flew the drone close to the giant ship.
When the aircraft sensed a high wind risk, it landed itself on the £3bn warship.
The pilot told BBC Scotland: "I could have carried two kilos of Semtex and left it on the deck."
The man, who asked not to be named, said he was surprised to have been unchallenged, even when he reported himself to armed guards at the dock.
The 70,000-tonne Queen Elizabeth is the biggest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, and is due to be commissioned by the Queen later this year.
When it docked at Invergordon last month the drone pilot, who is a member of the Black Isle Images amateur photography group, saw it as an ideal opportunity to gather some footage.
He took off from the other side of the Cromarty Firth using a DJI Phantom drone with a range of four miles.
He said: "I was getting a high wind signal telling me to land.
"I didn't really want to land it but the wind was so strong, I didn't feel it would make it back so I ignored the warning. I never expected it to land on the deck."
The pilot said his drone is equipped with anti-crash sensors and will automatically land itself if it is in danger.
He said it normally avoids steel structures but the non-slip coating on the carrier flight deck allowed it to touch down.
He took a photograph, then took off again and managed to fly the drone back safely.
"I could have been anybody. It was like a ghost ship," he said.
"I would say my mistake should open their eyes to a glaring gap in security. This was a bit of tomfoolery but it could have been something terrible, not just for the ship and its crew but for the people of Invergordon."
The pilot was aware he had broken rules on flying too close to the ship and reported himself to armed police guards at the entrance to the shipyard.
"I gave them my name and telephone number and expected someone to get back to me," he said.
"I thought I would be hauled in and have my footage confiscated. I could have been anybody. I guess they weren't really bothered because the ship isn't active yet."
He said he returned to the dock last week and took more aerial footage of the ship, again unchallenged.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: 'We take the security of HMS Queen Elizabeth very seriously.
"This incident has been reported to Police Scotland, an investigation is under way and we stepped up our security measures in light of it."
Goosen is reportedly returning to South Africa to become a commercial director.
"We regret that so obviously talented a young player has been misguided and abandoned professional rugby," said Racing president Jacky Lorenzetti.
"Racing 92 reserves the right for a judicial follow-up to both Johan Goosen and those who advise him."
Goosen has won 13 caps for South Africa, most recently starting at full-back in his team's 27-13 defeat by Wales last month.
He was voted the Top 14's player of the year last season after helping Racing to the French top-flight title.
Goosen has struggled with injury during his career but had been fully fit this year and returned to the South Africa side this summer, winning six more caps for the Springboks.
The operator of the WeChat messaging app is worth $249bn compared with $246bn for Alibaba.
Tencent shares jumped by over 6% to a record high in Hong Kong after reporting strong quarterly earnings on Wednesday.
The internet giant said profit rose by 47% to 10.9bn yuan ($1.6bn; £1.2bn) in the three months to June.
Revenues surged due to growth in its online gaming business and advertising.
Out of China's three internet giants, the online gaming and social media company Tencent is now the biggest, but still least known in the West.
Tencent has not attracted the same global attention as its rivals: Alibaba, with charismatic entrepreneur Jack Ma at the helm, and Baidu, the local equivalent of Google.
"Revenues jumped, platforms are booming and it runs the Twitter and Facebook of China," an IG analyst said. "Investors are hoping that, like Facebook, they can turn active users into revenues."
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"Running saved my Life" - Simon Lamb
The middle-aged champion gymnast;
Ken Bruce gets a lesson in trampoline;
What happens when you speed up golf?;
"Nothing is impossible" - the table tennis star with no arms
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In a statement, Dublin City Council said the proposal for matinees was made by Aiken Promotions.
However, Aiken Promotions issued a statement on Thursday night saying the plan "is not feasible".
Last week, Dublin City Council granted permission for only three of five planned concerts in Croke Park later this month.
All five were called off on Tuesday.
Earlier, Brooks criticised the handling of the controversy.
Under the matinee proposals, Saturday 26 July and Sunday 27 July daytime gigs would take place between 14:00 BST and 18:00 BST, with the night-time concerts from 20:00 BST to 23:00 BST.
The council accepted the deal on the basis that it would still be within the legislative framework of the three-day licence.
However, in response to the proposal, Brooks said "to treat 160,000 people differently than all the rest and to see a show other than how it was meant and created is wrong".
He also said it "cannot possibly compare" to a five-night straight run.
Earlier, addressing a news conference in Nashville, Brooks said he "didn't have a clue how we got here".
"Don't sell a show to people, get their hopes up and then just cancel."
He said that the "powers who can fix it" should "open it up for the five nights, let everybody have fun and then go to work on never letting it happen again".
The US star added that if Irish prime minister Enda Kenny wanted to speak with him, he would "crawl, swim and fly over".
He said: "I will drop on my knees and beg for those five nights so people can come."
A planned meeting between the Irish Parliament's transport committee, the GAA (which owns Croke Park) and Aiken Promotions on Friday has been postponed.
The concerts were cancelled on Tuesday, after the council said only three of five proposed concerts could go ahead.
The singer told his promoter he would either perform all five gigs or none, but he would "go to the last second".
Arrangements for the refunding of 400,000 tickets for the Croke Park concerts were revealed on Wednesday.
Later that day, a letter from the country music star to Irish concert promoter Peter Aiken was made public.
Q&A: How five became none
In it, he wrote: "Our guys are still en route and if there is any chance that the five planned concerts can be salvaged and nobody is being let down then we can proceed as planned until the refunds begin."
Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke said Mexico's ambassador to Ireland had offered his assistance.
"The Mexican ambassador contacted me yesterday and he offered his services at a diplomatic level if he could be any help," he told Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
"I had a group of residents from Ballybough who said they intend to call Barack Obama to try to encourage Garth Brooks to play in Dublin."
Croke Park, owned by the GAA, is in a residential area in the north of the city, and some residents had threatened legal action after the initial two concerts were increased to five because of unprecedented demand.
However, the residents' group most opposed to the holding of the concerts has said it will now agree to some going ahead.
Eamon O'Brien of the Croke Park Streets Committee had previously threatened legal action against any of the concerts.
Mr O'Brien said that "in the interest of all the Croke Park communities we are prepared to consider a new direction with a view to facilitating the holding of the Garth Brooks concerts".
It has been 17 years since Brooks' last concert in Dublin, and the Croke Park shows were supposed to mark his comeback.
Matthew Cassidy, who was from Merseyside, died in Bethel Place, Connah's Quay, on 29 May.
A man, 19, from Liverpool appeared at Flintshire Magistrates' Court on Monday. He was remanded to appear at Mold Crown Court on Wednesday.
Two other men who were being held on suspicion of murder have been released pending further inquiries.
Life expectancy is now 77.1 years for men and 81.1 for women - up 8 and 5.8 years since 1984.
Statistics published by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) showed 82,440 people came to Scotland from the UK and overseas and 64,860 left in the year up to June 2014.
There were 29,069 marriages, 56,725 births and 54,239 deaths.
The top causes of death were cancer (15,840), ischemic (coronary) heart disease (6,872), respiratory system diseases (6,707), and cerebrovascular disease (stroke) (4,123).
Same-sex couples accounted for 367 of the marriages, while there were 436 civil partnerships - 193 male couples and 243 female couples.
The average age at which people marry for the first time increased by about two years since 2004, to 33.2 years for men and 31.4 years for women.
Other statistics revealed included:
The 2014 records also showed the 1.3% increase in birth rate was the first rise following five consecutive annual decreases.
There were 455 adoptions recorded - about a quarter of what the figure was in the early 1970s.
And in mid-2014, there were 2.42 million households in Scotland, which was an increase of about 169,000 over the past 10 years.
THe NRS report has been published annually since 1855.
Tim Ellis, the registrar general of Scotland, said: "This is a time of substantial demographic change: the population is increasing and ageing.
"The ageing population is the most distinctive current demographic development and will bring both opportunities and challenges.
"Life expectancy at birth in Scotland, while increasing, is lower than in the UK as a whole, and lower than a lot of other developed countries.
"There is also considerable local variation in life expectancy. Good quality data contributes to research aimed at improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of health interventions, and securing lasting improvements to the health of the people of Scotland."
Mr Ellis added: "In the last half of the 20th Century, more people tended to leave Scotland than move here.
"However, since 2001, this has changed, with more people moving to Scotland than leaving. Around 60% of people moving to Scotland are from the rest of the UK, while around 40% are from overseas. Migrants tend to be younger than the population as a whole."
The Reds have agreed to pay the £48m release clause that will allow the 22-year-old to move next summer, plus an undisclosed premium.
Keita had been one of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp's primary targets this summer, but Leipzig refused to sell.
The deal will surpass the £35m paid to Newcastle for Andy Carroll in 2011.
RB Leipzig finished second behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga last season, meaning they qualified for the Champions League group stage.
Liverpool had already had two offers for the Guinea international rejected this summer - the second understood to be about £70m - but now a compromise deal has been reached where Leipzig keep their prize asset this season and Klopp gets the player next summer.
So far this summer, Liverpool have signed winger Mohamed Salah from Roma for £34m, full-back Andrew Robertson from Hull for £8m and striker Dominic Solanke after his contract at Chelsea expired.
The Anfield club are also prepared to test Monaco's resolve to keep midfielder Thomas Lemar with an offer of about £60m before Thursday's transfer deadline.
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Earlier this month, Naby Keita was described by Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel as being like "two players". He is right.
While Liverpool won't be able to get away with playing with 12 men, as Heidel joked at the time, he does effectively play two positions at the same time.
He is both a number eight and a number 10 in that he wins plenty of tackles and has that wonderful ability to emerge with the ball when it looks almost impossible to do, and at the same time his dribbling skills are reminiscent of Sadio Mane. He will pick apart a defence with a clever through ball too.
It's pointless to talk about whether he is worth the club record fee. It is 2017 and these days buying a footballer is no different to buying a house - they are worth what someone is willing to pay.
The concept of purchasing someone you won't be able to play for a year is alien to the Premier League, but it is commonplace in Germany.
I suspect Jurgen Klopp will have had no qualms with it and the former Borussia Dortmund manager will have been one of the key factors in Liverpool getting their man.
The programme will include discounts on energy or Sky entertainment packages.
Energy firms have been under pressure from the government not to punish loyal customers as campaigners have urged consumers to switch to cheaper tariffs.
A spokesman told the BBC the company "strongly denied" offers such as Sky TV would make it harder for customers to compare tariffs.
While energy regulator Ofgem has said it wanted to see an end to complex tariffs, the competition watchdog has said the move was stifling competition.
The scheme will be offered to millions of customers and will launch in April, according to a memo sent to staff and seen by the BBC.
Sarwjit Sambhi, British Gas managing director of UK Home, said in the memo:
"We will be giving existing customers strong reasons to stay with us... This reinforces our commitment to listen to our customers and respond to their changing needs."
Analysis: John Moylan, BBC industry correspondent
British gas has 6.6 million customers on standard tariffs, more than any of the other big six suppliers.
So it's at the heart of the debate about how the big firms treat their loyal customers.
And it potentially has the most to lose should the government intervene in the energy market.
That could happen in the Spring when the government is due to publish a consumer green paper.
There's been speculation that paper could include measures to help customers stuck on expensive standard tariffs.
So British Gas will be hoping this new scheme placates the government while ensuring it holds on to millions of customers who don't switch and who have traditionally paid over the odds for their energy.
As well as Sky, customers will be offered other bundles, including deals for boiler servicing, wireless heating control systems and insurance products.
"The rewards programme we're unveiling today is about offering customers more than just energy," Mark Hodges, chief executive of Centrica consumer said in a statement.
In December, business minister Greg Clark said that some people on the most expensive tariffs are the most vulnerable, "and it seems to me that they should not be penalised for what they might see as loyalty to a company that has a blue-chip, and a good corporate reputation."
The government is due to publish a green paper on consumer issues in the spring.
British Gas insists that its current standard variable tariff (SVT) is cheaper than other major suppliers and that the difference between its SVT and the cheapest deal is among the lowest, at £43.
Motorcyclist Kevin Morgan, 60, from Cwmbran, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash between Coldra and Usk at 11:15 BST on Saturday.
His white Kawasaki was in collision with a black BMW car.
Specialist officers from Gwent Police are supporting Mr Morgan's family.
Officers from the roads policing unit are investigating and anyone with information can call 101 quoting log 202 21/06/14.
In a race which also doubled-up as the final pre-Olympic World Cup, John Jackson piloted Team GB's crew of Joel Fearon, Stuart Benson and Bruce Tasker.
The quartet claimed fourth overall but earned silver as the second highest-placed European team.
Britain's last European four-man podium was in 1994, when they also won silver.
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USA won the race in a combined time of one minute 38.54 seconds, with Switzerland second and Canada claiming third.
Britain's time of 1.38.85 was just 0.01 seconds slower than that recorded by the Canadians.
"It's a great result to send us to Sochi," said GB Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson, speaking to BBC Sport. "There is still much more to come from this crew."
Anderson continued: "We made subtle changes in technology that we will look at and analyse the impact of ahead of the Games."
It is the second historic result for the team in as many months after they secured World Cup silver in Lake Placid in December.
Pilot Jackson ruptured his Achilles in July and astounded medical experts by returning to competition for the season-opening World Cup in November.
However, his form has been mixed heading into the Sochi Games.
He missed out on qualifying the two-man sled for the Olympics, but Anderson is pleased that his lead pilot will now have more time to prepare and focus on the four-man competition, which offers the best chance of success.
The Sochi Winter Olympics begin on 7 February in Russia.
Crowds arrived to watch top-division team Besiktas in their first home match since a twin bomb attack targeted police at its stadium on Saturday.
Football fans, many of them waving Turkish flags, packed the Vodafone Arena.
The teams observed a minute's silence in memory of those killed.
Besiktas said that money from Wednesday's ticket sales would be given to the families of victims.
The attacks at the weekend occurred just hours after a match.
A car bomb hit a police vehicle and a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest in quick succession. Ten arrests were made.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that one of the bombers involved in the attack was from Syria.
The majority of those killed were police officers. Dozens of people were also injured, officials said.
Fans making their way to Wednesday's game broke away from their usual team slogans to show a united front, the AFP news agency reports.
Veyiz Oguz, a Besiktas team coach, said Turkish football fans were united in mourning.
"Right now, Galatasaray fans are with us, Fenerbahce fans are with us," he said, referring to two other Istanbul teams.
Flowers, including red and white carnations, the colours of the national flag, were left outside the stadium along with scarves from numerous Turkish football teams.
The suspects are not known to one another and the alleged offences are not related, police said.
One woman is 32-years-old and from Kettering, the other is 35-years-old and from Northampton.
Officers from the Reducing Incidents of Sexual Exploitation team made the arrests and both the women have been bailed pending further investigation.
The NHS Atlas of Variation - published by NHS England and Public Health England - looks at service performance in more than 200 local areas.
It found a two-fold variation in early cancer diagnosis and quick stroke treatment between the best and worst.
The atlas also pointed to "unwarranted" differences in diabetes monitoring.
Patient groups called the findings "extremely concerning", while NHS bosses warned action must be taken by local health chiefs as the variations in care would be costing lives and harming health.
The atlas found:
NHS England medical director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh urged local health bosses to take action.
"The atlas exposes some inconvenient truths about the extent of variation in care for some common conditions."
And Prof Julia Verne, from Public Health England, said: "It is really important to tackle this unwarranted variation because patient lives are being put at risk.
"If we can iron them out then more patients will survive, they will have fewer complications and they will have better quality of life."
The report is effectively an annual stocktake of what is happening in each of the 211 clinical commissioning groups in England.
It has been compiled using official data across more than 100 different areas of care. Extreme outliers - the very best and worst - are excluded to try to ensure the figures are not skewed by possible data collection errors.
This, the authors believe, is a more accurate way of reflecting the true differences in performance.
There are some areas - liver disease and tooth decay in children for example - where the variation is as much, if not more, to do with how people are living their lives as it is about the quality of care.
But in other areas, such as stroke and diabetes, the differences are more likely to be down to how the NHS is performing.
Alexis Wieroniey, of the Stroke Association, said: "Immediate treatment on a stroke patient is essential as this helps to minimise the long-term effects and can prevent death.
"The wide-ranging variation in the time it takes people to be admitted to a stroke unit across England is extremely concerning and it is unacceptable that too many people are still not admitted within four hours.
"Wherever they live, people must have an equal chance in getting the immediate treatment they need to make their best possible recovery from stroke."
And Nick Ormiston-Smith, Cancer Research UK's head of statistics, added: "Cancer survival is improving, but these statistics show that cancer services are not meeting the needs of all patients.
"We know that catching cancer early saves lives. Diagnosing the disease at an early stage means patients have the best chance of their treatment being successful. Improving early diagnosis and ensuring patients get the best possible treatments must be a priority for the NHS."
Police said two cars were involved in the collision at about 11:30 on Sunday on the Buckie to Cullen road near the Findochty junction.
The driver of one of the vehicles was fatally injured in the crash. The driver and passenger in the other car have been taken to hospital.
The road is expected to be closed for some time. Diversions are in place.
Officers said the cars involved were a silver Renault Megane and a blue Rover 75.
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said one appliance had been sent to the scene from Buckie. Firefighters used cutting equipment to free one of the casualties who was trapped in their car.
An air ambulance was also sent to the scene.
The two people injured in the crash were taken to Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin for treatment. Their condition is not known.
Sgt Malcolm Kinross said: "First of all, I would say that our thoughts are with the friends and family of everyone involved with this tragic incident.
"I would appeal for anyone who was aware of a silver Renault Megane or blue Rover 75, around 11:30 today on the A98 between Buckie and Cullen, to contact the police on 101."
The dead man's family have been informed.
Six men have become the victims of the scam in the past ten days.
They have reported being asked to share explicit images or videos with women online.
Then the blackmail begins - with threats made to share the content on the internet if the men do not co-operate.
Police have issued a warning to all internet users to be on high alert following the reports.
It is believed the men were drawn into a honey-trap through social media accounts which appeared to belong to women.
Several men report similar crimes to the police every week.
Det Chief Insp James Mullen said anyone who becomes the victim of a similar crime should not respond to the blackmailers demands or pass on any money, but report the incident to the police immediately.
He said most of the time those making threats do not follow through, and simply move on to their next victim.
"Generally people are very embarrassed, but we want them to know they can come to us.
"We all deserve to be able to use the internet to learn, explore and connect with each other.
"But, all of us need to be aware of the risks involved in doing so, especially on social media."
The advice from police is not to share personal information or images with people you do not know.
"Do not get lured into compromising situations such as removing clothes or performing intimate acts online. You do not know who may see the images," Det Chief Insp Mullen said.
"It may seem like a bit of fun at the time but there is always a chance those images could be shared or get into the wrong hands and could lead to harmful situations such as stalking, abuse or blackmail."
Police have also warned users not to accept friend requests from people they do not know and to set privacy settings on all devices so that only friends can view an account.
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Ms Garrett-Cox will leave in March following a battle with shareholder Elliott Advisors over strategy.
She was appointed as chief executive of Alliance Trust in 2008.
Last year, Ms Garrett-Cox stepped down from the board but continued to lead its fund management arm.
Once dubbed "Katherine the Great" following a career in the City, Ms Garrett-Cox had engaged in a long-running battle with Elliott Advisors over the performance of the Dundee-based investment trust, as well as pay rewards to the chief executive and the then chairwoman Karin Forseke.
Ms Garrett-Cox was paid a total of £1.3m for 2014, the most recent available figure.
Consequently, two new non-executive directors, Chris Samuel and Karl Sternberg, were added to the board to increase oversight of the management.
Lord Smith of Kelvin, the chairman of Alliance Trust, who replaced Ms Forseke in January, said: "Alliance Trust is now moving swiftly to implement the changes announced last year, which are designed to enhance shareholder returns.
"This process is well under way and it is clear to us all that the role of chief executive of Alliance Trust Investments has changed significantly. I and the rest of the board wish Katherine every success in the future."
The wreckage was found on Friday morning, and investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash.
The six US marines and two Nepali soldiers were delivering aid near the Chinese border after Tuesday's quake.
It came as Nepal was reeling from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on 25 April, which killed more than 8,000 people.
The helicopter had dropped off supplies in one location and was travelling to a second area shortly after the second earthquake when contact with it was lost.
Although the cause of the crash is not yet known, a nearby Indian helicopter heard radio chatter about a possible fuel problem, Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren said.
Nepal Times editor Kunda Dixit said that the helicopter wreckage was found 56km (35 miles) from Kathmandu, in an area of dense forest and rugged terrain at an altitude of 3,400m (11,200ft).
About 300 US military personnel have been participating in the Nepal relief effort, using a variety of aircraft.
Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude quake killed at least 110 people.
The Linda McCartney factory, in Fakenham, is to be expanded by the company's American owners Hain Daniels.
Marketing director Nigel Parrot said as more consumers eat less meat "we need to expand that factory to meet our future demand".
Investment on the Holt Road site is expected to be completed by the autumn.
"The investment involves the installation of new production facilities and upgrading existing plant and equipment in order to meet growing demand for the extensive range of meat-free products, crumbles and hot desserts made at the Fakenham site," said chief executive Rob Burnett.
"It's great news for the local economy as we will be able to provide long-term employment and excellent career prospects for people."
The decision to invest in the factory reflects a turnaround for the site, which was on the brink of closure four years ago.
"The brand is growing at about 20% and food growth at about 4%," said the Fakenham site's group operations director David Betts-Grey.
"We think that is going to continue for many years so we're sure all the new jobs will be pretty secure for the long term."
The learner and examiner were pulled over during a driving test in Tile Cross, east Birmingham, on Saturday.
West Midlands Police checked the car and found it also had no MOT. They later seized the car.
The force's road policing unit said the student would have passed the test had it not been interrupted, as no mistakes had been recorded.
The driving examiner and student were taken back to the test centre, where the driving instructor was questioned by police.
The 46-year-old admitted knowing the car was not insured but denied knowing the car had no MOT, said police.
Police seized the car and took the driving instructors' badge.
She was reported to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and will need to provide valid insurance and MOT documents to police at a later date.
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First Half ends, Kilmarnock 0, Rangers 0.
Attempt missed. Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt blocked. Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
James Tavernier (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Tavernier (Rangers).
Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Wilson (Rangers).
Kristoffer Ajer (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Barrie McKay (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Hendrie (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Andy Halliday (Rangers).
Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Luke Hendrie.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Freddie Woodman.
Attempt saved. Joe Garner (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Gary Dicker.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Danny Wilson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Danny Wilson (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Conor Sammon.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Kris Boyd.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
Conor Sammon (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Myles Beerman (Rangers).
Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Jason Holt.
Foul by Greg Kiltie (Kilmarnock).
Andy Halliday (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Emerson Hyndman (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Rangers).
Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Tavernier (Rangers).
Attempt blocked. Joe Garner (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Danny Wilson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Andy Halliday (Rangers).
Attempt blocked. Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Several players will face late fitness tests after picking up bumps and bruises during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Rangers hand debuts to defenders David Bates, 20, and Myles Beerman, 18.
Lee Wallace, Rob Kiernan and Clint Hill miss out through injury and Lee Hodson is ill but James Tavernier returns from a ban and Danny Wilson is fit again.
Manager Pedro Caixinha has already named his team and, in addition to losing all four defenders who started Saturday's 1-1 draw with Motherwell, he makes two other changes.
Andy Halliday comes in for Jon Toral, with the on-loan Arsenal midfielder not risked on the artificial surface because of previous knee surgery. Joe Garner replaces Kenny Miller up front.
Midfielders Jordan Rossiter and Niko Kranjcar are long-term injury absentees.
Kilmarnock caretaker manager Lee McCulloch: "It will be a good atmosphere and a good game for the spectators.
"Their new manager has already had two games and it's still early doors.
"People are judging him already, which I just find astounding. The guy needs time.
"He's definitely got them playing a different style to the start of the season. Whether it's better or not, I won't be the judge of that.
"But I don't think it will cause us any fresh problems, because most teams in the league get the ball forward quick, ourselves included."
Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha told his club website: "For sure, we'll have a strong squad, for sure we'll have players that are looking to have that chance to say 'I'm present, I'm capable to be a Rangers player and capable to be in the first eleven'.
"We totally trust in our players in the first squad, we totally trust our players from the youth system.
"So we'll have a strong squad next match and, if we need to go to the youth system's players in order to be on the first 11 or on the substitutes, there should be no problem with that."
Hill led 2-0 and 4-3 before eventually losing 5-4 to O'Sullivan in the German Masters qualifiers played in Barnsley.
Wednesday's match was O'Sullivan's first since losing Sunday's UK Championship final in York.
The 20-year-old world number 91 said taking O'Sullivan to a decider is a "great step forward" in his career.
For the past 12 months the Isle of Man's only professional player has been battling with an inflammatory bowel disease called ulcerative colitis.
He admits his battle has been "extremely difficult".
Symptoms can include diarrhoea, pain, anaemia, fatigue and sometimes inflammation of the joints, skin, liver and eyes.
"All I was thinking before I went on was to just get a frame and not disgrace myself but I took the first and felt good from there.
"It was a great feeling after having a difficult few months and even last week I was advised not to travel to this."
Born in Leeds, Hill has lived on the Isle of Man since he was six and turned professional after winning the European under-21 title whilst representing the island.
He continued: "At 2-0 up I was starting to fancy the job and it helped that I was just enjoying every minute of it.
"I knew Ronnie wouldn't be geared up the same as for the UK final but as the match progressed it was becoming more serious.
"Even though I only lost 5-4 looking back I am a little disappointed I didn't finish the job as it was a good chance to beat Ronnie."
Hill's next match will be against English Open winner Liang Wenbo at the Scottish open.
The five-piece, currently starring in Sky Living reality TV show Steps: The Reunion, split up in 2001.
US band Evanescence went in at four with their eponymous album while last week's number one, James Morrison's The Awakening, dropped to five.
Rihanna's We Found Love remained the number one single.
Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger stayed at number two while there was a new entry at three for Gym Class Heroes - featuring Maroon 5's singer Adam Levine - with Stereo Hearts.
Current X Factor champion Matt Cardle's Run For Your Life, as performed on the show last weekend, was a new entry at number six.
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And R&B producer Timbaland, featuring rapper Pitbull, scraped into the singles chart with Pass At Me - a new entry at number 40.
The Ultimate Collection has become a third UK number one album for Steps, whose hits include 5, 6, 7, 8, One for Sorrow and Love's Got a Hold on My Heart.
Elsewhere in the album chart, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran climbed three places back up the chart to number two, with +, while Adele's 21 dropped a place to three.
There were also new entries for Katherine Jenkins' Daydream, at six, Jason Derulo's Future History, at seven, and US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams' Ashes & Fire, at nine.
Cliff Richard's duets album Soulicious went in at 10 while Johnny Mathis' The Ultimate Collection went in at 17.
Other new entries in the chart included Bjork's Biophilia, at 21, Peter Gabriel's New Blood, at 22, and Voices of the Valley - The Ultimate by Fron Male Voice Choir, at 33.
Radiohead remix album TKOL RMX 1234567 was a new entry at number 34.
Performance inspectors found areas which missed targets included station toilets, ticket machines, train seats, toilets and cleanliness.
The results follow criticism of the ScotRail Alliance franchise, operated by Dutch firm Abellio, for delayed, cancelled and over-crowded trains.
ScotRail said the figures showed they "can never stop striving to improve".
Earlier this month, a petition to strip Abellio of the ScotRail contract was given to Transport Minister Humza Yousaf.
Following the release of the latest figures, which cover the period between July and September, Mr Yousaf said: "The latest quarter two results show a combined penalty of £483,000, and penalties to date for ScotRail's performance currently stands at £2.2m.
"This indicates further improvements can, and will, be made in terms of aspects of service delivery such as improvements in station shelters, train doors, train toilets and train announcements.
"As such, Transport Scotland have requested remedial action plans from ScotRail to focus on improving the performance in these areas."
Phil Verster, managing director of the ScotRail Alliance, said the operator had signed up to an even tougher inspection scheme than in previous years.
He said: "We did this because we know that being part of a tough scheme will mean that our staff will always be focused on delivering the best possible service to our customers.
"These figures show that, even although we are delivering in lots of areas, we can never stop striving to improve even further."
He added: "We have announced our largest-ever train improvement plan.
"Over the course of the next few years we will be spending £475m on new and refurbished trains as well as great services like enhanced wi-fi and at-seat power sockets."
ScotRail Alliance has previously published details of how it hopes to improve performance on the network.
The plan includes the protection of "golden trains", services that have the biggest impact on the network if they are delayed or cancelled.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she is "absolutely committed" to fixing the problems on Scotland's railways.
She said it was "absolutely incumbent" on operator Abellio to deliver services that met those expectations.
The man, 56, died at Silverthorn Avenue in the town. Police were told about his death just after 12:00 GMT on Tuesday.
A man arrested after the death has been charged with attempted grievous bodily harm with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Police said the charge is related to an incident in the Silverthorn Avenue area on Tuesday.
He will appear at Coleraine Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The two-times Olympics bronze medallist was laid out between rounds when the seat collapsed during a competition in Lithuania.
Despite the knock down, he got up to record a points victory over Spain's Gabriel Escobar.
Later, Barnes tweeted a video of the incident.
"Look at what happened to me in my fight earlier!" he tweeted on Thursday.
However, he did not receive much sympathy for being on the receiving end of a rare knock down.
"I can't stop watching this," replied Christine Frampton, wife of world champion boxer Carl Frampton.
Barnes, who will compete in the Rio Olympics this summer, bounced back in style by winning the competition's flyweight division on Friday.
Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Board has studied how the authorities reacted to the case of Ashya King.
The report also said the hospital should have acted sooner to get a second opinion about different treatment plans for the five year old.
His story received global attention in 2014 when his parents took him abroad.
Brett and Naghemeh King, of Southsea, were later arrested and held in a prison in Madrid.
They had wanted him to undergo proton beam therapy in Prague, which had not been recommended by his care team in Southampton.
The couple were later released and the therapy took place.
In March, the King family said Ashya was cancer free.
The report recommends that the government review the options available to professionals when children they are concerned about are taken abroad.
It said the medical professionals involved "worked hard to ensure the best outcomes for the child and his family".
But it added: "Unfortunately, the parents felt that their wishes and feelings about his treatment were not being given sufficient priority and they chose to disengage from the medical professionals and remove him from the hospital placing him at risk of serious harm if anything untoward had happened with regard to the nasogastric tube [through which he was fed].
"Professionals in the hospital attempted to accommodate the parents' wishes but did not respond speedily to their request for a second opinion.
"Additionally the parents were not happy... that the National Clinical Expert Group would not fund Proton Beam Therapy as it did not meet the criteria for financial support ."
It described the "limited options" available to agencies after the family fled the UK as "partly a result of the parents concealing the actions they had taken to ensure his safety and were compounded by them failing to respond to attempts to contact them".
It concluded the management of the situation across these different agencies "could have been stronger".
"This was particularly important because of the significant degree of media interest which... risked a loss of public confidence in child safeguarding in circumstances such as this."
Stephen Charles Hammond, 60, admitted one animal welfare offence at Cardiff Crown Court.
He went into a garden in Barry last September and fired a catapult at two Jack Russell terriers, who were not injured, the court was told.
The RSPCA described CCTV footage of the incident as "shocking" and said the dogs looked frightened.
Hammond was also ordered to pay £300 court costs and a £60 victim surcharge.
A glorious morning allowed dozens of hot air balloons to take off from Ashton Court as part of the annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
The fiesta, now in its 39th year, is Europe's largest balloon festival, attracting pilots and visitors from far and wide.
This year, more than 130 balloons are taking part in the four-day event.
But on Thursday and Saturday, organisers had to cancel mass ascents because of high winds.
Many have been using the hashtag #Quanmianertai# - shorthand for "Freeing up all aspects to have a second child" - which has become a top trending topic on Thursday night and Friday on the Weibo microblogging network.
People have been sharing their own stories about how strictly the one-child policy had been enforced over the decades it has been in place.
"I can still remember when I was little, the family planning department broke down the door in my family home to grab my mum and sterilise her. I still carry this trauma to this day. What kind of methods would they use to make us have a second child?" wrote user MuziD-AiLee.
Her post attracted scores of sympathetic responses recounting similar experiences.
"My first child turned out to be twin girls. Two and a half years ago, I was visited daily in my home by planning officials telling me to go for sterilisation. If I didn't get sterilised I would not get the hukou," said Shuangbaotaixiaoruhexiaoyi.
"So I was forced to be sterilised - I was only 23 at that time. My heart hurt so much then - I'm so young and I can't have any more children. I hate the family planning unit."
The hukou is China's identity registration system - officials often deny this to illegal children, making it difficult for them to travel around the country and gain access to state education and healthcare.
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Others told stories of how their families had to flee or were punished by officials for having more than one child.
"I can remember how officials would come in the middle of the night to catch people, everyone in my village would wrap up in their blankets and run to the cemetery at a nearby hill to spend the night," said Haohaomami3257673354.
"When my mother had my little brother, we were fined. We had no money so they took away our things in our home - our television set, our benches, even our food. After that there was still forced sterilisation, and now she has a disease. Who will take responsibility for this?" said Wannengjunren.
Others shared sympathy for young Chinese born after 1979, characterising them as the only generation without any siblings.
"Those born in the 80s and 90s are perhaps now the only generation in the entire history of Chinese civilisation to not have any brothers or sisters... My heart aches for them," said user Laiquzhijian, in a post that was shared more than 47,000 times online.
Others expressed bitterness at the heavy burden this generation would have in supporting their parents and grandparents, and the perceived lack of support from the Chinese government.
Zhaonenenene posted a picture of what appeared to be a series of newspaper editorial headlines throughout the decades, apparently reflecting the shift in government sentiment.
A 1985 headline reads: "Just having one is good, the government will take care of the elderly". One from 2005 reads: "When taking care of the elderly one cannot rely on the government!"
Some, however, said they were happy to have been only children, and that they planned to stick to having one child themselves.
"You have the love of the whole family, you have the most leeway to spend money, you can have all that your heart desires, your parents have more spending money and more time to enjoy life, why would you want another sibling?" said Waguzhongren.
Hongyanxibaby shared several pictures of herself and a girl who appeared to be her young daughter, including one where the girl is clutching keys to a Volkswagen vehicle.
She said: "They've told us not to waste our genes and have another. Too bad we have the money to have a child but not to raise it - and I mean raise it in wealth."
"I'm not willing to have children just so that they grow up poor."
The 12-1 shot, winner of last year's Irish St Leger on the flat, beat Cheltenham Champion Hurdle runner-up My Tent Or Yours by a length and a half.
Another Mullins-trained horse Arctic Fire was third as he took the trainers' title lead over Gordon Elliott.
Patrick and Willie celebrated another Grade One win with Bacardys.
Bacardys won the Champion Novice Hurdle, and the pair followed up with Montalbano in the novice hurdle.
Trainer Mullins sent five runners to post for the Champion Hurdle contest, although that number was reduced after an unsettled Diakali was withdrawn at the start.
Of the remaining trio, Wicklow Brave was the outsider but took over the lead from Identity Thief in the back straight and never looked back.
Jockey Mullins punched the air as his mount, wearing blinkers for the first time, clinched victory.
My Tent Or Yours took another big-race runner-up spot after being pipped by Buveur D'air both in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and at Aintree earlier this month.
Arctic Fire's third-placed finish provided Mullins with a further boost in his battle with Elliott for the Irish trainer's title going into the final day of the season.
The Gordon Elliott-trained Supreme Novices' Hurdle winner Labaik was fourth with Mullins first string, Vroum Vroum Mag, well beaten.
"He was nearly stood at the start, but when he was going forward and jumping fantastic I didn't want to bring him back," said winning jockey Mullins.
"I didn't think we were going a mad gallop and I said I'd take a chance and just let him enjoy himself."
Wicklow Brave's St Leger victory at the Curragh last September gave Irish champion trainer Mullins his first Classic success.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
What a potential fairytale end to the Irish season if Willie Mullins can hold on to this lead gained thanks not to Walsh or Townend, but his amateur-jockey son Patrick.
That said, Mullins junior's experience and skills in the saddle make him a professional in all but name, and the wily ride on Wicklow Brave, knowing his stamina and taking command at halfway, was a joy.
It's not over yet: the gap could easily be bridged back the other way on Saturday, but I must apologise for doubting Mullins and team in midweek. They've been magnificent.
Vince, 25, looks set to play in the game, which starts on 19 May, while Ball, also 25, will have to vie for the third seamer's role in Leeds.
Alex Hales remains as captain Alastair Cook's opening partner, while pace bowler Steven Finn is fit again.
Nick Compton has kept his spot as England's likely number three.
Lions captain Vince has five limited-overs caps and was part of the England squad that reached the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in India last month.
He comes into the team in place of the retired James Taylor.
"It's something I've been aiming for since I was a little kid really," said Hampshire captain Vince. "Definitely when I was growing up, playing for England in a Test was still the number one."
Vince gets the nod at number five ahead of the likes of Ian Bell and Gary Ballance, who were both dropped last year.
"Gary Ballance is still a fine player," said England vice-captain and Ballance's Yorkshire team-mate Joe Root. "I'm sure when he gets the opportunity to play for Yorkshire next week he'll be desperate to prove he's still a Test batsman."
Root, speaking to BBC Sport, added: "James has had a fantastic start to the season, he has been involved in the England set-up all winter and proven that he's got the right temperament and mindset to be successful on the international stage."
Ball has stated his case with 19 wickets already for Nottinghamshire this season and also spent time with the Lions in the United Arab Emirates.
The right-armer will compete with Steven Finn for a place in the final XI.
"I've never met the coach Trevor Bayliss and I don't know if he's seen me bowl in person," Ball told BBC Radio 5 live. "I'll have to try to impress him and Alastair Cook in the nets and hopefully that we lead to a spot in the team.
"I'm not putting pressure on myself. I'll just enjoy every minute of it because it's a once in a lifetime experience and keep doing what I've been doing for Notts."
There are three Tests in the series, with the second set for 27 May at Chester-le-Street and the third from 3 June at Lord's.
Squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Stuart Broad, Nick Compton, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Vince.
The 16km (10-mile) extension to Line 4 will operate at half its capacity during the the 5-21 August event.
Only Olympic officials, ticket-holders and supporting personnel will be able to use it.
The line will be open to the general public after September's Paralympics.
"This is a small adjustment, and you can't call it a delay," Rio de Janeiro State Transport Secretary Rodrigo Goulart said.
The authorities had initially planned to open the line in July.
The corporation is thought to have offered £15m per year to keep the programme on the BBC.
That would have been double the amount the BBC currently pays for the show and its sister programmes such as An Extra Slice and the Sport Relief specials.
But it is understood Love Productions refused to entertain any offers below £25m per year.
The show has now been bought by Channel 4, which will begin airing the programme in 2017, starting with a celebrity special in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
A spokesman for Channel 4 said: "We have no plans to change the incredibly successful format of the show which is much loved by viewers."
Love Productions said negotiations with the BBC had been taking place for a year, with a last-ditch meeting on Monday.
Richard McKerrow, Love Productions' creative director, said the firm had found "the perfect new home for Bake Off" at Channel 4.
It is not yet known whether the show's presenters and judges - Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood - will move with the show to its new home.
A spokesman for Channel 4 said: "We would be delighted if the presenters and judges want to come to Channel 4."
Former culture minister Ed Vaizey told BBC Radio 4's The World At One: "As a human being, I'm thoroughly depressed [about the move]. The Bake Off is the BBC, and having it on another channel is like having an Eton Mess without the fruit.
"But on a realistic level, I've always thought that given the BBC's position of being able to fund programmes and take risks, it should actually be seen as a natural thing that after a series has been on the BBC for a while, it might go to other channels where perhaps there is less opportunity to invest big in starting a series and seeing if it works."
The shows and presenters that have swapped channels
Michael Grade, who has previously worked as chairman of the BBC and ITV as well as head of BBC One and Channel 4, said: "I think Channel 4 have completely undermined their case against privatisation.
"It has been arguing very strongly for the last year or so against privatisation, putting up an argument that says its remit is to cater for tastes and interests not catered for on other channels and being different and innovating.
"But it has just splashed out on a show that really belongs to the BBC."
Bake Off was 2015's most-watched programme, with 15.1 million viewers for the final, according to consolidated figures which include catch-up viewing.
The seventh series is currently being shown on BBC One on Wednesday evenings. More than 10 million tuned in for the opening episode.
Scott Bryan, TV editor of Buzzfeed UK said: "You can't find any bigger a slot or do any better in terms of viewers than where it already is - on BBC One in a main teatime evening slot.
"Channel 4 would be monumentally thrilled with the idea that they have the same ratings that it has on BBC.
"I feel they would be equally happy if it got a few million less, because that would still be a few million more than another programme they would have on that slot, so it's still a massive win for them."
It is not yet clear what time slot the show will have on Channel 4 or whether it will be cut or extended in length.
"A lot of viewers have been asking if it will be reduced to 42 minutes long with 18 minutes of adverts, or could be extended to one hour and 20 minutes long to make room for advertising," Bryan said.
"I don't think they could squeeze everything that happens in an hour into 40 minutes. They could take some things out, like the history bits or some analysis, but they would still have to cut a challenge or scale one of them down quite significantly.
"I thought Channel 4 might extend the programme but at the same time, that is a seriously long programme for Channel 4 for a show about baking."
The show began on BBC Two in 2010 before moving to BBC One in 2014.
Bake Off also has a junior version, shown on CBBC, as well as a sister show, An Extra Slice.
The format has been sold to broadcasters around the world, with France, Brazil, Australia, Ukraine, Denmark, India and Turkey all showing their own versions of the show.
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Tigers boss Steve Bruce said McGregor, 34, had not recovered from the back injury that forced him out of the Championship play-offs.
The manager's son Alex, 31, has injured his Achilles and will also miss the start of the Premier League season.
Bruce said the two players are "distraught at the moment."
"They're severe injuries and you don't want that at this particular time," said Bruce Sr.
"Surgery was always going to be the last resort with Allan because it's a horrible, complex operation."
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the collision happened at the Everland Road store in Hungerford shortly before 17:00 GMT.
Firefighters cut two people free from the vehicles. They have been taken to hospital.
Structural engineers were brought in to assess the building. A large crack was visible in a front pillar.
The store is expected to be open for business on Friday.
A Tesco spokesman said: "Police are investigating the incident at our Hungerford store and we are supporting them with their enquiries.
"Our thoughts and best wishes are with those involved in the incident."
The encounter was deemed "unsafe" due to the Russian pilot's "high rate of closure speed and poor control of the aircraft", officials said.
But Russia disputes this, saying the US plane made a "provocative" move.
Meanwhile, a Russian plane carrying the defence minister was buzzed by a Nato jet, Russian media reports say.
The F-16 fighter jet was chased away by a Russian Su-27 military jet over the Baltic, according to the state-owned news agency Tass, which had a reporter on the plane.
It said minister Sergei Shoigu was en route to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, over international waters, but it did not give further details.
The incidents come amid renewed tensions between Washington and Moscow, sparked by the US downing of a Syrian jet after it targeted American-allied rebels.
In response, Russia, an ally of the Syrian government, warned on Monday that US jets flying in Syria would be treated as targets. On Tuesday, the US military shot down an armed Iranian-made drone in Syria.
The first incident over the Baltic, on Monday, occurred 25 miles (40 km) from Kaliningrad, also over international waters.
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters: "We were flying in international airspace and did nothing to provoke this behaviour."
What happened on Monday is only the latest incident in a continuing pattern of near-misses where Russian and Nato aircraft have come into close proximity.
The two sides' narratives are very different but independent studies have tended to support Nato's case that more aggressive Russian behaviour is in large part to blame - this a response to Nato's stepped up military deployments in central Europe in the wake of Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea.
These tensions risk accident and injury but are very different to the situation in Syrian air space where the US, its coalition allies and Russian and Syrian warplanes are all engaged in combat sorties.
Unlike in Europe there is a direct link between Russian and US commanders to avoid dangerous incidents - and although Russia is saying that this has been suspended in the wake of the US shooting down of a Syrian jet - the US side insists that the channel remains open.
The US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft had been flying with its transponder on, making it visible to other aircraft, he added.
But Russia's defence ministry said it was the US plane that behaved dangerously after it was already intercepted and was being escorted by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet.
"During the escorting, the RC-135 crew made an attempt of closing with the Russian fighter, performing a provocative turnaround toward the Su-27," the Tass news agency quoted the Russian ministry as saying.
About 10 minutes later, another US surveillance plane arrived, and it too was intercepted by a SU-27 jet, the ministry said.
Earlier this month, the US Air Force deployed 800 troops and long range B-52 bombers to the United Kingdom to take part in joint Nato exercises.
There have been more than 30 interactions between US and Russian planes and ships in the Baltic Sea since the beginning of June, US officials tell CNN.
The majority have been deemed safe, US officials say.
The Portadown driver picked up two third-place finishes behind Subaru's Jason Plato and Ash Sutton in races one and two.
The Team BMW driver had a more eventful race three, coming home in third behind Tom Ingram and Gordon Shedden.
Turkington now leads the standings by four points over Sutton, followed by Shedden and Rob Collard.
Chris Smiley also picked up points for the third race weekend in succession for BTC Norlin Racing.
After qualifying in third, Turkington held station behind Plato and championship rival Sutton to take the championship lead for the first time this season.
It was a similar story in race two for Turkington, with Sutton coming home ahead of Plato to take a 1-2 finish ahead of the 35-year-old, despite carrying maximum ballast.
Turkington had a race-long battle with Shedden and Collard in the third event, with the race ending in a two-lap shootout after a late safety car.
Chris Smiley put in a good performance in race one after struggling with traffic in qualifying, moving up from 24th to 19th place.
The Carrickfergus driver continued his progress in race two, bringing home points with a 14th place finish.
At the beginning of race three, contact from Tom Chilton forced Smiley into the gravel at turn three and he had to pit with a puncture which resigned the 25-year-old to a 26th place finish.
Hillsborough teenager Dan Harper picked up two podiums to move within 29 points of the summit of the Ginetta Junior championship.
Harper took third on the final lap of race one, coming home second in race two after being nipped to the line by team-mate Kiern Jewiss.
Charlie Eastwood continued his title challenge in the Porsche Carrera Cup, winning race two but only after contact with title rival Dan Cammish on the penultimate lap.
Adding to a third-place finish in race one, Eastwood leads the standings by 13 points but dropped scores to be taken into account the championship race is still wide open.
Age: 33
Nominated for: The Theory of Everything
The character: Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist and cosmologist who wrote the best-selling A Brief History of Time.
Oscar record: This is his first Oscar nomination.
The critics said: "Redmayne towers: this is an astonishing, genuinely visceral performance which bears comparison with Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot. His Hawking starts askew - the glasses, maybe the shoulders a touch - and over the course of two hours contorts and buckles into a figure at once instantly familiar and fresh. This is more than just skilful impersonation - it's inhabitation. To look on as his face and body distort is to feel, yourself, discomforted, even queasy." Catherine Shoard, The Guardian.
Age: 52
Nominated for: Foxcatcher
The character: Carell plays John du Pont, an oddball billionaire who sets up an Olympic wrestling team.
Oscar record: This is Carell's first nomination.
The critics said: "From the beginning, you can't take your eyes off Carell; as if by some secret alchemy, the actor makes you believe that his character is an entirely uncharismatic man while delivering a completely charismatic performance. The combination of his thin, reedy voice with frequent heavy silences and odd vocal pacing is thoroughly unnerving." Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter.
Age: 40
Nominated for: American Sniper
The character: Cooper plays Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL sharpshooter who recorded more confirmed kills during four tours of duty in Iraq than any marksman in US military history.
Oscar record: This is Cooper's third Oscar nomination in as many years, having been shortlisted for best actor for Silver Linings Playbook in 2013 and for the best supporting actor award for American Hustle last year. As one of American Sniper's producers, he will receive an Oscar if Clint Eastwood's film wins best picture.
The critics said: "American Sniper hinges on Cooper's restrained yet deeply expressive lead performance, allowing many of the drama's unspoken implications to be read plainly in the actor's increasingly war-ravaged face. Cooper, who packed on 40 pounds for the role, is superb here; full of spirit and down-home charm early on, he seems to slip thereafter into a sort of private agony that only those who have truly served their country can know." Justin Chang, Variety.
Age: 38
Nominated for: The Imitation Game
The character: Alan Turing, the computer pioneer who played a key role in cracking the Enigma code used by the Nazis during World War Two.
Oscar record: This is a first nomination for Cumberbatch.
The critics said: "With a large dose of Sherlock and a sprinkling of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Benedict Cumberbatch is just brilliant in the role of Alan Turing, the Second World War codebreaker in The Imitation Game. His Turing is as enigmatic - and often as mechanical - as the German encryption machine he lives to break. He is a tortured soul who only finds salvation in the exquisite predictability of numbers." Kate Muir, The Times.
Age: 63
Nominated for: Birdman
The character: Riggan Thomson, a former movie superhero actor who hopes to revive his washed-up career by putting on a Broadway play.
Oscar record: This is the former Batman actor's first nomination.
The critics said: "It is one of those performances that is so intensely truthful, so eerily in the moment, so effortless in making fantasy reality, and reality fantasy, that it is hard to imagine Keaton will ever be better." Betsey Sharkey, Los Angeles Times.
The report, from the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Minnesota, comes more than a month after the singer was found slumped in a lift at his home.
Detectives have already questioned a doctor who saw the 57-year-old twice in the weeks before he died.
Prescription painkillers were in the singer's possession following his death, officials told US media in May.
A police warrant has also revealed that Dr Michael Schulenberg prescribed medication to the singer on 20 April - the day before he died.
The warrant does not say what was prescribed or whether Prince took the drugs.
According to the autopsy report, Prince self-administered fentanyl, an opioid many times more powerful than heroin.
In March last year, the US Drug and Enforcement Administration warned the drug, which it said was often laced in heroin, was a "threat to health and public safety".
It said even small doses of fentanyl could be lethal and that "incidents" and overdoses related to the drug were "occurring at an alarming rate".
Prince was found unresponsive in a lift at his Paisley Park Studios on the morning of 21 April, local officials said. First responders tried to revive him with CPR but he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
He is believed to have suffered from knee and hip pain from years of performing, the Associated Press news agency reports, citing a friend.
Artists from around the world and Prince's numerous fans later paid tributes to the star.
Prince was cremated in a private ceremony on 24 April. The singer's family are understood to be planning to stage a public memorial in August.
He was a prolific writer and performer from a young age, reportedly writing his first song when he was seven.
A singer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Prince recorded more than 30 albums. His best known hits include Let's Go Crazy and When Doves Cry.
Fentanyl is an extremely strong painkiller, prescribed for severe chronic pain, or breakthrough pain which doesn't respond to regular painkillers.
It is an opioid painkiller which means it works by mimicking the body's natural painkillers, called endorphins, which block pain messages to the brain.
It can cause dangerous side effects, including severe breathing problems.
The risk of harm is higher if the wrong dose or strength is used.
A bid for the week-long event was mentioned in Chancellor George Osborne's spending review in November.
The bid can only come through British Cycling, and the governing body has been told government funding will only be available for a Yorkshire event.
A decision on whether to bid for the championships must be made by June.
The BBC has learned British Cycling wants to combine hosting the championships with a big push on improving facilities for cycling.
The plan is to build a closed racing circuit near every major British city - something British Cycling believes it could do with £50m of support, the same figure the Football Association was given by the Treasury in 2014 to invest in modern, artificial pitches.
The government, however, is offering just £10m to improve facilities, although talks between the parties are on-going.
British Cycling has also been told any government funding for the event is contingent on it being held in 2019, the year before the next General Election.
For its part, the International Cycling Union (UCI) would be very open to an offer from Leeds, having seen the success of the 2014 Tour de France Grand Depart and its legacy race, the Tour de Yorkshire.
Goodwood was the last British host of the UCI's premier event in 1982, with Leicester providing the venue in 1970 and Liverpool in 1922.
This year's event is in Doha, Qatar, before visits to Bergen in Norway and Austria's Innsbruck.
The 35-year-old holding midfielder, who has missed only one game for the Saddlers this term, has put pen to paper on a new one-year contract, with a further year's option.
"I'm happy to have it sorted," he said. "I feel I'm still contributing.
"I've always said, as long as I feel I'm contributing then I'll still play."
Chambers, who has made 235 competitive appearances for the Saddlers in five seasons since signing from Leyton Orient in July 2011, won the club's two Player of the Season awards on Sunday night.
He received them just hours after captaining Walsall to a 5-0 victory at Port Vale, their biggest win in over five years, to narrowly miss out on automatic promotion.
They now face a two-legged semi-final against Barnsley to determine who faces either Millwall or Bradford City at Wembley on Sunday 29 May.
"Going into the play-offs, it means I can fully concentrate on that," he said. "I'm very happy here. There are some really good people in and around the club.
"The environment that has been created over the last few years has made it a joy to work here."
Walsall have confirmed that top scorer Tom Bradshaw will be available for the play-offs, no matter what his international commitments are.
The 20-goal marksman has been named by Chris Coleman in Wales' 29-man squad for a pre-Euro 2016 training camp in Portugal.
Coleman and his players are due to fly to the Algarve on Monday 23 May - six days before the League One play-off final at Wembley.
But, if the Saddlers get past Barnsley over two legs and make it to Wembley, 23-year-old Bradshaw will not be included in the training squad.
Coleman is expected to name his final 23-man squad on 31 May for Wales' first major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
Bradshaw made his international debut in March as a second-half substitute in their 1-0 defeat in Ukraine.
Defender Jason Demetriou has also been called up for Cyprus for their friendly with Serbia on 25 May, but he too would be excused international duty if the Saddlers make it to Wembley.
Following a slow first half, the action livened up after the break.
Chester could have taken the lead when James Alabi forced Minstermen goalkeeper Kyle Letheren into a fine save with his feet on 67 minutes.
They were made to pay just three minutes later, when Matt Fry headed home Danny Galbraith's corner much to the relief of the home crowd.
Alabi was once again foiled by Letheren moments before Richards smacked the woodwork with nine minutes remaining.
But home hearts were broken when the striker made amends by heading in a left-wing cross on 89 minutes, a goal that condemned York to a 10th game without a win.
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Match ends, York City 1, Chester FC 1.
Second Half ends, York City 1, Chester FC 1.
Goal! York City 1, Chester FC 1. Kane Richards (Chester FC).
Richard Brodie (York City) is shown the yellow card.
Kane Richards (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Theo Vassell (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Daniel Galbraith (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, York City. Yan Klukowski replaces Callum Rzonca.
Goal! York City 1, Chester FC 0. Matt Fry (York City).
Substitution, York City. Richard Brodie replaces Scott Fenwick.
Substitution, Chester FC. Kane Richards replaces Jordan Chapell.
Substitution, York City. Daniel Galbraith replaces Franklyn Clarke.
Second Half begins York City 0, Chester FC 0.
First Half ends, York City 0, Chester FC 0.
Simon Heslop (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Scott Fenwick (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Daniel Nti (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Aidan Nesbitt should have broken the deadlock when he volleyed over the bar after Queens goalkeeper Lee Robinson punched the ball into his path.
However, Morton were ahead when Ross Forbes cut inside from the right and found the net from a tight angle.
It was enough to move Morton to within three points of second-placed Falkirk with two games in hand.
The scoreline could well have been more handsome for the home side, though Joe Thomson did have the ball in the net for the Doonhamers only for the offside flag to cut short celebrations.
Laurence Shankland saw a long-range effort tipped over the bar by Robinson, with Lee Kilday then heading the resulting corner just wide.
Jamie Lindsay also went close when he burst into the box and rifled in a low drive that the goalkeeper did well to repel with his feet.
Morton substitute Ricki Lamie shaved the crossbar but one goal was enough for the hosts.
Match ends, Morton 1, Queen of the South 0.
Second Half ends, Morton 1, Queen of the South 0.
Joseph Thomson (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Aidan Nesbitt (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joseph Thomson (Queen of the South).
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Joseph Thomson.
Foul by Jamie Lindsay (Morton).
Scott Mercer (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Scott Mercer.
Kudus Oyenuga (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Hamill (Queen of the South).
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Jamie Hamill.
Substitution, Morton. Kudus Oyenuga replaces Michael Tidser.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Ricki Lamie.
Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Morton).
Dale Hilson (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ross Forbes (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Darren Brownlie.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Jamie Hamill.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Daniel Carmichael.
Attempt missed. Ricki Lamie (Morton) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Michael Doyle.
Ross Forbes (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Mercer (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Queen of the South. Daniel Carmichael replaces Lyndon Dykes.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Derek Lyle replaces Stephen Dobbie.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Dale Hilson replaces Kyle Jacobs.
Attempt blocked. Ross Forbes (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Jamie Lindsay (Morton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Andy Murdoch (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Lee Kilday (Morton) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Lee Robinson.
Attempt saved. Lawrence Shankland (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Dom Thomas (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Chris Higgins.
Goal! Morton 1, Queen of the South 0. Ross Forbes (Morton) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Scott Mercer.
Attempt saved. Joseph Thomson (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Michael Doyle (Morton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Malachi Mitchell Thomas, 20, from Chorley in Lancashire, crashed his bike during the Supertwins race. He was riding for the Cookstown BE Racing team.
Mr Thomas was treated by medical staff at the scene but died from his injuries.
The accident happened on the course at Dhu Varren, Portrush.
The organisers of the event, the Coleraine and District Motor Club, offered their heartfelt condolences to the rider's family and team.
Racing at the event was cancelled following the fatal crash on Saturday.
Mr Thomas is a former Supermoto competitor and won a hat-trick of races at the Mid Antrim 150 in April.
He secured four podium finishes at the Tandragee 100 and won the Supertwins race at the Cookstown 100.
The English rider had earlier finished fourth in Saturday's Supersport race at the North West 200.
His death comes just a few weeks after another Manx Grand Prix winner, Billy Redmayne, lost his life at the Scarborough Spring Cup meeting.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, which was travelling from Burkina Faso to Algiers, on Thursday amid severe storms.
Almost half of the passengers on board were French, including a family of 10.
The Briton is yet to be identified but the FCO said it was providing support to his family "at this tragic time".
Writing on Twitter, Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "deeply saddened" by the British man's death.
French President Francois Hollande earlier confirmed there were no survivors in the crash.
He said one flight data recorder had been recovered, after French troops reached the crash site near Mali's border with Burkina Faso.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it was believed the crash was linked to the weather conditions, but said "no theory can be excluded at this point".
Burkina Faso authorities said the passenger list included 51 French people and 27 people from Burkina Faso.
The six crew members were Spanish, according to the Spanish pilots' union.
Trevor Gray was jailed in May 2012 for attacking a woman in her home, but then cleared last month after a retrial.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it was examining whether steps were taken to identify and locate significant witnesses.
Nottinghamshire Police said it "fully supported" the IPCC's investigation.
In 2012, Mr Gray, 49, was found guilty of rape, attempted rape and sexual touching. He was given an eight-year jail sentence.
Mr Gray appealed against the decision on the grounds police had failed to locate a significant witness who would have assisted his defence.
At the appeal hearing, evidence from a witness traced by Mr Gray's wife Alison led to the conviction being quashed.
A retrial was ordered at which Mr Gray was found not guilty of all charges.
Mr Gray said he found it difficult to understand why the witness had been overlooked by police.
IPCC Commissioner Derrick Campbell said: "Where justice has not been properly served, there are many victims.
"Our investigation will look at whether Nottinghamshire Police properly and thoroughly followed all lines of inquiry into this matter.
"It will also look at whether there are lessons for Nottinghamshire Police to learn from these events."
The IPCC added it would also look at what information was given to the Crown Prosecution Service.
The Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, condemned the original investigation.
Phil Matthews, from the Federation, had previously said it "beggars belief" that a vital witness who was not traced by police was found by Mr Gray's wife in four days.
Mr Gray spent 14 months in prison and was dismissed from the force.
His appealed against his dismissal is still being considered by Nottinghamshire Police.
The agency began issuing permits for the testing of autonomous vehicles in September 2014.
Three of the four cars belonged to Google, the fourth to parts supplier Delphi.
Both firms denied their vehicles had been at fault.
Under Californian law, details of car accidents remain confidential.
However, Google said its driverless cars had never been the cause of an accident, and that the majority of "minor fender-benders" had been in the form of rear-end collisions from other drivers.
"Safety is our highest priority. Since the start of our programme six years ago, we've driven nearly a million miles autonomously, on both freeways and city streets, without causing a single accident," said a spokesperson.
Delphi told the BBC its vehicle was hit while stationary at a crossroads and was in manual driving mode at the time.
"A police report indicates the fault of the accident is with the second vehicle, not Delphi. No-one was hurt in the incident," said a spokesperson.
An anonymous source told the Associated Press that two of the accidents occurred while the vehicles were occupied by human drivers, and all four vehicles were going very slowly at the time of the collisions.
Chris Urmson, director of Google's self driving car programme, wrote in a blog post that there have been 11 accidents involving Google cars since the project began six years ago but not one has been caused by one of its vehicles.
"Rear-end crashes are the most frequent accidents in America, and often there's little the driver in front can do to avoid getting hit," he said.
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Spurs said an emotional farewell to their home of the past 118 years with a 2-1 win over United on Sunday.
They plan to have their new 61,000-seater stadium, built on the same site, ready for the 2018-19 campaign.
"What a way to finish, we wanted a win so badly in our last game here," said Kane after Sunday's game.
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Spurs, who will play at Wembley next season, were already leading through Victor Wanyama's header when Kane flicked home to make it 2-0.
Wayne Rooney scored United's consolation, the last ever goal at the ground, but Spurs claimed the points to finish their home campaign unbeaten in the league.
Kane, who has 22 Premier League goals this season, added: "I said before I'd love to score the winning goal and for it to happen is brilliant. To see it go in was special.
Despite a torrential rain shower, thousands of fans streamed onto the pitch within moments of Sunday's game ending.
It took several minutes to clear the good-natured pitch invasion before the closing ceremony which featured a video montage of the history of White Hart Lane.
A number of former Spurs players were present including Glenn Hoddle, David Ginola, Ledley King, Teddy Sheringham, Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa.
"Of course we will miss it a lot because White Hart Lane is special," said Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.
"But at the same time we welcome the new stadium."
Analysis by former Tottenham winger Chris Waddle
My move to London was difficult at first because I had grown up in the north-east and I felt like I was a long way from home but, even when I had not settled off the field, I always enjoyed playing at White Hart Lane.
I made my Spurs debut there in August 1985 against Watford and scored twice in a 4-0 win - they were both headers, and I think that was the last time I headed the ball.
We had one marvellous year in my time there - 1986-87 when we reached the FA Cup final and finished third - that people still ask me about when I go back to the Lane.
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We felt like we could beat anybody but we just played too many games in the end. I did not think we were far short of winning the title but the team broke up that summer.
But even when we were not near the top of the table, White Hart Lane was always a fantastic place to play football. The Spurs fans always loved to see some flair and good football and it was a place known for entertainment. That was one of the reasons I decided to join the club and I loved my time there.
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I have got some great memories of the Lane, and it will be missed but in modern-day football you have got to move on - you have got to move with the times if you want to be at the top.
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Tottenham's new stadium will have a capacity of 61,000 - White Hart Lane only holds around 36,000, which is a reason in itself why they need to leave in order to develop and progress as a club.
They are trying to take the next step off the pitch, and it is happening at the same time that they have got a very good team on it.
David Ginola, who played for Tottenham between 1997-2000, said the heavens were shedding a tear as heavy rain marked the last game at White Hart Lane.
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The moves included the 'dab' and, apparently, a bit of 'juju'.
It's not the first time United players have been involved in unusual goal celebrations.
Here we take a look at those and some more sent in by fans to Thursday's live coverage of the Europa League.
The 38-year-old Cameroon striker showed more youthful vigour than most at the tournament, scoring four goals and celebrating each with a dance at the corner flag.
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Ryan Giggs scored the second goal for Manchester United in a 2-0 win over Leeds United, and joined Paul Ince in a choreographed routine that would not be out of place on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Nigeria striker celebrated scoring at the 1994 World Cup by getting on all fours and cocking his leg like a dog.
Former Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe pretended to use the corner flag as a microphone after scoring the first goal in a 2-0 FA Cup victory at Old Trafford.
Paul Gascoigne had water squirted in his mouth after scoring against Scotland at Euro '96. He was responding to reports about a night out during a pre-tournament trip to Hong Kong.
Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard mimicked manager Phil Brown after equalising in a 1-1 draw.
Manchester City's Italian lifted his shirt to reveal the message on his T-shirt after scoring against United in a 6-1 derby win.
One of Colombia's many colourful goal celebrations at the 2014 World Cup saw players act like zombies - possibly in tribute to Michael Jackson's Thriller video - following Juan Cuadrado's penalty against Japan.
After scoring in a 3-0 win, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney celebrated by shadow boxing and falling over, hours after a video was published showing him appearing to be knocked out by former team-mate Phil Bardsley.
Norway's Isabell Herlovsen celebrated her second goal in the 4-0 win over Thailand by joining a 'team selfie' with an imaginary camera.
England winger Karen Carney followed up her goal in the 2-1 win over Colombia at the Women's World Cup with a golf-putt celebration. A goal in one?
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Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard produced moments to savour as they scored three of Manchester United's goals in the 4-1 Europa League victory over Fenerbahce - and their dance moves also caught the eye.
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The young digital specialists from RLabs were chosen from 12 teams.
They had participated at a BBC "hackathon" event held in Cape Town in April looking at making BBC audio more accessible to young people.
Their digital widget which plays BBC audio clips will be funded to pilot and user test prototypes over six months.
During the BBC hackathon, teams presented ideas on new ways of delivering audio in a cost-efficient way to reach younger audiences.
RLabs will develop their CatchUp digital widget which can be placed on websites. By activating the widget, users can hear short clips of BBC audio content.
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RLabs team leader, 25-year-old Kurt Appolis, said his team's idea focuses on a piece of BBC content without distraction.
BBC World Service Group Digital Development Editor and judging panellist Dmitry Shishkin called the widget simple and elegant.
He said reaching out to the local tech scene was part of the BBC's commitment to Africa.
"It complements our renewed digital investment into covering Africa better," he said.
At a similar event in Nairobi in February two Kenyan teams were selected to develop their products. They both aim to connect with younger audiences, one by using local languages, while the other uses instant messaging apps.
More than half of African browsers currently come to BBC.com using their mobile devices - a proportion that is expected to grow in the future.
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South African tech innovators have been selected to help the BBC reach young African audiences through digital platforms.
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As part of the 12-month pilot, the company would employ two enforcement officers to target problem areas.
Income from fixed penalties, as well as existing council budgets, would pay for the scheme, according to local authority officers.
The plans were drawn up as reports of dog fouling in the region increased by 16% in 12 months.
People who fail to clean up after their dogs can be issued with a fixed penalty fine of £40.
From 1 April, it will be brought into line with other littering offences and it will rise to £80, or £100 if it is not paid within 28 days.
However, since Scottish Borders Council withdrew their warden service in March 2013, only police and designated council officers can enforce the fines.
Under the proposed scheme, the external contractor's staff would be recruited locally and work from council offices.
As well as enforcing fines for dog fouling, littering and fly-tipping, they would work with schools to educate youngsters about related issues.
Councillor David Paterson said: "During the extensive research carried out by council officers, it has become clear that in order for dog fouling to be tackled properly, a strategy around the wider issue of dog ownership is needed.
"Like many councillors, I know dog fouling is a major concern for members of the public and in the last year I have asked officers to consider a more robust way to combat the issue."
Councillors will be asked to support the proposals at a meeting on 25 February.
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The 19-year-old smashed past Wojciech Szczesny from inside the box to cancel out Mesut Ozil's close-range finish.
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Everton's Tim Howard had earlier denied Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud, before Szczesny thwarted Kevin Mirallas.
Giroud hit the bar in injury-time, but the point moves Arsenal five clear of Liverpool at the top of the table.
Everton manager Roberto Martinez, who was relegated with Wigan on his last visit to the Emirates, praised his side's "lack of fear" in recent matches and Deulofeu's late strike spoke volumes for the Blues' character as they remain the only side with one loss in the Premier League.
Arsenal, who have now led in 13 of their 15 league matches, will be frustrated to have squandered the advantage having battled to break down their visitors with Ozil's fourth league goal of the campaign.
Their manager, Arsene Wenger described the visitors' midweek win over Manchester United as a "warning" for his side, but with the two best defences in the league on show, early chances were sparse despite spells of crisp passing.
Everton, who last won at Arsenal in 1996, enjoyed large bouts of possession and drew protestations from Wenger for the intensity of their pressing without the ball.
Everton's defeat at Manchester City in October remains their only league loss of the season. No side in the Premier League have proven harder to beat.
Sylvain Distin swiped a volley wide for the visitors, before Ross Barkley, operating behind Romelu Lukaku, fed Mirallas on a breakaway but the Belgian's effort was wasteful.
Martinez described Arsenal's attacking-play as "as good as it gets" in the run up to the fixture and late on in the opening period, Wenger's side began to showcase the guile which had earned them four consecutive wins.
Howard, seeking a fourth successive clean sheet, dived at the feet of Giroud to block after a neat Ramsey pass, before the Arsenal charges reversed roles.
This time Giroud dummied to release the Welshman, but Howard was again swift and brave to block at his feet.
The Gunners started the second period with the intensity their opponents had the first and Carzola headed tamely at Howard after a delightful interchange with Wilshere.
The intricate play was not lost on Martinez's side and Steven Pienaar collected Barkley's confident flick to warm the hands of Szczesny in Arsenal's goal.
Ramsey, whose eight goals make him the Premier League's most potent midfielder, was denied by Howard before the influential Barkley blasted straight at Szczesny at the other end.
After making four changes from the midweek win against Hull, Wenger highlighted the strength of his bench ahead of the match and the introduction of Theo Walcott, Tomas Rosicky and Mathieu Flamini backed up his confidence.
Flamini instantly shot wide, before Rosicky and Walcott combined to present Ozil with the opener.
The German, who now has four goals and six assists in his last 12 Premier League matches, volleyed high past Howard from six-yards, sparking relief amongst home supporters.
Their emotion was soon swung by Deulofeu, who had been on the field just five minutes when he collected a pass inside the area to unleash a shot past Szczesny.
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Giroud's volley from 30 yards at the death almost offered a dramatic end to a pulsating final 10 minutes of play, but the ball cannoned back of the angle of post and crossbar to ensure the points were shared.
To see a gallery of images from Sunday's Premier League action go to the BBC Sport Facebook page.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"It was a good game and Everton played well. Overall it took us time to get into it and in the first 25 minutes they were stronger.
"After that we had three one against ones in the first half and that's the regret I have.
"We didn't take our chances very well and the other regret is that we gave the lead away with seven minutes to go. But credit to them, they always looked dangerous. In the end, we are disappointed to get caught but it's still a point."
Another six players could win their first caps from the bench.
With 12 Wales players in New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions, tour coach Robin McBryde named 13 uncapped players in his initial 32-man squad.
Ospreys' Sam Davies starts Friday's match at fly-half, with Cardiff Blues' Gareth Anscombe at full-back.
Front-row trio Ryan Elias, Wyn Jones (both Scarlets) and Dillon Lewis (Blues) are among those likely to make their debuts from the bench, along with Newport Gwent Dragons flanker Ollie Griffiths, Gloucester back Owen Williams and Scarlets scrum-half Aled Davies.
Blues' Seb Davies is alongside Cory Hill of Dragons in the second row.
Wales have capped only three new players since the 2015 World Cup - fly-half Davies, flanker Ellis Jenkins, who is on the bench on Friday, and Hill.
Harlequins centre Jamie Roberts will captain Wales for the first time on his 95th appearance, partnering Scarlets' Scott Williams.
Roberts and Blues wing Alex Cuthbert were both Lions in Australia in 2013.
Scarlets blind-side flanker Aaron Shingler returns, while scrum-half team-mate Gareth Davies has another chance to impress in the absence of Lions tourist Rhys Webb.
Ospreys loose-head Nicky Smith is back in a starting front row completed by Blues hooker Kristian Dacey and Exeter tight-head Thomas Francis.
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McBryde is leading the team as Warren Gatland guides the Lions and Rob Howley is one of his assistants.
Ex-Wales and Lions hooker McBryde says having so many keen young players at his disposal led to difficult selection discussions.
"To be honest, I didn't expect to have the headaches that we've had as coaches looking at the selection for the first game because of the way that these youngsters have put their hands up," he said..
"The enthusiasm they've brought to every training session has been outstanding."
McBryde added: "It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our players to be taking part in this match at Eden Park, and we expect them to make the most of it."
Wales' game against Tonga is a warm-up match before New Zealand play Samoa at the same venue.
McBryde then takes his Wales squad to Samoa to face them in Apia on Friday, 23 June.
Tonga: Dave Halaifonua; Nafi Tuitavake, Siale Piutau (capt), Vili Tahitua, Cooper Vuna; Latiume Fosita, Tane Takulua; Latu Talakai, Paula Ngauamo, Ben Tameifuna, Leva Fifita, Steve Mafi, Dan Faleafa, Nili Latu, Valentino Mapapalangi.
Replacements: Suliasi Taufalele, Sila Puafisi, Phil Kite, Sione Tau, Mike Faleafa, Leon Fukofuka, Kali Hala, Kiti Taimani.
Wales: Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues); Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins, capt), Steffan Evans (Scarlets); Sam Davies (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Nicky Smith (Ospreys) Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues) Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Seb Davies (Cardiff Blues), Cory Hill (Newport Gwent Dragons), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets,), Thomas Young (Wasps), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues).
Replacements: Ryan Elias (Scarlets), Wyn Jones (Scarlets), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Ollie Griffiths (Newport Gwent Dragons), Aled Davies (Scarlets), Owen Williams (Gloucester), Cory Allen (Ospreys).
Officers said they believed they had apprehended a key member of the group DD4BC, while another suspect was also in custody after raids.
Forces from various European countries, including Scotland Yard detectives, worked together on the operation.
The group is accused of taking down companies' websites and demanding ransoms to stop.
Its name, which stands for Distributed Denial of Service for the online currency Bitcoin, is an apparent reference to its alleged tactics.
In September last year, a report from the net firm Akamai alleged that the group had carried out more than 140 attacks in the previous 10 months on banks, media groups and gaming firms.
Europol said that "key members of the organised network" were tracked to Bosnia-Herzegovina by officers from the Metropolitan Police, who were working with the European Union's law enforcement agency.
On 15 and 16 December, officers from Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Germany, as well as those from the United Kingdom, worked together to carry out raids.
They were assisted on "Operation Pleiades" by their colleagues from Australia, France and Japan, as well as Romania, USA and Switzerland. The international agency Interpol also helped, Europol said.
In a statement released on Tuesday, it added that the operation "resulted in the arrest of a main target and one more suspect detained. Multiple property searches were carried out and an extensive amount of evidence was seized."
Europol did not say under which power the second person was detained and a spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
A Distributed Denial of Service attack takes down a website by overwhelming it with traffic. Once a critical point is reached, users will find the site difficult to access. The group is accused of co-ordinating such attacks and demanding money to cease them, thereby allowing normal traffic to flow to the targeted website once more.
The attacks "remain a considerable threat in the European Union and beyond", Europol said.
"This type of extortion attack has become a well-established criminal enterprise and has affected thousands of victims globally, with the number of unreported incidents believed to be much higher. The absence of reporting by private companies and individuals poses particular difficulties in law enforcement's efforts to prosecute these cyber-threats."
It said that the DD4BC group was "exploiting the increasing popularity of pseudonymous payment mechanisms and has been responsible for several Bitcoin extortion campaigns since mid-2014".
According to police, DD4BC "primarily targeted the online gambling industry, but has recently broadened their activity to the financial services and entertainment sector as well as other high-profile companies. Businesses that pay the ransom to the blackmailers risk appearing vulnerable and being targeted again for a higher amount."
Wil van Gemert, Europol's deputy director of operations, said: "These groups employ aggressive measures to silence the victims with the threat of public exposure and reputation damage."
Some commentators believe that the "same type of conspiracy" that led to the deal is still at work today.
The Sykes-Picot agreement secretly carved an area stretching from Persia to the Mediterranean into British and French spheres of influence.
Egypt's official Al-Ahram newspaper bemoans the anniversary of the "ominous" deal as something which "divided the Arab nation".
Ayman Al-Hammad comments in the Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh that the anniversary "reminds Arabs that they were not liable to decide their fate".
But Twitter user @muhydinlazikani says: "The old hag Sykes-Picot turns 100. The strangest thing in its history is that all who attacked it fiercely defended the borders she drew."
Twitter user @Rafiknasrallah says: "As we commemorate Sykes-Picot, and after 100 years many of us still think like cattle and will not realise what has happened, and what is not happening."
And Ibrahim al-Hamdi, writing in the London Saudi-owned daily Al-Hayat, still suspects a conspiracy: "When Briton Mark Sykes and Frenchman Francois-Georges Picot drew their map in Arab sand on the sick body of the Ottoman Empire in 1916, they did not know that 100 years later London and Paris would be begging Washington and Moscow to let them have a role in redrawing borders on their map, and that the sun would shine on two new empires."
Twitter user @Pencil192 also suspects a conspiracy: "There is a new Sykes-Picot planned for Arabs, using the argument that dividing them along sectarian and national lines will protect them from infighting and conflicts that are in reality staged by the West and Zionists."
Ali Badri argues in the Lebanese daily Al-Nahar that condemnation of the Sykes-Picot legacy is unfair, saying: "The Arab Spring erased the maps of Sykes-Picot. These are no longer valid. Some pillars of the old Arab system have collapsed. Terrorist groups arrived with epic horrific projects. The maps need updating to reflect the new global and regional balance of powers."
Referring to claims by the Islamic State group that it is busy reversing the work of Sykes-Picot in Syria and Iraq, the London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi daily says: "What is closer to reality, is that Islamic State made this border similar to what the agreement entailed! The Ottoman province of Mosul and the Anbar desert that Islamic State annexed to some Syrian Euphrates territory were attached to Syria in the Sykes-Picot agreement."
For Kurds, the signing of the agreement was particularly painful as it "divided Kurdistan between four countries in an appalling violation of the rights of the Kurdish people", one Kurdish man remarked to Ara news in north-eastern Syria. "The international community should now consider the ambition of this nation to obtain its legitimate rights and establish its rightful homeland, Kurdistan."
The Union of Kurdish Writers and Journalists in Syria issued a statement saying: "Every Kurd should know this dark page of international conspiracy which took away our rights as a people. Our catastrophic geographic division was worsened, as our homeland moved from the hands of colonialism to the domination of racist authorities, which exploited us in more horrific ways."
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Mrs Merkel surprised the German media by saying she favoured a "decision of conscience" on gay marriage.
Her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have previously opposed it - unlike the rival Social Democrats (SPD), Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens.
Some MPs want a vote on it this week.
It is not yet clear whether the vote will happen before parliament's summer break, as Mrs Merkel does not want opponents to score political points from it.
Mrs Merkel's comments sparked intense debate on social media, and the hashtag #Ehefüralle (marriage for all) is trending on Twitter.
Many of Germany's EU partners have legalised gay marriage, notably the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and the UK.
"I'd like to steer the discussion more in the direction of a decision of conscience," Mrs Merkel said in a Berlin debate organised by the magazine Brigitte.
She said same-sex marriage was "a really personal matter", so she wanted the CDU and its Bavarian allies, the CSU, "to react differently to this question". It should not be politicised, she stressed.
Reports say the CDU leadership spent an hour and a half discussing the issue on Sunday night, while preparing its manifesto ahead of Germany's 24 September parliamentary election.
The opposition parties have set agreement on same-sex marriage as a condition for joining a coalition after the election. Germany is currently governed by a CDU-SPD coalition.
A Twitter message from MPs in the SPD Bundestag (lower house) group said: "Vote now! We say Yes to marriage for all".
Germany has civil partnerships but the CDU has opposed gay marriage, in order to keep its most conservative supporters loyal and to avoid friction with the CSU, which champions traditional families.
In the 2013 election campaign, Mrs Merkel had expressed reservations about gay marriage, saying: "I'm not sure, as far as the children's welfare is concerned."
But in the interview on Monday she described visiting a lesbian couple in her constituency, who are foster parents to eight children. If the state entrusts children to the care of such a couple, she said, "I can no longer argue so simply on the basis of children's welfare".
Nine of the MRA4 surveillance aircraft were due to be based in Moray.
RAF Kinloss station commander Group Captain James Johnston said there had been disbelief when the announcement was made.
The future of nearby RAF Lossiemouth, home to Tornado squadrons, remains uncertain.
However, there was better news for shipbuilding in Govan and Rosyth, with orders for two new aircraft carriers going ahead.
Prime Minister David Cameron said that as a result of the cancellation of the Nimrod replacement, RAF Kinloss would no longer be required.
It is understood that the Ministry of Defence could retain the site and may eventually use it as a barracks for soldiers returning from Germany.
Defence sources say the troops would not arrive until about 2015 at the earliest.
A final decision has not yet been taken about RAF Lossiemouth.
It has been feared that the Tornado aircraft currently based at RAF Lossiemouth could be transferred to RAF Marham.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "Cancelling the Nimrod aircraft of course has a knock-on effect on the bases in Moray, but it's not the end of the story.
"We're not going to abandon the families and communities which are dependent for their jobs and their livelihoods on those bases."
Moray's two RAF bases contribute more than £150m to the local economy annually and support 5,700 jobs, according to a report in August by consultants hired by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
Staff at Kinloss and Lossiemouth were briefed on developments after the prime minister's statement.
Despite the major cuts, the coalition government formally confirmed that it is going ahead with the order for the two new aircraft carriers.
The decision will safeguard thousands of jobs on the Clyde and the Forth.
Mr Clegg said: "The workers are delighted to have heard we have now confirmed that the two aircraft carriers will go ahead because that means their jobs and skills are being safeguarded for the future."
Angus Robertson MP, the SNP's Westminster leader, said: "The Ministry of Defence should retain both RAF Kinloss and RAF Lossiemouth, and it also has a responsibility to be clear to the Moray community and service families about their plans.
"The importance of both bases to the local economy and society is massive.
"Should they close it is the equivalent to 700,000 job losses in Greater London."
RAF Leuchars in Fife is also set to continue.
MoD sources said no Scottish infantry battalions would be cut in the defence review and that the Royal Marine base at Condor in Arbroath was also unaffected.
However, BBC Scotland understands that there will be a restructuring of army command which will see the axing of 2nd Division - the army's command for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England, based in Edinburgh.
It is thought army command will be centralised elsewhere, but government sources said that the HQ in Edinburgh would remain open.
Labour's shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy, said: "This is mixed news for Scotland. It is great that the government isn't going to sink the carriers, but their plans are bizarre.
"It is eccentric to have aircraft carriers with no aircraft flying off them for another decade.
"People at home are scratching their heads - and so are defence experts.
"The report is a body blow to Kinloss and people in Moray."
Bob Rollings, MoD group secretary for the Public and Commercial Services union, said: "David Cameron is callously using his 'admiration' for our armed forces as a spiteful tool to attack public services.
"The public will not be fooled into believing that cuts have to be made when there are uncollected taxes in excess of £120bn."
Mr Shapps admitted he had "over firmly" denied continuing his work as a web marketing expert under the name Michael Green, after being elected in 2005.
Labour wants an inquiry into whether his outside interests, which were fully declared at the time, breached rules.
Downing Street said the prime minister had "full confidence" in Mr Shapps.
And David Cameron defended his party chairman in an online interview with Buzzfeed on Monday evening, saying Mr Shapps had made a mistake and it was time to "move on".
In an interview with LBC Radio three weeks ago, Mr Shapps said it was "absolutely clear" he was not doing business as Michael Green while he was an MP, saying "I did not have a second job while being an MP; end of story".
However, Mr Shapps has now acknowledged that he was mistaken over the dates" of his outside employment during the interview.
This came after the Guardian issued what it says is a recording of a sales pitch made in the summer of 2006 in which Mr Shapps, using his Michael Green pen name, says he will be running his "mentoring programme" to hire staff and produce software to create websites, claiming his products could make listeners a "ton of cash by Christmas".
There are no rules banning MPs from having other sources of employment, but they do have to declare any paid employment outside Parliament.
Key dates:
2000: Grant Shapps and his wife Belinda launch How to Corp Ltd
March 2005: The business is incorporated
May 2005: Grant Shapps is elected MP for Welwyn Hatfield
November 2005: Grant Shapps declares his interest in How to Corp Ltd in the Commons Register of Members' Interests
2008: Grant Shapps transfers his shareholding in How to Corp Ltd to his wife. Interest in How to Corp no longer registered in Commons Register
May 2010: Grant Shapps becomes a housing minister
2012: Police decide not to launch investigation into software sales by How to Corp following a Labour complaint
September 2012: Grant Shapps becomes Conservative Party chairman
2013: How to Corp Ltd reportedly dissolved
Mr Shapps' directorship and shareholding in the firm How to Corp Ltd - which featured him under the name Michael Green - was declared in the Parliamentary register of members interest. for 2005 to 2008.
And Conservative sources said Mr Shapps did not regard his interest in his firm as "a second job" - as the company was in the process of being wound up at the time - and more of "a hobby on the side".
They said he had earned minimal income from the job and likened his earnings to those made by other MPs who have written books.
A party spokesman said: "Like many authors and journalists, Grant wrote with a pen name. This was completely transparent: his full name and biographical details were permanently published on the company's main website."
In his first entry in the register after being elected in November 2005, Mr Shapps declared paid directorships and shareholdings in Printhouse Corporation and marketing firm How to Corp. He continued to declare the paid directorship with How to Corp for several years afterwards, the last entry coming in June 2008.
The source said: "It turns on the semantics of what constitutes a second job."
Defending Mr Shapps, Mr Cameron said: "Grant did have another job when he first became an MP and he declared that in the Register of Members' Interests which is what you are meant to do.
"But he obviously made a mistake by saying in some interviews that the work had stopped earlier than it had. He's put that right so I think we can put that behind him. He's doing a good job."
Conservative colleagues have also voiced their support for Mr Shapps, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt suggesting the criticism of him was "incredible".
He tweeted: "His sin not to use pseudonym but to write books about how to create wealth - shock horror."
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries said Mr Shapps had "stumbled" in an interview over the exact dates but that the wider accusations were "re-hashed nonsense".
However, Labour MP John Mann suggested Mr Shapps should consider his position as Minister without Portfolio in the government.
A federal court ordered had Google to remove the controversial movie, which mocks the Prophet Muhammad, last year.
Actress Cindy Lee Garcia had said she had received death threats after being tricked into appearing in the film.
Google has said: "We're pleased with this latest ruling."
"We have long believed that the previous ruling was a misapplication of copyright law"
But no decision has yet been made over whether to reinstate the film on YouTube.
In the film, released as a trailer, Ms Garcia appears to ask whether the Prophet is a child molester.
But she said she had been told she had been performing in a completely different film and the lines dubbed without her knowledge after filming.
However, Google had argued that only the film-maker, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, owned the copyright, and, therefore, Ms Garcia had no right to demand its removal - and the appeals court agreed.
"In this case, a heartfelt plea for personal protection is juxtaposed with the limits of copyright law and fundamental principles of free speech," wrote Judge M Margaret McKeown.
"We are sympathetic to her plight. Nonetheless, the claim against Google is grounded in copyright law, not privacy, emotional distress, or tort law, and Garcia seeks to impose speech restrictions under copyright laws meant to foster rather than repress free expression."
Judge McKeown noted that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was currently in prison for unrelated offences.
"The decision short-changes the threats on the life of Cindy Lee Garcia who did not voluntarily participate in the hateful message that the controversial trailer about the Prophet Muhammad espoused around the world," wrote the actress's lawyer in a statement, reports Reuters.
Several people died in the global protests sparked by the film's release in September 2012.
The Metropolitan Police said they may have taken part in violent disorder, during which police officers were attacked and buildings vandalised.
Officers are reviewing hours of CCTV footage as part of their investigations into a series of student protests.
They are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects.
Det Ch Supt Matthew Horne said: "We want the public to help us identify these people who may have been involved in violent disorder, attacking police officers and smashing buildings, shops and windows.
"The vast majority of the people we are seeking are suspected of committing serious offences of violent disorder and criminal damage."
He added: "The rights of protest and expression are important to us all. However, people breaking the law, endangering those protesting peacefully and committing offences such as this are criminals."
Scotland Yard has launched a "major criminal investigation", called Operation Malone, into all the tuition fee protests held from 10 November, when students stormed Tory headquarters in Millbank, up to Thursday's demonstration in Parliament Square.
A total of 175 people were arrested during the four demonstrations, including 34 who were detained on Thursday.
The most recent protests, which coincided with a vote in the House of Commons on removing the tuition fees cap, involved the worst violence.
MPs had voted to allow fees to treble to up to £9,000 in England.
Protesters largely took over Parliament Square, where mounted police were used to control crowds and at one point charged a group of demonstrators.
Protesters threw flares, sticks, snooker balls and paint balls, according to police. After nightfall, riot police forced back people who were smashing windows at the Treasury and the Supreme Court.
Then at 1915 GMT, protesters launched an attack on a car carrying Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall as it passed along Regent Street. The Rolls Royce was kicked, splashed with paint and a window was smashed to chants of "off with their heads".
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the rioters should face the "full force of the law".
Meanwhile, the Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating a claim that 20-year-old Middlesex University student Alfie Meadows suffered serious head injuries after being hit on the head with a police truncheon.
Police are urging people who can identify any of the suspects whose pictures it has released to call 020 8358 0100 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Ricardo Jaime and Pablo Schiavi were given six- and eight-year sentences for negligence.
The accident, which injured 789 people, happened when a morning rush hour train hit the buffers at the Once rail station in the capital.
t was one of the worst train accidents in Argentina in decades.
The train driver received a three-year prison sentence.
Two of the directors of the company Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA), which operated the rail line concession at the time, received sentences of between five and nine years.
After the accident, the government of Cristina Fernandez nationalised Argentina's rail system and implemented a huge renewal programme.
A large group of relatives of the victims and supporters gathered outside the court to hear the sentences.
Many applauded the court's decision, although some said the sentences were too low.
"I think this was a historic judgement," said Maria Lujan Rey, the mother of Lucas Menghini Rey, whose body was found three days after the crash.
The train hit the barrier at about 12mph (20km/h), destroying the front of the engine and crushing the carriages into it from behind.
One of the carriages was driven nearly 6m (20ft) into the next.
The Buenos Aires rail system transports about four billion passengers a year, making it the biggest in South America.
In the 1990s most of it was privatised in the hope of boosting investment in infrastructure.
But little investment in the network happened since the companies were not obliged by contract to invest, and they had little incentive because they continued to receive income from state subsidies.
The proclamation ceremony, which took place in Flint on Saturday, is an opportunity for people to show their support for the festival.
Flint High School Samba band led the crowd as they paraded through the streets.
Events have been taking place all week in the lead up to next year's ceremony.
Festival organiser Urdd Gobaith Cymru is Wales' largest youth organisation and has more than 54,000 members aged between eight and 25.
The Urdd aims to give the children and young people of Wales an opportunity to live their lives through the medium of Welsh.
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Anglesey Sea Zoo have confirmed the visitor is an Olive Ridley turtle - a species usually found in the much warmer waters around Mexico.
They think she is female, and have named her Menai.
It's the first time this type of turtle has ever been found swimming around the UK, and staff are surprised that she survived in the cold Welsh sea.
Now, they're looking after her by warming her up and rehydrating her and they say she's doing well.
Welcome to the UK, Menai!
The institution's 538 electors will vote at state capitols nationwide.
A handful of Democratic electors have been organising a longshot bid to persuade their Republican counterparts to cast ballots against Mr Trump.
The process is usually a formality, but takes place this year amid claims Russian hackers tried to sway the vote.
It was set up by the country's founding fathers as a compromise between allowing Congress and the people to elect the president.
Technically, Americans cast votes on election day for electors, not the candidates themselves.
The electors are mostly elected officials or party functionaries whose names are not on the ballot. They are generally unknown to the public apart from one or two exceptions such as former President Bill Clinton, who is a New York elector this year.
There are 538 electors in all, one for each member of Congress. A candidate needs to take at least 270 electoral votes - half of the total plus one - to win the White House. Mr Trump won 306 electors from 30 states.
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Under federal law, electors must gather on 19 December, with each elector casting two votes - one for president and one for vice-president.
Their so-called Certificates of Vote must be transmitted by 28 December to Congress and the National Archives in Washington.
On 6 January, US Vice-President Joe Biden will preside as Congress officially tallies the electoral votes.
Once the votes are counted, the results are final, and Mr Trump would be all set for his noon inauguration on 20 January.
In November's presidential election, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of nearly three million, but only gained 232 electors because she lost crucial swing states. This has fuelled renewed calls for the electoral college to be scrapped, with critics arguing it is undemocratic and unfair.
Furthermore, US intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia hacked the emails of the Democratic National Committee - leaking embarrassing messages about Mrs Clinton's paid speeches to Wall Street and party infighting - in an attempt to put its thumb on the electoral scales for Mr Trump.
Ten electors - nine Democrats and one Republican - asked unsuccessfully for an intelligence briefing about Moscow's alleged role.
On Sunday, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta upped the ante by suggesting the Trump team could even have colluded with Russia on the cyber-attack, which the Republican's camp denies.
Millions of Americans who consider Mr Trump unfit to occupy the Oval Office have signed an online petition calling for Republican electors not to vote as directed by their state's popular ballot.
Some have posted electors copies of founding father Alexander Hamilton's writings in his Federalist Papers, which state that the meeting of the electoral college "affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications".
A handful of Democratic electors are so desperate to stop Mr Trump that they have even offered to vote against Hillary Clinton and unite with the other electors behind a consensus Republican candidate.
Nothing in the US constitution or in federal law requires electors to vote one way or another.
Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia bind their electors by law, though so-called "faithless electors" who defy the popular vote generally just face a fine.
History shows it is extremely unusual for an elector to defy the expressed will of his or her state's voters.
It is highly unlikely the electoral college will take the unprecedented step of changing the election's outcome.
Only one Republican elector, Chris Suprun of Texas, has come forward to say he will not cast his electoral vote for Mr Trump. But 38 Republican electors would have to defect to deny Mr Trump.
Even that would probably only delay the inevitable.
If no candidate reaches 270 in the electoral college, the House of Representatives must vote on the next president, and the Republican-controlled chamber would most likely choose Mr Trump anyway.
The #VisitMyMosque event was organised by the Muslim Council of Britain as a way of encouraging questions about Islam.
Throughout Sunday the hashtag #VisitMyMosque was trending on social media, where many people shared their experiences.
Rachel Esposti described the Shah Janan Mosque in Woking as beautiful, after her visit with her daughter and husband.
In Leicester Christina Emmett's daughter tried on a sequined hijab at the MKSI mosque.
In Leeds, Ali Aslam took his young son for his first look around a masjid. Ali said the Makkah Mosque was located at the end of the street where he grew up and shared the impressive interior decor on his twitter feed:
At Bolton's Zakariyya Jaame Mosque, Elizabeth Costello said she was proud to be there and had made a new friend.
"Abraham was so lovely. He gave us so much of his time showing us round all the mosque, prayer time, mortuary and washing room. So much information and all our questions answered." she told the BBC.
At Home Farm in Leicester, Beaumont Leys police popped in for a chat.
However, not everyone was keen on the day's activities, as pointed out by Keith:
Compiled by Sherie Ryder, BBC UGC and Social News team
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The Tigers drew 0-0 with Arsenal on Saturday and must now find a date for the fifth-round replay in a period where they are already playing 10 games in 35 days.
"It's ridiculous the number of games we have got coming up," said Bruce.
"Why can't we just go to penalties? Why do we have to have a replay?"
Bruce, whose side currently top the Championship, believes it is also unfair on fans, adding: "Supporters have to find the money to support their team."
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The Football Association has reportedly discussed the possibility of playing midweek rounds in the FA Cup, replacing replays with extra-time and penalties, and reducing League Cup semi-finals to one leg.
The aim is to reduce the burden on English teams in European competitions and to keep the national team fresh for summer tournaments.
Manchester City are reportedly "furious" they have to play their FA Cup tie with Chelsea on Sunday, three days before they visit Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League.
And Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has said "too many games" harm English football.
"In the past to win a European cup you had to play six or seven games, now it's 17," said Bruce, whose side lost the 2014 FA Cup final to Arsenal.
"We all love the FA Cup and for our club, the final was the biggest day in our lives.
"A footballer can play three games in three days if he wants but you can't play with the energy or intensity that you need to win a Championship game or an FA Cup tie."
Traditionalists have argued to keep replays, predominantly to maintain the possibility of lower-league teams earning big-money fixtures against larger clubs.
And Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes the UK's negotiations over its European Union membership are an example of why the FA Cup should remain "a little bit special".
"I like the idea that in England you don't do things like anywhere else. That's why you negotiate in Brussels at the moment as well," said Wenger, whose side face Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.
Speaking at this year's Oxford Literary Festival, the 66-year-old said the publication of the next book had been pushed back as a result of a stroke she suffered last Christmas.
"It was on the way until the stroke interrupted me," said the author of the ninth volume of Mole's comic diaries.
The first, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, came out in 1982.
The eighth instalment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years, was published in 2009.
Townsend, who is registered blind and a wheelchair user, was diagnosed with diabetes in the 1980s and underwent a kidney transplant in 2009.
Outside of the Mole series, her other best-selling novels include The Queen and I and 2012's The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year.
A spokesman for Penguin, who was at Tuesday's talk, confirmed Townsend's comments, originally reported in the Times.
However, he said those comments were not representative of the event as a whole.
"Sue has definitely been unwell but was still wonderfully endearing and had the audience in creases of laughter several times," he told the BBC News website.
Phillip Pullman, Seamus Heaney and Joanne Moore are among the other authors scheduled to attend this year's festival, which runs until Sunday.
Acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced the death, and later said the colonel had been killed in a crossfire between Gaddafi loyalists and fighters from the transitional authorities.
He confirmed that Col Gaddafi had been taken alive, but died of bullet wounds minutes before reaching hospital.
Video footage suggests he was also dragged through the streets.
It is unclear from the footage, broadcast by al-Jazeera TV, whether he was alive or dead at the time.
US President Barack Obama said it was a "momentous day" for Libya, now that tyranny had fallen.
He said the country had a "long and winding road towards full democracy", but the US and other countries would stand behind Tripoli.
Col Gaddafi was toppled from power in August after 42 years in charge of the country.
He was fighting his last stand in Sirte alongside two of his sons, Mutassim and Saif al-Islam, according to reports.
By Rana JawadBBC News, Tripoli
Residents swarmed the streets of the capital, waving flags and cheering from the windows of their cars.
Tripoli's myriad of streets in various districts has been gridlocked for hours.
People and fighters manning checkpoints shouted out "God is Great", as some distributed mints and biscuits - later dubbed "revolutionary treats" - to passing cars.
There are many who will be wondering "what next?" for Libya as it embarks on a new era unobtainable for almost half a century.
But for many Libyans tonight, it is a time to rejoice.
Wild celebrations across Tripoli
Acting Justice Minister Mohammad al-Alagi told the AP news agency Saif al-Islam had been captured and taken to hospital with a leg wound.
A corpse that officials identified as that of Mutassim has been laid out in a house in the city of Misrata, where locals have been queuing to take pictures.
The body of Col Gaddafi has also reportedly been taken to Misrata.
Nato, which has been running a bombing campaign in Libya for months, said it had carried out an air strike earlier on Thursday.
French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said French jets had fired warning shots to halt a convoy carrying Col Gaddafi as it tried to flee Sirte.
He said Libyan fighters had then descended and taken the colonel.
Proof of Col Gaddafi's fate came in grainy pieces of video, first circulated among fighters, and then broadcast by international news channels.
The first images showed a bloodied figure presumed to be Col Gaddafi.
Later, video emerged of the colonel being bundled on to the back of a pick-up truck after being captured alive.
None of the video footage has been independently verified.
Mr Jibril, number two in the National Transitional Council (NTC), held a news conference in Tripoli to confirm the colonel's death.
"We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Muammar Gaddafi has been killed," he said.
Later, he told journalists that a "forensic report" had concluded that the colonel had died from bullet wounds after he had been captured and driven away.
"When the car was moving it was caught in crossfire between the revolutionaries and Gaddafi forces in which he was hit by a bullet in the head," said Mr Jibril, quoting from the report.
"The forensic doctor could not tell if it came from the revolutionaries or from Gaddafi's forces."
Earlier, some NTC fighters gave a different account of the colonel's death, saying he had been shot when he tried to escape.
One NTC fighter told the BBC that he found Col Gaddafi hiding in a hole, and the former leader had begged him not to shoot.
The fighter showed reporters a golden pistol he said he had taken from Col Gaddafi.
Arabic TV channels showed images of troops surrounding two large drainage pipes where the reporters said Col Gaddafi was found.
Libyans gathered in towns and cities across the country to celebrate the reports of the colonel's death.
Groups of young men fired guns in the air, and drivers honked horns in celebration.
His death came after weeks of fierce fighting for Sirte, one of the last remaining pockets of resistance.
World leaders urged the NTC to carry through its promise to reform the country.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who had taken a leading role in Nato's intervention, said it was "a day to remember all of Col Gaddafi's victims".
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called it a "historic" moment, but warned: "The road ahead for Libya and its people will be difficult and full of challenges."
Officials said the NTC intended to announce the "liberation of the country" in the coming days, allowing them to begin pushing through democratic reforms that will lead to elections.
Windsurfer Wonwoo Cho was taken to hospital during the event, with Danny Ok claiming the cause was "probably from the water" at Guanabara Bay.
Cho returned to competition a day later and finished 14th out of 28 - his second best finish of the regatta.
Rio 2016 organisers said: "There is no direct evidence to suggest the illness was caused by contact with water."
The statement added: "From a field of 326 athletes and 68 technical officials on the water, the International Sailing Federation (Isaf) medical team has received only two medical cases over the first five days of competition.
"Isaf have confirmed this number is significantly below the average for a regatta of this size. From a field of 326 athletes it is normal for some athletes to experience illness when travelling and competing in new environments."
In July, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said cleaning up the polluted Guanabara Bay - the venue for the Olympic sailing and windsurfing competitions - remained a serious challenge.
Sailors in the area have reported seeing pollution, including furniture and floating animal carcasses, while nearly 70% of sewage in the Brazilian city is spilled raw into its waters.
Bach said some measures to clean the waters had already started, while others "will be applied to the bay just before the Olympics to make sure there is the safety and the health of the athletes".
The authorities in Rio initially promised that 80% of the bay would be cleaned up in time for the Games, which get under way on 5 August 2016.
But they have admitted more recently that those targets would not be met.
Earlier this month United States rowing officials refused to blame the water when 15 junior team members fell ill at a test event.
As more people get access to the internet across Africa, governments and businesses are increasing their online presence but there are questions about how secure these websites are.
The email scam using a message from someone pretending to be a relative of a dead African leader asking for bank details is well known, but now tactics have changed.
Today's cyber-criminals do not need users' approval or awareness to access valuable data, which could lead to the theft of a large amount of money.
For example, a recent cybersecurity report on Kenya says businesses are losing about $146m (£96m) every year to cyber-crime.
Kenyan cybersecurity analyst Freddy (not his real name) showed me how the average Kenyan website lacks adequate protection.
Working on a dummy site with a typical level of security, he showed me how it was possible to hack into it.
"This will take me about 15 minutes," he said as he typed away, writing code.
As predicted, in just a quarter of an hour, he had full access to the database and was able to change the administrator password and upload his own material.
Freddy is one of the good hackers who advises companies and defends them from attacks rather than exploits the problems, but he feels the response to the online risks is inadequate.
This situation is replicated across the continent.
South Africa's Sunday Times newspaper reported that hackers launched 6,000 cyber-attacks against South African infrastructure, internet service providers (ISPs) and businesses in October alone.
Bright Mawudor, a Ghanaian cybersecurity expert at Pukyong National University in South Korea, says that most African banks, government agencies and ISPs, in the face of competition, prioritise what their website can do and how fast new features can be released to the public.
Security is an afterthought, he argues.
"These websites are usually outsourced to software development companies who get pressured to deliver quickly," he says.
"Something that should take about a month has to be delivered in a week and is thus sub-standard. They always make a mistake and the hacker just has to find one."
Rather than creating their own systems from scratch, there is a tendency to take a shortcut and use existing popular templates, which Mr Mawudor says can easily be breached.
He says he knows of several African governments that use these for their websites that can contain sensitive information including individuals' personal details, which can be used for identity theft.
According to the recent Kenyan cybersecurity report, most African-based businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, are unable to withstand cyber-attacks.
"If there was the threat of a physical attack you would see a lot of fences and guards," says William Makatiani of Serianu Limited which was behind the report.
"Unfortunately with cyber-attacks, very few people can detect them and you can go for up to a year without knowing you've been attacked."
At the Serianu offices in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, big screens show world maps with yellow spots appearing in different countries representing cyber-attacks happening in real time.
As these continue, Mr Makatiani suggests the main reason some companies are waking up to the threat is because they are losing money, but he says they are only disclosing these incidents discreetly.
The types of crimes are also becoming more sophisticated - moving from password theft, to stealing credit card details to attacks on computer networks.
Even if the worst-affected businesses like banks and insurance companies improved their security, the ISPs are accused of not doing enough to create sufficient security for the small businesses they serve.
South Africa recently opened a virtual cybersecurity hub in its capital, Pretoria, to help business, government and civil society work together on responses to these incidents.
Research firm Columinate suggests that South Africa is one of the world's cybercrime hotspots.
State Security Minister David Mahlobo pointed out that for the country to be adequately protected, there needs to be more awareness of the threats.
This situation is mirrored across the continent and has led Mr Mawudor to help found Africahackon, a forum bringing together cyber-security experts, from university to corporate level, to discuss how to take the initiative on these issues, rather than wait for the security gaps to be exploited.
The group works with a lot of young people with newly-acquired computer skills who might otherwise be tempted to use them for illegal activity online.
"You can never stop cyber-attacks but you can employ the best practices to curb them," says Mr Mawudor.
"This will be a process over time and not a one-day event."
The panel said that includes provision for people with eating disorders.
It said there must be funding parity between mental and physical health.
It recommends significant changes to the way mental health services are organised, including the introduction of a maximum four-hour waiting time for admission to an acute psychiatric ward.
The independent commission was led by Lord Nigel Crisp and supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland.
Lord Crisp said he and his team had travelled the length and breadth of Northern Ireland looking at inpatient service "finding much to like but still not enough being done".
Professor Sir Simon Wessely, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said there was much to build on.
The report is highly critical about the shortage of facilities in spite of Northern Ireland having the highest rates of suicide and mental illness in the UK.
Set up last year to examine the issues facing patients requiring emergency hospital care, the panel also confirmed that the shortage of crisis home treatment teams is serious.
It reinforces calls from charities over the years that there are too few specialist psychiatric services for men and women with eating and personality disorders.
There was criticism about the level of support for women with mental health issues both before and after birth.
Dr Gerry Lynch, the Northern Ireland chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, welcomed the report.
"Mental health can be just as serious as cancer, or someone being diagnosed with a stroke or a heart condition," he said.
"Those with mental health problems die 20 years sooner than those with good health.
"We need the funding in Northern Ireland to match the demand for mental health services.
"There must be parity between mental and physical health."
He added: "This gives us an opportunity to take forward the Bamford vision and local health professionals are also demanding that overseas treatment for patients comes to an end."
For decades, mental health provision in Northern Ireland has been referred to as the "Cinderella service" with demand for assistance far out stripping supply.
According to several charities, their calls over the years have fallen on deaf ears.
It is hoped now that those in the Department of Health will listen to their concerns.
Jack Archer, 14, from Newton, Nottinghamshire, was hit while riding his bike on Chapel Lane, in Bingham, last July.
Steven Mills, of Cartbridge, Cotgrave, faces charges of causing death by careless driving and causing death while uninsured.
He is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court in February.
Mr Mills, who has been released on bail, has also been charged with; doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice, failing to stop following a road traffic collision, failing to report a road traffic collision and using a vehicle without insurance.
After Jack's death, a vigil was held and a book of condolence opened for the teenager, described by friends as a "really bubbly guy".
After a public showing on Friday of the film - based on a slave uprising led by preacher Nat Turner in 1831 - Parker described it as "a labour of love".
There were gasps in the audience at some of the harrowing scenes.
After the screening, Parker, who has faced media scrutiny over a historic rape trial, got a standing ovation.
Parker acted in, wrote and directed the film. It gained a huge amount of awards buzz when it first screened at the Sundance film festival in January.
However, recent media attention has been focused on Parker's acquittal for rape in 1999 and his accuser's subsequent suicide.
Parker said: "I didn't have the benefit of learning about Nat Turner when I was at school, yet I grew up 42 miles (68km) east of where the rebellion happened.
"So you can imagine learning about this person, in the absence of heroes, meant a lot to me."
He said it was a "no brainer" that he would choose to tell the story on film.
"We should all look at this film in the sense that this was a person that stood against a system that was oppressing people," he told the audience.
"If we can relate to that in 2016, we must ask our selves what we would be willing to sacrifice for what we want our children, and our children's children, to enjoy."
Cameron Bailey, the Toronto festival's artistic director, described the film as a "painful story from American history and a story that needed to be told".
The Toronto International Film Festival runs until 18 September.
Michael Horn said he was told about a "possible emissions non-compliance" in the spring of 2014.
The revelation was made in testimony due to be presented to a committee of the US House of Representatives investigating the scandal on Thursday .
He said he was told after a study by West Virginia University was published.
"I was informed that EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] regulations included various penalties for non-compliance with the emissions standards and that the agencies can conduct engineering tests which could include 'defeat device' testing or analysis," he said.
"I was also informed that the company engineers would work with the agencies to resolve the issue."
Mr Horn said in the written evidence it was not until 3 September this year that Volkswagen told US authorities about the "defeat device" in emissions software in diesel vehicles for the model years 2009 to 2015.
The software allowed a vehicle to recognise whether it was being driven on the road or running in a test laboratory, and turn engine emissions controls on or off.
Mr Horn said the events had been "deeply troubling", adding: "I did not think that something like this was possible at the Volkswagen Group.
"We have broken the trust of our customers, dealerships, and employees, as well as the public and regulators."
He said the company took full responsibility for its actions and was co-operating with all relevant authorities.
"Responsible parties will be identified and held accountable," Mr Horn said.
As well as striving to rebuild the company's reputation, the priority was finding remedies for the three groups of vehicles affected, he said.
The executive will give evidence to the House Energy committee and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations before being questioned by the politicians about the scandal, which affects half a million cars in the US.
The company on Wednesday appointed former finance chief Hans Dieter Poetsch as its new chairman, following a board meeting to discuss the emissions scandal.
Mr Poetsch said it would be "some time" before the car maker could uncover the details of the emissions test cheating.
At present, a patient's body weight is the main factor in deciding the dose.
But a University of Cambridge study indicated people with high levels of brain connectivity or "chatter" needed a larger dose to put them under.
And this could help doctors work out exactly the amount of anaesthetic a patient requires to become unconscious.
The study, published in PLOS Computational Biology, looked at how the brain's electric signals changed in 20 healthy volunteers given a common anaesthetic called propofol.
They were then asked to press different buttons when they heard different sounds.
After reaching the maximum dose, some were still pressing buttons, while others were unconscious.
The "chatter" or connectivity between areas of the brain was much more pronounced in those who were still conscious.
And when the research team looked at brain activity when the participants were awake, using readings from an electroencephalogram (EEG), they found similar differences.
Lead study author Dr Srivas Chennu, from the University of Cambridge department of clinical neurosciences, said: "The greater the network activity at the start, the more anaesthetic they are likely to need to put them under."
He said brain "chatter" was not a measure of brain power.
"It varies from day to day as well as from person to person," he said.
"It can be related to the amount of coffee you've drunk or how much sleep you've had."
The research was still in its early stages, he added.
Dr Richard Marks, vice-president of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, said: "It's actually very difficult to tell when a patient is asleep or not.
"We need something that is reliable, specific and easy-to-use to help us."
Administering too much anaesthetic could cause side-effects, including heart attacks and strokes, he added.
The 26-year-old has been the subject of three bids from Italian club Roma since expressing his desire to leave the 2015-16 Premier League champions.
The FAF said he had been given permission to miss training to agree a deal before the transfer deadline.
Barcelona, Manchester United and Chelsea are also said to be interested.
But Arsenal are not in contention to sign the winger.
Roma's third bid was reported to be £32m and the club have said they are now looking at other options.
A statement from the FAF said Mahrez "was authorised by the national coach Lucas Alcaraz and the Algerian Football Federation to make an express trip to Europe to formalise on Thursday his transfer to his new club. The national team will fly without him on Thursday morning to Lusaka to face Zambia on Saturday."
Mahrez was named the PFA Player of the Year after playing a key part in Leicester's title-winning season.
He has featured in all three of the Foxes' Premier League fixtures so far this term.
The resolution was passed by 116 votes to 20, with more than 50 abstentions.
The UN Security Council is expected to discuss the resolution on Monday, but it is likely to face stiff opposition from China and Russia.
North Korea said the resolution was "a product of political plot and confrontation".
A UN report released in February revealed ordinary North Koreans faced "unspeakable atrocities".
The report detailed wide-ranging abuses in North Korea after a panel heard evidence of torture, political repression and other abuses.
It added that those accused of political crimes were "disappeared" to prison camps, where they were subject to "deliberate starvation, forced labour, executions, torture, rape and the denial of reproductive rights enforced through punishment, forced abortion and infanticide".
Most of the evidence came from North Korean defectors who had fled the country.
North Korea refused to co-operate with the report and condemned its findings.
The report led to a vote in the UN's human rights committee last month, which voted in favour of referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
China, North Korea's main international ally, is expected to veto any Security Council resolution when the matter is discussed next week.
On Thursday, the General Assembly also passed resolutions condemning the human rights records of Syria and Iran, but did not go as far as recommending a referral to the ICC.
General Assembly resolutions are non-binding but are seen as indicators of world opinion.
Both Syria and Iran condemned the respective resolutions against them.
Iran said the vote condemning its human rights record was "political, prejudicial and unbalanced".
The Syria resolution condemned both the government's violence against civilians and abuses perpetrated by the Islamic State group.
They were inducted alongside the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Journey and Yes during a concert in New York.
However, it was not just a celebration: a number of artists chose to use the occasion to make impassioned pleas and remember lost friends.
Tupac's award was collected by his friend, fellow rapper Snoop Dogg.
Folk singer Baez - as known for her activism as her singing - made a rallying call for resistance in the face of "the new political cultural reality".
The 76-year-old, who admitted most younger people had never heard her work, made a return to the spotlight this week when her song Nasty Man went viral.
Baez - imitating Donald Trump's particular way of speaking - told the audience gathered at Brooklyn's Barclays Center: "Let us together repeal and replace brutality and make compassion a priority. Let us build a great bridge, a beautiful bridge, to welcome the tired and the poor."
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder tackled climate change, saying: "We cannot be the generation that history will look back upon and wonder, why didn't they do everything humanly possible to solve this biggest crisis of our time?"
Snoop Dogg was on hand to collect Tupac's trophy, more than two decades after he was shot dead in Las Vegas.
Calling Tupac "the greatest rapper of all time", he recalled how they were just "two black boys struggling to become men", adding: "To be human is to be many things at once: strong and vulnerable, hard-headed and intellectual, courageous and afraid, loving and vengeful, revolutionary and, oh yeah... gangsta!"
Tributes were also paid to 1986 Hall of Fame inductee Chuck Berry. who died last month aged 90, with ELO playing one of his best known hits - Roll Over Beethoven.
Meanwhile, Nile Rodgers - lead guitarist of disco band Chic - was recognised for his contribution to production.
We know that. So, of course, does President Xi Jinping.
It is one of the major issues - shadows even - hanging over his visit to the United States.
After an average annual growth rate of 10% for three decades, that pace has cooled substantially. Last year it was 7.4%.
There are many economists who are profoundly sceptical about China's official data, who think the true figure is a good deal lower.
For next year the IMF forecasts 6.8%. And the slowdown was bound to happen.
The IMF described the transition under way in China as "moving to a 'new normal', characterized by slower yet safer and more sustainable growth".
A new normal is needed because the forces behind China's previous dynamism are weakening. The ageing population means there's a limit to the contribution that a growing labour force can make to the economy.
All that previous strong growth means the technological gap compared with the rest of the world has narrowed. That in turn limits the scope for rapid gains from catching up.
Investment is another source of growth, which adds to the productive capacity of the economy. But China's investment level is already extremely high. Indeed IMF research suggested even in 2012 that it was excessive.
Why excessive? Because it diverts resources from other sectors of the economy including household spending, and if a country over invests an increasing number of projects are likely to be economically inefficient.
The question that has been worrying financial markets intermittently for the past few weeks has been - will the transition be a smooth one, or will China suffer what's called a hard landing, that's to say an abrupt slowdown or even a recession?
The answer really does matter for the rest of us.
China is by one measure the biggest economy on the planet. It accounts for 17% of global economic activity.
The US economy is almost as big but is not growing so rapidly. Things are likely to stay that way for years or even decades after China has settled to a more sustainable rate of growth.
That means that China's impact on global growth is larger, and so is the potential contribution it can make to increased demand for goods produced by other countries.
So hard or soft landing really is a big deal. Which can we expect?
Views among economists vary - when don't they? There is one very influential voice who has set out a pretty gloomy judgement, Willem Buiter, chief economist at the giant financial firm Citigroup, formerly of the Bank of England and the London School of Economics.
He says: "We believe that there is a high and rising likelihood of a Chinese, emerging market and global recession scenario playing out."
Now there's a debate to be had about what the word "recession" means, especially when applied to emerging economies and still more so for the global economy.
Mr Buiter's definition is based on an economy's potential to grow. He concludes that growth of less than 2% for at least a year is a global recession. The threshold for China is 2.5%.
He is one of the sceptics about China's data, so his view is that the Chinese economy is already closer to that than the official figures suggest.
For the world economy he reckons there's a 40% chance of a moderate recession, with a 15% chance of a more severe downturn and a financial crisis.
If it does happen, he says, it's most likely the world be dragged into a recession by slow growth in a number of key emerging economies, especially China: "We consider China to be at high and rapidly rising risk of a cyclical hard landing."
Why? Many of the classical warning signs are present, he says - excess capacity in an increasing number of industries, too much borrowing and debt, and episodes of "irrational exuberance" in asset markets, recently property and the stock market.
He says: "This is the classical recipe for a recession in capitalist market economies."
If it does happen then it would surely affect many others. And there are other emerging economies already in recession including two large ones in the shape of Brazil and Russia.
China is among the most important export destinations for many countries - number one for South Korea (more than a quarter of exports), Saudi Arabia and Iran.
For the largest economies, China comes in as the second biggest export market for Japan, fourth for the US, and for Germany it's second among markets outside the European Union.
Even countries with little direct trade with China could easily feel the effects of a hard landing, if they are suppliers to countries that do sell directly to China, or if they export commodities whose price in international markets is affected by weakened Chinese demand.
Take two key industrial commodities, crude oil and copper.
The price of crude oil has fallen by more than half since June last year. There are supply factors behind that - shale oil in the US and the unwillingness of Saudi Arabia and others to curtail production as they might have done in the past.
But weaker-than-expected growth in demand from China is another element in the price fall.
Copper is a key raw material for the construction industry. It's used extensively in electrical installations, and China's building boom has been hungry for copper.
Its price is also down by half, in this case from 2011. China's slowdown is the key factor.
So that's the case for being gloomy.
But there are some who are more upbeat about the outlook. In a recent note to clients, the London consultancy Capital Economics wrote: "In contrast to the widespread doom and gloom about China's immediate economic outlook, we think growth has already stabilised after a slowdown at the start of the year, and that there are good reasons to expect stronger growth in the months ahead."
Ahead of his visit to the US, President Xi told the Wall Street Journal: "The Chinese economy is still operating within the proper range."
His host, President Barack Obama, must be hoping he is right and that it stays that way. He's not the only one.
He joined in July from his role as Northern Ireland assistant and started with just seven contracted players.
"I think I'm still trying to get to know half of the players' names," he told BBC Radio Manchester.
"I don't know if there are many managers who have signed 18 players in four weeks but that's what we've done."
He added: "I'm not expecting miracles overnight. It wasn't a disaster losing at Millwall and we haven't made it by winning against Wigan."
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Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) compiled the tree list by using data gathered from its network of 500 member organisations.
It hopes the list will be used as a tool to identify rare and threatened species in need of immediate action to prevent them becoming extinct.
Details of the study appear in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry.
The data revealed that Brazil was the nation with the greatest number of tree species, home to 8,715 varieties.
Apart from the polar regions, which have no trees, the near-Arctic region of North America had the fewest number of species, with less than 1,400.
Another fact to emerge from the data was that more than half of the species (58%) were only found in one country, suggesting that they were vulnerable to potential threats, such as deforestation from extreme weather events or human activity.
About 300 species have been identified as critically endangered as they had fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild.
BGCI secretary general Paul Smith said that it was not possible to accurately estimate the number of tree species in the world until now because the data has only just been digitised.
"We are in a unique position because we have 500 botanical institutions as members," he told BBC News.
"A lot of the data is not readily available to the public. The digitisation of this data, in effect, is the culmination of centuries of work."
An important factor of the study is the geo-referencing of the tree species, which allow conservationists to locate individual species, Dr Smith explained.
"Getting location information, such as which countries do these these trees occur in, gives us key information for conservation purposes.
"That is hugely useful for us in prioritizing which ones we need to do conservation action on and which ones we need to do assessments to find out what their status is," he added.
BGCI identified a species that was on the edge of extinction as a result of overharvesting. Karomia gigas is found in a remote part of Tanzania. At the end of 2016, a team of scientists found a single population of just six trees.
They recruited local people to guard the trees and to notify them when the trees produced seeds.
The plan is for the seeds to be propagated in Tanzanian botanical gardens, allowing the species to be re-introduced back into the wild at a later date.
BGCI said that it did not expect the number of trees on its GlobalTreeSearch list to remain static as about 2,000 plants were newly subscribed each year. It would be updating the list whenever a new species was named.
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May Brown was diagnosed with leukaemia in June last year and has had trouble finding a suitable donor.
Ethnic minority sufferers have a 20% chance of finding a match, whereas white patients have a 60% chance, according to blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan.
It said raising awareness was "vital".
The 22-year-old lives in Weymouth and was told she needed a stem cell transplant after a cycle of chemotherapy did not cure her leukaemia.
Originally from Nigeria, Mrs Brown was told a matching donor had been found last December, but they had then "become unavailable".
She said: "I was devastated, I was shocked because it gave me hope and was snatched away from me."
Anthony Nolan head of register development Ann O'Leary, said: "Growing and diversifying the bone marrow register will mean that people like May can have a second chance at life."
Mrs Brown's plea comes a month after mixed-race blood cancer sufferer Lara Casalotti made a similar appeal for ethnic minority stem cell donors last month.
Mrs Brown added: "I want to do whatever it takes to help raise awareness of the stem cell register.
"Please sign up as a donor and save someone's life."
Work on the new teaching block in Londonderry began last year after being given the green light by Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry.
When finished, the building will include a 340-seat lecture theatre, 20 classrooms and a café.
T&A Kernoghan Limited said it was "profoundly disappointed".
The Newtownabbey based company has been operating for more than 25 years but has run into financial problems.
It said that upwards of 50 jobs could be lost.
In a statement, Ulster University said: "The university continues to manage the construction work under way to ensure the continued progress of the development of the new teaching block at our Magee campus."
The steel frame of the building on the Northland Road is in place, some underground pipes have been laid but workers from T&A Kernoghan are no longer on site.
In April 2016, Minister Stephen Farry said the new teaching block would be an essential component of the Magee campus.
BDO Northern Ireland have been appointed as joint administrators over T&A Kernoghan Limited.
They confirmed to the BBC that "due to the extent of the company's financial difficulties, the joint administrators have been required to make all staff redundant and cease operations across the various building sites throughout the UK".
The new teaching block at Magee campus was expected to take two years to complete. It is unclear how long the project will be delayed.
The body of the 42-year-old was found in Gleneagles Street at about 14:30 on Tuesday.
Officers were initially treating his death as unexplained.
But they confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that there were no suspicious circumstances.
As with all sudden deaths, a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
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A typically bullish Springboks outfit led 14-3 at half-time, hooker Adriaan Strauss scoring the only try.
Strauss scored again after the break and while replacement scrum-half Henry Pyrgos crossed for the hosts, South Africa's defence kept Scotland at bay.
Defeat means Scotland will finish the year outside the world's top eight.
The consequence will be an unfavourable 2015 World Cup draw when it is made on 3 December, with two other sides from the top eight in the rankings in their pool.
"It was a better second half from Scotland, but they could not get that final pass. It is a defeat but Scotland cannot afford to have performances like they did in the first half. But there were some good performances and Dave Denton was good for Scotland."
While last weekend Scotland were picked apart by All Blacks guile, this time they were ground into the dust by Springbok brawn before the break.
South Africa were expected to bring intense physicality and directness and they started as expected, Pat Lambie pinning Scotland back with kicks out of hand and forwards and backs running straight and hard, their back row to the fore.
The visitors eschewed an early kick at goal, opting instead to go for the corner, but Lambie did give the Springboks the lead after Scotland were penalised for hands in the ruck.
Greig Laidlaw levelled the scores after South Africa were penalised for not rolling away before Lambie edged his side ahead again after some obstruction.
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And Scotland's defence finally crumbled under the heavy shelling when Strauss went over following a kick to the corner and a powerful South African maul.
Scotland lock Richie Gray left the fray after taking a knee to the head, to be replaced by Al Kellock, and there were more groans from the Murrayfield faithful when Laidlaw hooked a penalty wide.
Shorn of Gray's influence, Scotland's defence was splintered again when Francois Louw went on a charge and Lambie popped over the resulting penalty to increase the lead to 11 points.
The hosts finally entered South Africa's 22 after 32 minutes but some sustained pressure came to naught when Kellock was penalised for holding onto the ball.
Having led 14-3 at half-time, South Africa increased that lead to 18 points when Strauss latched onto a long pass from Scotland scrum-half Mike Blair and sauntered under the posts for his second try.
But Pyrgos, only just on for Blair, gave Scotland hope with a training-ground try, the Glasgow Warrior scything through the middle of the line-out after a tap-back by Kelly Brown.
The introduction of Pyrgos seemed to energise the Scottish forwards and there followed a period of furious pressure.
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However, a combination of sturdy South African defence and the lack of a cutting edge meant they were unable to convert the pressure into points.
First, Ross Ford's line-out throw on the 5m line was adjudged not to be straightm before a Pyrgos offload to Tim Visser, following a break by Brown, was intercepted.
South Africa's scrum disintegrated in the final 15 minutes but despite earning a string of penalties, and with a man advantage after a yellow card for Springbok replacement Flip van der Merwe, Scotland were unable to breach the vistors' line despite a concerted effort.
Heyneke Meyer's side face England next week looking to complete a clean-sweep of victories over northern hemisphere sides, having also beaten Ireland last week.
Andy Robinson, meanwhile, will be seeking the cold comfort of a victory over Tonga, which would still not be enough to get them into the top eight in the all-important rankings.
TEAM LINE-UPS
Scotland: Hogg; Lamont, De Luca, Scott, Visser; Laidlaw, Blair; Grant, Ford, Murray, Gray, Hamilton, K. Brown, Barclay, Denton.
Replacements: Jackson for Laidlaw (68), Pyrgos for Blair (47), Hall for Ford (68), Cross for Murray (68), Kellock for Gray (22).
Not Used: Traynor, McInally, Murchie.
South Africa: Kirchner; Pietersen, de Jongh, de Villiers, Hougaard; Lambie, Pienaar; Steenkamp, Strauss, J du Plessis, Etzebeth, J Kruger, Louw, Alberts, Vermeulen.
Replacements: M Steyn for Lambie (74), H van der Merwe for Steenkamp (61), Brits for Strauss (76), van der Linde for J du Plessis (52), F van der Merwe for J Kruger (68), Coetzee for Alberts (53).
Not Used: Taute, Mvovo.
Sin Bin: F van der Merwe (76).
Att: 58,893
Ref: George Clancy (IRFU).
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Kaepernick, 28, has been refusing to stand for the anthem in protest against the plight of black people.
The NBA has a rule stating players must stand for the national anthem.
Cleveland Cavaliers' James, 31, said it "doesn't mean I don't respect and don't agree with what Kaepernick is doing".
He added: "Standing for the national anthem is something I will do.
"You have the right to voice your opinion, stand for your opinion and he's [Kaepernick] doing it in the most peaceful way I've ever seen someone do something."
Golden State Warriors' guard Curry, 28, praised Kaepernick's actions, adding: "I respect everybody's voice, everybody's platform. Kaepernick took a bold step to continue the conversation."
Racial tensions are mounting in the US, where a string of recent police killings and subsequent revenge killings have sparked protests across the nation.
Father-of-three James said he feared for the safety of his own children when he watched reports of shootings.
"My son had just started the sixth grade," he added.
"You see these videos that continue to come out, it's a scary situation. If my son calls me and said if he got pulled over I'm not that confident that things are gonna go well and my son is going to return home."
Despite its rule on standing for the national anthem, the NBA has written to players saying it wants to work with them on how to address the issue ahead of the start of the season on 25 October.
A number of other NFL players have joined Kaepernick in protesting when the Star Spangled Banner has been played, including his team-mate Eric Reid.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticised Kaepernick, saying: "I think it's a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him."
The 2018 programme is the first to be directed by Underbelly, which is well known for organising events at the capital's annual Fringe festival.
Organisers promised the celebrations would be "refreshed, re-energized and better than ever before".
The 60,000-capacity street party will begin at 19:00 and last until 01:00 on New Year's Day.
Bands and DJs on stages, street performers, dancers, acrobats, flash mobs and fire eaters will combine to bring a carnival spirit to Princes Street.
Actor and presenter Sanjeev Kohli, best-known for playing shopkeeper Navid in the BBC comedy Still Game, will host the street party.
An extended fireworks display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle will see in the New Year when the midnight hour strikes.
The three-day festival opens on 30 December with the traditional Torchlight Procession.
It will blaze a new path through the historic heart of the city this year, around Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament towards Holyrood Park.
The event will also mark the beginning of 2018 as Scotland's Year of Young People, organisers said.
The following day, families will have the chance to celebrate New Year together in West Princes Street Gardens at a new event entitled Bairns Afore.
The family-friendly celebration includes an hour of entertainment and ends with its very own "midnight" fireworks moment at 18:00, allowing families to take their children home before the late night fun gets under way.
On New Year's Day, people will get the chance to take part in the annual dive into the chilly Firth of Forth for the Loony Dook, raising money for a range of charities in the process.
At dusk, the Unesco city of literature will celebrate its literary heritage with projections across buildings and landmarks.
Underbelly directors Charlie Wood and Ed Bartlam said: "We are humbled and thrilled to be delivering a new programme for Edinburgh's Hogmanay in 2018.
"Edinburgh can claim to be the home of New Year festivals and we will work hard to ensure the programme delivers something fresh and exciting every year to keep residents, UK visitors and international tourists flocking to this world famous festival city through the winter months."
Winter Festivals Minister Alasdair Allan said: "Hogmanay hugely contributes to promoting Scotland as a fantastic visitor destination, a host of the world's major events and a dynamic country rich in culture and creativity.
"Most importantly, it enhances Scotland's reputation as a place where everyone is assured a warm welcome, whether they are visiting the country, are here for business or to study, or have chosen to live and work here."
The City of Edinburgh Council awarded the three-year contract for the Christmas and Hogmanay festivities to Underbelly earlier this year.
Unique Events had organised the city's official Hogmanay celebrations since they were established in 1993.
Tickets for a number of the events are on sale from Tuesday.
He guided the Highland club to a League Cup final, Scottish Cup victory, third in the Premiership and into Europe.
It was reported his exit was because of disagreements with Caley chairman Kenny Cameron over the budget for players.
But Hughes insists the problem wasn't the money available, but what he felt was the board's lack of trust in him.
"I've been in the game for 14 years, I've had great success, taken two clubs into Europe, produced players," he told BBC Scotland's Sportsound.
"You need to trust me that I know what I'm doing and I just felt that trust wasn't there.
"Kenny Cameron is not a bad lad. It got a bit sour towards the end, but I've texted him since and we've been in touch. I'm 100% convinced he does what he thinks is the best for Inverness.
"I felt I knew how to take the club forward, and I just felt my ideas weren't getting taken on board. It was nothing to do with the budget. I've never been a chequebook manager."
Dundee United approached Inverness last season asking for permission to speak to Hughes about the managerial vacancy at Tannadice after Jackie McNamara left the club.
Permission was refused, but Hughes admitted he wanted to at least hear what Dundee United had to say.
"I was very content at Inverness, I'd just signed a two-year extension," he said. "But I've always been taught in all the licences you do, go to any interview you get a chance to go to. You might not get the job that time, but you might make an impression on people.
"I went for an interview a few years ago at Sheffield United. I got a second interview and eventually they gave the job to Davie Weir.
"But a guy in the interview process moved to another English club and after the Dundee United episode, they came calling. That other club asked permission to speak to me. We knocked that on the head and no-one knew about it. That's how committed I was to Inverness."
Hughes felt Richie Foran was likely to succeed him in the manager's job at Inverness, but only at the end of the contract extension Hughes signed.
He admits he did not see Foran as a coach, but says the 36-year-old Irishman will benefit from having Hughes' assistant, Brian Rice, at his side.
"He's probably been flung in at the deep end and I wish him all the best," Hughes said.
"He's a rookie. I don't think that coaching is his forte, coming up with ideas, being innovative, but that doesn't mean you can't become a good manager if you have other people doing that for you."
Having managed in England before at Hartlepool, Hughes is keen for his return to the game to be down south, and says he is ready to get back into management.
"I've recharged my batteries, taken time out, analysed it," he said. "I'd like an opportunity down in England again, hopefully in the Championship. It wouldn't faze me one bit."
People can now check with police on whether someone has a criminal record for sexual or violent offences.
Information will then be passed on to the child's parent or guardian.
The system is already used in England and Wales. NI Justice Minister David Ford said it should make reporting easier.
"It has always been the case that people could, and should, bring concerns to the police about the safety of a child," Mr Ford said.
"These new provisions make it easier, allowing any member of the public to come to a police station and apply for information about a person who they believe is a risk to children.
"Information about criminal convictions will only be provided to the person with primary care responsibility for the specific child and only if it is necessary to protect that child.
"It is, however, important to note that if there is an immediate risk of harm to a child, this will be addressed through current child protection procedures."
PSNI Det Chf Super George Clarke said police were committed to keeping children safe.
"This scheme provides for someone to come to a police station, make an application and, in the application, they specify the child that they are concerned about and the person they believe may pose a risk to that child," he said.
"That application is then considered by the police and, where there is relevant conviction information, the police will make a disclosure to the parent or other caregiver of the child."
It was found in sealed bags in a lorry on the Moorfields Road, Ballymena, County Antrim, in May last year.
James Kennedy, 25, from Adelaide Road, Kensington, Liverpool, was arrested in Manchester airport on Friday.
A detective constable told the court she believed the defendant was part of an organised crime gang in England.
She understood the gang was bringing drugs into Northern Ireland for supply in the Republic of Ireland. She said she had serious concerns about the lifestyle of the defendant. He was arrested as he returned from a six-week stay in Barcelona where his aunt lives.
The detective constable told the court that mobile phone records suggested he had been in Dubai, New York and the Bahamas.
"It doesn't add up to what he earns - £250-£300 a week," the court was told.
A defence lawyer said the only evidence that the prosecution case had was a fingerprint on a box found in the lorry in Ballymena. There was no DNA from the accused on any of the bags of cannabis.
Police confirmed there was nothing to link him to the driver of the lorry who is currently on bail.
The court heard there was an innocent explanation in that Mr Kennedy was a car mechanic and handles a lot of boxes. The court heard he had a personal sum of money amounting to £32,000 for a car which he later sold for £17,000.
Bail was refused. Mr Kennedy is due to appear in court again on 2 February.
Afroman - best known for his 2001 hit Because I Got High - was seen hitting the woman, who was dancing on stage behind him at the Kress Live venue.
Biloxi Police said he was arrested for assault on Tuesday and later released on bail.
A spokesperson for the rapper said he would be issuing a formal apology.
An earlier statement issued on his behalf said it was "a completely involuntary reflex reaction to people infringing on his stage space," according to Billboard.
"It was uncharacteristic behaviour that was initiated by outside uncontrolled forces," the statement added.
Afroman, real name Joseph Foreman, was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 for best rap solo performance for Because I Got High.
A Biloxi Police Department statement said: "Mr Foreman was arrested for assault as a result of a citizen's affidavit, booked in, and released after paying a $330 (£214) bond."
Parliament should act to end free movement and curb the power of EU courts, Vote Leave said.
The government has warned of a "decade of uncertainty" as the UK attempts to disentangle itself from Brussels and form new trade deals.
But Vote Leave said a new settlement - including a UK-EU free trade deal - would be possible by May 2020.
The UK votes on whether to remain in the EU or to leave on 23 June.
In other referendum news:
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the Leave campaign's roadmap was an "effort to quash claims Brexit would lead to a leap in the dark".
But the Remain side have pointed out that Leave campaigners are not in power - "even though they're beginning to sound increasingly like an alternative Brexit government in waiting", says our correspondent.
Vote Leave said the government should invite figures from other parties, business, the law and civil society to join the negotiating team to "get a good deal in the national interest".
It called for immediate legislation in the current session of Parliament to "end the European Court of Justice's control over national security and allow the government to deport criminals from the EU".
"After we vote Leave, the public need to see that there is immediate action to take back control from the EU," Leave campaigner and Leader of the Commons Chris Grayling said.
"We will need a carefully managed negotiation process and some major legislative changes before 2020, including taking real steps to limit immigration, to abolish VAT on fuel and tampons, and to end the situation where an international court can tell us who we can and cannot deport."
Vote Leave said over subsequent sessions of Parliament it wanted to introduce:
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Conservative MP Steve Baker said the blueprint was a "legal framework" for how the UK would proceed after Brexit, insisting that it would continue to trade with the rest of Europe "absolutely fine" over the four year period of negotiations and afterwards.
"The reality is that we will continue to trade," he told Radio 4's Today. "It is worth remembering you can go into a shop and buy all sorts of products made in China, with whom we have no trade deal. We do more services business with the US, with whom we have no trade deal."
Speaking on LBC, Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith said the government would set out "red lines" for its negotiations with other members of the EU, and that there would be "no deal on the table if we don't keep control of our borders".
But Chancellor George Osborne said the UK would be left with "no economic plan" if it voted to leave the EU, requiring drastic measures such as tax rises and spending cuts to stabilise the public finances.
And a spokesman for Britain Stronger in Europe said: "The Leave campaign do not have a credible plan for Britain's future - all they offer is a leap in the dark that will put our economy at risk."
He said leaving the EU would mean "years of uncertainty that will risk jobs, risk investment and lead to higher prices in the shops".
Some took to social media to show their annoyance, and others have said their personal best times had been affected by the news.
Organisers apologised unreservedly for the mistake on Friday.
The Brighton Half Marathon took place in February, while the city's full marathon takes place next weekend.
In a statement, organisers of the half marathon said they were contacted earlier in March by UK Athletics and an ensuing investigation had confirmed the course was too short.
Organisers said a turning point was positioned incorrectly for the last three races.
Race director Martin Harrigan said: "We are a team of runners ourselves so we fully understand the impact."
Simon Dowe, chief executive of the Sussex Beacon charity, which organises the event, said: "We can't apologise enough for this mistake."
Brighton Half Marathon elite race winner Eleanor Davis, from Cornwall, said she ran the race specifically to get a qualifying time for the London Marathon.
She said: "To find out afterwards that it counted for nothing was pretty devastating and concerning, but luckily, the London Marathon have been really kind and waivered it for me, so I can compete."
Chris Mattock was one runner who called for his money back, tweeting: "So no refund despite invalidating the qualifying time that I needed from the Brighton half marathon? Thanks"
James Allen wrote: "So Brighton half marathon course has been 146m short for last 3 yrs! Must be April fools day surely!!#get the basics right#shocking#athletics"
But Matthew Grey posted: "Brighton Half-Marathon : "If we make it 150m or so shorter, people will say 'I always do my best times at Brighton, it's my favourite' ".
26 April 2016 Last updated at 00:07 BST
Fifty thousand people were forced to move from the nearby town Pripyat, as radioactive material spilled from the plant.
On the 30th anniversary of the disaster, BBC Rewind looks at what was done at the site to stop further damage.
Security forces separated the women and raped them, the UN said, adding that it had documented 13 cases.
Forces also kidnapped, tortured and killed dozens of young men, it said.
Meanwhile, a court has sentenced four generals to life in jail for their part in trying to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza in May last year.
Nine other officers were jailed for 30 years and eight soldiers, including drivers and body guards, to five years for their role in the unrest sparked by Mr Nkurunziza's announcement that he would run for a third term.
He secured a third term in disputed elections in July.
The abuses documented by the UN took place immediately after rebel attacks in December against three military camps in the country's capital, Bujumbura, the UN's human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, said in a statement.
The UN believes the army is taking revenge for the attacks.
Mr Hussein also called for an investigation into reports that nine mass graves were found in and around Bujumbura, warning about the "increasing ethnic dimension of the crisis".
Some witnesses say that violence from security forces was directed at the Tutsi minority.
Burundi has been plagued by tension between Tutsis and Hutus since independence in 1962.
However, analysts say ethnicity is not at the heart of the conflict.
The failed coup leader, ex-General Godefroid Niyombare, who is on the run, is a Hutu.
His allies sentenced to life in jail by the Supreme Court were a mix of ethnicities.
Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye, the former defence minister, and Hermenegilde Nimenya, a police general, are Tutsis and army generals Zenon Ndabaneze and Juvenal Niyungeko are Hutu.
The winger went over before Rangi Chase extended the lead, and the hosts were 34-8 ahead at half-time lead thanks to Luke Dorn and Paul McShane's tries.
Jake Webster touched down on his return from injury and Luke Gale capped his excellent display with a late try.
Victory was Castleford's third in four games, but their play-off hopes are over after St Helens beat Hull FC.
Wakefield scored five tries through Tom Johnstone, who went over twice, Reece Lyne, Bill Tupou and Nick Scruton.
Chris Chester's side have lost six matches in a row and remain bottom of Super League.
On-loan former England forward Ben Harrison, who had been out since November after surgery on his wrist, knee and ankle, made his long-awaited return for Wakefield.
Castleford: Dorn; Hampshire, Minikin, Webster, Solomona; Chase, Gale; Patrick, Milner, Springer, Holmes, Savelio, Moors.
Replacements: McShane, Millington, Cook, Maher.
Wakefield: Hall; Lyne, Arundel, B Tupou, Johnstone; Miller Finn; Scruton, Moore, Arona, Molloy, A Tupou, Harrison.
Replacements: Sio, Simon, Yates, Anderson.
Referee: Gareth Hewer.
Graham will have surgery on the injury, which he suffered while playing for New Zealand in a World Cup qualifier.
The 24-year-old had made six appearances for the Spireites in all competitions this season.
"It is really unfortunate for him with his first-team and international career now starting to take off," physio Rodger Wylde told the club website.
Some batsmen walk, others don't. Broad should have done.
There are so many strands to what happened, towards the end of another totally enthralling day of Test cricket, as England were finally taking the upper hand in a match that has twisted one way then turned another.
There is nothing within the laws of cricket that says Broad had to depart. But when he chose not to, it became an issue for the spirit of the game.
There is no escaping the scrutiny when you do something like this. Television replays will show everyone around the world exactly what happened.
If you decide to stay, you decide to accept the consequences. You must accept the questions of sportsmanship. You must accept all the abuse that comes your way.
It shouldn't be forgotten that all this would have happened in the briefest of moments. Broad had been batting with resolve and patience, his whole focus on not getting out, on sticking around with Ian Bell to take England from deep trouble towards the sort of lead that their bowlers could attack.
Your mind is full of those things. In that instant, adrenaline running, fielders appealing, something inside of the head can just say: stay.
Then it is too late. Even if you regret it a few seconds later, even if you then change your mind, the die has been cast.
You stay, you get away with it. You might have done your team a favour, but you must then deal with the slating that comes with it.
These sorts of things can scar a player for years to come, change their reputations within the game.
Broad's body language afterwards told you all you needed to know - head bowed, shoulders slumped. He knew he had done the wrong thing.
Now we have the ramifications.
"There is no debate, it's quite simple. The Australians I have played with and have watched, with the exception of Adam Gilchrist, believe in standing and it's up to the umpire to give you out - there shouldn't be a moral argument. They should be upset, disappointed and angered by the umpires. If they keep making poor decisions, it's up to the ICC to do something about it."
How does it affect the relationship between the teams? Clarke was clearly furious afterwards, while Australia coach Darren Lehmann could not believe what had happened.
What does it mean for Aleem Dar, the three-time ICC umpire of the year? This was an awful decision, one no experienced official should have got wrong.
There are those who say that the Umpire Decision Review System was designed to eliminate howlers like this. Clarke, having used up his second review on a spurious lbw appeal earlier in the day, had none left when the Broad incident happened.
I believe that each team should only have one review per innings. Why? Precisely so you don't use it as Clarke did, as a gamble.
Save it for the blatant mistake. It should not be a tactic but a last resort. We do not want to see reviews used as a speculation.
In so many ways it's a huge shame it had to happen now, in the middle of a wonderful Test match at the start of what should be a brilliant Ashes series.
After the frenetic, breathless action of the first two days, this was something quite different - just as absorbing, but a head-down graft where Wednesday and Thursday had been wild rollercoaster.
When he was on 11, Broad, in his 58th Test, became the first player to score 1,000 runs batting at number eight for England. Godfrey Evans is second on that list with 833 (avg 23.80), New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, with 2,227, has the world record.
Every time England looked settled, looked likely to bat the tourists out of the match, Australia struck. For long parts of the day the tourists appeared to be in the ascendancy.
It was incredibly tense stuff. Only when England's lead edged past 230 did I start to believe they might have enough.
Under most circumstances that would be enough. But this has been such an unpredictable match that you can never quite be sure. Clarke could bat brilliantly. Shane Watson could go out at the top of the order and smash a rapid 70 or 80.
Ian Bell, 95 not out at the close from a partnership of 108 with Broad, deserves enormous credit for the way he took England towards safety.
He batted very well in Auckland over the winter, a real backs-to-the-wall effort, and this was a rather similar innings.
Some people do seem to enjoy having a go at him sometimes. But this was an excellent knock, many hours of relentless graft enlivened with occasional flashes of the old Bell class.
When he bats well, he's the prettiest English batsman of all, all flicks and nudges and glides down to third man.
His long occupation of the crease means all the pressure will now be on the Australian batting as this fine contest moves towards its decisive stages.
From here, England should win.
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Distill Ventures, which is part of the Diageo group, said it was investing an unspecified sum in Melbourne-based Starward Whisky.
This marks the second whisky investment for Distill, which was set up to back early-stage brands and help them grow.
Last week, it announced investment in Denmark-based Stauning Whisky.
David Gates, Diageo's global head of premium core spirits, said: "Australian whisky has rightly been gaining increasing global recognition recently and Starward has developed a uniquely positioned whisky to capture this opportunity."
Frank Lampen, co-founder of Distill Ventures, added: "The Starward team are exactly the types of entrepreneur we love working with.
"Their vision for the future is really exciting and this investment will enable increased production of their signature single malts and continued development of their innovation pipeline."
Last year Diageo had a 37% share of the Scotch whisky market in terms of volumes.
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But damaging though it was to hear the biggest name in cycling detail his own drug use, it only confirmed what we have long known.
Cycling has been so badly damaged by all this that it will take another decade to really recover
While repeatedly refusing to implicate others, Armstrong left us in no doubt that back in the noughties this was a sport with a deep culture of doping where riders could cheat without any real fear of being caught by the testers.
Things were different now, he said, thanks to the introduction of out of competition testing and the blood passport system. But cycling has been so badly damaged by all this that it will take another decade to really recover.
For the sport's governing body the UCI there were no nasty surprises here. Armstrong kept saying he was no fan of theirs and did accuse them of soliciting a controversial £70,000 donation for the fight against drugs after he produced a suspicious sample for the blood boosting drug EPO in 2001. But he said this wasn't a "shady deal" and that there was no secret meeting with the head of the Lausanne laboratory which conducted the test.
Apart from that there was nothing. No mention of the UCI's honorary president Hein Verbruggen, who ran the sport at the time and is said to be too close to Armstrong. And no new light shone on how and why the UCI allowed Armstrong's industrial doping to go on for such a long time when it was clear there were widely held suspicions about his achievements.
No doubt Verbruggen's successor as president Pat McQuaid and the other men who run cycling will be breathing more easily in Lausanne this morning.
For Armstrong himself this interview was deeply humiliating. Well choreographed though all the self-loathing was, it was, at times, astonishing to see a man who bestrode his sport for years forced to admit it was all a lie and that he was an arrogant bully.
2010: May - Armstrong's former US Postal team-mate Floyd Landis launches allegations against the Texan.
2011: May - denies claims made by former team-mate Tyler Hamilton that they took performance-enhancing drugs together.
2012: February - An investigation into alleged doping by Armstrong is dropped by federal prosecutors in California.
June - United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) confirms it will file formal doping charges against Armstrong.
July - Armstrong files lawsuit against Usada accusing it of "corrupt inducements" to other cyclists to testify against him.
August 20 - Armstrong's legal action dismissed in court.
August 24 - Armstrong announces he will not fight doping charges filed against him but insists he is innocent. He is stripped of all his titles and banned from cycling for life by Usada.
October 10 - Usada claims 11 of Armstrong's former team-mates have testified against him.
October 22 - Cycling's world governing body, the UCI, confirms it has ratified Usada's decision to ban Armstrong from cycling for life and to strip him of his seven Tour de France titles for doping offences.
November 2 - The World Anti-Doping Agency announces it will not appeal Usada's decision.
2013: January 17 - Armstrong admits to doping in a recorded television interview with Oprah Winfrey.
But there are still so many questions left hanging.
Overall Oprah Winfrey did enough to avoid accusations of being too soft on Armstrong. But twice she played him footage from a deposition he gave during a 2005 court case in which he denied using performance enhancing drugs under oath.
After the first occasion, when dealing with the question of his former doctor and trainer Michele Ferrari, he admitted he would now give a different response.
But Oprah failed to delve deeper or at the very least to make the point that by admitting everything to her now he was at risk of perjury charges and jail. Perhaps that is obvious and the US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles (who were steadfastly refusing to comment ahead of the interview) will now take action. But the significance of those two moments were (perhaps deliberately) not spelled out.
Then there is the question of where this all leaves Armstrong. He says he wants to add another chapter to his extraordinary life by making another sporting comeback, this time in triathlon.
And yet, having failed to point the finger at senior figures in the UCI or other riders or officials, it's difficult to see anything here that would make the anti-doping authorities want to cut a deal with him to reduce his lifetime ban from all sport. Both the US Anti Doping Agency and the World Anti Doping Agency need something new and substantial to even enter into negotiations with him.
Armstrong did say he would be the first man through the door of any truth and reconciliation commission. But while this interview may have been the first step on the road to rehabilitating his toxic public image, if he is really serious about wanting to compete again then he is going to have to be much more forthcoming than this.
The Labour Party decided the candidate to replace Ms Clwyd when she retires at the next general election would be chosen from a list of women.
But the local party in Cynon Valley has now insisted it will not select a candidate using this method.
Welsh Labour says the party will not be backing down and it could run the selection process.
The decision to impose an all-women shortlist on the Cynon Valley branch was taken after Ms Clwyd announced she planned to stand down as an MP at next year's election.
Only 13 women have ever been MPs in Wales, an issue many senior people in the party want to address.
Cardiff North AM and former MP Julie Morgan has said the shortlists should be considered by Labour for every Westminster seat that comes up in Wales.
But while an all-women shortlist is being used by Labour in Cynon Valley, in Aberavon the party has chosen Stephen Kinnock, son of the former Labour leader Lord Kinnock, to stand as its candidate as Hywel Francis stands down.
Local constituency officials in Cynon Valley said they would like the best candidate regardless of gender.
Constituency secretary Alun Williams said: "We feel that we have been badly let down. Our concerns have not been addressed.
"The consultation process was a sham and there has been no reasonable explanation given for the decision to give an open selection to Aberavon while imposing an all-women shortlist on Cynon Valley.
"While the party is talking about politics from the grassroots up they are ignoring the genuine concerns of their members in Cynon Valley.
"We have therefore decided to 'go on strike'. We will not provide a procedures secretary, a selection committee or arrange the hustings meetings or correspondence to members for an all-women shortlist selection. We are still deeply disturbed at the failure to respond to our concerns."
The Labour Party has confirmed in a letter to the constituency party that its decision to impose an all-women shortlist would not change.
Labour's decisions on which constituencies adopt the shortlists are made by its National Executive Committee (NEC), the governing body of the party as a whole.
The shortlists are Labour Party policy and First Minister Carwyn Jones has spoken out in support of the decision in Cynon Valley.
Ms Clwyd has said she did not want to influence the process but added it was "up to the people in the party locally to make their own decision on it".
A Welsh Labour spokesman said: "We make absolutely no apology for seeking to increase the number of women in parliament or for all-women shortlists.
"The selection in Cynon Valley will be from an all-women shortlist, as decided by Labour's NEC.
"In the absence of a procedural secretary and selection committee, Welsh Labour will administer the selection process on behalf of the NEC, in which local members will select a candidate on a one-member-one-vote basis."
ALL-WOMEN SHORTLISTS Q&A:
Why is Labour imposing all-women shortlists?
Since 1918 just 7% of MPs elected to parliament have been women - 368.
Wales has had 13 female MPs since women won the vote.
Labour says it is committed to ensuring its candidates reflect the people they seek to represent, and all women-shortlists are the best way to ensure a better gender balance.
How long have they been used?
In 1995 the then Labour leader Tony Blair announced all-women shortlists would be used for the 1997 election.
They were judged to breach sex discrimination laws in the year before the poll.
Candidates already in place remained and a record 101 female Labour MPs arrived at Westminster at the election.
The Sex Discrimination Act 2002 allowed political parties to use all-women shortlists for future elections.
What happened in Blaenau Gwent?
Labour's imposition of an all-women shortlist for the 2005 general election prompted a huge fight with the local party, where the late Peter Law, then the constituency's assembly member and an ex-Welsh minister, wanted to stand.
In the end he stood as an independent, roundly defeating the official Labour candidate. The party later apologised for over-riding local wishes.
What is the current situation?
There are six female Labour MPs, and all-women shortlists in Cynon Valley and Swansea East would mean a minimum of half the party's 18 new candidates would be women.
All-women shortlists were used in Aberconwy, Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Monmouth and Gower.
How well are women represented in Cardiff Bay?
42% of AMs are women, with half of the 30-strong Labour contingent in the Senedd chamber being female.
What about the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats?
Plaid Cymru said local parties would decide council, assembly and parliamentary candidates but gender balance is needed for the top two positions on its assembly regional list.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats rejected all-women shortlists, but ruled out all-male shortlists for Westminster and assembly elections.
The Welsh Conservatives have no specific mechanisms in place to increase the number of women selected.
Bale's three-year reign ended when Pogba joined Manchester United from Juventus for £89m last month.
That fee eclipsed the £85.3m Real Madrid paid Tottenham to sign Wales forward Bale in the summer of 2013.
"I'm not fussed and I couldn't care less," said Bale, who is with the Wales squad preparing for Monday's World Cup qualifier at home to Moldova.
While Wales aim to reach a first World Cup since 1958, Bale is also hoping to become only the sixth player to win the European Cup or Champions League in their home city.
The 2017 final is being held at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, with Real Madrid looking to successfully defend the trophy they won for a record 11th time in May.
"It would be amazing to get there," said Bale, part of the Real side which beat Sevilla at the Cardiff City Stadium to win the 2014 Super Cup.
"I haven't been asked [about Cardiff] yet but the players have had experience of Wales and the weather from the Super Cup.
"I am sure if we get closer they will be asking."
Bale has won the Champions League twice in his three seasons at the Bernabeu.
Real have been drawn in the same Champions League group as Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon and Legia Warsaw.
And Bale is expecting a strong British challenge with Premier League champions Leicester joined by Arsenal, Manchester City and his old club Tottenham.
"It is great to see Tottenham back and doing well," he said. "I wish them well in the Champions League... until they play us.
"Man City came close last season, making the semi-final against us, and I see no reason why Leicester can't do well.
"I suppose the excitement and enthusiasm they will have for this tournament will make them even more difficult as opponents.
"[The] Champions League means more games, so you don't know how it will pan out for them. But I am sure they will give a good account of themselves."
Eye-catching tries, eye-watering collisions, and arguably the biggest shock in the competition's history.
But while we continue to marvel at the rugby on display, this year's tournament may be best remembered for something rather different - some of the bushiest beards you could ever wish to see.
BBC Sport looks at six of the best.
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The week-long contest, which takes place every two years, showcases new classical singers and has launched the careers of stars such as Bryn Terfel.
Swansea soprano Celine Forrest will go up against singers from Belarus, USA, South Korea and other countries.
The main event at St David's Hall will be broadcast on BBC TV and radio.
After winning through from the 300 singers who applied from 55 countries, the finalists arrived in Cardiff on Friday.
Malta, Mongolia and Democratic Republic of Congo will be represented for the first time.
The victor of the competition, created in 1983, will win the coveted trophy.
They will also receive a £15,000 prize and the opportunity to perform a newly commissioned piece by composer John Lunn at the BBC Proms 2016.
Alongside the main competition, a separate song prize is awarded, as well as the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize, which is voted for by the public.
Song prize recitals started proceedings at 14:30 BST on Sunday at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, with the grand final for the main prize on 21 June.
Matthew Nichols, who works at Ysgol Bryn Alyn in Wrexham, denies unacceptable professional conduct between July and September 2015 at an Education Workforce Council hearing.
He admits inappropriate communication with two pupils.
But said an "innocent" exchange with a pupil had been "misconstrued".
Despite this, Mr Nichols admitted breaching the school's child protection policy and staff-acceptable use of its ICT facilities policy.
Presenting officer Cadi Dewi said police found 425 texts between the 29-year-old teacher and a pupil while there were also Facebook and Snapchat messages to a second girl.
The teacher said the conversation was not intentionally sexual but agreed he had been naive.
While he was questioned by police, Mr Nichols was never charged with any offence and there was no physical sexual contact.
Miss Dewi said Mr Nichols accepted to police that the communication was "inappropriate and flirtatious", telling the hearing messages were also "sexually suggestive".
Among pictures to the second pupil was one of his bed, she said.
"The two pupils didn't feel the contents of the messages were appropriate to be sent from a teacher to a pupil," assistant headmistress Claire Corfield said.
For Mr Nichols, solicitor Martin Mensah said: "The key issue is whether the conduct was sexually motivated."
The hearing continues.
The first such "exocomet" was discovered in 1987 but since then only three more had been found.
At the 221st American Astronomical Society meeting in the US, astronomer Barry Welsh gave details of seven more.
Proving that comets are common in the Universe has implications for their role in delivering water or even the building blocks of life to planets.
Comets such as Halley's Comet, which makes a long, elliptical path passing near the Sun every 75 years, make themselves known through their long "tails" of gas and debris that come off as they approach their host stars.
It is this that Dr Welsh and his collaborator Sharon Montgomery of Clarion University have measured, using the McDonald Observatory in Texas.
The exocomets' tails absorb a tiny amount of their host stars' light - and the absorption changes with time as the comets speed and slow.
With patient observation, the pair came up with seven new exocomet sightings.
In our Solar System, many comets come from the Kuiper belt, a disc of debris beyond the orbit of Neptune, and from the Oort cloud, an even larger and more distant debris disc.
Dr Welsh explained that these discs were characteristic "leftovers" of planet formation as we now understand it.
"Imagine a 'cosmic building site', where the building has already been made - the planets," he told BBC News.
"We're looking at what's left: the bricks, the mortar, the nails - the debris discs have comets, planetesimals, and asteroids."
But something must disturb the comets' orbits, putting them on a course toward their star.
While collisions between comets might do that, it is believed that the gravity of planets nearby can do the job.
In fact, in 1987 when the first exocomet was spotted around the star Beta Pictoris, it was hypothesized that a planet may have been responsible - and in 2009, a giant planet was found here.
Recent years have seen a marked focus on exoplanets, with 461 new candidates and the prospect of billions more that are Earth-sized announced on Monday.
The new study helps illuminate the interplay between those planets and the debris discs from which they came - and in turn help to explain how our own Solar System formed.
"It looks as though the planet building process is very similar in many, many cases - and in order to prove that you need to look not only at the final product and also at the things they were made from," Dr Welsh said.
The finding of more and more comets also raises the possibility that comets could play a crucial role in delivery services.
"There are two theories: one is that comets early on in our Solar System's history brought ice to the planets, the ice melted and formed oceans," Dr Welsh explained.
"And the other one, perhaps a bit more far fetched, is that the organic [molecules in comets]… were the seeds of life on planets. And if comets are so common throughout all planetary systems, then perhaps life is as well."
Fire crews were called to the blaze at Rhostryfan, near Caernarfon, at about 19:00 BST on Saturday after a member of the public forced entry and discovered the property was smoke-filled.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the bodies of a man and a dog were found in the ground-floor bedroom.
The cause of the fire is being investigated but North Wales Police said it was not suspicious.
Surrey Police said the girl was assaulted in the woods which run next to Foxwarren in Claygate, Surrey, on 17 August.
The girl kicked the man, who was then seen by witnesses running off along Stevens Lane in the direction of Woodstock Lane, towards Chessington.
The suspect is described as a 6ft 1in stocky Asian man of 40 to 45 years-old.
He had collar-length black hair, a full beard and was wearing blue jogging bottoms, possibly with a Chelsea football club logo on, and a grey or white T-shirt.
Police said the girl was attacked between 18:00 and 18:30 BST
Det Con Helen Flower added: "We're making every effort to identify this man as quickly as we can.
"We have stepped up our presence in the area to provide reassurance and our specialist officers are working closely with the girl to support her."
Five people have been detained for questioning in connection with last week's murder in Ernakulam district.
Police said the autopsy report would determine whether the woman was raped.
Dalits, formerly known as untouchables, form the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy.
The 30-year-old law student was found murdered in her house, where she was living with her mother, a casual labourer, in Kuruppampady village on Thursday. Her mother was away at work.
Reports said her body had several stab wounds, and her intestines had been pulled out during the attack.
Police have released a sketch of a suspect and said they were looking for a man seen leaving the victim's home, according to Reuters.
We can understand that people are very angry but we have very little evidence to find the accused," police official K Padmakumar told the agency. "We are doing our best."
The police detained seven men - including two friends, a colleague and the victim's dance teacher - for questioning. Two of them were let off later.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the incident was "shocking" and the culprits "would be brought to book at the earliest".
"Such a brutal attack could not have happened in our state. This was barbaric."
Outraged over the incident, women have been holding protests over the past few days, demanding a speedy investigation.
They gathered outside the hospital on Tuesday where the victim's body had been taken, holding placards demanding justice for her.
On Wednesday, demonstrations were held in a town near the victim's village.
In a separate incident, police have arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly raping his 19-year-old friend, also a Dalit, in Trivandrum.
Last week's incident has drawn comparisons to the December 2012 gang rape of a woman on a Delhi bus that sparked widespread outrage and nationwide protests demanding an end to the widespread sexual assault and abuse of women across India.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the attack and the outrage that followed prompted the government to tighten the law.
But experts say tougher laws have failed to bring down the number of rape cases and a series of high-profile crimes have taken place since.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader was handed the maximum sentence possible.
Last Thursday, the 55-year-old was found guilty of forcing two girls into "spiritual marriages" and fathering a child with one of them.
The charges followed a raid on a remote west Texas ranch in 2008.
Jeffs stood quietly in a Texas court on Tuesday as the jury's decision, which only took 30 minutes, was read.
He would be eligible for parole in 35 years, said the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Jeffs had referred to himself as a prophet, and the Mormon breakaway sect he leads believes polygamy is the path to heaven.
During the trial, prosecutors presented DNA evidence to show Jeffs had fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl, and an audio recording of him sexually assaulting a 12-year-old.
The jury heard other tapes in which Jeffs was heard instructing his young wives on how to satisfy him sexually, which he said would please God.
Jeffs, who insisted on acting as his own legal defence during the earlier part of the trial, argued he had been prosecuted because of his religious beliefs.
The sect leader refused to speak during the sentencing portion of the trial, with a defence lawyer telling the judge his client had instructed his legal team not to speak for him.
Jeffs, who had stood expressionless and silent before the jury for nearly half hour during his closing arguments, called only one defence witness to the stand - a man who read from Mormon scripture.
Prosecutors said the religious head had spent years travelling around North America and avoiding arrest, ultimately landing on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.
An FBI agent said during the trial that fathers who handed over their daughters to Jeffs were rewarded with young brides of their own.
"If the world knew what I was doing, they would hang me from the highest tree," Jeffs wrote in notes, seized from his Texas ranch.
When police raided the Texas ranch they found women dressed in frontier-style dresses and underage girls who were clearly pregnant.
The 10,000-strong sect, which dominates the towns of Colorado City in Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, split from the mainstream Mormon church more than a century ago.
Some students at Mirfield Free Grammar have said they no longer have access to facilities to pray inside the building.
The school, near Huddersfield, said it was "a broadly Christian Academy" and sixth form students could leave the site to attend a mosque.
A solicitor representing the pupils and families said the next step depended on the school's further response.
Yunus Lunat said: "It's a management issue. It should never have got to this stage, it's been going on for more than a year and I'm amazed that it's not been resolved.
"The problem is that they are told they cannot pray within the school building and so they've met the challenge - which is part of life - by going outside of the school on the grass verge or on the concrete and that has resulted in disciplinary warnings issued to children."
The students told BBC Look North that up until September 2014 Muslim students at the academy had access to prayer mats and space indoors where they could pray.
The pupils said the option was "withdrawn without explanation" and now they had no choice but to worship outside.
Pupils said travelling to the nearest mosque, praying and then travelling back to school would make them late for subsequent lessons.
In a statement, the school's executive principal Lorraine Barker said: "We are a broadly Christian Academy and have never had a prayer room.
"Before students join the sixth form, we make them aware of the facilities we have on site and we make it clear we do not have a prayer room.
"Sixth form students are welcome to leave the site to attend their own mosque, however, local mosques have offered their facilities to them if this is more convenient."
Mr Lunat said he believed there was a case he could take to court "otherwise I wouldn't be here, we wouldn't be doing this".
The Department for Education said it was a matter for the school to deal with.
The target, the Americans say, was a missile store holding weaponry that Israel feared was going to be transferred to Hezbollah - the Assad regime's main ally in Lebanon.
The attack underscores Israel's determination to hinder such weapons transfers. But the US disclosure - this is not the first time that the Americans have confirmed an Israeli strike - creates at least the potential for some tensions between Israel and Washington.
Back in January of this year, Israel struck a weapons convoy that intelligence sources suggest was carrying SA-17 advanced surface-to-air missiles that were to be transferred from Syria to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
That strike was a warning, an effort to dissuade the regime of President Bashar al-Assad from contemplating any similar transfers to his allies in Lebanon.
Since then further attacks have followed: in May on the outskirts of Damascus and in early July near Latakia. Now Israeli aircraft have attacked again in the same area.
This series of strikes suggests that this hoped-for deterrent effect has not been achieved.
They demonstrate the Israeli Air Force's ability to hit targets well inside Syria, and they could be the first of many - establishing a regular pattern of attacks that at any moment could risk provoking Syria, along with Hezbollah, into a regional war.
This is Washington's fear; the nightmare of a major spill-over of the Syria crisis would have become a reality.
So what is Israel's concern? While a good share of Israel's and indeed Washington's attention has been taken up by fears of Syria's chemical arsenal falling into the wrong hands, this series of air strikes underscore Israel's equal worry about sophisticated conventional weapons being passed to Hezbollah.
This includes sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles, anti-shipping missiles, or accurate long-range ground-to-ground missiles. Such concerns are longstanding.
Some four years ago, the then-Israeli government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that it would not tolerate what it called "game-changing" weapons being transferred to Hezbollah.
According to US intelligence sources, the target of Israeli attacks in July was a shipment of ground-to-ground missiles at a warehouse at Damascus airport.
The missiles, which had been shipped from Iran, according to the sources, were Fateh-110s - a mobile, highly accurate solid-fuelled missiles with the capability of hitting Israel's main population centres, like Tel Aviv, from southern Lebanon.
What was not clear, American officials admit, is exactly who the missiles were intended for - the Syrian army or Hezbollah. But the airport warehouse is said to have been under the control of personnel from Hezbollah and Iran's paramilitary Quds Force.
This episode highlighted once again the strong triangular relationship between Tehran, Damascus and Hezbollah. Indeed, recent reports hint at Hezbollah's growing involvement in Syria's civil war with - according to some sources - hundreds of Hezbollah fighters supporting President Assad on the ground.
Iran, seeing its Syrian ally on the ropes, is clearly eager to bolster Hezbollah's defences in Lebanon. For his part, President Assad may feel obliged to transfer weaponry to Hezbollah in return for its active assistance. Indeed, the faster the Syrian regime crumbles, the faster the pace of weapons transfers may become.
Such transfers have advantages for Mr Assad as well. He may well be playing a longer game.
Should his regime lose ground, he might be forced back into the Alawite heartland on the coast, and Hezbollah's military infrastructure in Lebanon would become an even more important ally, with much of Syria lost to him.
On the other hand, if Mr Assad survives in Damascus, then a strengthened Hezbollah retains a constant threat of escalating the crisis into a regional conflict - something the US and its allies are desperate to avoid.
What is even more intriguing is the second of the two Israeli air strikes in early July. The target here was a military complex around Jamraya - an area with headquarters, research facilities and so on. We still do not know the specific target or targets hit, though the flames and explosions would have been visible to many people in Damascus itself.
It is perhaps the nature of the target here that contains the real Israeli message to the Syrian president.
According to the American source, the target of this latest attack was again missile stocks - possibly SA-17 surface-to-air missiles.
This now leaves Mr Assad and his Hezbollah allies in a difficult position. Should they respond in some way?
Both see themselves as champions of the resistance against Israel. In the past, Hezbollah has sought to attack Israeli or Jewish targets overseas. Certainly any direct military response from Syria or southern Lebanon risks a much larger confrontation, which both President Assad and the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would wish to avoid.
Hezbollah is in a difficult position. Its material support for the Assad regime has made it unpopular in both Lebanon and the wider region where it is seen as seeking to aggravate an increasingly sectarian conflict.
But Hezbollah seems to have made its strategic decision. The quid pro quo from the Assad regime is clearly the enhancement of Hezbollah's military capabilities.
So it is hard to imagine the weapons shipments being halted. Too much is at stake.
Depending upon the weather and Israel's intelligence capabilities, some weaponry may still get through. There have been possibly half a dozen air strikes this year and more are likely.
The intriguing element in this latest attack is Washington's willingness to point the finger at Israel. Much the same thing happened back in July.
Is this a bureaucratic screw-up - somebody talking out of turn - or a deliberate desire on the part of the Obama Administration to make the origin of this attack crystal clear?
The US is clearly worried about anything that might be seized upon by the Assad regime to hinder the chemical disarmament process. Israeli air attacks on Syrian targets inevitably complicate matters. Is the American statement intended as a minor warning to the Israelis to back-off ?
Some may interpret it in this way. But Washington can be under no illusion. Hezbollah is playing an important role in the Syrian drama.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah's missile arsenal remains a potent threat to Israel.
There's a message here from Israel to Washington as well. Israel is demonstrating that when it comes to what it perceives as its vital security interests it will act; a message that will come as no surprise to the Americans.
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The SA1 area covers parts of the city centre, waterfront restaurants, hotels, homes and apartments and the bay campus of Swansea University.
In a BBC webcast, the SNP MSP said the country needed to "live within the resources that are available to us".
Mr Swinney was speaking ahead of his party's conference in Aberdeen.
The Conservative government has plans to reduce the welfare cap, cut tax credits and change benefits linked to housing and disability.
During the interview, hosted by BBC political editor Brian Taylor, the minister was asked if he would reverse the proposals.
Mr Swinney said: "We must live within the resources that are available to us - we have had to wrestle with a reduction of expenditure in real terms of 10% since the 2010 general election."
He added: "Essentially this comes down to a question of affordability. I estimate that the cumulative loss of tax and benefit changes will be of the order of about £6bn.
"If you are saying to me, can I find £6bn within the expenditure available to the Scottish government to reverse all of those decisions, I think that it is highly unlikely."
Mr Swinney, who is Scotland's deputy first minister, explained that his government had found ways to mitigate some of the deficit reduction measures, including funding the cost of the so-called "bedroom tax" and freezing council tax.
He said: "We have been successfully in doing that and we will continue to do that."
It is not the first time Mr Swinney has talked about not being able to reverse the benefit changes.
He told the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme that "not every single cut" could be reversed.
The politician was responding to comments, made on the same programme, by Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, who said the Scottish government would be given the power to offset the Westminster changes.
During the BBC webcast Mr Swinney was asked if his government in an independent Scotland would reverse the Westminster cuts. In response he said it was important to run a "sustainable budget".
He added: "What we would aim to do is put in place a welfare system that was affordable based on what we inherited when Scotland became an independent country."
The interview was based on questions sent in by BBC news website readers.
The topics he tackled included income tax changes, a second independence referendum and bus passes for pensioners.
More than 60 members of the GMB union will stage a series of 24-hour walkouts in a row over pay grades.
The union said members did not want to strike but had been "backed into a corner".
Sellafield Ltd has previously said it was committed to resolving the dispute, but it also said it had made plans to keep the site safe during any action.
Strike dates have not yet been announced.
Talks last week were adjourned to allow both sides to consider proposals and counter-proposals.
Speaking before the latest meeting got under way earlier, Chris Jukes, GMB senior organiser, said: "After years of being underpaid, it's time they were given their due."
Sellafield Ltd, which operates the site, said it was "carefully considering" its position.
A spokesman added: "In the meantime the Sellafield site continues to operate safely and securely, as normal."
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21.99 points to 17,145.65.
The S&P 500 fell 3.76 points to 2,015.88, while the tech-focused Nasdaq was down 21.61 to 4,728.67.
Analysts do not expect a US interest rate rise on Wednesday, but are eager for signs of the Fed's future plans.
"Policy will almost certainly be left on hold," said Jim O'Sullivan of High-Frequency Economics. "With no change in rates, the focus will be entirely on forward guidance."
The trading mood was dampened further by a weak US retail sales report and a 2% decline in oil prices.
Valeant was Tuesday's biggest loser after the company reported a larger than expected loss. The pharmaceutical company's shares fell over 51% as fears rose that it may face a default on some of its loans.
Shares of drug maker Pfizer fell 1.8% and Merck fell 1.2%.
Commodity linked companies saw some of the day's biggest gains.
Rice Energy shares gained 8.9%. Shares of Barrick Gold climbed 3.8% and competitor Harmony Gold rose 4%.
Rhys Jenkins, 27, ran the equivalent of 10 marathons in just over four days across Death Valley in California.
He aimed to finish in 96 hours, which would have set a Guinness World Record for the fastest double crossing on foot, but managed 107.
With temperatures reaching 56.7C, the desert in California is normally home to just venomous snakes and scorpions.
Rhys Jenkins was running with his brother, Scott, but the 34-year-old was dogged by injury and could not complete the the full 270 miles.
"Scott is obviously devastated," said his girlfriend Abby Fleming.
"Both men had roughly seven hours sleep during their challenge and have raised more than £5,000 of their £10,000 target.
"They are also the first siblings to run Death Valley and the first Welsh people to run Death Valley."
Police and trading standards officers inspected six units in a self-storage site in South Derbyshire.
They uncovered almost two million illegal cigarettes, counterfeit clothing and boxes of illegally stored display fireworks.
The county council said the seizure was "one of the biggest in the UK".
Councillor Dave Allen, cabinet member for health and communities for Derbyshire County Council, said the two-day operation follows a "concerted campaign" by officers over two years.
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"This is one of the biggest single seizures of fake and illicit tobacco by trading standards officers in the UK," he said.
"It's an extremely important result which has kept 92,000 packets of illegal cigarettes and 11,000 packs of hand rolling tobacco off the streets of Derbyshire."
Officers also raided shops in Long Eaton, Newhall, Ripley and two in Ilkeston during the raids.
They seized an additional 10,000 cigarettes and 15kg (33lbs) of hand rolling tobacco - mostly hidden in concealed panels.
One man from Derby has been questioned and bailed in connection with the seizure, and officers say several other enquiries are ongoing.
Mr Allen said: "This sends a clear message to illegitimate traders that we are clamping down on this and they will not get away with it."
The 70ft (21m) finback arrived at Cambridge University's Zoology department 150 years ago, after washing up dead on a Sussex beach.
It was taken down from display when the Museum of Zoology closed in 2013 for a £4m makeover.
Re-assembling and re-hanging the whale took two people about four weeks.
The finback (Balaeonoptera physalus) - the second largest species after the blue whale - is thought to have weighed about 80 tonnes, the equivalent of eight double-decker buses, when it was alive.
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It washed up in Pevensey Bay on 14 November, 1865, after a storm.
The mammal was sold at auction for £38 to 10 local fisherman who cut it up under the guidance of William Henry Flower, conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Mr Flower told Cambridge University about the "magnificent skeleton", and the department bought it, finally putting it on public display 30 years later.
For years it took centre-stage, dwarfing the museum's four million other specimens, including the skeleton of a Dodo and many animals collected by naturalist Charles Darwin.
However, it was consigned to storage boxes for three years until being put back together and re-hung in a new glass display area.
Putting it back together took "a lot of patience, a lot of effort and a lot of labour", collections manager Matt Lowe said.
"It's really iconic, it's 150 years old - exactly the same age as the museum itself," he added.
Whale-watchers will be able to appreciate the whale's sheer scale when the museum reopens to the public next summer.
The winger claimed his fifth goal in four games to maintain Cardiff's 100% start to the season, while at the same time ending Wolves' perfect record.
Joe Ralls had broken the deadlock after half-time with a well-placed shot.
Leo Bonatini levelled after an error by Cardiff keeper Neil Etheridge, but Mendez-Laing ended Wolves hopes.
Both sides came into the match having won all three of their opening Championship games this season.
Wolves impressed midweek by winning 3-2 at Hull City, with Championship record signing Ruben Neves - a £15.8m capture from Porto - claiming his first goal for his new club.
But in seeing off Aston Villa 3-0 in their second game of the campaign, Cardiff's far less expensively assembled squad had proved they could match the big spenders in the division.
That was underlined as the visitors set the early pace and the reflexes of John Ruddy were tested, when the Wolves goalkeeper had to get down smartly to push Junior Hoilett's shot around the post.
Then from the resulting corner Sol Bamba crashed a header off the crossbar when the defender was left unmarked in the box.
But Wolves held firm and gave warning of their own threat when Bright Enobakhare shot just wide.
Despite the attacking intent being shown by both sides, the first half ended scoreless but with both benches involved in an angry exchange after Loic Damour's foul on Romain Saiss - for which the Cardiff midfielder was booked.
The goal the game deserved finally came within nine minutes of the restart, but to the disappointment of the majority of the 27,068 fans packed into Molineux it was claimed by the visitors.
Hoilett found a chink of space to roll the ball across goal and Ralls sent it left-footed back past Ruddy into the far corner.
The Wolves stopper kept his team in the game, though, when he denied Kenneth Zohore what would have been a fine solo goal.
That proved crucial as the home side drew level moments later, when Cardiff keeper Etheridge could only push out a shot and Barry Douglas swept the ball back in for Bonatini to poke home.
But with 13 minutes remaining the dangerous Zohore, whose strength and pace had stretched the Wolves defence all afternoon, unselfishly picked out fellow speedster Mendez-Laing - a former Wolves academy player - to drive home the winner.
The win set another record for Cardiff, who before this campaign had never won their opening three games of the season and have now won four in a row.
Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo on Damour's foul:
"He was two metres away from me. I saw an elbow in the neck of Saiss. If you ask me (should he have been sent off), yes.
"Cardiff's game plan was to be aggressive. We have to be mentally strong to deal with this kind of provocation.
"We made too many mistakes for a team that wants to be strong."
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock:
"It was a cracking game, a typical Championship match. Two sides really having a go at each other.
"We didn't come to defend, we came to attack as much as we could really.
"Obviously we had to have a plan because Wolves have steamrollered every team they have played so far."
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 2.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 2.
Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City).
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jazz Richards (Cardiff City).
Substitution, Cardiff City. Bruno Ecuele Manga replaces Loïc Damour.
Attempt missed. Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
Foul by Connor Ronan (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
Foul by Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Roderick Miranda (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Connor Ronan replaces Romain Saiss.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Danny Ward replaces David Junior Hoilett.
Foul by Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lee Peltier.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nouha Dicko replaces Barry Douglas.
Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 2. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore.
Attempt missed. Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
Hand ball by David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Roderick Miranda.
Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Cardiff City 1. Léo Bonatini (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Barry Douglas.
Attempt missed. Barry Douglas (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a cross.
Attempt saved. Ivan Cavaleiro (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Léo Bonatini.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by John Ruddy.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Attempt saved. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Ralls with a headed pass.
Foul by Diogo Jota (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Loïc Damour (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Roderick Miranda (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Prisons inspector Dame Anne Owers said an assessment of safety at Brook House, at Gatwick Airport, had produced the "worst ever results".
Dame Anne said embattled staff had struggled to maintain control of large numbers of foreign prisoners.
The Home Office said it was extremely disappointed by the report but had accepted its broad conclusions.
Brook House, opened in March 2009, is designed to hold more than 400 men. It has a similar style of security to a Category B prison, the second highest level of imprisonment.
At the time of the inspection, in March, more than a third of its detainees had come directly from prison or police stations. About a fifth of those being held were offenders subject to monitoring because of violent or sexual offences.
Dame Anne, the outgoing chief inspector of prisons, said that over six months there had been 105 assaults, mostly against staff, and 35 incidents of self-harm by detainees themselves.
In all, she said, there were serious problems with bullying, violence and drugs, with some detainees saying the centre was worse than prison.
"There had been significant staff turnover, particularly following an outbreak of serious disorder the previous summer," said the chief inspector.
"While many staff tried hard to maintain order and control, many felt embattled."
"A number of staff reported feeling unsupported by managers, and detainees claimed that some staff were bullied by more difficult detainees."
Dame Anne said that many new prisons or detention centres experienced difficulties - but inspectors had expected Brook House's managers to deal with "teething problems".
Instead, she said there was a "degree of despair" among detainees that inspectors had rarely encountered. Overall, the inspectors recorded the worst results for safety they had seen in the immigration removal system.
"The challenges of opening a new immigration removal centre should not be underestimated, particularly with inexperienced staff and challenging detainees, many of them ex-prisoners," said Dame Anne.
"The challenge at Brook House was significantly compounded by poor design, which built in boredom.
"But none of this can excuse the fundamentally unsafe state of Brook House, which must be urgently addressed by G4S [the contractor] and the UK Border Agency."
David Wood, head of detention at the Home Office's UK Border Agency, said he was extremely disappointed with the report, but had already acted swiftly on Dame Anne's conclusions and recommendations.
"Since the inspection, we have introduced an anti-bullying policy and additional support for staff, including designated mentors," said Mr Wood.
"We are also developing a comprehensive drugs strategy for the estate, to supplement the intelligence-led approach we have to preventing drugs coming in and being used in the centre.
"We are continuing to build excellent working relationships with the local police, which have already led to a number of drugs prosecutions."
The years which followed saw protracted conflicts culminating in independence for Algeria and most other French colonies in Africa as well as decolonisation in south-east Asia.
France was one of the founding fathers of European integration as the continent sought to rebuild after the devastation of World War II.
In the 1990s Franco-German cooperation was central to European economic integration. The bond between the two countries was again to the fore in the new millennium when their leaders voiced strong opposition as the US-led campaign in Iraq began.
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But France sent shockwaves through European Union capitals when its voters rejected the proposed EU constitution in a referendum in May 2005.
France's colonial past is a major contributing factor in the presence of a diverse multicultural population. It is home to more than five million people of Arab and African descent.
It has a number of territories overseas which, together with mainland France and Corsica, go to make up the 26 regions which the country comprises. It is further divided into 100 departments, five of which - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion and Mayotte - are geographically distant from Europe.
Government in France is known for its high degree of centralisation but in March 2003 parliament approved amendments to the constitution allowing for the devolution of quite wide-ranging powers to the regions and departments.
In the light of low election turnout, the move was widely seen as a bid to re-engage in the political process French people disillusioned by the ubiquitous influence of what is often perceived as the Paris elite.
France has produced some of the continent's most influential writers and thinkers from Descartes and Pascal in the 17th century, Voltaire in the 18th, Baudelaire and Flaubert in the 19th to Sartre and Camus in the 20th.
In the last two centuries it has given the art world the works of Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse and Braque, to name but a few.
It is also famous for its strong culinary tradition. France produces more than 250 cheeses and some of the world's best-loved wines.
The Japanese star will join Justin Rose, Jon Rahm, Danny Willett and Rory McIlroy in the field at Portstewart.
The world number four has been in superb form over the past 12 months with three wins on the PGA Tour, including the WGC-HSBC Champions.
This year's Irish Open is one of the eight tournaments on the European Tour's lucrative new Rolex Series.
Matsuyama, 25, has amassed an impressive majors record since turning professional in 2013 with five top-10 finishes and a further two in the top 20.
Matsuyama, who tied for 11th place at the Masters in April, will use the tournament to prepare for The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale from 20-23 July.
"It is important to play some links golf ahead of The Open Championship and I'm sure Portstewart will be the perfect preparation for me," he said.
"I know Rory puts a lot into this tournament and he has done an incredible job raising its profile. I'm really excited and I know it will be a great week."
Matsuyama is the third player in the current top 10 in the world to be named in the Irish Open field - following Rahm and defending champion McIlroy, whose charity, the Rory Foundation, host the event.
Fellow Japanese player Hideto Tanihara has also confirmed he will take part in the tournament, which will feature a record prize fund of nearly £5.5m when it takes place at Portstewart Golf Club for the first time.
The new Rolex Series, which includes the Irish Open, is a premium category of events on the European Tour calendar each with a minimum prize fund of $7m.
Channels supportive of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and Mubarak supporters on social media celebrated the ruling.
Privately-owned Sada al-Balad TV carried a report on Mubarak's biography, focusing on his achievements during his military career and 30 years in office.
The channel aired live interviews with the former security officials who were on trial. One of them, Adli Fayid, praised the court for "enforcing justice" and thanked the "great Egyptian judiciary". Another, Usama al-Marasi, said he received the ruling with "great joy".
Both private al-Mihwar TV and ON TV Live showed footage of Mubarak supporters celebrating the ruling outside the court.
Mubarak's supporters on social media also congratulated him. "I am Sorry Mr President," a Facebook page, which has more than 1.6m likes, said: "He prayed to God to make him victorious after he was facing injustice."
State-run Mena news agency reported mixed scenes outside the court: While Mubarak's supporters celebrated the ruling and "raised flags joyfully", the relatives of those killed during the protests were in a "complete shock".
After the ruling, various media outlets wondered who was to blame for the protesters' deaths, if it was not Mubarak or his security chiefs. While the pro-Sisi channels tried to blame the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), channels supportive of the Islamist group still blamed Mubarak for the killings.
Interviewed in the studio of state Channel 1 TV, legal expert Ali Hasan wondered "who killed protesters in Tahrir Square" and hinted that the Muslim Brotherhood was involved.
In a live interview with Sada al-Balad TV, Umar al-Faramawi, one of the police officials who stood trial, blamed "infiltrators among the protesters" for carrying out the killings.
On the other hand, pro-Muslim Brotherhood media blamed Mubarak and his senior officials over the killing of demonstrators during the 25 January protests.
"Who killed the demonstrators of the 25 January revolution?" asked a presenter on pro-MB Mikamilin TV. Answering the question, pro-Morsi judge Muhammad Awad said: "It was Mubarak and his gang."
Opposition and MB activists described the entire trial as a "farce". They posted pictures on social media showing Mubarak laughing, as a sarcastic way of showing their rejection of the ruling.
"Acquittal of the killers of the January revolutionaries," read a news caption on Mikammilin TV.
Describing the entire trial as a "farce", Justice Muhammad Awad told Mikammilin TV that there were signs that charges against Mubarak would be dropped because none of the police officers facing similar charges had been convicted.
"Most of Egyptian judges will go to hell," said Mikammilin TV presenter as he criticised the judge for dropping charges against Mubarak and other defendants.
"Down with the rule of al-Sisi-Mubarak," read a wall post on the Facebook page of the 6 April Youth Movement, a pro-opposition activist group.
In a tweet, prominent liberal opposition figure Ayman Nur urged "January partners" to unite and offered "condolences to the martyrs' families and January revolutionaries".
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It comes after unconfirmed reports they found a baby's remains in a bag at a building at the Stobhill site.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said it could not comment on the alleged discovery at the secure facility which is used to store medical "artefacts".
The teenagers, who are aged 13 and 14 years old, have been reported to the Children's Reporter.
A video appearing to show the discovery has been posted online.
A statement from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: "A locked building within the Stobhill Hospital site was broken into at the weekend. The secured facility is used to store artefacts, all of which comply with relevant legislation.
"The matter is subject to an ongoing criminal investigation."
The building involved is a storage facility and is part of the old Stobhill Hospital which sits on the same site as the newer facility.
Police Scotland confirmed six teenagers had been arrested for alleged theft by housebreaking.
Three 13-year-olds and three 14-year-olds were detained on 17 and 18 August.
The Ukrainian Eurovision team say they were stripped of major responsibilities in December, when a new boss was appointed to the organising committee.
According to their resignation letter, they were "completely blocked" from making decisions about the show.
The EBU, which founded Eurovision, told Ukraine's public broadcaster to "stick to the timeline" despite the upheaval.
It insisted the event would go ahead as planned in Kiev this May.
Among the team members who resigned were two executive producers of this year's show.
All the staff were appointed by the Ukraine Public Broadcaster (UA:PBC), which is organising the contest after Ukrainian singer Jamala won last year's event with the song 1944.
In an open letter published by Strana, the team said: "Hereby we, the Eurovision team, for whom this contest has become not only part of our work but also part of our life, officially inform that we are resigning and stopping work on preparations for the organisation of the contest."
Putting on the Eurovision Song Contest is a huge undertaking. In 2010, Norwegian broadcaster NRK had to ditch the World Cup because it couldn't afford to pay Fifa and foot the bill for Eurovision at the same time.
In Ukraine, the task has proved even more problematic. The decision over which city would host the show was delayed three times and there were even rumours the contest would be moved to Russia.
Now, with just three months to go, the core team has quit. They've been at loggerheads with their boss, who they claim has been blocking all of their decisions. They also say there have been problems finalising contracts with subcontractors. At worst, that could include the teams who build the stage.
The show must go on - and the EBU, which has organised the contest since 1956, has the financial and political muscle to make sure it does. But it will be interesting to see how close to the wire it gets.
They said preparations "stopped for almost two months" after the appointment of Eurovision co-ordinator Pavlo Hrytsak last year, adding, "the work of our team was completely blocked".
They also said a decision to increase the event's budget to 29m euro (£24.5m), up from 22m euro (£18.6m) would deprive Ukraine's state broadcaster of millions in profit.
The EBU said it could not comment on the staffing matters raised in the letter, but thanked the team for their hard work.
In a statement, it added: "We have reiterated to UA:PBC the importance of a speedy and efficient implementation of plans already agreed, despite staff changes and that we stick to the timeline and milestones that have been established and approved by the Reference Group to ensure a successful Contest in May."
This year's Eurovision Song Contest final is due to take place in Kiev on 13 May.
Britain will be represented by former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones in this year's competition. The Welsh singer was chosen by a public vote after performing her ballad, Never Give Up On You, on BBC Two's Eurovision: You Decide.
The song was co-written by Danish star Emmelie de Forest, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song Only Teardrops.
There has already been controversy over the decision to hold the Eurovision opening ceremony in the Saint Sophia complex, a well-known religious landmark which dates back to the 17th Century.
The use of the venue was called "blasphemy" by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy.
"From all viewpoints, this is a very bad decision," Andrei Kurayev, a prominent deacon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was quoted as saying by Mosokovski Komsomolets. "Now, on the tombstone of [Mstislav I of Kiev], there will be dances."
Later, Zurab Alasania, head of Ukraine's national TV and radio company, resigned amidst reports that the country was having troubles financing the song contest.
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David Johnson was suspended on full pay by Essex Fire and Rescue Service in April 2015 after being on sick leave since June 2014 and is yet to return.
Essex Fire Authority said it had a duty to investigate allegations against him.
Braintree MP James Cleverly said it had been "very expensive" for taxpayers and a "distraction" for firefighters.
"There needs to a balance - of course fire authorities have to do a professional, fair and ethical investigation," he said.
"But ultimately, a lot of public money is at stake here and when you've got highly-paid public servants who are not able to do their jobs still being paid, it's not good news for taxpayers."
A Freedom of Information Request seen by the BBC revealed £201,000 had been spent on Mr Johnson's suspension between 20 April 2015 and 29 February this year.
Legal fees paid out during that time came to £116,000, and a total of £97,000 was spent on allowances paid to staff for covering the chief fire officer's responsibilities.
An Essex Fire Authority spokesman said Mr Johnson was entitled to continue receiving his salary because his suspension was a "neutral" act.
Mr Johnson's trade union representative, Mark Turnbull, said he was "absolutely committed to coming back to the workplace" and was not interested in a payoff.
"Essex has been a well-funded fire service, and still is, but we're wasting money on suspensions and large projects that are not working or giving value for money," he said.
Chairman of the Essex branch of the Fire Brigade Union (FBU), Alan Chinn-Shaw, said he wanted to "sit down at the table" with the fire authority to "discuss the issue and find a resolution".
"I think the way the suspensions have been dealt with is inappropriate," he added.
The fire authority spokesman said it was not in a position to comment on any allegations against Mr Johnson as the independent investigation needed to be a "fair and proper process".
"Obviously, we want to see it concluded as soon as possible and it is in everyone's interests that this happens," he added.
The Devolution (Further Powers) Committee suggested last week that the UK government plan required "extensive redrafting".
The debate comes six days after Prime Minister David Cameron met First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
He said he wanted a "really strong" Scottish Parliament.
Mr Cameron added that his priority was to see the Smith Commission recommendations implemented "in full".
The day after the people of Scotland voted "No" in the Scottish independence referendum, Lord Smith of Kelvin was appointed to head up a cross-party group tasked with looking at more powers for Holyrood.
The commission recommended that the parliament should have control over
Ms Sturgeon said the Smith Commission proposals were "a good starting point" but did not go far enough.
She wanted the parliament to be given powers over business taxes, employment law, the minimum wage and additional powers over welfare.
When the vote was followed by a formal declaration of independence by Montenegro, a special session of parliament in Belgrade declared Serbia to be the legal successor to the now defunct Union.
Serbia and Montenegro, the two republics still left in the old Yugoslav federation, had agreed in 2002 to scrap remnants of the ex-communist state and create the new, looser Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
The EU-brokered deal under which the union came into being in 2003 was intended to stabilise the region by settling Montenegrin demands for independence and preventing further changes to Balkan borders.
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The same agreement also contained the seeds of the Union's dissolution. It stipulated that after three years the two republics could hold referendums on whether to keep or scrap it. Montenegro duly voted for independence in a referendum in May 2006.
The two republics had been united in one form or another for nearly 90 years. With separation from Montenegro, Serbia is cut off from the Adriatic Sea and becomes landlocked.
Yugoslav era
The end of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro marked the closing chapter in the history of the separation of the six republics of the old Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia which was proclaimed in 1945 and comprised Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia.
Under Yugoslavia's authoritarian communist leader, Josip Broz Tito, the lid was kept on ethnic tensions. The federation lasted for over 10 years after his death in 1980, but under Serbian nationalist leader Slobodan Milosevic it fell apart through the 1990s.
The secession of Slovenia and Macedonia came relatively peacefully, but there were devastating wars in Croatia and Bosnia. Serbia and Montenegro together formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003.
Kosovo
In 1998 violence flared in the autonomous province of Kosovo in Serbia. The Kosovo Liberation Army, supported by the majority ethnic Albanians, came out in open rebellion against Serbian rule. International pressure on Milosevic grew amid the escalating violence.
Nato launched air strikes in Kosovo and Serbia in March 1999. An exodus of ethnic Albanians to neighbouring countries gathered pace. The UN took over administration of the region after Serbian forces had been driven out.
Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008 after the failure of UN-brokered talks on the status of the province. Serbia said the declaration was illegal, and other countries are divided as to whether to recognise it.
Road to Europe
In late 2005, the EU began talks with Belgrade on the possibility of reaching a Stabilisation and Association Agreement. These were called off some months later because of the continuing failure of the Serbian authorities to arrest several war crimes suspects.
One of the most notorious of these, the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, was arrested in Belgrade in July 2008 by Serbian security forces and extradited to The Hague, weeks after a pro-Western government took office. European foreign ministers praised the arrest as a significant step for Serbia in its efforts to join the EU. Mr Karadzic was found guilty of genocide and war crimes by the UN tribunal in 2016.
In December 2009 Serbia formally submitted its application to join the EU. The beginning of accession talks was delayed while two major Serbian war crimes suspects were still at large, but with the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic and Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic in 2011, this block to Serbia gaining EU candidate status was removed.
The European Commission duly recommended Serbia for EU candidate status in a report in October 2011, but insisted that the opening of membership talks was conditional on Serbia normalising its ties with Kosovo.
The deadlock over this issue was finally broken with the signing of an EU-brokered deal between Belgrade and Kosovo in April 2013. However, Serbia insists that the normalisation agreement - which grants a high degree of autonomy to Serb-majority areas in northern Kosovo - does not mean that it has recognised its former province's independence.
Serbia's EU accession talks began in January 2014.
Relations with Russia
Although the current Serbian government is pro-Western and sees eventual membership of the EU as being in the country's best interests, Serbia is traditionally an ally of Russia, which supported its opposition to Kosovo's independence.
In 2008, Serbia-Russia ties were further strengthened by the signing of a major energy deal, and in October 2009 Russia granted Serbia a 1bn euro (£0.9bn) loan to help it cover its budget deficit after the economy was hit hard by the global downturn.
When the nationalist Tomislav Nikolic became president in 2012, he declared his intention of developing ties with both the European Union and Moscow.
The first half saw the woodwork struck three times before Adam Cunnington headed Bromley in front from a Bradley Goldberg cross.
Alan Julian was in fine form for the hosts, making three superb saves after the break, the best from Jack Muldoon.
And Goldberg sealed the victory when he rounded Lincoln keeper Paul Farman and fired into the empty net.
Lincoln City manager Chris Moyses told BBC Radio Lincolnshire:
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"I'm not disappointed with the way we played at all. I thought we played well and kept the ball for long periods but were just not ruthless enough at either end.
"The blame will fall on me but I think we put in an honest shift and played some nice football.
"It's a results business and that's all you can say about it. The results will come, maybe not with me but the results will come."
As she is cleared of misconduct in a public office and fraud charges the BBC looks at her political and private life.
The title of Nikki Sinclaire's second book, Never Give Up, is a clear indication of her determination.
"Because of the things that have happened to me, I have this thing about injustice. I feel I have to stand up whether it's myself, or other people," she told the BBC following its launch.
"I hate it when authorities put down ordinary people and I feel the need to stand up for them."
Her resolve emerged at a very young age. She was just eight years old when she became interested in politics while watching the news after school.
But it was a couple of years later, during the Winter of Discontent, that her interest really peaked.
"My father supported the unions and I would question him - why this conflict? I thought the unions were supposed to be for the working man, and also the Labour Party?
"He could never answer that satisfactorily to me. Coming from a very poor, working-class council estate, I began to think 'why don't we have these things?'
Her "very working class" father was "perturbed" when he learned of her admiration for Margaret Thatcher.
As her political obsession intensified in her teens, so did a very private struggle.
Since the age of three, she believed she was trapped in the wrong body.
It wasn't until she reached 16 that Ms Sinclaire confided her feelings to a doctor, spilling out "16 years of hurt", only to be told it was a "fantasy".
Undeterred, she eventually underwent gender reassignment surgery at 23.
A staunch Eurosceptic, she became an active member of UKIP and held many positions within the party. After 10 years - and two defeats in UK general elections - she was successfully voted in as the party's MEP for the West Midlands in June 2009.
But her success within UKIP was short-lived. Just nine months later, in March 2010, Ms Sinclaire was expelled from the party after refusing to take part in a multi-national group it had joined in the European Parliament, citing some members "homophobic views".
It was a blow she was not going to accept easily. In December that year, having taken her former bosses to a tribunal, a judge found in her favour when UKIP failed to file a defence in time.
As an independent MEP, Ms Sinclaire continued her tireless campaign for a referendum on Europe.
In 2011, she gathered 100,000 names to a petition, which led to a Conservative rebellion of about 70 MPs, and "forced David Cameron to the despatch box", a proud Ms Sinclaire later told the BBC.
Again, the joy was short-lived. By February 2012, West Midlands Police had begun their fraud investigation and arrested Ms Sinclaire on suspicion of defrauding the European Parliament.
"The allegations at hand are old allegations from a disgruntled ex-employee", Ms Sinclaire said in a statement, adding she had "nothing to hide".
The following year, Ms Sinclaire decided to reveal her gender reassignment secret, which she said was the result of threats from UKIP and journalists.
She later went on to say she had been "overwhelmed" by the support from members of the public.
In June 2014, Ms Sinclaire lost her seat to Labour's Neena Gill and a month later, more than two years after her first police interview, she was charged with money laundering and misconduct in public office.
She was accused of making false and dishonest submissions for travelling expenses and transferring the proceeds of fraud through a bank account - something the politician said she "strongly refuted".
It took another two years for the case to come to court, ironically, scheduled just days after Ms Sinclaire's British independence dream came true.
The day after the referendum, there was not a hint of the impending court proceedings on her Twitter account.
Instead, as she celebrated the victory, her doggedness shone through once again.
"We did it Maggie," she tweeted. "We did it. We got our country back. I never gave up."
Alan Dawson, 64, of Newcroft Road, Urmston, was convicted of seven counts of indecent assault and one count of rape at Manchester Crown Court.
He was part of the congregation at Mauldeth Road Gospel Hall, Withington.
Police said he abused four girls between the 1960s and the 1980s, who were than aged between 11 and 16.
The abuse took place at Dawson's home in Didsbury and at the homes of the girls.
He gained the trust of the victims and their families at the church, with the abuse starting as "playful wrestling" before it escalated, officers said.
One of the girls reported the abuse to police in December 2013.
Det Con Terina Arthern said: "Dawson held a position of trust within the church a position he abused in the worst way possible.
"He took the trust placed upon him to befriend young girls and their families and then sexually abused them over a period stretching nearly two decades."
He sought assurances that "nothing should happen to put the Good Friday Agreement at risk".
A spokesperson from Number 10 said both leaders spoke on the phone on Sunday.
They said Mrs May and Mr Kenny had "confirmed their joint commitment to restoring the Northern Ireland Executive as soon as possible".
"The Prime Minister reiterated that the government's approach and objectives in the forthcoming talks to re-establish the Northern Ireland Executive remained unchanged," they said.
The DUP leader Arlene Foster said good progress had been made in talks with the Conservatives, but a deal is yet to be reached.
Mrs Foster and her ten DUP MPs are due to meet with Theresa May on Tuesday.
Earlier, some of Northern Ireland's other parties expressed concern that a deal between the Conservatives and the DUP could hamper power sharing at Stormont.
Talks aimed at restoring the executive resume on Monday and all five main parties have said they will be there.
The DUP has indicated its potential role at Westminster does not change its desire to restore power sharing.
They say they remain ready to form an executive without preconditions.
But the other Stormont parties have warned that any deal between the DUP and Conservatives could make restoring power sharing more difficult.
Devolved government in Northern Ireland broke down in January.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down to protest the DUP's handling of an energy scandal, in a move that triggered a snap election.
Former Sinn Féin finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said the government would now be "dancing to the DUP's tune".
SDLP MLA Nichola Mallon also said Mr Brokenshire could not be considered "an honest broker".
She said the situation had been difficult before, but had got even worse.
"How can you have a secretary of state sitting as an honest broker when they already have a deal with one of the parties sitting around the table?" she asked.
The Alliance Party's Stephen Farry said: "There's now a massive problem, he cannot be an impartial broker.
"The government will have one hand behind its back and if it tells the DUP to agree to something it doesn't want to then the DUP will pull the plug and the whole thing will come crashing down.
"We cannot stop them from making this deal, but the repercussions for Northern Ireland are potentially severe."
The UUP's Danny Kennedy said the other parties would have to "wake up" and accept the situation.
"The UUP will be at Stormont tomorrow," he said.
"That's what people want.
"The secretary of state and indeed the prime minister have made no secret of their own unionist views. They support the union and we welcome that."
No one from the DUP was available to appear on the Sunday Politics programme.
The explosion forced the evacuation of more than 100,000 Ukrainians and Belarussians, laying waste an area measuring 3,000 sq miles (7,769 sq km) that remains uninhabitable to this day.
Within weeks of the fire that started at about 01:30 BST on 26 April, 30 years ago, hill farmers across north Wales were also dragged into the developing crisis.
Heavy rain in April and May drenched higher ground with alarming quantities of radioactive caesium and iodine. The authorities reacted by imposing a blanket ban on the sale of all farm animals. Panic spread.
Glyn Roberts, now the president of the Farmers Union of Wales, said: "At the time we were worried what effect the fallout would have on our health. My wife was expecting and we were worried what effect it would have on our children, that was the prime issue.
"The news was difficult to believe, and it made you think 'how safe is nuclear energy production?'.
"I remember I was in Ruthin market when we were told that we could not sell any of our lamb or beef. That was when it hit home, and there was quite a bit of accumulative cash flow problems."
Mr Roberts, and others at the time, felt the government's response was too slow, and matters came to a head at a public meeting in Llanrwst, Conwy county, when representatives of the Welsh Office were not allowed to leave until firm promises of compensation were given.
"When someone said that the issue was not going to be addressed that night, the crowd outside went a bit wild," he said.
"Following that, Nicholas Edwards the Secretary of State came to this farm and we explained our situation.
"From there things did move on a bit and we were told that there was going to be some compensation."
In total, 344 Welsh farms were put under restrictions, with animals' radiation levels monitored before they were allowed to be sold at market.
The number of failing animals peaked in 1992, but some still recorded higher levels of caesium as recently as 2011.
A year later, the authorities decided the numbers were then insignificant and there was no reason to continue the monitoring. This saved the taxpayer about £300,000 a year.
Some farmers were in favour of further monitoring, if only to maintain the public's trust in Welsh meat, but the majority approved and welcomed the end of a long saga that started 1,500 miles (2,414km)away deep, in the former Soviet Union.
The following years were still full of concern for many Welsh hill farmers.
"Every farm has some abnormal lambs born, but I believe that for the first years after Chernobyl there were more abnormalities in the lambs," Mr Roberts said. "I have no evidence, but that is what I feel."
But at least the Welsh farmers were able to stay in their homes and keep their livestock and livelihoods.
It was a different story in northern Ukraine, where anyone living within a 30-mile (48km) radius of the power plant had to leave their homes.
As well as the cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat, that meant the emptying of villages and hamlets.
One of the largest was Parashev, some 10 miles (16km) east of the power station.
Maria Adnamova was born there and, after a few years of enforced exile, she, her husband and a few other unhappy souls decided to return.
But the world had moved on, and Parashev with its hundreds of empty homes, shops, schoolroom and council offices rotted away before their eyes.
Today, the widowed Mrs Adnamova, 81 years old and with failing health, is one of just five people existing in Parashev.
A translator for Mrs Adnamova explained why the threat of Chernobyl's poisoned legacy was not enough to keep her from her home.
"They were evacuated late on 3 May. They were given a house some place in the Kiev region, quite far from here, but she did not like the climate. She decided to return, because her parents and grandparents live here. She will die on her own land."
The power station stands at the centre of a sprawling complex of buildings and can be seen from many miles away.
The fourth reactor, the cause of so much suffering, is encased in a crumbling concrete shell, built in the years immediately after the disaster.
Its usefulness has expired and will be replaced by the so-called sarcophagus, the international community's expensive answer to the vexing issue of how to deal with the problem of reactor number four.
At first glance, in the bright spring sunshine, it could be mistaken for the Wales Millennium Centre.
Built by the Americans it will, later this year, be slid along the ground, a few meters at a time, before finally engulfing the crumbling reactor and its still poisonous contents.
No trip to Chernobyl is complete without a visit to Pripyat. A few days before we filmed, a minibus of Welsh football fans also made the journey.
A city of almost 50,000 people at the time of the disaster, Pripyat was, according to our guide, the model of Soviet efficiency.
Today, the countless empty tower blocks, supermarkets, swimming pool, hotel and shops, and the fairground that never opened, is a permanent reminder of the dangers associated with the nuclear industry. Pripyat was emptied in just a few days, and will never again be called home.
On the outskirts of the Welsh capital lives one of the world's most renowned nuclear physicists, an expert on the dangers posed by radiation.
Prof Glyn O Phillips, a consultant to the International Atomic Agency for more than 20 years, specialising in the effects of radiation on the human body, is an ardent supporter of nuclear energy production, but worried the Chernobyl story may not yet be over in Wales.
"The word that they use officially is low risk. But risk is a very difficult question when you deal with low level radiation," he said.
"There is great uncertainty and extrapolation is only possible with time and we will only see in the next generation or generation after that whether there are any significant effects to be demonstrated then."
On Tuesday in Chernobyl, and also in Pripyat, people will stand to remember those who died, the lives that were ruined and the dreams that were lost with them.
Here in Wales, the disaster's legacy may be felt for generations to come.
Nigeria, who failed to qualify for the last two editions of the tournament, fell to their first competitive defeat to South Africa, losing 2-0 in Uyo in the Group E match.
Second-half goals from Tokelo Rantie and Percy Tau sealed a deserved win for Bafana Bafana against three-time African champions Nigeria.
Rantie opened the scoring with a brilliant close-range header in the 54th minute.
Tau broke free in a swift counter-attack, putting the ball around goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi before slotting home in the 81st minute.
Nigeria fluffed chances in the first half as Wilfred Ndidi, Oghenekaro Etebo and Simon Moses failed to score.
It was second time lucky for coach Stuart Baxter who was in charge when Bafana beat Nigeria 2-1 in the 2004 Nelson Mandela challenge at home.
The twelve group winners plus the best three group runners-up will qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations along with the hosts Cameroon.
Seydou Doumbia's brace was not enough for Ivory Coast as the Elephants were beaten 3-2 at home by Guinea in Group H.
Doumbia gave the home side a 15th minute lead, before Guinea equalised in the 32nd minute.
Naby Keita's shot was spilled by goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo and Abdoulaye Sadio Diallo pounced on the rebound to put the visitors level.
Doumbia grabbed his second goal in the 62nd minute, but four minutes later France-based Francois Kamano made it 2-2.
However, the impressive Naby Keita sealed the stunning win for Guinea in the 79th minute to complete a bad start for new Ivory Coast manager Marc Wilmots.
The defeat for Ivory Coast in Bouake came just five days after the death of former Ivorian international Cheick Tiote.
In Ndola, former winners Zambia were left stunned by a late goal as they lost 1-0 to Mozambique at home in Group K.
Mozambique left it until the 89th minute to earn their first ever win over Chipolopolo with Germany-based Stanley Ratifo scoring the goal.
2012 African champions Zambia dominated the encounter for long spells but failed to turn their superiority into goals.
The Mambas made them pay for their profligacy when Ratifo finished brilliantly from a cut-back to stun the home side.
Elias Pelembe should have doubled the lead in added time but goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene rushed out of his box to stop the Bidvest Wits winger.
Coach Abel Xavier and the Mambas held on to celebrate a first triumph over Zambia in 18 attempts.
In the other Group K game, Guinea-Bissau beat visitors Namibia 1-0 thanks to a powerful header from Jerson in the 24th minute.
Veteran striker Aristide Bance scored twice as Burkina Faso beat Angola 3-1 in Group I.
Bance's opening goal in the 22nd minute was quickly cancelled out by Gelson Dala a minute later.
Bance then restored the lead from the penalty spot just before half-time with Chelsea winger Betrand Traore scoring the third in the 79th minute.
Also in Group I, Mohamed Abdellahi Soudani's second-half strike sealed a famous 1-0 win for Mauritania away to Botswana.
Senegal hammered Equatorial Guinea 3-0 in Dakar in Group A on Saturday after Moussa Sow scored in both halves and Idrissa Gana Gueye added a late third.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Gerald Phiri Junior scored the only goal as Malawi began their Group B campaign with a 1-0 home win over Comoros in Lilongwe.
The South Africa-based winger hit a free-kick from outside the 18 yard box which flew over the wall and into the right corner on 31 minutes .
The flames had several chances but failed to punish a resolute Comoros.
It is a first competitive win for Malawi's coach Ronny Van Geneugden who took over in April.
Malawi have taken an early advantage in the group after hosts Cameroon beat Herve Renard's Morocco 1-0 in Yaounde.
A 29th minute goal from Vincent Aboubakar gave the Indomitable Lions the victory which puts Morocco bottom of Group B after the opening round of matches.
Cameroon qualify automatically as hosts for the 2019 Nations Cup, but their group matches still count as qualifiers for their opponents.
After the victory, Cameroon's coach Hugo Broos confirmed that defender Oyongo Bitolo would definitely miss the Fifa Confederations Cup later this month.
The player was stretchered off the pitch after suffering a knee ligament injury which Broos said would keep him out of the game for seven months.
Mali fought back with second-half goals from Kalifa Coulibaly and Yves Bissouma to beat Gabon 2-1 in Bamako in Group C.
Lorient midfielder Denis Bouanga had given the visitors a shock early lead.
Burundi stay top of Group C after their impressive 3-0 win over South Sudan.
The Swallows secured all three points with first half goals.
Cedric Amissi set the tone with the opening goal in the 15th minute.
Gael Duhayinnavyi added the second ten minutes later before Fiston Abdul Razak made it three in the 30th minute.
In Freetown, goals from Julius Woobay and and Umaru Bangura penalty helped Sierra Leone make a winning start to their Group F campaign as they beat Kenya 2-1.
Kenya had Brian Mandela sent off but they did get a consolation goal through Michael Olunga. Ghana take on Ethiopia in that group on Sunday.
Spain-based Cedric Bakambu grabbed a brace as DR Congo beat neighbours Congo Brazzaville 3-1 in Group G.
Bakambu scored opened the scoring in the 20th minute.
Thievy Bifouma equalised for the visitors on the stroke of half-time.
Bakambu grabbed his second after 56th minute before Newcastle defender Chancel Mbemba ensured victory in the 90th minute.
The Group L match between Cape Verde and Uganda - scheduled for Saturday - had to be postponed to Sunday after some members of Uganda's squad were delayed in Dakar en route to Praia.
In the other Group L game Tanzania drew 1-1 with Lesotho in Dar es Salaam.
Mbwana Samata put Tanzania ahead with Thapelo Tale hitting the equaliser for the visitors.
On Friday, Libya and Madagascar opened the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with impressive victories.
Libya beat Seychelles 5-1 in Group A and in the first qualifier for Cameroon 2019, Madagascar were 3-1 winners away to Sudan in Al-Obeid in Group E.
The deal is due to be signed by banks from both countries during a visit by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to Brazil next week.
The money will go towards building a railway link from Brazil's Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast of Peru to reduce the cost of exports to China.
It says the fund will also finance a joint venture to produce steel.
Brazil currently exports much of its iron ore to China.
Jose Graca Lima, Brazil's undersecretary of state with special responsibility for Asia and Oceania, said: "We shall have to await the end of the visit to expand upon which projects."
As well as the giant railway project, the money is expected to be invested in car parts, energy, ports, hydroelectric power and railways.
Brazil's economy, once among the fastest-growing in the world, has flagged in the past five years.
A corruption scandal at the state-owned oil giant Petrobras, which has embroiled many high-profile figures, has also shaken the public mood.
The Chinese prime minister will also be visiting Colombia, Peru and Chile.
In January Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $250bn in investment to Latin America over 10 years.
The walk out resulted in "some interruptions" to clearing and settlement operations at the central bank, but it said that its systems were largely operational.
Four unions had called for the strike to demand better pension benefits.
It was also against reforms that would reduce the RBI's regulatory powers.
The central bank has been in debate over its policy independence with the government, which has been trying to assert more influence over the RBI's interest rate setting process.
The government wants to create a rate-setting board with its appointed members to vote on such decisions.
The RBI has cut interest rates four times this year, with the latest move in September to boost growth as inflation hit a record low on tumbling commodity prices.
Union leaders said the dispute over retirement benefits showed that the bank was losing its independence, because it used raise pensions without approval from the government.
Workers want their pensions to be increased to reflect rising costs and payments to former employees raised by $75 (£49) a month so that they can afford healthcare.
The unions have warned of longer strikes in the near future if the central bank does not meet its demands.
Wolves have announced that Moxey is to leave the club on the eve of the new Championship season, rather than work out his full intended notice period.
He was due to stay on for a three-month handover of transition, following the arrival of Chinese owners at Molineux.
But he will now take up his new position with Norwich City sooner than expected, beginning his role on Monday.
Moxey's existing role of Wolves chief executive has been split into two parts.
Thelwell's promotion from the role of head of football development and recruitment at Molineux forms part of a reorganised structure under the club's new owners, the Fosun Group.
Laurie Dalrymple, formerly the club's head of commercial, becomes managing director and is responsible for all off-the-field activities.
Both will report to Wolves director Jeff Shi, who has so far been the public face of Fosun.
Andrea Butti, previously Monaco assistant technical director and Inter Milan press and team manager, becomes team general manager and will report to new head coach Walter Zenga, while Stefano Cusin has been confirmed as head coach.
Wolves kick off their third successive season in the Championship at Rotherham on Saturday.
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United are unbeaten in six games and boss McKinnon has urged his players to take confidence from that run.
The Tannadice outfit, who finished 14 points behind Championship winners Hibs, are looking to make an immediate return to the Scottish Premiership.
"Leading into these play-offs, we are the form side," McKinnon said.
United finished third in the second tier, with their final game of the regular season a 1-1 draw away to Morton on Saturday.
"We should have won the last six games, we have created enough chances to win the six games, which is a real positive for us," McKinnon added.
"We did the same on Saturday. We have hit the woodwork five or six times.
"So it's important to make sure we realise we are in good form. We haven't had the just rewards in these six games but we go into the games in the right frame of mind."
McKinnon's Raith Rovers side lost 2-1 on aggregate to Hibernian in the play-off quarter finals last season.
And he has warned his players they need to perform at their highest standard to progress to face Championship runners-up Falkirk in the semi-final.
"If we're at our best then we'll be difficult to beat," McKinnon said. "So that's the focus going into these games, just making sure we are at our best.
"We went down there on Saturday and played extremely well and we need to do the same again.
"They need to show discipline as well. It's not win or bust, it's about making sure you are in control of your game and in control of your emotions. We have had a chat about that and the players totally grasp that."
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The bioluminescent algae, commonly called sea sparkle, has delighted locals at Tasmania's Preservation Bay.
The natural phenomenon occurs when the tiny organisms emit light as a defence mechanism, according to an expert. It is typically seen in calm waters.
Although not toxic, the algae can cause skin irritations in some people.
"The whole bay was iridescent blue," said Brett Chatwin, who photographed the spectacle near his home.
"I was gobsmacked. It was just an amazing sight."
Officially called Noctiluca scintillans, the species uses bioluminescence for protection, said aquatic botanist Prof Gustaaf Hallegraeff.
"It acts a bit like a burglar alarm," he told the BBC.
"Something wants to eat you, you flash at it and then you scare it away."
Prof Hallegraeff, from the University of Tasmania, said it could also disrupt the food chain.
"If you have a big bloom like that it behaves like a vacuum cleaner, it eats everything away," he said.
Mr Chatwin said he had not seen the algae near his home before.
"We've had virtually not a breath of wind for two weeks," he said.
In 2012, Sydney's famous Bondi Beach was closed after the same algae species turned the sea a shade of red.
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The graves that were found in the province of Anbar may contain between 80 and 220 bodies, reports suggest.
Many of the dead belong to the Al Bu Nimr tribe, which joined Iraq's Shia-dominated government in fighting IS.
It has also emerged that Islamic State may have killed 600 prisoners at a jail in Mosul they seized in June.
The inmates were forced to kneel along the edge of a ravine before being shot, the campaign group Human Rights Watch said.
A graphic video allegedly showing some of the victims of the IS attack in the Anbar town of Hit has emerged online.
Analysis: Orla Guerin, BBC News, Baghdad
Details about the latest mass executions attributed to the self-declared Islamic state are still sketchy, particularly the number of victims.
The bodies - all male - were discovered in two separate locations in Iraq's contested Anbar province.
Footage alleged to be the aftermath of the killings shows a line of blood-soaked bodies dumped in a street. Several are blindfolded, and some have their hands bound.
The video - which cannot be independently verified - shows cars and pedestrians passing by the bodies.
Analysts say mass killings are a very deliberate strategy by Islamic State to spread terror in their opponents.
This latest atrocity is a stark warning to Sunni tribesmen as the Iraqi government and the White House tries to get more of them involved in battling IS.
One local official, Sabah Karhout, described the killings in Anbar province as a crime against humanity and called for more international support for Sunni tribes fighting the militants in Anbar.
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the killing of Sunni tribesmen in Iraq by Islamic State fighters was the brutal "reality of what we're dealing with" in the conflict.
The US military chief, Gen Martin Dempsey, said American advisers should be sent to Anbar province, but that first Baghdad must arm local Sunni tribes.
"We need to expand the 'train, advise and assist' mission into Anbar province but the precondition for that is that the government of Iraq is willing to arm the tribes," he told reporters on Thursday.
IS militants have killed hundreds of people in the large areas of Iraq and neighbouring Syria they control.
Plans to create a hub airport in the Thames Estuary were rejected by the Airports Commission (AC) in 2014.
In a report entitled Landing The Right Airport, the mayor says a four-runway airport east of London is the only way to secure enough capacity.
Opponents previously described "Boris Island" as "financially, geographically and environmentally wrong".
"If we are to secure the connectivity we need to support our future growth and prosperity and do so without dire impacts on public health - then we must do better than Heathrow," Mr Johnson said.
Building an airport at one of two locations in the Thames Estuary or expanding Stansted in Essex "away from populated areas" was the "only credible solution", according to the Mayor of London.
In his forward to the 78-page document, he added: "Each could accommodate the four-runway hub that London and the UK needs.
"Our analysis predicts that they would offer around double the number of long haul and domestic destinations served by Heathrow today, while exposing 95% fewer people to significant aircraft noise.
"A four-runway hub to the east of London, rather than jarring with the growth of London will support it, catalysing regeneration and housing to the east."
In July, the AC recommended building a new runway at Heathrow rather than providing a second runway at Gatwick.
But it did not completely rule out another runway at Gatwick or doubling an existing runway at Heathrow.
The government has delayed its decision on airport expansion in the South East until the summer at the earliest, saying more work needed to be done on the potential environmental impact.
In September 2014, Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the commission, said the cost, economic disruption and environmental issues made the Thames Estuary airport plan unviable.
Daniel Moylan, aviation adviser to Mr Johnson, said a hub airport to the east of London would cost £20bn to £25bn - with an extra £25bn required to building road and rail connections.
Constructing a third runway at Heathrow is estimated to cost £18.6bn, but Mr Moylan said that did not take into account the amount of money needed on surface access and measures to stop congestion, which the new report claims could be as high as £20bn.
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Antonio Conte named 24 players in the squad for the Community Shield defeat by Arsenal and four of the seven substitutes were academy players.
The Premier League champions have signed four players but Conte has said he would like to strengthen further.
Asked if the Chelsea squad was small, club captain Cahill replied: "The back of the programme was interesting."
The England defender was referring to the squad lists on the back of the match programme - which showed 24 Chelsea players compared to 41 from Arsenal.
Cahill added: "In terms of quality we've certainly got that and you just have to hope we don't have too many injuries."
Chelsea have bought Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Willy Caballero and Antonio Rudiger this summer for a combined £129m.
But they have sold Nemanja Matic, Nathan Ake, Asmir Begovic, Bertrand Traore, Christian Atsu, Nathaniel Chalobah and loaned out Tammy Abraham, Nathaniel Chalobah, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Striker Diego Costa, who scored 20 goals last season, has been told he does not have a future at the club.
Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has said their squad looks "bare", adding: "They need more and I don't think Conte is happy."
Conte issued terse responses to questions after the penalty shootout defeat on Sunday and declined to answer when asked if his squad was ready to challenge in all four competitions this season.
Margaret Stewart, 47, embezzled the money from the Canadian firm Ivanhoe Cambridge, which owned Glasgow's St Enoch Centre, over a three-year period.
She used her position as treasurer at the boys club to pay cheques into its account before taking the cash herself.
Sentence on Stewart was deferred and her bail was continued.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Stewart, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, worked in the accounts department of Ivanhoe Cambridge UK, which sold the St Enoch Centre in 2013.
Between May 2008 and January 2011 she had managers at the firm sign cheques that were supposed to be used to make legitimate payments.
Stewart would then write over the payee name and insert the football team's name.
The money would then go to the club before Stewart took it for herself.
She was caught after a bank spotted a problem with one of the cheques from Ivanhoe Cambridge and phoned her office.
Stewart then immediately confessed to her superiors and a payment plan was put in place for her to repay the money.
The court heard that although more than £5,000 was repaid, the plan was not completed and her house was put on the market.
The house was rendered worthless due to Japanese Knotweed, and Stewart was later reported to police.
Stewart pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling the money.
The Rangers Supporters' Association Boys Club was founded in 1960 for boys between five and 17-years-old.
Former players include Barry Ferguson, Lee McCulloch, Graham Dorrans and Charlie Miller.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said he supported the idea of a Wales one-day cricket team provided there was no "financial hit" on Glamorgan.
But Morris believes the prospect would be hugely detrimental.
"It would have a fundamental and catastrophic impact on the finances of cricket in Wales," said Morris.
Jones had said it was "odd" Ireland and Scotland had teams while Wales did not.
His response came to a question in the Senedd from Conservative AM, Mohammad Asghar, who supports the idea of a Wales cricket team.
In 2013, an assembly committee called for "an intelligent discussion on the feasibility" of establishing such a team.
But Morris opposes the establishment of a Wales team, saying Glamorgan would consequently lose its status as a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Additionally, Wales would no longer be part of the ECB and would rather be classed as an associate member of the International Cricket Council.
As a result, England internationals would no longer be played in Cardiff, which would have serious financial repercussions for the club and cricket in Wales according to Morris.
"I can understand the philosophical argument being a proud Welshman myself," said Morris.
"The thing the First Minister said in the Assembly was that he was in favour of it as long as it did not impact on the finances of Glamorgan cricket and cricket in Wales.
"Fundamentally it would. The reality and impact is we [Glamorgan] would host no international matches in Cardiff, we wouldn't be playing in domestic first-class cricket in ECB competitions.
"We wouldn't have any fee payments from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
"Our income at the moment for cricket in Wales, between us and Cricket Wales, is £8m per annum.
"If we were to join the ICC as an associate member we would get five per cent of that income from grassroots to professional level."
From 2002 to 2004, a Wales team played against England in a one-day challenge match each June, scoring a shock eight-wicket victory in 2002.
Morris says Wales would need to start at the bottom tier should they leave the ECB and become an associate member of the ICC, joining 93 other nations, such as Scotland and Jersey.
Ireland and Afghanistan were granted full membership in June, joining the 10 other nations with full test status.
"It has been one or the other so far," Morris told the Jason Mohammad show on BBC Radio Wales.
"Either we are a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board or an ICC associate member like Scotland.
"Ireland has just done really well in getting Test status of the ICC, but it has taken them 30 years to get to that position.
"If we were to join the ICC now we would be starting in the bottom league against the likes of Guernsey, Jersey and Germany.
"We wouldn't be having some of the world's best players coming to Wales."
He told the Senedd there was "merit" in Plaid leader Leanne Wood's call for free movement to work.
Mr Jones had accused Mr Corbyn of a "very London-centric" view which failed to acknowledge unease about immigration outside the "cosmopolitan" capital.
Ms Wood accused Mr Jones of pandering to UKIP, saying emigration was worse.
At the Labour conference in September, Mr Corbyn said Labour should focus on helping individual communities manage the pressure on public services from immigration rather than cut the numbers.
But last week the first minister told the Guardian newspaper that other parts of the UK saw immigration in a different light, adding that the issue which "loomed large" in the vote for Brexit.
Ms Wood tackled Mr Jones on his differences with the Labour Party leader during First Minister's Questions on Tuesday.
Mr Jones said immigration concerns had to be addressed without letting loose the "jackals of racism".
"I am closer to her position as leader of Plaid Cymru than any other," he said.
"She and I said something very similar last week, namely that there should be free movement for work, and free movement to look for work within a certain amount of time.
"I think there is merit in that."
Ms Wood tried to distance herself from the first minister, claiming his criticism of Mr Corbyn implied the people of Wales were opposed to immigration.
"You should be dealing with reality and not perception. You should not be dealing with the myths," she replied.
"We have a problem of emigration. Too many younger and skilled workers are leaving this country and also there is an imbalance within Wales with jobs and prosperity not spread evenly throughout this country.
"First minister, instead of pandering to UKIP, when are we going to have a real debate about the real solutions about the real migration problem here in Wales?"
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Rumours of tension between the pair surfaced after Giggs appeared reluctant to fully celebrate Ashley Young's winning goal at Newcastle on Wednesday.
Former team-mate Paul Scholes suggested Giggs "may not have the patience" to remain as number two for the next three years.
But Giggs said the pair have a "great working relationship".
The former Wales captain said: "I'm working as hard as I can and enjoying every minute of it.
"It's coming to that part of the season where the media will look at any little thing just to make it more exciting and more interesting."
Van Gaal said he was "irritated" by suggestions of a rift between himself and Giggs, claiming they have a good relationship.
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Giggs, who took over at Old Trafford for the final four games of last season following David Moyes' dismissal, was named assistant following van Gaal's appointment in May 2014.
Scholes had speculated that he could not see Welshman Giggs being Van Gaal's assistant until the end of his contract in 2017.
He said: "There's no doubt, he had that little taste of it [management] for the last three weeks of last year and he definitely wants to be a manager, you can see that.
"Over the next two or three years, will he have the patience to be a number two for that long? I'm not sure he will."
The 41-year-old Giggs, in Cardiff to promote the 2015 Welsh Community Football Awards, said he was learning from working under the former Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Netherlands boss.
"I've really enjoyed working under him and learning something new every day. I'm learning under a great manager," Giggs added.
"He's won everything and to work under someone like Louis is a great experience for me.
"He's been brilliant with me and given me a lot of responsibility.
"Each day I learn something different and I love working with the players.
"I've been given a great opportunity to be assistant of a club that I've spent my whole career at."
Firefighters were called to Monteith Drive at about 04:20 after residents reported hearing a loud bang.
Pictures of the scene showed the cars engulfed in flames and a cloud of smoke. No-one was injured.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said inquiries into the incident were continuing. The fire service said the blaze was extinguished by 05:30.
Sylvie Beghal was held at East Midlands Airport under anti-terrorism laws.
The High Court ruled that schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 did not breach human rights.
It comes weeks after the partner of a Guardian journalist was stopped under the same power, prompting a legal battle with the government.
In his judgement on Wednesday, Lord Justice Gross said the stops were "neither arbitrary nor disproportionate".
Lawyers for Mrs Beghal are expected to appeal and try to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Mrs Beghal, a French citizen who lives in the UK, was stopped in January 2011 after arriving at East Midlands Airport on a flight from Paris.
Police officers told her she was being held under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, a power that allows them to hold someone for up to nine hours and question them about whether they are involved in terrorism.
Mrs Beghal's husband is an Algerian man who was convicted and jailed in France on terrorism charges.
Djemal Beghal claims he was tortured and that his conviction is unfair.
Following the stop, Mrs Beghal refused to answer police questions without the presence of a solicitor.
She was allowed to speak to a lawyer on the phone before police asked her about her movements. When she refused to answer the questions, she was charged and later convicted of failing to comply with the order.
In her challenge, lawyers argued that the powers under schedule 7 were so widely drawn that they meant that anyone could be stopped without reasonable suspicion.
They said that those questioned at airports under the legislation were denied the right not to answer questions, unlike criminal suspects who were arrested and interviewed in a police station.
Mrs Beghal also said that her detention at the airport breached her right to privacy and family life and restricted her freedom of movement between two EU countries.
But dismissing the challenge, Lord Justice Gross said: "The schedule 7 powers of examination survive the challenges advanced before us.
"In short, the balance struck between individual rights and the public interest in protection against terrorism does not violate the fundamental human rights in question."
This latest challenge to the powers is wider than that launched by David Miranda, the partner of a Guardian journalist who was stopped at Heathrow Airport earlier this month.
Mr Miranda alleges that the stop was unlawful because police wanted to seize his computer equipment rather than establish whether he was involved in terrorism.
In the Beghal judgement, the court stressed that schedule 7 should only be used for its specific purpose.
Most Palestinian commentators welcome the deal, though some urge caution in the light of the failure of previous attempts at reconciliation.
Writing in the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority's newspaper, Al-Hayat al-Jadidah, Yahya Khalaf says that the deal invalidates an argument regularly used by Israel, which can "no longer talk of the absence of a partner representing the entire Palestinian people".
In the rival Palestinian camp, an adviser to the Hamas-led government in Gaza points out that the agreement still has to be tested on the ground. Writing on the Hamas website Filastin Online, Youssef Rizqa says that the deal will strengthen Palestinian dealings with Israel only if it is "a genuine partnership that will take our people out of a dark tunnel".
Two commentators in the pro-Fatah paper Al-Ayyam are also cautious. Talal Awkal says further progress will require "very strong determination on the part of the Palestinians", while Abdul Majid Suwaylim predicts that many difficulties still lie ahead, as there are "no easy solutions to complicated problems".
Some Palestinian papers also refer to the reactions of the US and Israeli governments.
The Jerusalem-based paper, Al-Quds, notes Washington's expression of "disappointment" that the deal could seriously complicate peace talks, while Al-Hayat al-Jadidah says that Israel's immediate reaction to the announcement was to bomb Gaza.
The announcement is covered prominently in the Israeli press, with several papers highlighting the Israeli government's profound unease at a deal that could signal the end of disunity in the Palestinian camp.
Alex Fishman, writing in the centrist paper Yedioth Aharonot, speaks of the Israeli leadership "exploding with anger". He goes on to say that Benjamin Netanyahu's government will find it impossible to accept Hamas as a negotiating partner, and that it will insist that the US takes a firm line to ensure that the Islamist movement is not granted international respectability.
"Now the ball is in the United States' court - if there is no blunt American reaction, this will be the start of a diplomatic landslide that will lead to the recognition of Hamas by Western countries," Mr Fishman warns.
Commentators in the liberal paper Haaretz take a rather more positive view of the Fatah-Hamas deal, pointing out that the new alignment could help to kick-start the Middle East peace talks after years of stalemate.
Zvi Barel says that the agreement "passes a sharp message to Israel and US that the division of Palestine is over" and that they must deal with Hamas.
And Barak Ravid says that Israeli should "rejoice" at any deal that has the potential to bring all the Palestinian factions on board. He argues that any Israeli government that is sincere about wanting to achieve a two-state solution should "see the reconciliation agreement as an opportunity, not a threat".
A commentator in the pro-Netanyahu paper Yisrael Harom, on the other hand, sees the deal as an act of desperation on the part of the leaders of Fatah and Hamas. Eyal Zisser says that it is hard to see how the long-standing differences between Fatah and Hamas can be reconciled, and that "one must not assume that the unity government - if it is formed at all - will survive".
An Israeli Arab commentator, Khaled Abu Toameh, is also of the opinion that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to go for a reconciliation deal only after all other attempts to move the peace talks forward failed.
"Realising that his moves have had almost no impact on decision-makers in Israel and the US, Abbas finally resorted to the issue of reconciliation and unity with Hamas... Abbas has only one thing in mind: how to extract concessions from Israel and the US," Mr Toameh writes in the English-language Jerusalem Post.
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Kalavati Mistry, from Leicester, married Jewish-born Miriam Jefferson, from Texas, in a Hindu ceremony at the weekend.
Ms Mistry said many priests told her they were not allowed to marry them.
Female priest Chanda Vyas eventually stepped in to carry out the ceremony in Leicester.
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Ms Mistry told Pukaar News: "I tried many many priests in Leicester and [they] were warm and welcoming and said they'd like to do this but that their federation won't allow it."
She said she had always known she was gay, but was worried about telling friends and family, deciding to keep her sexuality a secret.
However, having come out she said: "They've been very warm welcoming and embracing to Miriam which has been very important."
She added that it was important to her to have a traditional Hindu ceremony.
They also had a Jewish wedding earlier this year in San Antonio, Texas.
Ms Jefferson said: "I got to spend an entire day with somebody I adore and love and want to spend my life with, surrounded by people who I have been close to my entire life and people who have recently embraced me as one of their own, so it's a pretty wonderful way to celebrate."
The brides both wore traditional red and white bridal colours, fresh floral garlands and a "mangala sutra" to show they were now married women.
A copy of the document from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - part of GCHQ - was obtained by technology website Motherboard.
A follow-up by the BBC indicated that the document was legitimate.
There have been reports about similar cyber-attacks around the world lately.
Modern, computer-based industrial control systems manage equipment in facilities such as power stations.
And attacks attempting to compromise such systems had become more common recently, one security researcher said.
The NCSC report specifically discusses the threat to the energy and manufacturing sectors.
It also cites connections from multiple UK internet addresses to systems associated with "advanced state-sponsored hostile threat actors" as evidence of hackers targeting energy and manufacturing organisations.
According to Motherboard, one line in the document reads: "NCSC believes that due to the use of widespread targeting by the attacker, a number of industrial control system engineering and services organisations are likely to have been compromised."
A spokesman for the NCSC did not confirm nor deny the contents of the document cited by Motherboard.
"We are aware of reports of malicious cyber-activity targeting the energy sector around the globe," he said in a statement.
"We are liaising with our counterparts to better understand the threat and continue to manage any risks to the UK."
The case had the hallmarks of an attack orchestrated by a nation state, said security expert Mikko Hypponen at F-Secure.
"I can easily see an intelligence agency being tasked with the mission of creating a foothold in energy distribution systems in case it is needed during a crisis or conflict," he said.
There had been a spate of such cases recently, said Ruben Santamarta, principal security consultant at cyber-security company IOActive.
"It's not a very targeted attack, it's affected a lot of countries, a lot of different companies," he told the BBC.
"It doesn't mean that someone is going to use these capabilities to turn off the lights in our cities in the near future, but it's interesting that they are trying to get those capabilities."
Hackers have also affected Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ESB), according to a report in the Times on 15 July citing anonymous sources.
The newspaper noted that industrial control systems at ESB were implicated, which could mean parts of the electricity grid in Northern Ireland were made vulnerable.
And in the US earlier this month, it was reported that hackers had gained access to a company in charge of a nuclear power plant in Kansas.
Zhou's son Zhou Bin was imprisoned for 18 years while his his wife Jia Xiaoyue will serve nine years.
Zhou Yongkang was once one of the most powerful officials in China, running the internal security forces.
He was jailed for life after his corruption conviction last year, partly as a result of his family's testimony.
Zhou is the most senior official to fall as part of President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, which was launched in 2012.
A court in the central city of Yichang found Zhou Bin guilty of taking 222 million yuan ($34m; £24m) in bribes and running an illegal business trading in restricted commodities, the CCTV state broadcaster reported.
The court confiscated what it said were his illicit gains and fined him a total of 350 million yuan ($53m; £37m), CCTV said.
The same court also imprisoned Zhou Yongkang's wife Jia Xiaoye - a former TV journalist - for taking bribes. She was fined 1m yuan ($150,000; £105,000)
Zhou Bin initially escaped arrest by going to the US in early 2013, sources told the Reuters news agency. But he returned to China after negotiations with Chinese authorities. It is not clear whether he had legal representation.
Zhou Bin used his father's influence "in collaboration with others" to accept valuable property, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Zhou Yongkang was a member of China's elite Politburo Standing Committee and was responsible for the police, the judiciary and domestic surveillance.
But he became one of the most senior leaders to be imprisoned by the Communist Party took since the early 1980s, when the Gang of Four were put on trial for instigating the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
Scores of Zhou's associates have also been arrested, mostly in the southern province of Sichuan where he was head of the Communist Party from 1999 to 2002.
President Xi has warned that corruption is widespread and jeopardises the Chinese Communist Party's future survival.
The president's campaign against graft has embroiled senior party officials, the government, the military and state-owned companies.
Goals from Stefanie Van Der Gragt, Vivianne Miedema and Melanie Leupolz gave Bayern a 3-0 half-time lead.
Miedema and Leupolz both scored again before Bayern were awarded two penalties; Melanie Behringer scoring while Nicole Rosler missed.
The sides meet again in Germany next Wednesday.
Hibs, in the last 32 of the competition for the first time, knew they would be under heavy pressure right from kick-off. They defended in numbers but Van der Gragt was able to break early resistance when she headed in from a corner kick.
Van der Gragt headed off the bar a second time, before Miedema twice failed to hit the target from close range.
It was two though when Sara Dabritz played a neat ball through to Miedema who finished high into the net.
Leupolz headed in at the near post to make it three as the one-way traffic continued.
Cheered on by a crowd of 2,551, Hibs tried to venture forward and Lizzie Arnot tested Bayern goalkeeper Tinja-Riikja Korpela from long range.
It was Scotland international Lisa Evans who orchestrated Bayern's fourth goal, picking out Miedema for her second goal of the game.
Hibs just could not cope with the height of the Germans and really struggled to deal with crosses, and as the home defence failed to clear their lines Leupolz was able stab home her second and Bayern's fifth.
It was soon six when Behringer scored from the penalty spot, sending Jenna Fife the wrong way, and it could have been seven when Rolser won another penalty, but she took it herself and cracked it off the crossbar.
It was no embarrassment for Hibs though who came up short against a full-time team packed with internationals, who were quicker and stronger all over the park.
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray talking to BBC Alba: "The girls deserve to be on the Champions League stage, so it's about gaining the experience. We knew Bayern would be a top team and they showed that.
"We just couldn't live with them down the wings. Four of the the six goals came from crosses or corners."
Hibernian: Fife, Willamson, Hunter, Robertson, Arnot, Smith, McLauchlin, Graham, Murray, Cornet, Harrison. Subs: Jeffries, Michie, Heron, Ewens, Notley, Small, Brownlie.
Bayern Munich: Korpela, Lewandowski, Van Der Gragt, Behringer, Leupolz, Miedema, Holstad, Evans, Faisst, Schnaderbeck, Dabritz. Subs: Zinsberger, Abbe, Falknor, Wenniger, Maier, Gerhardt, Rolser.
They were on the Strangford Ferry, which sails between Portaferry and Strangford, but something was different about it.
For one weekend only, it was transformed from its normal ferry service into the carol ship of lights.
Instead of the usual quiet crossing, passengers were treated to 15 minutes of bright lights and carol singers to get them into the festive spirit.
It's the third year that the event has taken place, and its organiser, Alison Murphy from the Portaferry and Strangford Trust, explained where the idea had come from.
"I lived in Vancouver for a while, and I remembered that they do the carol ship parade of lights, which started 50 years ago with one boat - and it's now 50 boats - the whole big festival lasts for weeks," she said.
"I thought, we've got a boat at the bottom of the street - so we thought, could we use the ferry; could we put different choirs on it?
"It's just going from strength to strength because it actually brings two communities together - Strangford and Portaferry - which are 59 miles apart by road, but only half a mile by sea."
Each ferry crossing took about 30 minutes in total, and with each journey came a different choir, with jazz groups, the Ards Peninsula choir and a number of schools from the area all getting involved.
Teachers Shauneen Reid and Joanne McCauley, of St Mary's Kircubbin Primary School, said their children really enjoyed being part of the singing ship.
"It's good experience for them to get out into the community and see what they do," said Ms McCauley.
"They really love performing."
Ms Reid added: "It's just something totally different. We're lucky that we have a ferry, there aren't too many schools can say that."
Eleanor Brown, a founding member of the Portaferry and Strangford Trust, said she hoped the carol ship of lights would shine a spotlight on an area of Northern Ireland that sometimes gets overlooked.
"Portaferry and Strangford have had a few bad years with the recession, we really need people to come and see what's going on here," she said.
"This event helps to re-energise local communities that are out in the sticks, quite a distance from Belfast.
"It's the first time my mum has come down from Carrick, it's just a really feel-good event."
As the ferry's journey across Strangford Lough was nearing an end, there was time for just one more song, but the organisers hope this new tradition in Strangford will end up lasting as long as that of its Canadian predecessor.
Scientists say chemical changes caused by dry roasting processes may prime the body's immune system - sparking future allergic reactions.
But much more work is needed before humans should consider swapping roasted nuts for raw ones, they say.
The research appears in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Mice were exposed to peanut proteins through the skin or the stomach.
Animals given the dry roasted samples had a much stronger immune response - the body's way of fighting things that appear foreign to it - than mice given the raw versions.
In humans, immune responses vary. Some can be mild, causing rashes for example, but others can be extremely dangerous, leading to swelling of the mouth and breathing difficulties.
Scientists say it is likely to be the high temperatures used to roast nuts that are responsible for the chemical changes that, in turn, prompt the allergic reactions.
Prof Quentin Sattentau, who led the research, said: "This is the first time, to our knowledge, that a potential trigger for peanut allergy has been directly shown."
And researchers believe the findings may explain the lower allergy rates in East Asian populations where boiled, raw or fried nuts are a more common part of the diet than roasted ones.
But they warn that much more work is needed before doctors make any specific dietary recommendations.
Prof Sattentau said: "We know that children in families with other allergies are more likely to develop peanut allergy.
"However our research is at an early stage and we think that it would be premature to avoid roasted peanuts and their products until further work has been carried out to confirm this result."
Scientists are now exploring methods to get rid of the particular chemical changes that may be responsible for kick-starting the immune system.
According to NHS Choices, nut allergies, including peanuts, are relatively common in both school-aged children and adults.
And peanuts are one of the most common causes of fatal allergic reactions to food.
People with peanut allergies are advised to avoid them and many carry auto-injector pens to reduce the severity of any reactions that do occur.
Some 22 survivors have so far been pulled from the rubble, and 40 others are feared trapped in the debris.
More than 70 workers were in the 11-storey building which was under construction when it toppled in heavy rain late on Saturday.
India has seen frequent building collapses, many blamed on lax safety and substandard materials.
At least six people, including construction company officials, have been arrested in connection with the collapse in Chennai (Madras), the capital of the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
"It appears they have not adhered to approved plans. The building appears to have serious structural defects," Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said.
Hundreds of rescue workers, including personnel from India's National Disaster Response Force, are working with cutters, shovels and other equipment to search for survivors.
"Clearing the debris is a huge challenge. This would take almost two to three days and we are hopeful of saving many lives, going by our previous experiences in other places," senior police official SP Selvan told the NDTV news channel.
While the cause of the latest collapse is still under investigation, a lack of construction codes, leading to lax safety, is one reason for frequent collapses of buildings and other infrastructure projects in India.
There is also a high demand for housing, pushing up costs and forcing less affluent people to risk their lives in decrepit or badly constructed buildings.
Earlier on Saturday, a four-storey building came down in the capital Delhi, killing 10 people, including five children.
In January, at least 14 people died when a building under construction came crashing down in the western state of Goa.
At least 42 people died after a four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai last September.
The Femfresh advert featured women, wearing briefs and swimwear, dancing.
Shown on ITV and Channel 4 on-demand services earlier this year, it included close-up shots of the women's crotches.
The ASA received 17 complaints that the advert objectified women and portrayed them in an overly sexualised way.
Church & Dwight UK - the brand which owns Femfresh - did not believe the advert for the so-called "intimate shaving collection" was offensive or socially irresponsible.
It said it was aimed at a target audience of 18 to 34-year-old women and that close-ups were used to illustrate that the product could give consumers a smooth bikini line.
Neither Channel 4 or ITV received any complaints about the advert directly and both agreed with comments made by Church & Dwight that it did not objectify women.
But the ASA noted that the dance sequence was "highly sexualised", there were "few shots" of the women's faces and the high-cut swimsuits "were more exposing" than most.
"Even taking into account the nature of the product, we considered that it had been presented in an overly-sexualised way that objectified women," the ASA said.
"We concluded that the ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence and therefore breached the code."
It ruled that the advert must not appear again in its current form.
In one, a man casually walks around barriers at Dalcross near Inverness just before a train comes through.
A cyclist is knocked off his bike by a barrier at Spondon in Derbyshire, and a motorist gets stuck on the tracks at Narborough in Leicestershire.
British Transport Police described the three clips as "astonishing".
Insp Becky Warren said: "All too often people get into the habit of taking risks at crossings and our message is simple: Use crossings safely.
"It may be tempting to jump a light to shave a minute or two off your journey but every time you do, you endanger your life and the lives of other road and rail users.
"Fail to obey the signals and you may also end up with a driving ban or a criminal record. Is it really worth the risk?"
None of the people were hurt but the woman involved in the incident in Leicestershire was fined £135 and given six penalty points on her licence.
Network Rail said it wanted to remove the risk to people which level crossings created.
Head of level crossings Darren Furness said: "Where possible we close them, and we have already closed more than 900 in the past five years."
Last year, Network Rail offered a "full and unreserved apology" to families bereaved by level crossing accidents.
Chief executive Mark Carne apologised for "failings" in managing public safety and for "failing to deal sensitively" with affected families.
It came as a Commons transport committee report strongly criticised Network Rail's handling of tragedies in the past.
It was particularly critical about the deaths of Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, at Elsenham crossing in Essex in 2005.
Network Rail was later fined £1m for health and safety breaches in relation to the accident.
The sharp rise confirms a longer term trend with the number of jobless rising 4.3% over the last year.
President Francois Hollande has promised to kick start growth and create jobs.
But the economy has floundered, prompting a revolt against austerity by three left-wing ministers. Mr Hollande replaced them and named a new cabinet.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls had already warned that the latest figures for jobseekers would not look good.
However, he reached out to French business on Wednesday with a promise to speed up reform.
"France needs you," he told the country's main employers' union, Medef. "I love companies!"
The latest French figures are striking even in the recent, bleak economic landscape: the number of unemployed in France rose to almost 3.5 million people last month - that's a rise of 0.8%.
President Hollande is struggling to deliver the new jobs he promised voters here and his popularity is plummeting as a result. Less than 20% now trust him to turn things around.
After a high-profile reshuffle of the cabinet earlier this week, the new economy minister arrived for work today arm-in-arm with the finance minister: a public gesture to voters that months of in-fighting over policy is now in the past.
President Hollande has pinned his chances for growth - and re-election - on a mixture of austerity cuts and tax breaks. He's now got the cabinet behind him, but there are no signs yet that the policy is working.
For a man seen more as a mediator than a maverick, these are high stakes indeed.
Mr Valls tendered his government's resignation on Monday after Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg criticised a German "obsession" with austerity measures that he said were strangling growth.
Asked by President Hollande immediately to form a new government, Mr Valls replaced Mr Montebourg with Emmanuel Macron, a former banker and economic adviser to the president.
President Francois Hollande has pledged to create jobs and boost the economy by cutting 40bn euros (£32bn) from companies' tax bills.
But so far unemployment remains above 10% and growth has stalled.
The government's strategy for boosting the economy, the "Responsibility Pact", entails cuts to social charges paid by companies which would be funded by 50bn euros of cuts in public spending.
Romain Perez, from the Terra Nova think tank in Paris said the increase in the number of people seeking work was not surprising.
"Some people expect with a new minister of economy, Emmanuel Macron, who is younger and eager to reform, there may be positive signals sent. But we will see what happens."
The base at Speirs Wharf will feature one of the largest rehearsal rooms in Scotland, space for technical and costume production and community drama.
Work to revamp the former cash and carry building will begin in July.
Since the theatre company was set up in 2006 it has created hundreds of productions, including the award-winning Black Watch.
Laurie Sansom, artistic director at NTS, said: "For the first time ever we have the opportunity to create a space that brings together our company, our colleagues and all our communities.
"A place of imagination, learning and play. A space from which we can begin to fulfil our ambitions, not just for the National Theatre of Scotland but for the wider theatre community and the entire nation."
The overhaul of the disused building in Glasgow's Craighall Road, in the north of the city, is expected to be completed by spring 2016.
It will provide the NTS with about 3,700 sq m (40,000 sq ft) of space over two levels.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "The new Speirs Wharf centre for creativity, production and talent development will be a hub of innovation within the Scottish theatre industry.
"It will become a dedicated and inspiring space where work will be devised and developed, sets and costumes designed and creative expression explored.
"Not only will the facility assist with new productions and work, by redeveloping a disused building the facility will help to regenerate the canal area at Speirs Wharf."
The estimated cost of the redeveloped building is £5,875,000,
So far, NTS has secured £3,454,481 towards the cost- a £2m grant from the Scottish government and £469,481 from its vacant and derelict land fund, £500,000 from Glasgow City Council, £400,000 from The Robertson Trust, £75,000 from The Wolfson Foundation and £10,000 from The Binks Trust.
The new look of the canal-side building has been designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects.
The 43-year-old ex-Scotland and Canaries midfielder returned to Carrow Road in 2014 after leaving his role as Falkirk boss to coach under Neil Adams.
He continued the role when Alex Neil took charge in January 2015, and has seen them promoted to and relegated from the top flight in 12 months.
Holt now intends to seek a head coach or managerial role.
"I've had some great and memorable times at Norwich City both as a player and as a member of the coaching staff," he told the club website.
"Now the time is right for me to seek a fresh challenge as a head coach or manager and I want to thank everyone at the club and the fans for their support for me over the years."
I was at the election results centre in the capital, Abuja, and at around 17:00 (16:00GMT) the votes from all but three states had been declared.
Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), had a big lead over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.
During a break in the results, it became obvious to me that the lead was unassailable and I began wondering about what was going on in the APC camp. Were they celebrating or still anxiously waiting?
Going by previous Nigerian elections, when rigging and results fiddling has allegedly taken place, nothing could be taken for granted.
It turns out that so many calls were coming through that there was no time to answer them all - and Gen Buhari did not even know where his phone was.
I thought that there would still be some more bumps on the road, given the passion in the campaign and the fact that a governing People's Democratic Party official had already tried to halt the count.
I have a lot of contacts within Gen Buhari's circle and I know him personally so I decided to try and call someone who I knew would be with him to find out the mood.
After he missed my call, and I missed his response, I eventually got through.
I asked him what was going on, given that there was no way President Jonathan could win and I was surprised by the response.
He told me that Gen Buhari had just received a phone call from his rival, in which the president conceded and congratulated him.
I did not doubt that this was true as I trusted my source, but given what has happened before in Nigeria, this kind of concession was up to that point unimaginable.
I was pretty sure that I was the first journalist to get the story so as soon as I got off the phone I alerted the BBC's election desk and tweeted the details.
There were, of course, people who were very concerned about what could happen if the result was contested.
And I have since discovered that members of the National Peace Committee, which is headed by former President Abdulsalami Abubakar, visited President Jonathan as the results were being announced.
I understand they were the ones who persuaded the president to do something to avoid any trouble, and shortly after the visit he made the call.
But even making the call was not straight forward. I heard later that the president could not actually get through to Gen Buhari.
He rang all the numbers he had for people in his camp, but no-one answered.
It turns out that so many calls were coming through that there was no time to answer them all - and Gen Buhari did not even know where his phone was.
President Jonathan resorted to sending a messenger round to his rival's house to tell him that the president wanted to speak to him. And that he should pick up the phone the next time he tried to call.
By making that call the president saved Nigeria a great deal of pain. If the PDP had insisted that they had won the election, and the APC had said the same, the country would have been in chaos.
Lives would have been lost and property would have been destroyed. That call showed that in Nigeria, people can put the country first.
I have heard from PDP supporters that the president took the decision to make the call without consulting anyone. They told me that if he had talked to some of his advisers, they would have objected.
That was the question left hanging in the air after an independent broadband provider from Norfolk gave evidence to MPs at Westminster this week.
The chief executive of WiSpire, a broadband provider set up by the Diocese of Norwich and publishing company Archant, told MPs many rural communities had been deprived of a decent broadband service because all the effort and money had gone into subsidising BT's fibre optic cable roll-out.
"The system that has been put in place has resulted in significant sums of money being put at the disposal of BT," Steve Maine told members of the Culture and Media Select Committee. "This has had an anti-competitive effect, working to the detriment of consumers."
WiSpire's unique selling point is that it uses transmitters in church spires to deliver broadband to hard-to-reach areas.
Mr Maine's argument is that in rural areas, the kind of technology offered by his company and others can sometimes be better than relying on fibre optic cable. Yet the government and county council have decided to subsidise BT to provide superfast broadband to 95% of the population.
"Government policy is focussed exclusively on the deployment of fibre," he said.
"Fibre is good technology for providing a lot of bandwidth in densely-populated areas, but it can be expensive to deploy in sparsely-populated areas. To deliver good broadband services economically in sparsely-populated areas, you need to use other technologies"
Mr Maine also questioned whether there was too much emphasis on providing homes with high speed broadband. Many people in rural areas, he said, were struggling with very low capacity, often under 2Mbps.
"For them 10Mbps would be nirvana," said Mr Maine, who believes they could probably live without the superfast speed which BT is being subsidised to install.
Fibre cable, he argued, was not the solution to providing a universal service.
Mr Maine also accused BT and the county councils of "a clever use of language" to suggest fibre cable was covering a much larger area of the country than it really is and ever will be able to.
"Even in areas which are claimed by BT and the county councils to be served by fibre cables, you will find large numbers of people who are not benefitting from the alleged availability of fibre in those areas. This is a grotesque problem that needs to be addressed"
It'll be interesting to see if the MPs, when they publish their report, agree with Mr Maine.
There is some disquiet among MPs about the decision to give BT the contract to roll out fibre broadband, and South Norfolk MP, Richard Bacon, has raised concerns in the Public Accounts Committee.
Just the other week, more than 100 MPs including Peter Aldous (Waveney), Sir Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), Sir Simon Burns (Chelmsford), Douglas Carswell (Clacton), Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) and Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) raised concerns about giving BT Openreach the broadband contract. They suggested the company should be broken up.
BT and Norfolk County Council did not give evidence to the committee but the county council said when it put the broadband contract out to tender, BT was the only company to apply.
It says the deal with BT has connected thousands of people but it accepts there is still more to do.
Despite extensive and painstaking searches, the bodies have never been found of seven out of 16 people listed by the commission set up to locate victims' remains.
Here is a timeline charting more than 40 years of developments in one of the darkest episodes of Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Joe Lynskey was a former Cistercian monk from the Beechmount area of west Belfast, who later joined the IRA. Mr Lynskey's name was added to the list of the Disappeared in 2010 when republicans claimed he was "executed and buried" by the IRA. His body has not been found.
Kevin McKee, 17, was the youngest member of the Disappeared. He was abducted alongside fellow IRA member Seamus Wright, 25. The pair are interrogated and murdered by his former colleagues who accuse them of being British army agents and members of its undercover Military Reaction Force. Despite extensive searches in Coghalstown, near Navan in County Meath, their bodies have never been found.
Jean McConville, a widow and mother-of-10, is taken by the IRA from her home in the Divis Flats in west Belfast. The case initially gains extensive media attention in the run-up to Christmas as her children plead for information about their mother. However, republicans put out the message that she is merely lying low, and the story gradually fades. Her body was found at a beach in County Louth in 2003.
Peter Wilson, 21, vanishes from his Falls Road home in west Belfast. Described as a vulnerable person with learning difficulties, for four days before he disappeared he lived with an Army unit at their headquarters near his home. At the time the Army was accused of using a vulnerable person to gather information on the IRA, but the Army said they wanted him to experience military life. Reports suggest he may have been abducted and murdered by the IRA. His name was added to the list of the Disappeared in 2009 after new information became available. His remains were found in November 2010.
Eamon Molloy, 22, is kidnapped and shot dead by the IRA over claims he is a police informer. His body was discovered in a cemetery near Dundalk, County Louth, in 1999.
The IRA abducts and murders Columba McVeigh, a 17-year-old from Donaghmore, County Tyrone. He had allegedly confessed to being a British army agent with instructions to infiltrate the IRA. Despite a number of extensive searches at Bragan Bog near Emyvale, County Monaghan, his body has never been found.
Captain Robert Nairac, 29, is abducted by the IRA in south Armagh. The SAS-trained officer is taken from outside a pub where he had been singing Irish rebel songs and brought across the border to a field at Ravensdale, County Louth. His body has never been found.
Brendan Megraw, 23, is abducted and murdered by the IRA, who claimed the Belfast man had confessed to being an undercover British agent. His wife was expecting their first baby at the time. Despite extensive searches, his body has never been found.
Friends Brian McKinney, 22, and John McClory, 18, are abducted and murdered after being accused of stealing IRA weapons for use in robberies.
Their bodies were uncovered near a bog in County Monaghan in 1999.
Gerard Evans, 24, goes missing in County Monaghan while hitchhiking home to Crossmaglen in south Armagh. No group has ever admitted his murder. His remains were recovered in County Louth in 2010.
Eugene Simons, 26, goes missing from his home near Castlewellan, County Down, on New Year's Day. His body was discovered by chance in May 1984 in a bog near Dundalk, County Louth.
Danny McIlhone goes missing from his west Belfast home. The IRA said Mr McIlhone was not suspected of being an informer but was being questioned about stealing weapons - it was claimed he was killed in a struggle with the person who was guarding him. His remains were found in 2008.
Charlie Armstrong, 57, goes missing on his way to Mass in Crossmaglen. His remains were found in 2010.
Body of Eugene Simons is discovered.
Seamus Ruddy, 32, originally from Newry, County Down, goes missing. He had been working as a teacher in Paris. It is believed he was killed by members of the INLA. Fresh searches were carried out in 2008 after his family were told his remains were in a forest in Normandy, but they found nothing.
The IRA announces a "complete cessation of military operations". This ceasefire holds until the bomb in London's Docklands in February 1996.
The INLA admits it killed Newry man Seamus Ruddy.
The IRA announces its second ceasefire.
The Good Friday Agreement is signed, following years of intensive peace talks between political parties in Northern Ireland and the British and Irish governments.
Bereavement counselling group WAVE sets up a confidential freephone number for anonymous callers to provide information on the Disappeared. In the same month, an IRA spokesperson acknowledges to the newspaper An Phoblacht/ Republican News that the IRA secretly killed and buried "a small number of people" in the 1970s. The interview said the IRA had set up a special unit to trace the bodies.
Information emerges to suggest Newry man Seamus Ruddy is buried in Rouen, France, but nothing is found in subsequent searches.
The IRA admits it has located the graves of nine people it abducted and killed in the 1970s and 1980s. It claims most of those they had murdered had been giving information to the British security forces, an allegation denied by the victims' families.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) is established by a treaty between the British and Irish governments. The commission's purpose is to obtain information that may lead to where the remains of the Disappeared are buried. Information given to the commission is strictly confidential and is not passed to other agencies or used in prosecutions.
The remains of the first of the Disappeared - Eamon Molloy - are recovered near Dundalk, County Louth, and returned to his family for burial. His remains had been placed in a coffin and left above ground at Faughart cemetery.
In a separate development, the IRA provides information about the location of the Disappeared to the ICLVR through intermediaries. As a result of this, digging begins at six sites in the Republic of Ireland.
The remains of Brian McKinney and John McClory are discovered in a double grave after 30 days of searches at a bog in Colagh, County Monaghan.
The remains of Brian McKinney and John McClory are returned to their families, 21 years after their disappearance. Both men are laid to rest in Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast. Brian McKinney's mother Margaret tells the Irish News: "I wouldn't have wanted to go to my grave without Brian being properly buried. For years I've had nowhere to mourn him. Now I'll be able to go to his grave and talk to him. I'll have somewhere to bring flowers and to cry."
Remains unearthed by a dog walker at a beach at Shelling Hill, County Louth, are thought to be those of Jean McConville.
A third search for the remains of Columba McVeigh at a bog at Bragan, County Monaghan, ends without success. The latest dig concentrated on an area about the size of a football field, adjacent to where previous searches took place in 1999 and 2000.
DNA tests confirm that remains found buried on a County Louth beach are those of Jean McConville. Irish police confirmed that she had died from a bullet wound to the head. Her remains are returned to her family, and her funeral takes place in Belfast.
The IRA issues a statement apologising for the grief caused to the families of the Disappeared, saying it was sorry their suffering had continued for so long. The apology is dismissed by the families of Jean McConville and Columba McVeigh.
The mother of Columba McVeigh dies at the age of 82. A tireless campaigner for the return of her son's body, she had been ill for some time.
The remains of Danny McIlhone are discovered at bogland near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, following information given to the ICLVR. In a statement, his family said: "We as a family are now at peace and now have the opportunity to given our brother Danny a Christian burial and to lay him to rest with our beloved mother and father." The discovery followed two unsuccessful searches in 1999 and 2000.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains begins investigating the disappearance of Peter Wilson.
Legislation comes into force to allow families of the Disappeared whose bodies have not been found to settle their affairs. Under the Presumption of Death Act, the families of missing persons will, for the first time, be able to have the presumed death of their family member confirmed by the High Court, and a certificate of presumed death made available to them by the General Register Office.
The name of west Belfast man Joe Lynskey is added to the list of the Disappeared. A spokesman for the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains says he is satisfied the case "falls within its remit". It follows a number of newspaper reports based on briefings from "senior republican sources" that the IRA had murdered Mr Lynskey.
The remains of Charlie Armstrong are discovered in a bog in County Monaghan. The discovery is made less than 300 metres away from where the bodies of Belfast friends John McClory and Brian McKinney were found more than 11 years previously.
Charlie Armstrong's funeral takes place in Crossmaglen, almost 30 years after he went missing.
The remains of Gerry Evans are found at a site in Carrickrobin, County Louth, following searches based on information given to the ICLVR. His remains were discovered shortly after it announced its search at the site was winding down. They had unearthed an area the size of four football fields during 16 months of painstaking excavation but had found nothing. Mr Evans was laid to rest in the grounds of St Patrick's Church in Crossmaglen, not far from the grave of Charlie Armstrong.
The remains of Peter Wilson are discovered at Waterfoot beach in County Antrim. Archaeologists and other experts were sent to the beach in the Glens of Antrim after a tip-off to the ICLVR. His sister, Anne Connolly, said it had been a shock to learn he might be buried in Waterfoot as her mother, Lily, who died three years previously, had often visited the beach.
DNA tests confirm that a body exhumed from a graveyard in Scotstown, County Monaghan, are not those of Columba McVeigh.
Another search for the remains of Columba McVeigh begins in Bragan, County Monaghan, but it is abandoned a few weeks later because of bad weather. It resumes in the spring but again nothing is found.
A sixth search for the body of Columba McVeigh ends in failure. Trees are cleared at Bragan Bog, County Monaghan. However, nothing is found.
The ICLVR issues a fresh appeal for information about the location of the remains of the Disappeared. It follows the broadcast of a BBC/RTÉ documentary highlighting the plight of families with missing relatives.
A former IRA leader is charged in connection with the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville. Ivor Bell, 77, who was a senior leader in the Provisional IRA in the 1970s, is arrested at his home in Andersonstown. The case against him is based on an interview he allegedly gave to researchers at Boston College in the US. He is released on bail.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams is arrested in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. He presents himself at Antrim police station for questioning. In a statement he says: "While I have never disassociated myself from the IRA and I never will, I am innocent of any part in the abduction, killing or burial of Mrs McConville." After four days of questioning, he is released. Police said a file would be sent to the Public Prosecution Service.
The sister of Seamus Ruddy says she knows the names of his killers. Anne Morgan, who was the last family member to see Mr Ruddy alive, says: "We want them to come forward and to show the right place where our Seamus is buried."
Relatives of Columba McVeigh and Brendan Megraw say finding their loved ones' remains is more important than justice.
Forensic work begins in the search for Brendan Megraw, who was abducted and murdered in 1978. The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains carries out a 'geophysical survey' on land not previously searched at a bog in Oristown, County Meath. There have been three unsuccessful searches for him, the most recent in 2010.
Human remains found on 1 October in a search of bogland in County Meath are confirmed as being those of Brendan Megraw, following DNA tests. His brother Kieran spoke of his family's relief. "He has been alone for nearly 40 years and now we can bring him home and lay him to rest with our mum and dad. We want to thank all those who have supported us over the years."
The former Sheffield United forward opened the scoring with a calm finish just before the half-hour mark.
Midfielder David Davis then slotted in before Adams poked in from a corner.
After the break, Robert Tesche headed in the fourth and Adams completed his treble, before Panutche Camara's fine finish gave Crawley a late consolation.
Match ends, Birmingham City 5, Crawley Town 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 5, Crawley Town 1.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by David Cotterill.
Attempt blocked. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Birmingham City 5, Crawley Town 1. Panutche Camara (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Billy Clifford.
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Clifford (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Panutche Camara (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
Hand ball by Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Payne (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Matt Harrold (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City).
Matt Harrold (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Andre Blackman (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Wes Harding (Birmingham City).
Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Panutche Camara replaces Moussa Sanoh.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Craig Gardner replaces Che Adams.
Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town).
Goal! Birmingham City 5, Crawley Town 0. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Cotterill.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Aryan Taj.
Attempt missed. Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Harrold (Crawley Town).
David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Dean Cox (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Andre Blackman.
Attempt missed. Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
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Ms Robertson, from Sunderland, who died aged 83 from pancreatic cancer on 31 March, had been with ITV's This Morning since it began in 1988.
Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, and Eamonn Holmes were among those at the funeral at Sunderland Minster.
Applause broke out in the street outside as the coffin was driven away afterwards for a private burial.
Before the funeral, Phillip Schofield said: "This Morning is such a family show and she was the matriarch.
"It doesn't quite feel real. All of us need to be here to say goodbye today because she still feels very much part of the show."
Ms Robertson was patron to dozens of good causes, an MBE and honorary deputy lieutenant of Durham.
Her son, Mark, spoke of her charity work and how she was known in her local Asda as "that lass off the telly".
He said: "When mum took on her role at ITV it was on strict understanding that they would help every correspondent, not just those who made it to air.
"And ITV were good to their word."
Eamonn Holmes said: "She was a national treasure, I don't think we will see anything like that again."
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Family, friends and fellow TV presenters have bid farewell to agony aunt Denise Robertson.
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The match, to be played in Belo Horizonte on 24 June, will be England's final group game in the competition.
Edward Lane Fox said Harry would be visiting Brazil and Chile on behalf of the government and to support his charitable work.
He will also watch the hosts play Cameroon in Brasilia on 23 June.
Harry was in South Africa during the last World Cup, in 2010, and saw England booed off the pitch after a goalless draw with Algeria.
The game against Costa Rica could be crucial to England's hopes of advancing to the knock-out stages of the competition.
It follows earlier ties against Italy and Uruguay.
Mr Lane Fox said: "The prince will carry the good wishes of his brother, who is president of the FA [Football Association], and will be hoping like everybody else that it will be slightly more memorable than the last England World Cup match he attended, and that he will be cheering England on to the knock-out stages with the other fans.
"Prince Harry is visiting both countries on behalf of the British government to help support UK interests in the region and also in support of his own charitable interests which include disadvantaged children, promotion of sustainable conservation and support to the armed forces.
"The itinerary is tailored to Prince Harry's interests and, as you may expect, will contain both a mixture of formal and informal."
During his time in Chile, the prince will meet President Michelle Bachelet in the capital, Santiago.
He is also due to visit a nursery school before heading to a military base where he will speak to officers and soldiers.
He will then travel to Valparaiso to meet volunteer firefighters and members of the city's British community before visiting a day centre to meet children with mental and physical disabilities.
Brazil are 3/1 favourites with most bookmakers to win back the World Cup trophy they last lifted in 2002.
England can be backed at 28/1.
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But it appears some of our favourite celebrities like to behave a bit like these amazing animals from time to time too!
To find out more about Africa's giants, read Newsround's guide to elephants and the ivory trade and take the quiz to see just how much you've remembered.
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Psychology professor Michael Lamb said there had been "repeated threats" to the independence of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
The major review is scheduled to last four years, but has been criticised by survivors of abuse.
The Scottish government said it "entirely rejects" Mr Lamb's comments.
The inquiry, which concerns historical allegations of child abuse in Scotland, will examine the extent of abuse of children in care, and identify any systemic failures.
It launched a formal call for evidence in March, but has already heard from some seriously ill or very elderly survivors.
Mr Lamb - one of three members of the panel, alongside chairwoman Susan O'Brien QC and Glenn Houston - said the project had "noble and worthy goals", but that it was ultimately "doomed".
In a letter to Education Secretary John Swinney, he said: "It has become increasingly clear over the last nine months that the panel cannot act independently and that the Scottish government intends to continue interfering in ways large and small, directly and indirectly.
"Continuing interference threatens to prevent the inquiry from investigating thoroughly and taking robust evidence of the highest quality.
"Repeated threats to the inquiry's independence have undermined the panel's freedom and have doomed the inquiry before the first witness has been heard.
"The Scottish government has delayed or prevented the appointment of crucial members of staff for prolonged periods of time while its officials have questioned the decisions made by the supposedly independent inquiry."
A spokesperson for the Scottish government said: "We entirely reject Prof Lamb's comments about the Scottish government.
"The Scottish government has a clear obligation to fulfil its responsibilities within the requirements of The Inquiries Act 2005 and other relevant legislation. Our primary focus remains on supporting the successful operation of the independent statutory inquiry.
"Ministers are grateful to Prof Lamb for his work."
The government spokesperson added: "The deputy first minister has also written to survivors and their representatives about Prof Lamb's departure and assured them that his primary objective is to ensure that this does not impact on the progress that the independent inquiry has been making."
Survivors and their representatives are due to attend a ministerial meeting to discuss the progress of the inquiry and support for victims.
Angela Constance, who established the inquiry in 2015, said the inquiry would "aim to shine a light in the dark corners of the past, to shape how we respond in the present and guide how we go forward in the future."
Ms Constance was forced to defend the inquiry's remit after campaigners claimed institutions such as the Catholic Church and Boy Scouts could be "let off the hook" by its terms of reference.
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Elsewhere there's some significant action on the committee corridor, with quite a collection of Cabinet ministers appearing before various committees.
As the current crop of bills before Parliament peters out, the committee corridor may well become the focus of attention for the coming months, particularly with 30 select committee inquiries into various Brexit-related topics now under way.
Here's my rundown of the week ahead:
The Commons week begins (2.30pm) with Communities and Local Government questions - with any post-weekend ministerial statements or urgent questions following at 3.30pm.
The main legislating is on the Digital Economy Bill, where there are some significant issues in play at report stage.
The government has accepted an important amendment from the former minister Claire Perry, who had heavyweight cross party backing for her call to add powers to the bill allowing the government to make internet service providers block porn websites that failed to comply with a requirement for age verification for their viewers.
The argument was that this was needed to give real teeth to the bill, and it has now been accepted by ministers, who're bringing in their own version of these powers, in a government amendment.
Labour, though, have reservations about the new government proposal and may even vote against it. And they argue that the best defence for children is compulsory sex education, starting at Key Stage 1, and will be pushing an amendment to that effect.
Watch out too for a Labour new clause, which seeks to create a procedure to deal with the growing problems of breaches of personal data security. This would create an obligation on data controllers to notify the Information Commissioner and those whose details had been compromised.
Labour also want to add in new laws to combat ticket touts and they will also be opposing the clauses transferring the policy over free BBC licence fees for the over-75s to the BBC, on the argument that the Corporation is not the appropriate body to take decisions on welfare policy. They plan to force that issue to a vote.
The Westminster Hall debate (4.30pm- 7.30pm) is on e-petition 162934 relating to child cancer - which calls on the government to make more funding available in the fight against child cancer.
The debate will be led by the Conservative, Ben Howlett, who said the petition had been brought by a couple whose child sadly passed away after a battle with a very rare cancer. Childhood cancer is the biggest killer by disease of children in the western world and currently the survival rates vary considerably between different types of cancer, age and gender. He wants to urge the government to do more to look at the funding for both research and testing new drugs for childhood cancer as well as new awareness campaigns aimed at parents.
Committee of the day is the Transport Committee hearing (4.05pm) on rail safety, which will ponder the issues around rising passenger numbers and problems, with the Rail Delivery Group, the Rail Safety and Standards Broad (RSSB) as well as the ASLEF, RMT and Unite trade unions.
In the Lords (from 2.30pm) peers have another day debating the Pension Schemes Bill at committee stage - key issues include more on Master Trusts and on private pension scheme exit fees.
And the Lib Dem peer, Lord Alderdice, leads a debate on ensuring parity of esteem between mental and physical health.
The Commons opens (11.30am) with Treasury questions - followed by the day's Ten Minute Rule Bill which is on Statutory Nuisance (Aircraft Noise) - fresh from a Westminster Hall debate on this issue, Dr Tania Mathias, whose constituency lies under the Heathrow flightpath, takes her battle against a third runway to the floor of the Commons chamber.
That is followed by the second reading of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill - a two-clause micro-measure which will raise the limit on government financial assistance that can be provided to CDC Group (formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation) (the "CDC") to £6bn.
This could be a micro-second reading debate as well - leaving time for opposed private business - a number of private bills (bills dealing with a private interest) have popped up from time to time, for formal approval, only to be pulled when backbench vigilantes like Christopher Chope threaten to object to them. The aim of these challengers it to get the measures debated - and this may now occur.
In Westminster Hall, my eye was caught by the debate led by Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts, on CCTV in equine slaughterhouses (2.30pm-4pm).
My committee pick is the Justice Committee hearing (9.45pm) with Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah and Michael Spurr, Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service. The current state of the prison system can hardly be avoided. Unusually this inquiry begins, rather than ends with a hearing with a minister - and its focus could well branch out in several directions, as the hearings continue.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Public Health England and NHS officials give evidence to the Health Committee on suicide prevention and whether there is sufficient support for mental health in the NHS (2.30pm).
And there's an interesting in-house encounter - the Standards Committee hearing (10am) on the MPs' Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules. The witnesses include the MPs' main shop stewards: Graham Brady, Chair of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee; John Cryer, Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, and Angus Robertson, Deputy Leader of the SNP; plus Bernard Jenkin, Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee; Dr Sarah Wollaston, Chair of the Health Committee, and backbench standards crusader, John Mann, one of the most active complainants on standards issues (at 10.50am).
In the Lords (2.30pm) the main debate is on the economy, in the light of the Autumn Statement.
The Commons opens (11.30am) with half an hour of Welsh questions, followed at noon by PMQs.
Then, the Labour MP Justin Madders proposes a Ten Minute Rule Bill to make it easier for young people to go to games; his Football Supporters (Access) Bill deals with ticket prices and kick off times and calls for a proportion of transfer fees to be earmarked to develop facilities for local clubs and young people.
The day's main debate will be on an SNP motion - subject to be announced - and there's an intriguing looking adjournment debate from the SNP's Gavin Newlands, on Paisley's cultural contribution to the world.
And Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green will be questioned (9.30am) by the Work and Pensions Committee about his department's finances, after the cash injection in the Autumn Statement.
My other committee pick is Transport Secretary Chris Grayling's appearance before the Environmental Audit Committee (2.20pm), to talk about the environmental concerns around Heathrow expansion and the plans to mitigate air pollution, carbon emissions and noise from a new runway.
In the Lords (3pm) the main legislation is the first report stage day on the Policing and Crime Bill - this measure will probably provide the Lords' last serious legislative clashes of 2016.
There are some big issues to be fought out.
First, behind the scenes negotiations are under way to find a compromise on the provision for Police and Crime Commissioner to take over the fire and rescue authority for their area. Labour have an amendment down to delete this entire section of the bill (Clause 6), but could well be dissuaded if the government is prepared to offer stricter requirements for local consultation on such proposals - and a new government amendment on this issue has now appeared.
Compromise is less likely on Labour amendments to prevent Special Constables using CS gas and PAVA sprays, and this may be forced to a vote. There will also be an amendment on restriction on the use of police cells for those with mental health conditions
But the biggest clash may be over an attempt to add in a requirement to hold a Leveson 2-style inquiry into relations between the police and the media - as I write, no amendment has appeared but one is expected, probably fronted by a crossbench peer, but with substantial cross party support.
If passed it would probably occasion an awkward bout of parliamentary ping-pong between Lords and Commons. And there will be plenty more controversial amendments on the next day of report stage...
As ever, on report stage days in the Lords, timing is important, and opposition amendments usually stand less chance if they're debated after the dinner break, when a lot of peers go home.
There will also be a short debate on current UK political strategy towards and plans to develop economic, security and cultural relations with Tunisia.
The Commons opens (9.30am) with Exiting the European Union questions, followed by the weekly Business Statement from the Leader of the House, David Lidington, setting out what will be on the Commons agenda in the coming weeks.
The day's main debates are on subjects chosen by the Backbench Business Committee. First is a debate on a motion on transgender equality: Maria Miller, Angela Crawley which will follow up on the first report of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, which looked at this issue.
That's followed by a general debate on the future of the UK fishing industry. An annual fisheries debate used to be a fixture of the parliamentary calendar, but since the creation of the Backbench Business Committee, the subject has had to take its chances along with many others.
In the Lords (11am) the main debates are on options for the UK's future relationship with the EU following the referendum - led by Lord Liddle, Tony Blair's former EU advisor, and on challenges in the current system of social care, proposals for reviewing and longer-term reform - led by Labour's Baroness Pitkeathley, a former chief executive of Carers National Association (now Carers UK).
The final debate is on the EU net-neutrality Connected Continent requirements, UK adult content filtering regimes and keeping children safe online.
It's private members' bills day in the Commons (9.30am) and first up is the second reading of the SNP MP Mhairi Black's Benefit Claimants Sanctions (Required Assessment) Bill, which aims to build new safeguards into the system under which claimants can be "fined" if they fail, for example, to attend a job interview.
She wants the system to take into account any caring or childcare responsibilities, the mental and physical health of the claimant and their housing situation, and to ensure that any claimants who are sanctioned are made aware of any emergency funding they could access. Expect a strong turnout of SNP MPs, but there is little sign of support from the government.
Then comes the Vehicle Noise Limits (Enforcement) Bill - from the Conservative, Kevin Foster. The bill would allow noise limits to be enforced via automatic monitoring equipment.
Further down the agenda lurks Ruth Cadbury's Income Tax (Non-Military Expenditure) Bill, which would require HMRC to record income tax revenue of people who say they have a 'conscientious objection' to public spending on defence purposes and to direct their taxes that would have been spent on the military to a 'non-military security fund'.
As the third bill on the Order Paper, it has little chance of any extensive debate.
In the Lords (10am) it's the annual Friday where the bishops get to debate the subject of their choice.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, leads a debate on the "Shared values underpinning our national life and their role in shaping public policy priorities".
Archbishop Welby has had some pretty interesting things to say on this subject - a few extracts from a recent speech give a flavour of the ground he may cover:
"It is imperative that we remind the nation that our values have not emerged within a secular vacuum; but from the resilient and eternal structure of our Judeo-Christian theological, philosophical and ethical heritage. ....The right to life, liberty and the rule of law and robust democratic government does not come cheaply, nor is it held lightly. The roots of our freedom in this country are deeply embedded within our British constitutional and civic life because their foundation lies within the shared scriptural inheritance of our faith traditions.....Democracy is not in and of itself the final answer to things, nor is the rule of law. Martin Luther King did not accept the final authority of the rule of law when the law is unjust. Quite rightly, Bonhoeffer in the 1930s did not accept the final authority of the rule of law when the law was palpably racist, unjust and anti-Semitic. That's one of the reasons he ended up going to the gallows. As for tolerance, it's a word like 'nice', isn't it? Completely meaningless and overused. Respect is something else - I won't go there.....Our understanding of the rights and responsibilities that flow from our God-given inheritance as human beings, enable us - Jewish and Christian communities together - to be powerful and compelling advocates for freedom in British society.
"The cutting edge of freedom must include the right to disagree, disengage and dissent. It means the freedom of others to criticise us or our views, or for those of us who hold beliefs strongly to change our minds or our beliefs. It means that we all need to be accountable to one another before God and we all need to affirm the right of others to not believe as we do. What it doesn't mean is freedom without accountability to undermine each other's faith, whether casually, incidentally or wilfully. What it cannot mean is the freedom to use language destructively and negatively about those who are different to us - or who take opinions and views with which we profoundly disagree. We have had egregious examples of that in recent weeks, aimed at our judiciary. And what it must never mean is the denial of others to practise or not practise their understanding of their religious or secular identity."
McLeod drilled home after 28 minutes to lift Wrexham up to 14th in the National League and 13 points clear of the relegation zone, where the visitors remain, second from bottom in 23rd.
Fellow new signing Ntumba Massanka missed a chance after the interval that would have eased nerves for the hosts.
It has been an unsettling week at the Racecourse, as the president of Wrexham FC's supporter's trust stood down.
Out of form Wrexham had lost four of their last six National League games.
Wrexham manager Dean Keates told BBC Radio Wales: "We questioned the lads before the game about whether they could get back-to-back wins for the first time this season and they did that.
"We are very positive. We got the three points and kept a clean-sheet. First-half I thought we played really well, we were very comfortable. The players are asking more of each other now."
Match ends, Wrexham 1, North Ferriby United 0.
Second Half ends, Wrexham 1, North Ferriby United 0.
Substitution, Wrexham. Hamza Bencherif replaces Antony Barry.
Substitution, Wrexham. Leo Smith replaces Paul Rutherford.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Kendall replaces Curtis Bateson.
Curtis Tilt (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Wrexham. Ntumba Massanka replaces Izale McLeod.
Taron Hare (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Matthew Templeton replaces Ross Armstrong.
Second Half begins Wrexham 1, North Ferriby United 0.
First Half ends, Wrexham 1, North Ferriby United 0.
Goal! Wrexham 1, North Ferriby United 0. Izale McLeod (Wrexham).
Mark Gray (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Ammar Harris, 26, was found in a flat in North Hollywood. His surrender ended a manhunt across several US states.
Mr Harris is suspected to be the driver of a black Range Rover who allegedly opened fire on a Maserati on the Las Vegas Strip on 21 February.
Aspiring rapper Kenneth Cherry Jr was killed at the wheel of the Maserati.
The Maserati then sped forward and crashed into a taxi, killing the driver and a passenger.
Earlier on Thursday, authorities said they had found and spoken to all three women who had been passengers in the Range Rover Sport when the shooting occurred.
None of the other passengers in the car have been charged in connection with the incident, police say.
In total, six vehicles were involved in last week's crash and several other people, including a passenger in the Maserati, were injured.
Police say the incident followed an altercation in the valet parking area at the Aria Hotel, a nearby hotel and casino.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was rated inadequate overall and should be put into special measures, the Care Quality Commission said.
July inspections raised concerns about staffing in several areas and an "over-reliance" on temporary staff, it said.
The trust said the rating was "due largely" to concerns over maternity and paediatrics services it had recognised.
Last month, the trust transferred all births from Alexandra Hospital in Redditch to Worcestershire Royal Hospital until at least February because of staff shortages.
The CQC inspectors also pointed to "particular concerns" over the provision of medical staff in some services at the hospitals and a "reliance on locum doctors" leading to "extra strain".
Consultant cover in the emergency unit did not meet Royal College of Emergency Medicine's recommendations and "overcrowding in this area was an on-going risk," the report said.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, the CQC's chief inspector of hospitals, said: "My inspection team found that the majority of staff were hard working, passionate and caring but had to struggle against the pressures they faced.
"We found that staff treated patients with dignity and respect which is why we rated the trust as "good" for caring.
"We found the caring approach to patients in maternity and gynaecology to be outstanding and good practice was also noted in the critical care unit, end of life service, surgery and in medical care."
He said one reason the trust was rated "inadequate" for being well-led and safe was because when things went wrong they were "not investigated promptly or thoroughly".
Chris Tidman, the trust's chief executive, said staff had worked hard to improve services since July and would be "very disappointed" by the inadequate rating.
"We still have a great deal of work to do especially around processes and procedures. We remain focused on continuing to improve," he said.
The Save the Alex campaign said the trust was "not sustainable" and "never has been".
In a statement, it said: "It's clear now [the trust] must go and either be broken up and the pieces taken on by different providers or taken over as a whole.
"What cannot happen is this report is used to justify a major downgrade of the Alex and we call on our MPs and our health service to ensure that does not happen."
Labour shadow health minister Lord Hunt said: "To get this grading from CQC is very serious and clearly the people the patients using the hospital need to see some improvement.... quickly in order for them to keep confidence in the services being provided."
Kevin McDaid, 49, died after he was attacked outside his Somerset Drive home in Coleraine in May 2009.
There had been tensions in the Heights area over flags at the time.
The trial was told the serious charges would not be proceeded with, as the men had pleaded guilty to lesser offences.
All seven men were released on bail.
Three of them pleaded guilty to charges including grievous bodily harm (GBH):
Four of them pleaded guilty to affray:
Prosecution lawyers told Belfast Crown Court the more serious charges should be left on the books.
The trial of five other men on manslaughter and attempted murder charges has been getting under way.
Two other men had appeared in the dock to face lesser charges.
One of them, Johnathon Stirling, 25, of Windyhall Park, Coleraine, pleaded guilty to threats to harm.
A charge of making threats to kill will be left on the books, and he was released on continuing bail.
The other, John Freeman, 24, of Sunderland Road, Belfast, changed his plea to guilty on charges of intimidation of a witness and common assault
The Oscar-winning actress will take the role of Broadway star Margo Channing, originally played by Bette Davis.
The production will open in Spring 2018, with further details to be announced.
Ivo van Hove, whose recent plays include Hedda Gabler at the National and Obsession at the Barbican, will direct.
The last time she was on stage in London, Blanchett was hailed as "mesmerising", "magnificent" and "beyond terrific".
That was in 2012, in a play called Big And Small (Gross und Klein) produced by the Sydney Theatre Company.
Earlier this year, Blanchett received rave reviews for her Broadway debut in New York in The Present, a reworking of Chekhov's play Platonov.
The plans for All About Eve were confirmed by Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions.
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They Quay Watermen's Association runs excursions on the River Dee including school trips and bird watching.
It secured a £192,000 grant from the Big Lottery's Coastal Community Fund in 2015, with £70,000 going towards the new boats.
The 30mph vessels will be based at Connah's Quay.
They are designed to make it easier for passengers in wheelchairs and other disabled people to get on board.
Michel Barnier singled out the decision to leave the customs union, which will mean some form of customs controls between NI and the Republic.
The UK and Irish governments have said they do not want customs posts.
But Ireland will have to agree customs arrangements with its EU partners.
Mr Barnier said Brexit had created uncertainty about the new borders of the EU.
He said the EU has had a role in supporting the Good Friday Agreement and would therefore be "particularly attentive... to the consequences of the UK's decision to leave the Customs Union."
Prime Minister Theresa May will officially notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave on 29 March.
A summit of EU member states will be held on 29 April to agree the guidelines for the EU's negotiating team which is headed by Mr Barnier.
Stevie Eskinazi (66) and Dawid Malan (60) put on 124 for the third wicket and Paul Stirling (77) hit five sixes to help Middlesex recover from 2-2.
But Simon Harmer (5-77) was the catalyst as the visitors slipped from 219-5 to 246 all out inside 60 overs.
Essex closed on 106-0, trailing by 140 runs, as Cook (64 not out) passed 500 Championship runs for the season.
Cook, who is set to play for England in the first Test against South Africa next week for the first time since relinquishing the captaincy, led the opening partnership, with fellow opener Nick Browne ending the day unbeaten on 40.
Essex, who are yet to lose in the four-day game this season, were in control for much of the first day of the first day-night Championship encounter to be held at the County Ground.
The visitors lost Nick Gubbins for a nine-ball duck to debutant Mohammad Amir (2-53) and Nick Compton for two to Jamie Porter (2-58) inside the first three overs.
Malan, who scored 78 on his England debut in Sunday's T20 19-run victory over South Africa in Cardiff, led the Middlesex recovery and the visitors briefly looked in a good position on 126-2.
But Malan's dismissal saw three wickets fall for the addition of 32 runs and the visitors were grateful to Stirling's 50-ball 77 to see them past 200.
South African Harmer's third five-for in successive innings, following his 14-wicket haul against Warwickshire, helped Middlesex to within four runs of a second batting bonus point.
Essex spinner Simon Harmer told BBC Radio Essex:
"The seam is a little bit different. It didn't spin or turn as consistently as I thought it would, which may be played to my advantage.
"There was a lot of bounce with the pink ball and it comes off the bat a lot better. All the bowlers felt there was extra bounce with it. We could have done better with the new ball, but it's going to take time to adjust.
"If I hadn't dropped Stirling, Mohammad Amir would have cleaned up the tail pretty quickly. He was in a nice rhythm. Five wickets went into my column that probably should have been his.
Middlesx's Paul Stirling told BBC Radio London:
"We expected it to swing for a lot longer than it did and, from what we've practised with, and what the lads have experienced in the Abu Dhabi pink ball games.
"We thought it would have done a lot more towards the end of the day as well, but it's done less than we thought. Harmer has been bowling well so he was going to be tricky on a pretty dry pitch.
"Combating him was going to be one of the tougher asks to do and we didn't quite get it right. He was getting a lot of bounce especially from the River End. When he gets a few revs on the ball you feel it can turn. "
Jones became head coach of his native Australia in 2001 and guided them to the World Cup final in 2003.
During this summer's series down under, Jones said the Australian media had an orchestrated campaign against his side.
"There was a lot of vitriol about Australia, his home nation," said Cheika of Jones during the summer tour.
Cheika, a former team-mate of Jones at Sydney side Randwick, added: "It's where he coached, where the opportunities were given to him to grow up as a coach, and play.
"Personally if you're looking to leave a legacy somewhere, you don't want to hit back at it when you leave."
Under Jones' guidance, England completed a series whitewash in Australia in June, becoming the first touring side to secure a 3-0 series win down under since South Africa in 1971.
And they will aim to create more history when they host the Wallabies at Twickenham as victory on Saturday would equal England's record of 14 consecutive wins, set under Sir Clive Woodward in 2003.
Jones, however, has once again raised tensions ahead of Saturday's match by asking for a meeting with referee Jaco Peyper to address the Wallabies' scrummaging technique.
Cheika said: "I suppose it's always difficult when you go back into a tournament where you're playing teams you've coached before.
"And you don't really know how to play it, do you stay reserved or do you go out there and get stuck into them? I know what I do, even in a country like Ireland when I'm there where I coached for many years.
"I didn't coach the national team there, but that's the choice he wants to make, and he thinks is best for his team."
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But the west London club, then in the Premier League, knew they were on to something special.
"When Moussa was 16 there was no doubt he possessed all the raw ingredients you look for in a striker," Fulham academy director Huw Jennings told BBC Sport.
"He's got pace and power, he can finish, use both feet and he is good in the air. He has got good intelligence.
"What stood out for me was not only what you could see on the pitch but I felt a calmness and assuredness off the pitch.
"It is not easy coming across from a foreign country at a young age and the thing Moussa has had to demonstrate more than any others is resilience."
The 19-year-old's promise is starting to be realised - he has been named as the Football League's Young Player of the Month for October.
Dembele's hero growing up was Brazil forward Ronaldinho but, despite spending eight years in the youth ranks at PSG, he felt his future lay away from the Parc des Princes after Qatari investors took over the Ligue 1 club.
The teenager has had to be patient while waiting for a regular place in Fulham's first XI, starting just three league games before this season, but he has been an ever-present for the Cottagers since late August.
His run in the side was rewarded with five goals in three games in October. Starting with a solo effort in the draw with Leeds, Dembele then hit braces in Fulham's victories over Reading and Bristol City.
"I thought that I would get my chance at Fulham," Dembele told BBC Sport.
"For a young player it is good to have a run in the first team and know that people around you believe in you. That's what happened and I took my chances."
While coming through the Fulham academy, Dembele has been a regular for France at youth international level, featuring from every age group from the under-16s and making his debut for the under-20s this season.
He was in France with the U20s, preparing for a game against England, when the news of the Paris attacks in which 130 people died broke.
"We were watching the France-Germany game, we changed the channel and we saw it," he said. "Everyone was shocked about what happened and couldn't believe it - but it was true. Straight away I called my family to check everyone was safe."
Dembele has been impressed with how football has reacted to the events, particularly the mass singing of the French national anthem La Marseillaise at Wembley before Tuesday's England-France friendly.
"All the country was devastated," Dembele, who was born in the Pontoise suburb of the French capital, added.
"It is very hard for us, but it is life. We need to keep our heads up.
"It was good solidarity from the Football Association and the English people. They reacted well and it was kind of them to do what they did."
One man who played a role in Dembele's development at Fulham was Kit Symons, who coached him in the youth ranks and integrated him into the first-team squad after being appointed manager in September 2014.
"My time in the academy was very good. That's why I am where I am today," Dembele said.
"I knew Kit for a long time, from the under-21s to the first team. He gave all the young players good advice to learn the game quickly and progress."
Symons was sacked by Fulham earlier this month, leaving Dembele with another challenge - to impress whomever replaces the Welshman.
"Kit was very important in Moussa's development," Jennings added.
"He was an excellent mentor to many of the young players in the academy, but his era is finished. Everyone has to move on and that is the reality in football.
"At the moment it is a transition period for the club. Now it is Moussa's responsibility to impress a new team of people coming in who will hopefully see his talents in the same way Kit did."
Fulham, who are currently 12th in the Championship and travel to MK Dons on Saturday, are keen to tie Dembele to a longer deal, while the player himself is eager to make sure he builds on winning the Football League's award.
"I feel very happy to win this trophy but it is just the beginning," he said. "I am still young and still learning the game. I need to keep going, keep producing what I am doing and keep impressing everyone.
"Hopefully there is more to come."
The firm said it is planning to sell 22.2 million shares, priced between $21 and $24 per share.
That could value the company at almost $7.6bn at the top of its pricing range.
King's portfolio includes more than 180 games, but Candy Crush is its most popular offering and was the most downloaded free mobile app of 2013.
It has been downloaded more than 500 million times since its launch in 2012.
The popularity of Candy Crush has been the biggest driver of growth for King during the past two years.
Before Candy Crush, in 2011, King took $64m in revenue.
Two years later, and after the Candy Crush mania had well and truly taken hold, it had sales of more than $1.8bn
However, there have been concerns that the firm relies too heavily on Candy Crush and that if its popularity faded, the company's revenue and profits may be hit.
King has acknowledged this in its filing with the US securities regulator.
"A small number of games currently generate a substantial majority of our revenue," it said.
According to the firm, its top three games - Candy Crush Saga, Pet Rescue Saga and Farm Heroes Saga - accounted for 95% of its total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013.
King said that if these games become less popular, and it is unable to offset that with sales from other games, it will not be able to maintain or grow its revenue and "our financial results could be adversely affected".
Ross River virus infected 314 people in Victoria in 2016, nearly a 50% increase on the year before, said the state's chief health officer Charles Guest.
Prof Guest suggested stagnant water from recent heavy rain created conditions ripe for mosquito breeding.
The virus, found in Australia and some Pacific nations, can cause joint pain, fatigue and muscle aches.
Current treatments only target symptoms, which can last for months.
"The best protection from these diseases is to avoid mosquito bites," Prof Guest said in a statement.
"Protective measures include regularly using mosquito repellent containing picaridin or DEET, wearing loose-fitting clothing when outside and ensuring accommodation is mosquito proof."
Prof Guest urged people to take care during Australia's summer, when they were more likely to be outside.
People in rural and regional areas were particularly vulnerable, he said.
The head of Ukraine's state emergencies service, Serhiy Bochkovsky, and his deputy Vasyl Stoyetsky were handcuffed by police at the televised meeting.
They are suspected of involvement in high-level corruption.
Earlier, Ukraine's president sacked a billionaire governor, Ihor Kolomoisky.
Mr Kolomoisky had been running the key industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk and had financed armed volunteers to fight pro-Russian separatists in the east. He had been vying with President Petro Poroshenko for control of the Ukrnafta energy company.
The two arrests shown on TV on Wednesday were connected to illegal kickbacks involving procurement contracts, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov told the cabinet meeting.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, quoted by Reuters news agency, said that "when the country is at war and when we are counting every penny - they steal from people and the state.
"This will happen to everyone who breaks the law and sneers at the Ukrainian state."
Mr Avakov said he was also dismissing all regional heads of the state emergencies service, as they were suspected of involvement in a corrupt scheme that had diverted money offshore.
Speaking on Ukrainian TV, he said officials at the service had used a private company to transfer funds "to a non-resident of Ukraine, a Jersey-based offshore company".
From there, he said, money went to "another private company owned by Stoyetsky and Bochkovsky, after which this money was divided between card accounts opened, in particular, in Cypriot banks". He showed printouts of what appeared to be card statements.
Mr Yatsenyuk's government is under pressure from Western lenders to prove that it is cleaning up government finances, as Ukraine has been plagued by high-level corruption since independence in 1991.
Last month the International Monetary Fund agreed a $17.5bn (??11.5bn) loan to Ukraine as part of a new economic reform programme. Western loans to Ukraine total $40bn, spread over four years.
Another senior official, the head of state-run Southwestern Railways Oleksiy Kryvopishyn, was sacked on Wednesday. It is Ukraine's second-largest railway company, mainly serving central areas including Kiev.
President Poroshenko's dismissal of the oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky is seen as a clash between business rivals vying for control of energy assets.
Armed men suspected of links to Mr Kolomoisky had briefly occupied the offices of state-owned Ukrnafta and its subsidiary UkrTransNafta.
Mr Kolomoisky was reportedly unhappy after parliament passed legislation aimed at weakening his influence.
Mr Poroshenko's office named Valentyn Reznichenko as the new acting governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Mr Kolomoisky - who is estimated to be worth more than $2bn (??1.3bn) - has helped President Poroshenko by keeping order in Dnipropetrovsk and preventing pro-Russian rebels from advancing into the region. It lies near rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
A senior Russian politician, Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko, spoke scathingly about Ukraine's "war of the oligarchs" on Wednesday.
"This situation shows that Ukraine has no statehood and is not a sovereign state", she said, predicting "further schisms within Ukraine".
The Labour leader told ITV it was "impossible" for members of his top team to remain in place if they rebelled against a three-line whip.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens quit last week over the issue - other senior MPs say they will rebel.
Mr Corbyn has ordered all Labour MPs to support the bill triggering Article 50.
Labour backed the campaign to keep the UK in the EU in the referendum in June and many Labour MPs represent constituencies which voted for Remain.
But many seats which voted to leave the EU are also represented by Labour MPs.
Mr Corbyn says he understands the pressures on MPs in pro-Remain constituencies but has called on them to unite around the important issues.
His shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has said that, since a UK-wide referendum with a 72% turnout returned a vote in favour of withdrawing from the EU, it would "be very undermining of democracy" for MPs to vote against beginning the formal process of leaving.
Ms Stevens quit on Friday saying Brexit was a "terrible mistake". Shadow minister Tulip Siddiq also quit last week saying she would vote against the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
Two Labour whips, Jeff Smith and Thangam Debbonaire, who are in charge of party discipline, have also said they will rebel - though they have not resigned.
Another shadow minister Daniel Zeichner has said he will vote against the bill, as will other MPs including former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.
Mr Corbyn told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "There was no need for anyone to resign at this stage. It's obviously impossible to carry on being in the shadow cabinet if you vote against a decision made after a very frank and very long discussion of the shadow cabinet earlier this week."
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has said divisions in the party will be handled sensitively and suggested some rebels could be back in senior roles "within months".
The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was introduced after the Supreme Court ruled that parliament - not just the government alone - must vote to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which starts the formal process of the UK leaving the EU.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to begin the formal process of leaving by the end of March.
The bill is due to be debated by MPs on Tuesday - in a sitting that may last until midnight - and clear the Commons on 8 February, after which it will move to the House of Lords.
Labour has demanded changes including giving the Commons a vote on the final Brexit deal before European leaders or MEPs consider it.
The Liberal Democrats have vowed to oppose the triggering of Article 50 unless there is a guarantee of another referendum on the final Brexit deal that is agreed with Brussels, while the SNP has vowed to table 50 amendments to the legislation.
The 19-year-old spent time in League Two on loan at Cheltenham this season, making six appearances.
Jones moved to Liverpool from Plymouth's academy and played for the Wales Under-19 team before switching his allegiance to England.
"His experience at this level with Cheltenham will help him," said Stanley boss John Coleman.
"Defence is probably the one area that we're a bit short in and Lloyd will be a great addition to our squad."
The centre-back is available for Accrington's game at Burton on Saturday.
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Viliame Mata and Damien Hoyland crossed early in the first half for the hosts, with Blair Kinghorn and Duncan Weir kicking penalties.
Magnus Bradbury raced home after the break, but debutant Aaron Cairns grabbed an opportunist try for Ulster.
Fellow replacement Jacob Stockdale burst over with eight minutes to play, but it proved too little, too late.
Duncan Hodge's side were missing a handful of Test players, denied him at the behest of the Scotland management before next Saturday's Test against Australia, but his absent men were as nothing compared to those shorn from Ulster ranks.
The visitors had to make do without 11 Ireland internationals and Edinburgh took advantage. They were ahead after three minutes when Mata sauntered through a chasm in the Ulster defence. Tovey, who controlled much of the match at 10, knocked over the conversion.
A second score arrived seven minutes later when Edinburgh's intensity, accuracy and finishing power culminated in the excellent Hoyland scoring. Kinghorn, another big performer, booted a penalty soon after to make it 15-0.
Edinburgh had been ambitious in victory against Harlequins in the Challenge Cup a fortnight ago and then lamentable in defeat against Zebre last weekend. This largely dominant show - Neil Cochrane was outstanding as hooker and stand-in captain - was a response to the embarrassment of the loss to the Italians.
Edinburgh's fans are entitled to ask why their team has to suffer such a wounding loss in order to produce some of the stuff they delivered against the Ulstermen.
Pienaar and Weir - on as temporary replacement for Tovey - kicked penalties before Weir added another just before the break. Edinburgh led 21-3 at half-time, just reward for their dynamism and hunger.
They scored a third try seven minutes into the new half when they attacked off a solid scrum - Edinburgh's impressive starting props Jack Cosgrove, aged 22, and Murray McCallum, aged 20, were relative pups - and Bradbury was put away up the left. Sean Kennedy and Michael Allen helped create it and Bradbury, a serious athlete at 21, ran it in.
Tovey added the conversion to stretch the lead to 28-3. Ulster tried to rally. Tommy Bowe got over the line but was held up. Charles Piutau went over, too, but was deemed to have fumbled forward. A harsh call, that one, perhaps.
With 13 minutes left, Edinburgh's energy tanks emptying and their shape becoming ragged, Cairns struck for Ulster, Pienaar converting from wide out. Then, they scored again. Stockdale cut a gorgeous line off a Rob Herring pass and went all the way to the posts, Pienaar converting once more.
From leading by 25 points it was now an 11-point game. Ulster were the only team in it, but Edinburgh had too much heart - Jamie Ritchie's 17 tackles at open-side make for impressive reading - and too much of a lead to be undone.
Edinburgh acting head coach Duncan Hodge: "It makes last week all the more frustrating. To play like we have done the last five weeks and sandwiched in that to have last week, I'm still pretty annoyed, if I'm being honest.
"We've said all week that last week had to be a lesson for us - tonight we showed how we can and have to play. That performance tonight won't be enough in two weeks' time; that's what we have to think, and we have to keep marching on.
"But those guys should take some plaudits tonight for how they stood up to some world-class Ulster players. We stood toe-to-toe and dominated them in many areas.
"What we now need is that consistency and we've got to eradicate instances like last week.
"There are definitely going to be bigger challenges along the way, but take away some of the technical stuff - if we show some of that application and enthusiasm and intent, that's a great building block."
Edinburgh: B Kinghorn, D Hoyland, C Dean, P Burleigh, T Brown, J Tovey, S Kennedy; J Cosgrove, N Cochrane (capt), M McCallum, F McKenzie, B Toolis, V Mata, J Ritchie, M Bradbury.
Replacements: S McInally, K Whyte, F Arregui, L Carmichael, C Du Preez, S Hidalgo-Clyne, D Weir, M Allen.
Ulster: C Piutau; T Bowe, L Marshall, S Windsor, R Lyttle, B Herron, R Pienaar; C Black, R Herring (capt), W Herbst, D Tuohy, F van der Merwe, P Browne, C Ross, S Reidy.
Replacements: J Andrew, K McCall, A Warwick, R Diack, C Joyce, P Marshall, A Cairns, J Stockdale.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama congratulated his rival after exit polls showed Anies Rasyid Baswedan clearly ahead.
Critics of Mr Purnama had accused him of blasphemy, heightening racial and religious tensions. Mr Baswedan was accused of courting hardliners.
The new mayor takes office in October. Official results come in May.
"We now will come together and forget this campaign. Jakarta is home for all of us," Mr Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, said in a nationally televised news conference.
"We understand that our supporters are disappointed. But don't dwell on it."
Mr Baswedan hinted he would try to heal divisions, saying: "We celebrate diversity... We are all ready to work together again."
Hardline Islamist groups say Mr Purnama, a Christian of Chinese descent, insulted a Koranic verse during a campaign speech and have rallied large crowds against him in recent months. He is now on trial for blasphemy, which he denies.
Correspondents say this made the election a choice between secularism and a growing hardline Islamist movement.
The run-off election between the two men came after no candidate secured more than half the votes in the first round.
Shortly after polls closed, unofficial counts by private polling companies showed Mr Baswedan had secured a strong lead, with a margin in the double digits.
Police said the election proceeded "smoothly and safely with no significant disruption". They had warned against voter intimidation.
A coalition of hardline Islamic groups supporting Mr Basedan had previously said it would send at least 100 activists to each polling station to monitor voting. But correspondents said they had a very limited presence.
Mr Purnama voted with his family in north Jakarta early on Wednesday morning and urged voters not to be afraid.
Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islamic Defenders Front which has been leading protests against Mr Purnama, also cast his vote.
Asked by the BBC if his group was damaging Indonesia's pluralist democracy, he said: "Democracy doesn't stop someone from voting for a person from the same religion as you.... Christian vote for Christian, Muslims vote for Muslim."
The election has also seen anti-Chinese sentiment, sparking unease in a country that has seen violence against its Chinese minority in the past.
A number of Chinese Indonesians who turned up to vote told the BBC that they had not been intimidated.
"Politics is cruel. There will be threats, physically or verbally. But I still feel comfortable even though I'm of Chinese descent... So far they only scream out hatred but haven't really acted on it," one voter, Rudi Irmawan, told the BBC.
Mr Purnama was accused last year of insulting a Koranic verse during a campaign speech, which he has denied, saying his comments were aimed at politicians "incorrectly" using the Koran against him.
Hardline Islamists have cited that verse from the Koran to support an argument that Muslims should not vote for a non-Muslim leader.
If convicted, Mr Purnama faces a maximum five-year jail sentence. His trial is due to resume on Thursday.
Observers say the controversy clearly hurt Mr Purnama's chances. Once considered the clear frontrunner, he won the first round of the election in February with only 43% of the vote, while Mr Baswedan had 40%.
The Jakarta Post has described the campaign as "the dirtiest, most polarising and most divisive the nation has ever seen".
Indonesia is the world's most-populous Muslim country. About 85% of its population are Muslim, but the country officially respects six religions.
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It was goalless at half-time but Mirco Pruijser then put the Dutch ahead before Bjorn Kellerman's fierce shot sealed victory in London.
England now face Malaysia in the bronze match on Sunday and can book a place at December's World League Final in India.
The Netherlands will play the world number-one ranked side Argentina in the final.
England had already secured their spot at the 2018 World Cup by reaching the semi-finals.
But they were outclassed by an impressive Netherlands side who took the lead when Pruijser got the faintest of touches past George Pinner.
England lacked options in attack and the Dutch secured their spot in the final when Kellerman picked up the ball on the penalty spot and smashed it on the bounce into the back of the net.
The proportion of council tax paid to Gwent Police will increase 3.99% for the next financial year.
It means residents in a Band D property will see an £8 increase on their bill.
People in a Band D property in the Dyfed Powys force area will save £10 a year.
Earlier this week, North Wales Police and Crime Panel agreed a 3.44% increase - or £7.83 extra for a Band D property - which Police and Crime Commissioner Winston Roddick said was "not unreasonable".
South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner's office is expected to reveal its proposals over the next few days.
It is the second award for the author this month - the novel also won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
The judging panel, chaired by author Ian Pears, said it was unanimous in its decision to award McInerney the £10,000 prize.
Pears said: "Lisa is a genuinely exciting writer - there is electricity running through her prose."
"This is a complex, unusual, violent book, bleak but with welcome humour, and she manages a huge cast with confidence," he said.
"There is never any doubt that she is in complete control, right to the unexpected but perfect ending."
McInerney, who is 34, was the youngest of the shortlisted authors.
Her debut novel details how a messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-financial crash society.
The Glorious Heresies beat off competition from novels by Gavin McCrea and Julia Rochester to win.
The prize is presented to one debut novel every year in the name of the publisher and literary agent Desmond Elliott, who died in 2003.
Previous recipients of the award, which is now in its ninth year, include Claire Fuller, Eimear McBride, Anjali Joseph and Ali Shaw.
The star, who had the best-selling album in the UK last year, is up for best female, best album and has two tracks in the best single category.
There were three nominations each for Mumford and Sons and Mercury Prize winners Alt-J.
Amy Winehouse has received a nomination for best British female after an album of material was released posthumously.
Singer Rita Ora also has three nominations, including two in the best single list, while Muse, Paloma Faith, Plan B and Olly Murs are up for two prizes each.
By Mark SavageBBC News entertainment reporter
The Brits always struggle to strike a balance between perky pop show and chin-stroking critical borefest, but this year's list just about gets it right.
Where else (except, perhaps, a Now That's What I Call Music album) would the nocturnal minimalism of The xx rub shoulders with the relentlessly upbeat pop jester Olly Murs?
There's room in the nominations both for boyband behemoth One Direction and wrinkly old granddads The Rolling Stones. Pop producer Calvin Harris is rewarded for packing out nightclubs, while Emeli Sande is acknowledged for her accessible brand of songwriter soul.
Meanwhile, the award for "global success" - recognising exceptional international sales in 2012 - has presumably been introduced to give Adele the opportunity to finish last year's truncated acceptance speech.
All that's really missing from this year's line-up is a sense of danger. In 1992, The KLF drove up to a Brits after-party and dumped a dead sheep in the lobby. The closest we'll get in 2013 is if Mumford and Sons arrive herding a few.
Jessie Ware, Ben Howard, Rihanna and Coldplay also have double nominations.
If Rihanna picks up the best international female prize at the ceremony on 20 February, it will be her third consecutive win.
Adele, who swept the board at last year's Brits, is in the running for best single for her James Bond theme Skyfall - meaning she has received Oscar and Brit nominations on the same day.
Sande's appearance on the shortlist comes 12 months after she was tipped as a rising star with the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice prize.
Her debut album, Our Version of Events, went on to sell 1.4 million copies in the UK last year and she performed at both the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"It's a really good feeling," she said of the Brits nominations. "It feels great, a bit scary, because you never know, you might not win anything.
Sande's two hits in the running for best single are Next To Me, which reached number two last February, and Beneath Your Beautiful, her chart-topping collaboration with producer-turned-frontman Labrinth.
She will compete for the best album award - billed as the most prestigious - with Plan B, Alt-J, Paloma Faith and Mumford And Sons.
Alt-J and Mumford And Sons are also up for best British group, a shortlist that also takes in stadium rock with Muse, teen pop with One Direction and atmospheric indie with The xx.
Calvin Harris, Richard Hawley, Ben Howard, Olly Murs will compete with Plan B for the best British male title.
And in the best British female category, Winehouse and Sande are listed alongside Paloma Faith, Bat For Lashes and Jessie Ware.
Winehouse was eligible as a result of the album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, which compiled rare material, unreleased tracks and alternative recordings after her death in 2011.
The award for best live act has been reintroduced this year, and sees The Rolling Stones gain a nomination, 35 years after they were shortlisted for the first ever Brit Awards.
"It shows the broad spread of British pop music," said Alt-J's Gus Unger-Hamilton of the diverse shortlist. "That's what's great about the Brits."
The nominations were revealed by BBC Radio 1 breakfast show DJ Nick Grimshaw, who also had praise for the eclectic selection.
"It was really good to see Cat Power and Bat For Lashes but also have proper pop stars like One Direction and Rita Ora. And Calvin Harris, as well. I think he's made the best pop songs this year, so it's nice to see him."
At the launch, in London's Savoy Hotel on Thursday, Sande handed over this year's Critics' Choice prize to Sussex-born pianist and songwriter Tom Odell.
She told him to "enjoy it", saying the award was "a platform to let people know about his wonderful music".
Artist Damien Hirst has designed this year's statuette, adorning it with his trademark spot design. The awards will be handed out at London's O2 arena on 20 February.
The ceremony will be hosted by actor James Corden and will feature performances from Muse, Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, Mumford and Sons, Ben Howard and One Direction.
XL Recordings, which released her previous two albums, revealed the information in accounts filed with Companies House earlier this week.
"There will not be a further new release by Adele during 2014 and consequently there will be a fall in XL's turnover and profits," they wrote.
They reported profits of £9.5m in 2013.
In a section of the report entitled Business Review, they said: "XL Recordings Limited has had continued success with the artist Adele.
"Back catalogue sales of Adele during 2013 continued to account for a significant proportion of the sales and profit during the period."
In 2012, the year after the release of Adele's second album, 21, XL Recordings' profit was more than £19m.
A representative for Adele declined to comment on the report.
Messages the singer had posted on Twitter earlier this year had given fans hope that a new album would be released before the end of 2014.
The night before her 26th birthday she tweeted a picture of herself with the caption: "Bye bye 25."
It was followed by the line, "See you again later in the year x," which led to rumours that the Rolling In The Deep singer would be putting out new music.
At the time her management said they "still have no official word" on a release.
In September a recording studio in London told Newsbeat that Adele had been writing new songs.
In keeping with naming her albums after her age when she started working on them, Adele's latest project had been rumoured to be called 24.
Her first album was titled 19.
Released in January 2011 Adele's 21 is the fourth best-selling album in the UK of all time.
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Right now, one person is telling me, "I listen to Dolly Parton every morning before leaving the house." Another says "80% of the time, I'm looking at myself when I Skype with someone". And a third says, "whenever I am home alone, I talk to my cat in an American accent."
All of these slightly weird and frankly rather dull messages popped up in Secret, a gossip and rumour app which has been all the rage in Silicon Valley for a while and is now making its first foray overseas with a UK launch. It is also coming to Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
I installed Secret last week after it showed its apparent usefulness by breaking a technology industry news story. Two days before the executive behind Google+ announced his departure, Secret had a message from someone saying "Vic Gundotra is interviewing". To a British reader that sounded as if he was recruiting - but in the US it meant he was himself looking for a new job.
Underneath the post, a noisy debate was taking place, with some apparent Google insiders badmouthing Gundotra while others rushed to his defence. An intriguing glimpse of the tensions inside one of the world's most important companies - or just some worthless back-biting from people mouthing off behind a cloak of anonymity?
Then there was the story about Nike apparently scaling back its plans for the Fuelband activity tracker. That too emerged first on Secret when someone posted "the douchebag execs at Nike are going to lay off a bunch of the eng team who developed The Fuelband and other Nike+ stuff." Again, there seemed to be some well-informed gossip in the comments about what was going on inside the company.
The idea behind the app is that you can post anything you want to say anonymously, but as it mines the contacts on your phone - with your permission - you can see if secrets are posted by friends (although you have to guess who they might be).
So far, it's proved a hit in a very limited area - the feverish world of Silicon Valley technology firms. Whether that will translate to the UK is an interesting question. Unless it spreads quickly through early adopters in places like the Tech City crowd in London - or perhaps inside some gossipy UK organisation - there may not be much for users to chew on.
Mind you, the scurrilous gossip about named individuals that we've seen on the US app may prove rather more perilous for Secret under UK libel laws. The other risk for the people behind the app is that it is used for cyber-bullying inside companies or even schools. As Twitter and Facebook have already found, a California base doesn't mean you can simply ignore the culture and legal systems of other countries where you operate.
And the bigger risk may be that there are just not enough interesting secrets out there.
"Secret isn't that exciting any more," says a message which has just popped up on my phone.
The strike caused disruption but Transport for London (TfL) said Hammersmith and City and Circle line trains were running every 20 minutes.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union called the strike amid claims industrial relations had broken down.
The drivers ended their industrial action at 21:00 BST on Friday.
TfL said a full service would be running on both lines on Saturday.
The RMT has accused TfL managers of being "heavy handed", including putting staff toilet breaks on a stopwatch and showing "flagrant disregard" for agreed policies and procedures.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "This dispute is about the basic issues of protecting working conditions of our members and defending agreements from attempts to drive a coach and horses through them."
Despite the walkout TfL said 60% of drivers on both underground lines had turned up for work.
TfL operations director Steve White said it understood that drivers needed to take a break but said "a minority are taking breaks of an hour or more and calling them toilet breaks", which had a direct impact on customers.
He said it was "absolutely not true" that toilet breaks were being timed, but said management was offering help through an occupational health team if a driver had issues requiring longer breaks.
The former Hulme Library building and the former Beech Mount Children's Home in Harpurhey are the first to be opened up from next month.
Homeless organisations will be able to refer people to the temporary accommodation.
The council is also assessing other empty buildings across the city.
It is part of an ongoing campaign to improve services for homeless people and increase the amount of bed spaces over the winter, the council said.
It said the move would result in an extra 165 bed spaces.
Last month two former Manchester United players allowed a group of about 30 homeless people to stay in the former Stock Exchange building.
Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are renovating the building into a luxury hotel.
Three buildings in other areas of Manchester, which had previously operated as shared houses, will also provide temporary accommodation, the council confirmed.
The council's rough sleepers team will provide support and help occupants access medical, mental health and drug and alcohol services
Councillor Paul Andrews, executive member for adult health and well being, said the announcement came after months of planning.
He added: "While providing shelter and a roof over their heads is obviously a good start, what's really important is working with charities, faith groups and our own homelessness services to make sure the right help and support is available to rough sleepers so we can help them make the first steps towards getting off the streets for good."
The 21-year-old, who was 32 weeks pregnant, lost her baby after being attacked by two men in Peckham, south London, on Monday evening.
Kevin Wilson, 20, of Stansfield House, Longfield Estate, south-east London, is due in court later.
The woman waited more than an hour for an ambulance that never arrived.
She was eventually taken to hospital by police after a 70-minute wait but lost her baby in the early hours of Tuesday.
The London Ambulance Service issued an apology for no ambulance reaching her and said the first 999 call, made by a member of the public, had been assessed as a "lower priority call".
The call was made at 20:16 BST on Monday and the Metropolitan Police cancelled the request for an ambulance at 21:25 when its officers took the woman to hospital.
She is said to still be in a critical condition.
Police said the woman was pushed to the ground by two men in motorcycle helmets who allegedly kicked and stamped on her stomach.
Detectives said she was in intensive care but had managed to provide an account of the attack to officers.
The attackers ran off and no motorbike was found, with police saying the helmets may have been worn as a disguise.
Police said they wanted any witnesses to come forward.
Mr Wilson is due to appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court. The charge of child destruction is under the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929.
The FTSE 100 closed 51.83 points, or 0.8%, higher at 6,405.35.
Anglo American shares rose 8.5%, with Antofagasta up 7.6% and silver miner Fresnillo up 5.1%, after the price of silver hit a 10-month high.
Hopes that China's economy is not slowing as quickly as feared helped to support the sector.
"With Chinese data clearly showing tentative signs of a resurgence, there is a feeling that the commodities sector as a whole will begin recover despite ongoing reservations over the crude oil glut," said Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG.
Shares in Primark owner Associated British Foods rose 1.9% after reporting a small rise in half-year profits.
Underlying pre-tax profits rose 4% to £466m for the 24 weeks to 27 February, with sales down 2% to £6.1bn.
On the currency markets, the pound rose nearly a cent against the dollar to $1.4384, and was up more than half a euro cent against the euro at €1.2653.
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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.
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The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the brink of famine.
A combination of civil war and an economic collapse have been blamed.
There have been warnings of famine in Yemen, Somalia and north-eastern Nigeria, but South Sudan is the first to declare one.
The famine is currently affecting parts of the Unity state in South Sudan, but humanitarian groups have warned that the crisis could spread if urgent help is not received.
Aid agencies, including the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the children's fund Unicef, said that 4.9 million people - more than 40% of South Sudan's population - are in urgent need of food.
Food shortages can lead to large numbers of people lacking nutrition, but only rarely do they amount to famine, according to UN humanitarian criteria.
Long periods of drought and other problems reducing the supply of food do not necessarily result in a famine.
A famine is declared only when certain measures of mortality, malnutrition and hunger are met. They are:
The declaration of a famine carries no binding obligations on the UN or member states, but serves to focus global attention on the problem.
Source: UN
The report on Monday said that an increase in humanitarian assistance was needed in order to prevent the famine from spreading to other vulnerable areas.
"If sustained and adequate assistance is delivered urgently, the hunger situation can be improved in the coming months and further suffering mitigated," the report said.
Head of the WFP in South Sudan, Joyce Luma, said that the famine was "man-made" after three years of conflict across the country stifled crop production and hit farmers and rural livelihoods.
The impact of the conflict, combined with high food prices, economic disruption and low agricultural production has resulted in the area becoming "food insecure", the report added.
South Sudan also experienced a famine in 1998, during the war for independence from Sudan.
Last week, the WFP warned that more than 20 million people may face starvation in a series of famines over the next six months.
The WFP's chief economist, Arif Husain, said a combination of wars and drought meant that for the first time in recent years, aid workers were now talking about four simultaneous famines in separate parts of the world.
He added that despite record levels of international humanitarian aid distribution, there was not enough to look after all the people in need.
Support for the language will fall by 5.9% to £25.6m in the Welsh budget.
The Dyfodol i'r Iaith (Future for the Language) campaign group said it "totally undermines" ministerial promises on the matter.
But a Welsh government spokesperson said it remained "committed to securing the future of the language".
Dyfodol i'r Iaith chair Heini Gruffudd said: "We can never reach the goal of a bilingual Wales without the government's enthusiastic support.
"We will be pushing for a meeting with the first minister as soon as possible to secure a full explanation of the situation and to emphasise the importance of this funding to the growth of the Welsh language."
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) also said it was concerned about the cuts and called for at least 1% of the Welsh budget - around £150m - to be spent on language projects.
A Welsh government spokesman said £1.2m had been allocated to support Welsh in the community, despite the overall cut.
"We are prioritising all activity on increasing the use of Welsh," the spokesman said.
"Funding alone however does not ensure that the language continues to thrive, and we will continue to work closely with partner organisations to secure a strong foundation for the language in the future."
The council said it was withdrawing Passport for Life for employees who had 25 years service to save money.
Former employee Mike Garbett, 59, said the decision was "unfair" as he was using the gym to help his recovery from a brain injury.
The council said the decision is part of £28m budget savings due next month.
The cuts include removing concessions for people aged over 65 and swimming for under-18s in the school holidays.
Mr Garbett, opted for the free leisure pass as his farewell retirement gift instead of a cash payment or high street voucher after 34 years working on the authority's parks.
He said: "I thought with my health condition it was an ideal gift and it has greatly aided my recovery."
Mr Garbett, who has a brain condition, said: "First I was upset, now I am angry. How penny pinching and mean spirited.
"Morally I think they are wrong."
He added: "I doubt if they would have asked for the high street vouchers or the cash back - this was a gift for my long service."
Conservative councillor Chris Blakeley said it was outrageous that "some of the lowest-paid but longest-serving staff are now being told to return their retirement gift."
He added: "Can you imagine any other employer basically going into someone's living room and removing the pensioner's carriage clock?"
A council spokesman said removing free access to leisure centres for around 400 former council staff would help keep the centres financially viable.
"While we absolutely appreciate that this is disappointing for those people affected, we believe making these changes - which amount to in excess of £500,000 savings - will go a long way towards helping us retain a good leisure offer for Wirral residents."
The blast hit a train at Taipei's Songshan station before midnight leaving some passengers badly burned.
Police told local media they found a broken tube with explosive material inside that looked like a firecracker.
Premier Lin Chuan told media it appeared "malicious" but police have not ruled out an accident.
Police bomb squad chief Lee Tzu-wen told local media that investigators found "a 15cm-long, broken metal tube stuffed with explosive material inside a black backpack" that they believe could have caused the blast.
"There was a blast and the carriage went dark. People were panicking and screaming," one passenger is quoted as telling a local news channel.
Other eyewitnesses cited in local media reported seeing a man carry a rectangular object onto the train carriage shortly before the explosion.
The firm had previously expected to harvest 30,000 tonnes in 2015.
But it said a combination of "market factors and biological challenges" meant the annual total could be 10% less than envisaged.
However, it added export levels reached 49% of output for the first time.
The second quarter saw revenues fall year-on-year from £33.8m to £31.2m, while harvested volumes stood at 7,349 tonnes - down from just over 8,000 tonnes in the first quarter.
The Edinburgh-based company said the results reflected the impact of "unprecedented price volatility, fluctuating exchange rates and lower harvest volumes".
It added that spot prices were high at the start of the year but "fluctuated significantly" in the second period.
Managing director Craig Anderson said: "In the face of challenging conditions, which are being felt across the wider industry, these results reflect a stable performance in the second quarter of 2015.
"With greatly increased supply, fluctuating prices, a strong pound and biological challenges, Q2 (second quarter) proved to be a testing period, but our harvest volumes remain on a par with last year and we are confident about long-term future growth."
The 81-year-old passenger was on a Lothian Buses number 44 when the incident happened at the Milton Link junction in Edinburgh at about 14:45 on Thursday.
She is being treated at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Police Scotland are urging witnesses to come forward.
It is understood the bus had to brake when a black car swerved in front of it.
Sgt John Easton, of Police Scotland, said: "As a result of the dangerous manoeuvre carried out by the driver of the vehicle, an elderly woman sustained a serious head injury which knocked her unconscious for a short period of time.
"I'm urging anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward with any information that would assist police in tracing the driver of the other vehicle."
Images have emerged of the group's black banners flying from the top of every lamp post in one main street.
Locals have also reportedly been forced to participate by putting posters and decorations on important buildings.
The fall of Mosul came as a shock to many and prompted the jihadist group to launch an offensive that saw it seize swathes of Iraq.
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Despite facing 10 months of air strikes by a US-led international coalition and attacks on the ground by Iraqi government forces, IS has maintained its grip on the territory and been free to impose its extreme interpretation of Islamic law.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi satellite channel al-Sumariyah TV cited a local official in Mosul as saying that IS was expected to hold a "victory" celebration at the former five-star Nineveh Hotel, which has been taken over by the group.
There were unconfirmed reports that IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would make an appearance or issue a recorded message to mark the occasion, al-Sumariyah added.
Last July, Baghdadi delivered a sermon at Mosul's Great Mosque in which he urged Muslims to emigrate to IS territory in order to carry out a war for the faith against unbelievers. It came days after IS formally declared the establishment of a "caliphate" headed by Baghdadi.
Sources in Mosul told the BBC that IS militants were also undergoing training in the streets on Tuesday in preparation for a government offensive.
Mosul had been expected to become the focus of a lengthy campaign after the government recaptured the northern city of Tikrit in early April.
But US officials said the fall of the western city of Ramadi to IS last month meant it was likely to be delayed, possibly until 2016, the New York Times reported.
The Mosul operation depends on the success of US efforts to retrain the Iraqi army, whose soldiers fled Ramadi despite vastly outnumbering the IS militants attacking.
Scores of people died when a huge fire engulfed the tower block on 14 June.
The Welsh Fire Safety Advisory Group will provide advice the Welsh Government on lessons to be learned from the disaster.
Members include representatives of councils, public and private sector bodies, residents and the fire service.
Group chairman Des Tidbury, Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor to the Welsh Government, said: "What we're going to be focused on is the safety of people living in high rise accommodation, giving them reassurance through timely and appropriate advice.
"Our role is to advise the cabinet secretary for communities and children, who will then make the necessary arrangements for that to be communicated to the relevant individuals."
Fire safety tests and checks are being carried out on high-rise blocks used for social housing in Wales after police said the Grenfell Tower's cladding and insulation failed safety tests.
Cladding from three tower blocks in Newport and four blocks of flats in Swansea had failed new Welsh Government safety tests.
The Hatters claimed a first away win in a month thanks to Olly Lee's strike midway through the second half.
Both sides created early half-chances in an open game but it was Bees striker John Akinde who spurned the two best opportunities of the first half.
He twice found himself one-on-one with Stuart Moore and on both occasions failed to roll it past him, and the sides went in goalless with Barnet in the ascendancy.
Moore had to be his very best to deny Mauro Vilhete with an hour gone, clawing the diminutive midfielder's header out of the top corner.
But Luton took the lead against the run of play in the 65th minute, the ball falling kindly for Lee in the penalty area and the former Bees midfielder slotted the ball home from 12 yards.
Barnet's best chance of an equaliser fell to Akinde again with just two minutes left but the striker headed wide from eight yards out.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Barnet 0, Luton Town 1.
Second Half ends, Barnet 0, Luton Town 1.
James Justin (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Elliot Johnson (Barnet).
(Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Danny Hylton (Luton Town).
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Elliot Johnson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Foul by James Justin (Luton Town).
Simeon Akinola (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Luton Town. Jonathan Smith replaces Lawson D'Ath.
Attempt missed. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Stuart Moore.
Attempt saved. Justin Amaluzor (Barnet) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jack Taylor (Barnet).
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Alan Sheehan.
Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ricardo Santos (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Jack Taylor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Simeon Akinola (Barnet).
Substitution, Barnet. Simeon Akinola replaces Mauro Vilhete.
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Curtis Weston (Barnet).
James Justin (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Olly Lee (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Harry Taylor (Barnet).
Glen Rea (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Suhaib Majeed, 21, of west London, was convicted of conspiracy to murder and preparation of acts of terrorism.
Ringleader Tarik Hassane, 22, of west London, had admitted the same charges.
Two men who provided a gun were cleared of conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts by an Old Bailey jury, but admitted firearms offences.
Nyall Hamlett, 25, and Nathan Cuffy, 26, had admitted their role in handing over a gun to Majeed and Hassane but denied knowing what it was going to be used for.
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Question over terror plotters' network
The trial heard that Hassane, a medical student who split his time between London and university in Sudan, was immersed in extremist ideology and aspired to kill in London months before the IS group urged supporters in the West to carry out such attacks.
He turned to his childhood friend, Majeed - a physics undergraduate at Kings College London - to help him put the plan into action, with the pair communicating secretly through social media apps.
Majeed agreed to get a gun and moped for what would be a drive-by attack. Hamlett, a known criminal, supplied the weapon to Majeed after first acquiring it from Cuffy.
By Dominic Casciani, home affairs correspondent
Operation Exactness has been one of the most significant recent counter-terrorism investigations in the UK.
When the plan devised by Tarik Hassane was uncovered in 2014, it was among a string of very serious ongoing inquiries and intelligence operations that convinced counter-terrorism chiefs to raise the UK threat level to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.
It is also one of the half-dozen incidents of attack planning that ministers have publicly linked back to the self-styled Islamic State group.
Hassane was not directed by IS leaders in Syria or Iraq - but he is part of a broad network of suspects from west London who have either been inspired to go to fight, offer support or, most seriously for the UK, engage in attack planning at home.
At least 11 men from west London have died fighting in Syria and Iraq. Three of them were Hassane and Majeed's friends.
Hamlett and Cuffy admitted supplying the gun - but denied knowing about the terror plot and were cleared of conspiracy to murder and preparation of acts of terrorism.
When Majeed, Hamlett and Cuffy were arrested in September 2014, Hassane was out of the country - but he later came home to continue his planning.
When he was eventually arrested, police discovered he had been carrying out online surveillance of west London's Shepherd's Bush police station and a nearby Territorial Army base with the help of Google Maps.
Half-way through the Old Bailey trial, Hassane pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and preparing terrorist acts. Majeed denied the charges and was convicted on the fifth day of the jury's deliberations.
Commander Dean Haydon, head of counter-terrorism at Scotland Yard, said Hassane was the leader of the group and he and Majeed had planned to carry out the drive-by attack together.
"Their intention was to commit a drive-by shooting using a moped and a firearm," he said.
"Targeting specifically the police, the military or members of public in the street and then leave the scene afterwards that clearly would create fear and panic amongst the communities of west London."
Commander Haydon said Majeed spent time and effort setting up encrypted communications systems for the group so that Hassane could direct efforts while he was studying at university in Sudan.
Sally Yates, who was appointed by Mr Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, said she was not "convinced that the executive order is lawful".
The president's ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries sparked street protests in the US and abroad.
Hundreds of US diplomats have also drafted a "dissent cable" to formally criticise the order.
The cable says that the immigration restrictions will not make the US safer, are un-American and will send the wrong message to the Muslim world, according to a draft seen by the BBC.
The ban bars citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Court orders blocking aspects of the order were also made in several states over the weekend.
Ms Yates is due to be replaced by Mr Trump's nominee, Jeff Sessions.
In a letter to employees published by US media, she noted that the order had been challenged in court in a number of jurisdictions.
"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is," she wrote.
"I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right."
Ms Yates was the deputy attorney general under Loretta Lynch, when President Obama was in office. She became the acting attorney general once Ms Lynch left the position.
President Trump asked her to remain as head of the justice department in an acting capacity until his nominee was formally appointed.
He also has the authority to remove Ms Yates from her post.
Senator Jeff Sessions is awaiting confirmation from the Senate to take up the position.
Ms Yates's remarks follow comments from ex-President Barack Obama that he was "heartened" by the level of engagement taking place across the country.
"Citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organise and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake," he said in a statement.
By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors.
However, Mr Obama had earlier said that he might speak out after leaving office if he felt Mr Trump was threatening core American values.
On the same day, hundreds of foreign diplomats and service officers prepared a formal objection to the order, using a "dissent cable".
The White House, however, said those complaining should "get with the programme".
While dissent cables are not that unusual, a state department official has told the BBC that this document has garnered "hundreds" of signatures, which would be "unprecedented".
And while the dissent channel is meant to provide an avenue for protest without fear of reprisal, there are strong indications that this administration might not see it that way.
The dissent channel was instituted in the early 1970s as an outlet for diplomats frustrated by US policy in turbulent times. The very first cable was filed by former Ambassador Jack Perry protesting against the Christmas bombing of North Vietnam in 1972, on the eve of the Nixon-Breszhnev summit.
In an early analysis of dissent in the foreign service, author Kal Bird notes that this had no impact on the Nixon-Kissinger Vietnam policy, and that precisely because few dissent cables ever changed policy, they came to be seen as a tool of "desperate last resort".
Read more:Diplomats' dissent falls on deaf ears
Press secretary Sean Spicer criticised those diplomats and foreign service officers drafting the dissent cable.
"Again, you talk about, in a 24-hour period, 325,000 people from other countries flew in through our airports and we're talking about 109 people from seven countries that the Obama administration identified," he told reporters.
"And these career bureaucrats have a problem with it? I think they should either get with the programme or they can go."
British number five Ward, 29, lost 6-4 6-3 to Italy's Matteo Donati, 21, a player ranked 99 places below him in the world at 270.
Klein, 26, was beaten 6-3 6-3 by Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky, 30, ranked 96th in the world and 115 places above Klein, Britain's sixth-ranked player.
Britain has no-one else in qualifying.
Andy Murray, Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund are in the main draw of the men's event, which starts in Paris on Sunday.
The British quartet of Johanna Konta, Heather Watson, Naomi Broady and Laura Robson are in the women's singles.
Meanwhile, Ward, Edmund and Dan Evans have been awarded wildcards for the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club next month.
All three featured in GB's Davis Cup winning team last year, with Evans and Edmund both now top 100 players.
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The Exiles, who are bottom of the Football League, will travel to Anfield if they can beat Plymouth in a second-round replay at Rodney Parade.
The two teams drew 0-0 at Home Park, but Westley warned there is still work to do if the Exiles are to enjoy the benefits of facing Jurgen Klopp's side.
"Financially, it's a game-changer." Westley told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
Westley has had previous experience of success in the FA Cup, but has warned Newport to focus squarely on their replay with Plymouth.
"When I was at Stevenage, the FA Cup runs were the reason the training ground got built," he said.
"I know the difference that FA Cup runs can make that's why I've always placed such importance on it in my managerial career.
"It's a great opportunity, but it remains just that, we have to focus on the replay. It does not pay in these circumstances to start dreaming, you've got to keep your mind on the job.
"It's an unbelievable draw for a small club, but we won't put the cart before the horse."
As a fan-owned club County have had to operate on a limited budget for a long time, but chairman Gavin Foxall says a trip to Anfield could safeguard the future of the club.
"It would absolutely be a massive financial boost for us," said Foxall.
"Certainly for a club like ours it would secure the future for a season or two at least. It would be extremely welcome and would boost the coffers enormously.
"We are delighted, but there is a very difficult game with Plymouth first.
"A game at Anfield against Liverpool would rank right up there in the club's history."
As for Westley, who joined the club in October and has overseen an upturn in the Exiles' League Two fortunes, the real third-round draw proved a lot more satisfying than one his young son had insisted on conducting the day before.
"My little boy wanted to do the FA Cup draw on Sunday," Westley added.
"He pulled us out against Eastleigh or Halifax away so it was a bit of a better result for us when it went out for real. It's a big prize, it's a great opportunity. From our point of view it's a great motivation for the replay."
That replay will take place at Rodney Parade on Tuesday, 13 December.
Pearson, 51, guided the Foxes to 14th in the Premier League in 2014-15.
But he was involved in several high-profile incidents, including calling a journalist an "ostrich" and clashing with Crystal Palace's James McArthur.
"It has become clear that fundamental differences in perspective exist between us," said a club statement.
Pearson first became manager of Leicester in June 2008 but left two years later to take over at Hull before returning to the Foxes in November 2011.
They clinched the Championship title in 2013-14 and won seven and drew one of their last 10 games last season to secure Premier League survival.
The Leicester statement - which thanked Pearson for his "considerable contribution" - added: "The board of directors recognises the success Nigel has helped to bring to Leicester City during his two spells in charge, particularly during the last three and a half years."
In June, Pearson's son James was one of three players sacked by the club for their involvement in a racist sex tape, while on a tour in Thailand - home of the club's billionaire owners, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and son Aiyawatt.
The decision comes just days before the players report back for pre-season training on Monday. The squad will include three new summer signings, Japan striker Shinji Okazaki, Austrian defender Christian Fuchs and Robert Huth, from Stoke.
Craig Shakespeare and Steve Walsh will take charge of first-team duties while the club begins its search for a new manager.
Pearson won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for April, but his season was not without controversy.
Pearson called a journalist an "ostrich", "stupid" and "daft" during a bizarre post-match news conference following Chelsea's 3-1 win at the King Power Stadium in April.
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After Pearson referred to "the amount of criticism and negativity" his side had faced, Ian Baker of Wardles Press Agency asked the Foxes boss to elaborate.
The Leicester manager replied: "You must have been either head in the clouds or away on holiday because your question is absolutely unbelievable.
"If you don't know the answer to that question, then I think you are an ostrich. Your head must be in the sand. Is your head in the sand? Are you flexible enough to get your head in the sand? My suspicion would be no."
Pearson also made headlines with a strange touchline clash with Crystal Palace midfielder McArthur in February.
After the pair collided, it looked as though both parties would laugh off the incident.
But Pearson grabbed McArthur by the throat before preventing him from returning to the field by pulling his shirt.
Asked why he had held McArthur back, Pearson said: "Because he said something to me. I'm more than capable of looking after myself. There's no problem with the player."
The Football Association wrote to Pearson to remind him of his responsibilities but did not charge him.
After the incident with McArthur, media reports suggested Pearson had lost his job, but the club issued a statement saying said the rumours were "inaccurate and without foundation".
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With the club then bottom of the Premier League, Pearson said he "had conversations" about his job but would not reveal the details.
"If I have got things to say I will say it in the appropriate manner to the appropriate people," he added. "I don't think I've been in a position where I speak too openly about what goes on in internal workings.
"I've always had a good working relationship with the owners and I'm sure I will moving forward."
In December 2014, Pearson was given a one-game touchline ban and fined £10,000 for insulting a fan during Leicester's 3-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool.
Pearson declined to reveal what was said during the altercation with the supporter, but said he felt it necessary to protect his players and himself from abuse.
He was called arrogant by the chairman of a Leicester supporters' group after he refused to apologise.
"Had Leicester sacked Nigel Pearson at various stages last season it would not have raised an eyebrow - to dismiss him now after brilliantly engineering an escape from what seemed certain relegation is a major shock.
"Pearson's season was chequered to put it mildly. And yet he kept his nerve to produce a stunning end to the campaign that kept Leicester City in the Premier League against all the odds. Pearson ended last season as a hero to the Foxes fans.
"It looked to have secured his future and the "fundamental differences in perspective" after that have led to his demise remain a mystery. He did the hard yards in keeping Leicester up - now someone else will take the Foxes forward."
Match of the Day presenter and ex-Leicester striker Gary Lineker: "Leicester City have sacked Nigel Pearson. Really? Could you kindly reinstate him like the last time you fired him?"
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher: "And people ask why the modern player chooses punditry."
BBC presenter Dan Walker: "Football is a bit daft sometimes."
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The Blues had taken the lead through an Aaron Burns penalty but had Glendinning dismissed for a foul on Declan O'Brien.
Sub keeper Mark Haughey saved Kevin Braniff's spot-kick but Glenavon did level in the second half when another penalty was scored by Andy McGrory.
At Shamrock Park, Portadown drew 0-0 with Carrick Rangers.
The match at Windsor Park was filled with drama and controversy.
Glenavon felt the penalty award against Conor Dillon in the 38th minute was harsh as the ball hit him at pace.
But referee Crangle pointed to the spot and Burns stepped up to make it 1-1.
The second penalty came on the hour mark, keeper Glendining seeing red for tripping O'Brien in the box.
Central defender Haughey, a former Glenavon player, went into goals and saved Braniff's poorly-struck penalty with his legs.
Glenavon got a second penalty on 80 minutes when ref Crangle ruled that Joel Cooper's volley had been handled in the box and this time McGrory drilled a strong shot past Haughey.
Linfield striker Andrew Waterworth had a great chance to score a winner but put a close-range header over from a Burns cross.
With Crusaders being held to a 1-1 draw by Warrenpoint Town, second-placed Linfield could have moved to within five points of the leaders.
As it is, David Healy's men remain seven points behind the champions, while Glenavon move up to third on goal difference.
Glenavon player-manager Gary Hamilton: "We are devastated that we are not going away with three points.
"I think we would have deserved it for our second-half performance. We had 70% of the play."
Linfield manager David Healy: "I thought their second penalty was harsh, so I am disappointed.
"Our players showed a lot of character in the second half and we deserved a draw at least"
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The Ports had Tim Mouncey sent-off before half-time in the match at Shamrock Park.
Midfielder Mouncey, who had been booked just four minutes earlier, got a second yellow card for a foul on Kyle Cherry.
In the second half Portadown were awarded a penalty when striker Marcio Soares was fouled by Aaron Smyth.
However, Mark McAllister's spot kick was well saved by diving Rangers keeper Brian Neeson.
Paul Anderson scored twice as the Cobblers produced a strong away performance against a side who remain bottom of League One.
The visitors almost took an early lead but Anderson's header produced an excellent save from goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler.
Louis Dodds then went close to a Shrews breakthrough but his close-range effort was impressively blocked by Cobblers keeper Adam Smith.
Northampton edged ahead in the 22nd minute when central defender Gabriel Zakuani headed in a corner from Jak McCourt.
The visitors doubled their advantage nine minutes later when winger Anderson turned the ball home at the far post following a fine run and left-wing cross from JJ Hooper.
Shrewsbury reduced the arrears in the 36th minute, Ivan Toney confidently firing home a penalty against his former club after being brought down by Zakuani.
Northampton restored their two-goal advantage in the 65th minute with Sam Hoskins slamming home a low volley from the edge of the penalty area.
Anderson then added a fourth a minute from time with a 15-yard effort which beat Leutwiler low to his right.
Toney pulled another goal back deep into stoppage time when he converted his second penalty after McCourt's challenge on Junior Brown.
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Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Northampton Town 4.
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 2, Northampton Town 4.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 2, Northampton Town 4. Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Penalty Shrewsbury Town. Junior Brown draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town).
Adam Smith (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Shrewsbury Town).
Brendon Moloney (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town).
David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 1, Northampton Town 4. Paul Anderson (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zander Diamond (Northampton Town).
Substitution, Northampton Town. Marc Richards replaces John-Joe O'Toole.
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town).
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Ryan McGivern (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Revell (Northampton Town).
Attempt missed. A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt blocked. Mat Sadler (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay in match Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Gary Deegan (Shrewsbury Town).
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. A-Jay Leitch-Smith replaces George Waring.
Louis Dodds (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Louis Dodds (Shrewsbury Town).
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Shrewsbury Town 1, Northampton Town 3. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Mat Sadler.
Attempt blocked. JJ Hooper (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Matthew Rigby, 22, and 23-year-old Kathryn Smith deny murdering Ayeeshia Jane Smith at their home in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, in May 2014.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Ayeeshia had a heart injury usually seen in people who have fallen off buildings or been in a car crash.
She died from a fatal heart laceration.
During the trial Ms Smith, of Sandfield Road in Nottingham, described her daughter as "an angel", and said Ayeeshia had suffered bruises when falling off her potty.
Mr Rigby, of Sloan Drive in Nottingham, had admitted his relationship with her mother, which has now ended, was volatile, with police often being called to their flat in Burton upon Trent, but denied injuring Ayeeshia.
The former couple both confirmed they used cannabis at least three times a week, with the drug found stored in a Tommee Tippee mug at their flat.
Mr Peres, 92, underwent minor surgery last week for a constricted artery.
A spokeswoman said on Sunday he was readmitted to a Tel Aviv hospital "for observation and testing".
He was not due to undergo any invasive procedures, Haaretz reported. Mr Peres twice served as Israel's prime minister and was president from 2007 to 2014.
On Sunday, he was found by doctors to have an irregular heartbeat, his spokeswoman said.
Mr Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role negotiating the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier, a prize he shared with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was later assassinated, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
He was defeated in the 1996 election by the head of the opposition Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr Peres has held almost every major political office since Israel was founded in 1948, and was the architect of Israel's secret nuclear programme in 1959.
Despite his age, Mr Peres has maintained an active public schedule, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians.
The desk clock was given to George Rance, clerk and custodian of the rooms, at the end of the war in 1945.
It failed to reach its by guide price of £400 at auction in Chichester, West Sussex on 20 November.
Peter Parker, of Stride and Son, said a collector then contacted them after reading it on the BBC website.
"We have had a flurry of inquiries from interested parties who only seem to have become aware of its existence after the auction," said Mr Parker.
The buyer was "thrilled with their purchase," he added.
Prior to the auction, Sir Nicolas Soames, the Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, said he could imagine seeing the clock on his grandfather's desk.
As many as 60% of France's 70,000 prisoners have Muslim origins, and their backgrounds and criminal records make many ripe for radicalisation.
"They have been broken by educational failure, family breakdown, and unemployment. They are very fragile people," says Missoum Chaoui, a Paris Muslim leader who has worked as prison chaplain for 17 years.
Among the French criminals believed to have turned to extremism while behind bars is Amedy Coulibaly, a man of Malian descent who shot dead a policewoman and four Jews in two of last month's three deadly attacks in the Paris area.
Coulibaly forged the links that would turn him into a jihadist while in jail for robbery in 2005.
At Fleury-Merogis prison, he later told police interrogators, he met one of France's most dangerous inmates, Djamel Beghal.
An al-Qaeda-linked militant, Beghal was then serving a 10-year sentence in Europe's largest prison for a plot to bomb the US embassy in Paris. Although Beghal was being kept in isolation, Coulibaly says he was able to befriend him.
Coulibaly was also introduced to another follower of Beghal, Cherif Kouachi. The three then met after their release.
Eventually Coulibaly, Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said co-ordinated the attacks that killed 17 people in January. The Kouachi brothers shot dead 12 people at Charlie Hebdo magazine, shouting "Allahu Akhbar".
The justice ministry has warned against using Coulibaly's story to portray French jails as breeding grounds for militants. "No-one can really tell whether he was radicalised in prison or outside," ministry spokesman Pierre Rance says.
Mr Rance also points out that, of 167 people detained in France on terror charges and regarded as radical Islamists, only 15% had been incarcerated before.
Clearly, extremists gain more recruits through personal contact or online than in prisons.
Nevertheless, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira admitted after the attacks in January that radicalisation in detention was a "major issue".
It is also far from new. Over the past 20 years, a number of major attacks have been blamed on one-time petty criminals who found religion in French prisons.
Early signs of radicalisation in prison may be difficult to spot, because they are those of a regular religious awakening - such as swapping Western clothes for an Islamic robe, refusing to watch TV, praying frequently, or demanding halal food.
Clearer clues may include refusal to undress for the collective shower, urging cellmates to take down pictures of women, or refusing to speak to guards.
Karim Mokhtari, who spent six years in jail for armed robbery and now works with young offenders in prison, says he can tell who is becoming radicalised by their acute sense of victimhood.
"They say, 'the French never gave us a chance. They hate us. They are locking us up. These people are unbelievers. I do not have to apologise for what I have done because they shut me out'," he says.
In some cases, Mr Mokhtari says, this turns into talk of "fighting the infidels".
That message of grievance and "us against them" finds a ready audience in a prison.
"People are easy to indoctrinate because that is what they like to hear," says David Daems, a guard and spokesman for the main union of prison staff, FO-Penitentiaire.
It is not just Muslims who are susceptible, Mr Daems adds.
He once saw a detainee with no foreign ancestry turn into a fundamentalist before his very eyes: "First he converted, grew a beard and wore a robe; then his language became aggressive and he refused to speak to female staff. In the end he performed circumcision on himself."
One aspect of prison life that provides prisoners with ample opportunity for proselytising others is the daily exercise break, when inmates are allowed to mill around freely in the courtyard.
Radical preachers sometimes use that time to call for collective prayer in defiance of prison rules, under which religious activity must be led by official chaplains in places set aside for worship.
But there is little authorities can do when a self-styled imam issues a wildcat call for prayer.
"The guards are unarmed and will never set foot in the courtyard during exercise time," says Mr Daems. "When you have 700-800 inmates walking around, it would be way too dangerous."
Prisoners who defy the collective prayer ban can face punishment.
Last month the justice ministry announced a plan to tackle radicalisation in jail, involving recruitment of more staff and significantly increasing the number of Muslim chaplains over three years.
But the headline measure is the construction of five special wings to house radicals convicted of terror offences.
This builds on an experiment conducted since September at Fresnes prison, south of Paris, where about 20 radicals singled out for their recruiting zeal are kept apart from others for all but a few supervised activities.
The trial, according to justice ministry spokesman Pierre Rance, yielded interesting results.
"Other inmates, notably Muslim, have returned to normal behaviour, notably with respect to showers and pictures in their cells. The atmosphere in the prison has changed completely."
But not everyone is convinced by the Fresnes experiment. The FO-penitentiaire union, which has accused successive governments of ignoring the problem for two decades, says the plan does not go far enough.
Union spokesman David Daems notes that it involves only those detained on terror charges whereas he believes a radical serving time for other offences can be just as dangerous.
"The problem of radicalisation is not being tackled in its entirety, both terrorist and non-terrorist," he says.
And there are varying degrees of radicalism, too. Activist Karim Mokhtari notes that many French youths have travelled to Syria or Iraq seeking heroic martyrdom, only to find that a jihadist's life is not all it is cracked up to be.
Would-be warriors have written home with complaints such as: "My iPod has stopped working. I want to go back!"
But once they come home, they are deemed to have committed a serious crime under France's anti-terror laws governing anyone returning home from a war zone.
And then, Mr Mokhtari says, if the faint-hearted are locked up with hardened fighters there is "even more radicalisation within the group".
"When you bring [militants] together you reinforce them. When you scatter them, you enable them to find new recruits," says criminologist Alain Bauer.
The challenge for a prison system trying to tackle radicalisation is that there is no easy answer.
Remembering Paris attack victims
The full report is 6,000 pages long and the unclassified summary is 525 pages - but it highlights 20 key findings.
We've summarised them below, and more details on each are available in the full release..
1) The CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" was not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining co-operation from detainees.
2)The CIA's justification for the use of its enhanced interrogation techniques rested on inaccurate claims of their effectiveness.
3) The interrogations of CIA detainees were brutal and far worse than the CIA represented to policymakers and others.
4) The conditions of confinement for CIA detainees were harsher than the CIA had represented to policymakers and others.
5) The CIA repeatedly provided inaccurate information to the Department of Justice, impeding a proper legal analysis of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
6) The CIA has actively avoided or impeded congressional oversight of the programme.
7) The CIA impeded effective White House oversight and decision-making.
8) The CIA's operation and management of the programme complicated, and in some cases impeded, the national security missions of other executive branch agencies.
9) The CIA impeded oversight by the CIA's Office of Inspector General.
10) The CIA co-ordinated the release of classified information to the media, including inaccurate information concerning the effectiveness of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques.
11) The CIA was unprepared as it began operating its Detention and Interrogation Program more than six months after being granted detention authorities.
12) The CIA's management and operation of its Detention and Interrogation Program was deeply flawed throughout the programme's duration, particularly so in 2002 and early 2003.
13) Two contract psychologists devised the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques and played a central role in the operation, assessments, and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program. By 2005, the CIA had overwhelmingly outsourced operations related to the programme.
14) CIA detainees were subjected to coercive interrogation techniques that had not been approved by the Department of Justice or had not been authorised by CIA headquarters.
15) The CIA did not conduct a comprehensive or accurate accounting of the number of individuals it detained, and held individuals who did not meet the legal standard for detention. The CIA's claims about the number of detainees held and subjected to its enhanced interrogation techniques were inaccurate.
16) The CIA failed to adequately evaluate the effectiveness of its enhanced interrogation techniques.
17) The CIA rarely reprimanded or held personnel accountable for serious and significant violations, inappropriate activities, and systemic and individual management failures.
18) The CIA marginalised and ignored numerous internal critiques, criticisms, and objections concerning the operation and management of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program.
19) The CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program was inherently unsustainable and had effectively ended by 2006 due to unauthorised press disclosures, reduced cooperation from other nations, and legal and oversight concerns.
20) The CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program damaged the United States' standing in the world, and resulted in other significant monetary and non-monetary costs.
Some MPs and campaigners say there were examples of terms being too harsh.
On Tuesday, two men were jailed for four years at Chester Crown Court for using Facebook to incite riots. One is to appeal against the sentence.
Lord Carlile, Lib Dem peer and Howard League for Penal Reform president, said some decisions were "questionable".
The barrister told the BBC "ringleaders should receive very long sentences" but warned "there was an issue of proportionality" over the way people already before the courts had been treated.
The PM said it was good that the courts were sending a "tough message".
Speaking in Warrington, he said: "It's up to the courts to make decisions about sentencing, but they've decided to send a tough message and it's very good that the courts feel able to do that."
In other developments:
By Dominic CascianiBBC News home affairs correspondent
The Metropolitan Police have now charged more than 1,000 people in connection with the rioting and looting - and 21 of them appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Chelsea Ives, denied burglary, violent disorder and attacking a police car, and held her head in her hands as she entered the dock. She was remanded in custody until 7 September. She had contacted police herself after a call to detectives by her mother. Her mother left the court in tears.
Almost all of the defendants dealt with by lunchtime were refused bail.
District Judge Nina Tempia said the circumstances of the rioting meant many defendants claiming previous good character could not be bailed.
One defendant denied bail was supported by his family in court, offering bail sureties and guarantees he would be monitored at home. But he went back to jail, shaking his head as he was escorted away.
Are courts acting out of character?
What happened to the rioters in court?
So far, more than 2,770 people have been arrested in connection with last week's riots.
Some 1,297 people have now appeared before the courts, with the majority of charges relating to burglary, theft and handling, and violence and violent disorder offences.
In a statement, the Ministry of Justice stressed that the magistrates and judges were independent of government.
A spokesman added: "Their sentencing decisions are based on the individual circumstances of each case and offender.
"That is why different offenders may be given different sentences for what might appear to be similar crimes. To provide a consistent base for these decisions an independent body of experts, the Sentencing Council, set guidelines for them to use."
Meanwhile, the Courts and Tribunals Service says legal clerks in court have been advising magistrates to "consider whether their powers of punishment are sufficient in dealing with some cases arising from the recent disorder".
Magistrates are able to refer cases to crown courts which have tougher sentencing powers.
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said the sentences being handed out across the country for offences of dishonesty such as theft, burglary and receiving stolen goods, suggested there were disparities between courts.
What the public was seeing may just be a "distorted version of the normal system", our correspondent said.
In another case, David Beswick, 31 from Salford was sentenced to 18 months in prison for handling stolen goods.
Our legal correspondent said under normal circumstances Beswick would have been given a mid-range community sentence.
Max Hill QC, vice-chairman of the Criminal Bar Association said it was not the job of judges "to deliver a political message on behalf of the government" when passing sentence but part of their role was to identify "serious aggravating features that elevate the crime beyond the ordinary".
He added: "In the case of the two in Chester, it seems that is exactly what the judge has done."
One serving judge, Charles Harris QC, told the BBC it was not possible for the courts to achieve absolute consistency in sentencing as "no two offences are the same".
"Judge and magistrates do look in the best way they can at the circumstances of the offence and the offender in front of them. In some cases, they might legitimately say, this goes beyond any existing guideline," he added.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We need to understand that people for a while thought that this was a crime without consequence - we cannot have people being frightened in their beds, frightened in their own homes for their public safety.
"That is why these kind of exemplary sentences are necessary. I think people would be rightly alarmed if that incitement to riot got off with just a slap on the wrist."
Khalid Mohamed Omar Ali, 27, from north London, is also charged with two counts of making or having explosives.
Mr Omar Ali, who was arrested on Parliament Street on 27 April, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf after he told the court that he did not recognise the charges.
The two explosives charges, under the Explosive Substances Act, relate to alleged activity in Afghanistan in 2012.
Mr Omar Ali was out of the UK between 2011 and November 2016.
After his arrest in Westminster, three knives are said to have been recovered from his person.
Mr Omar Ali is a UK national who was born overseas and went to school in Tottenham.
He appeared in court wearing handcuffs and spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.
When the charges were read out, Mr Omar Ali said he did not recognise them.
Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot then directed that not guilty pleas be entered on his behalf.
He refused legal representation when it was offered to him.
Mr Omar Ali was remanded in custody ahead of a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey on 19 May.
Prospects Academies Trust had six schools at its peak; two in Gloucestershire, three in Devon and one in East Sussex.
The trust's website says it is now "being wound up" after transferring the Dean Academy and Gloucester Academy to new sponsors on 1 March.
It is the first academy chain in the country to fold.
A statement on the trust website, said board members "reluctantly" came to the decision to find new sponsors for its six academies as the trust "in its current form, was not viable".
"The trustees were determined to ensure that the education of the students at the academies should not be interrupted and believe that this objective has been achieved," added a spokesperson.
Two Wiltshire sponsors have taken on the two schools in the neighbouring county, with Gloucester Academy now in the hands of The White Horse Federation and the Malmesbury Trust taking over The Dean Academy in Lydney.
New Zealand lost influential captain Brendon McCullum to the fifth ball of the match and were bowled out for 183.
Grant Elliott resisted with 83, while Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and James Faulkner shared eight wickets.
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Australia rarely looked troubled, sealing a seven-wicket win in 33.1 overs, with captain Michael Clarke scoring 74 and Steve Smith 56 not out.
Clarke, in his final one-day international, was given a standing ovation by the record 93,000 crowd and welcomed by his team-mates on the boundary when he was bowled by Matt Henry with eight required.
He was part of the Australia team that last lifted the trophy in 2007, with this success extending their record for most World Cups won. No other team has more than two.
Australia's win was the second in as many tournaments by a host nation after India's triumph four years ago.
It provided a joyous end to an emotional Australian summer which saw batsman Phillip Hughes die after being struck on the neck by a ball in Sydney in November.
In their first final, after six previous semi-final defeats, New Zealand were blown away.
Their path to Melbourne came with eight successive wins, all on home soil, and most of the pre-match speculation was of how McCullum's men would deal with the change in conditions.
They won what was thought to be a crucial toss, but the life was sucked from their innings almost as soon as it began.
The talismanic McCullum, so often a slayer of new-ball attacks throughout the tournament, aimed two wild swings at Starc, missed with both, then was bowled by a brilliant yorker.
Far from the batting paradise predicted, the pitch was slightly two-paced and offered both turn and some uneven bounce.
But that is to take nothing away from the Australia pace attack, Starc in particular, who bowled with hostility and found movement both in the air and off the seam.
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New Zealand clung on without progressing, but when Glenn Maxwell's off-spin got through a lazy Martin Guptill stroke and Kane Williamson patted back to Johnson, they seemed in disarray.
However, from 39-3, they painstakingly rebuilt through semi-final hero Elliott and Ross Taylor.
Elliott, who successfully overturned a Maxwell lbw decision on 15, scored almost exclusively through the off-side to become only the fifth man to register a half-century in the semi-final and final of the same World Cup.
Taylor made 40 in a stand of 111 provided a platform for the batting powerplay.
Yet it was the powerplay that began New Zealand's slide, as Faulkner returned to have Taylor athletically caught behind by Brad Haddin and bowl Corey Anderson two balls later.
When Luke Ronchi played an awful waft to be caught at slip off Starc, three wickets had been lost for one run in eight balls.
There was no support for Elliott, who was caught behind attempting to heave Faulkner and, when Maxwell superbly ran out non-striker Tim Southee with a direct hit for the final wicket, it was the perfect demonstration of Australia's dominance. In all, New Zealand lost seven wickets for 33 runs.
Though Aaron Finch inside-edged on to his pad to be caught and bowled by Trent Boult, David Warner's brisk 45 gave Australia's chase early momentum.
After he was caught hooking Henry, there began a period of pressure that Clarke and Smith battled to absorb, the latter needing the fortune of seeing the bails stay unmoved as a Henry delivery trickled on to the base of the stumps.
It would be New Zealand's last chance, as Clarke's cuts and drives down the ground accelerated Australia towards victory.
He could not see the job through, but Smith became the first man to score five successive World Cup half-centuries then pulled Henry for the winning runs.
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The Premier League champions have had two bids turned down for the England player, who last summer signed a contract extension to 2021.
Leicester have previously stated they do not wish to lose Drinkwater, 27, who was an integral part of the Foxes' title-winning squad in 2016.
However, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte wants a replacement for Nemanja Matic.
Drinkwater played in 35 of Leicester's 38 league games in their title-winning season and formed an impressive midfield partnership with N'Golo Kante, who joined Chelsea last July.
He has yet to play this season because of a thigh injury.
The playmaker, who joined Leicester in 2012 from Manchester United, has won three England caps since making his international debut in March 2016.
Alan Cartwright was attacked near Copenhagen Street, in Islington, last Friday, while out with two friends.
He managed to cycle away but collapsed on nearby Caledonian Road and was pronounced dead at the scene.
His mother said the footage looks like he got punched, yet two minutes later he collapsed and died.
Michelle Watson, 39, added: "I feel angry, I want somebody found for this. I just feel numb."
The video shows Alan and his two friends being attacked and pushed off their bikes by three youths.
Det Ch Insp Chris Jones said: "The footage of the suspects attacking Alan and his friends is truly shocking.
"Alan stood no chance of defending himself against his attacker who casually stepped out in front of him and stabbed him in the chest.
"Identifying and arresting the suspects is our absolute priority."
After Alan's two friends were pushed off, the suspects - initially described as men in the hours after the killing - rode off on their bicycles.
His 21-year-old sister, Cherrie Smith, said: "We want any witnesses to give as much information as they possibly can. If you have a little brother or sister, ask yourself 'what if it was them?'
"If that was me, I wouldn't be able to live with myself.
"People are saying 'wrong place, wrong time', but those people shouldn't be carrying knives on them."
She added: "He has always put a front on in front of me and his friends that he was like a hard man, but he wouldn't hurt a fly, he really wouldn't.
"I hope someone gets found for this. Knowing he has been taken away from us in such an unlawful way, it's just heartbreaking because there's a chance someone could get away with this."
A post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of Alan's death as a single stab wound to the chest.
Det Ch Insp Jones added: "I would like to re-appeal to anyone who may know something about Alan's murder and the robbery of the bikes.
"Where are the two bicycles that were taken? Someone may have noticed a new bike brought home or perhaps you have been offered a similar bike for sale?
"If so, I would urge you to contact the police."
Former EastEnders actress and anti-knife campaigner Brooke Kinsella described the killing as "cowardly and senseless".
Ms Kinsella, whose brother Ben was fatally stabbed 11 times in 2008 as he fled a fight in Islington, tweeted on Saturday: "Another young boy lost to knife crime, another family destroyed. Sickening, cowardly, senseless culture.
"Heart is weary #PutDownYourKnives".
Its foreign ministry said the Syrian government would participate "in order for Syrians themselves to find a political path to a solution".
It follows efforts to get all the sides involved in the peace talks.
Syria's main opposition group entered a second day of talks Friday aimed at finding an approach to the conference.
"We note with satisfaction that we have received an agreement in principle from Damascus to attend the international conference, in the interest of Syrians themselves finding a political path to resolve the conflict, which is ruinous for the nation and region," Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
The international conference, backed by Russia and the US, aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria, based on the final communique of the UN-backed Action Group for Syria meeting in the Swiss city in June 2012.
The communique called for an immediate end to violence and the establishment of a transitional government that could include officials serving under President Bashar al-Assad and members of the opposition.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned the Syrian president on Wednesday that if he was not prepared to make "a commitment to find peace in his country", the US and others would consider increasing backing for his opponents.
"Our understanding [is that] if Geneva 2 were not on the horizon, all we would be looking at is the continued tragic disintegration of the county that will go down further into more violence and more destruction," he added.
On Thursday, the outgoing leader of Syria's main opposition coalition Moaz al-Khatib put forward a detailed plan for the transition of power in Syria.
The proposal came at the start of three days of talks in Istanbul aimed at revamping the membership and leadership of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces.
It stipulates that Mr Assad must leave office, a demand likely to be rejected by Mr Assad and his key backer, Russia. It also calls for Mr Assad and his family to be given a safe exit if he stands down.
The National Coalition demanded on Friday that the Syrian government confirm for itself whether it would be taking part in the international peace conference, the news agency AFP reports.
The UN says that more than 80,000 people have been killed since the uprising against the Syrian president began in March 2011. There are 1.5 million refugees taking shelter in neighbouring countries and an estimated 4.25 million internally displaced people.
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The Union Chain Bridge crosses the River Tweed from Fishwick in Berwickshire to Horncliffe in Northumberland.
When it was officially opened in 1820, it was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.
However, it has become structurally unsafe and can only be accessed by one light vehicle at a time.
Scottish Borders Council and Northumberland County Council are now working up a project to refurbish the bridge.
They have both committed £550,000 to seek to pull in Heritage Lottery Funding towards the scheme.
The current estimate for the project sits at just over £5.6m which includes refurbishment along with community activities and visitor infrastructure associated with the bridge.
A first phase application for funding had been planned last year, however it will now not take place until April this year.
Despite the delay, a report to Scottish Borders Council said time had not been lost in the overall programme and could still meet its 2020 completion goal.
Ongoing revenue costs for the scheme have not been determined so far.
A condition of HLF support would be for the bridge to be maintained to a high quality for 10 years after any funding was secured.
Councillors have been warned that failure to intervene could risk future closure of the bridge and a period of "managed decline".
A report said the investment could not only secure the bridge's long term future but also turn it into an "important visitor attraction".
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City came from behind to beat Reading 3-2, Arsenal eased to a 5-1 win at Yeovil and Liverpool overcame Women's FA Cup finalists Birmingham 2-0.
Liverpool's win stretched their lead at the top to four points after four games, but Manchester City and second-placed Chelsea have two games in hand.
Yeovil remain bottom after four league defeats since their promotion in 2016.
The Lady Glovers fell behind early on to England striker Jodie Taylor's penalty and it was soon 2-0 to Arsenal through Molly Clark's own goal.
Taylor's finish and Danielle Carter's header put the visitors 4-0 up, while Lucy Quinn slotted in a Yeovil consolation before half-time.
Former USA international Heather O'Reilly added the Gunners' fifth from the spot in the second half, after England right-back Alex Scott was obstructed by Helen Bleazard.
Things were far tougher for Manchester City at Adams Park, where they led through England winger Nikita Parris but fell behind after the break as Reading hit back through Jade Moore's fine strike and Lauren Bruton's penalty.
But Parris and international team-mate Jill Scott both scored within two minutes as the 2016 league champions fought back to earn their first league win of the Spring Series.
Birmingham - who made five changes in their final game before facing City at Wembley on 13 May - lost for the first time under manager Marc Skinner, but were unfortunate as they hit the woodwork three times.
Forward Jess Clarke and centre-back Gemma Bonner were on target for the table-topping Reds in the second half to settle a hard-fought game.
Its figures show around 19 in every 100,000 women in the UK were diagnosed with the disease in the 1990s - climbing to 29 in 100,000 in 2013.
Researchers acknowledge the science behind how extra weight is linked to cancer is not clear - but say hormones produced by extra fat may play a part.
They say more studies are needed.
Around 9,000 women are diagnosed with womb cancer in the UK each year and around 2,000 women die from the disease.
Researchers say treatments have improved over the last 20 years - mirrored by better chances of survival.
But they call for more research to understand why a greater number of women are getting the disease.
Prof Jonathan Lederman, at Cancer Research UK, said: "It is worrying that womb cancer cases are going up so sharply.
"We don't know all the reasons why, but we do know that about a third of cases are linked to being overweight - so it is no surprise to see the increases in womb cancer cases echo rising obesity levels."
It's not clear exactly what causes womb cancer, but certain things can increase the risk of developing the condition.
Experts say extra fat may produce hormones and growth factor molecules that encourage cells to replicate, increasing the chance of tumours forming.
Other factors - such as a lack of exercise, age and genes have all been implicated too.
Kath Bebbington, who is 56 and from Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with womb cancer three years ago and said it prompted her to change her eating and exercise habits.
She added: "My cancer diagnosis was a wake-up call for me. It was a shock because I don't smoke, I don't drink and I walk a lot.
"And we don't know what caused the cancer but I had to admit to myself that I needed to make some lifestyle changes to lose some extra pounds I had been carrying and stack the odds in my favour for a healthy future."
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "We know that being overweight or obese increases our risk of some cancers which is why it's important to keep an eye on portion sizes and cut back on calories, sugar and fat in the diet."
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Reality star McCann was seen eating the spider as part of one of the ITV jungle endurance show's Bushtucker Trials.
As a result, Ofcom and ITV received 1,448 complaints following the show which aired on 6 December.
A watchdog spokesperson said they believed the incident was "in keeping" with audience expectations of the show.
"We received a number of complaints about a contestant on this programme eating a live spider as part of a challenge, but won't be taking the matter forward for investigation," the spokesperson said.
"In our view, this task was in keeping with the well-established format of this reality series and was unlikely to have exceeded audience expectations.
"We also took into account that ITV had taken steps to limit any offence resulting from the inclusion of this task."
McCann is a star of another reality TV show, The Only Way is Essex. She was seen eating the live spider in a Bushtucker Trial in order to earn as many stars - or points - as possible to earn food for herself and fellow contestants.
Bushtucker trials are considered a highlight of the reality show, which sees a group of celebrities "stranded" in the Australian jungle with the bare minimum of supplies to survive.
Over the weeks, they are eliminated by the public voting for who they want to stay so that the camp member with the least votes is the one to leave. How the celebrities fare in the trials is not the only way to earn the camp food but it is considered a major contributor to audience opinion of individual contestants.
Eating insects and other unusual animal body parts has become one of the established and most-anticipated form of Bushtucker Trial.
Ofcom said it was satisfied with ITV's explanation of the steps taken to mitigate offence when showing the task with the spider-eating incident, including footage selected and avoiding any vertebrate creatures.
An ITV spokesman said at the time: "I'm A Celebrity complies with all regional and national laws concerning the use of insects in the eating trials, which have become a well-established part of the show over the past 15 years."
McCann came third in the competition last year, won by Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison.
Complaints over the eating of animals on the show have been made before. The most notable was in 2009, when winner TV chef Gino D'Acampo and actor Stuart Manning faced charges of animal cruelty by the RSPCA in New South Wales, Australia, after cooking and eating a rat on the show.
The government was facing a rebellion from Eurosceptic MPs over the 5% VAT rate on women's sanitary products.
It is at the lowest rate allowed by EU law but rebels unhappy with EU say over tax rates were set to join forces with Labour to insist on VAT being removed.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was "another Labour victory" on the Budget.
The government has also conceded ground over the issue of VAT on solar panels and other domestic energy saving and insulation products, amid a threatened Conservative rebellion over a potential tax rise.
VAT is currently charged at the reduced rate of 5% on sanitary products - but more than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for sanitary items to be exempted from tax altogether.
In Wednesday's Budget, Mr Osborne said he recognised public feelings about the issue and said the EU had agreed to give the UK the leeway under EU law to set a zero rate.
Hailing what he said was a tax concession from Brussels that "no British government has even tried to achieve", he pledged to spend the proceeds of the tax on women's charities.
The government has now confirmed it will not oppose a Labour amendment to the Finance Bill calling for a zero rate of VAT. A number of Conservative MPs had threatened to vote with Labour on Tuesday to highlight the role of Brussels in setting VAT rates.
Some of those say they still intend to do so, arguing they think implementation of the reduced VAT rate will be delayed while all other 27 EU countries agree to the changes.
Labour MP Paula Sheriff, who tabled the amendment, welcomed the news. She tweeted: "Wow, thank you. Happy being the MP for Dewsbury." Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described it as "another Labour victory".
At last week's European Council summit in Brussels, the 28 leaders agreed a statement welcoming "the intention of the Commission to include proposals for increased flexibility for member states with respect to reduced rates of VAT, which will provide the option to member states of VAT zero-rating sanitary products".
The European Commission has said it is working on two options that would allow member states more flexibility over setting VAT rates and will set out proposals on Wednesday.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary examined forces across England and Wales, including North Wales Police and Dyfed-Powys Police.
HMIC said it found poor practice in more than a third of cases it looked at and anticipated this would apply to all police forces.
Gwent Police and South Wales Police were not inspected.
Dyfed-Powys Police was one of the forces inspected as part of a report called In Harm's Way which said: "There is, however, a continuing rise in referrals to the police of child protection cases (most notably in respect of some elements of child sexual exploitation, such as online grooming).
"Police forces are just beginning to tackle these kinds of offending while simultaneously trying to respond to the increasing numbers of non-recent cases of abuse, which are now being reported."
Dyfed-Powys Police welcomed the report and said protecting children and vulnerable people was an "absolute priority".
"The force will now review in detail the recommendations from these recent reports published and incorporate any areas for development into existing programmes of work," it said.
The report looked at cases going back two years, including online child exploitation and how police share and cross-check information.
Any pockets of excellent practice found were said to be the result of "dedicated and professional individuals and teams, rather than a united, understood and applied focus on protecting children at force level".
The report added: "On too many occasions HMIC found that investigations into child abuse or neglect were poor and plagued by delay and the response to reports of offences against children - ranging from online grooming to domestic abuse - was inadequate.
"Considerable resources are being spent on child protection processes that do not necessarily lead to help for a child, while core police duties - for example, to undertake enquiries and investigations - are not being pursued effectively."
The 27-year-old, who has the option for a third year, was out of contract after three years at Spotland.
Town have offered new deals to captain Nat Knight-Percival, Junior Brown, James Wesolowski and keepers Jayson Leutwiler, Mark Halstead and England Under-18 international Callum Burton.
Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro tops the list of eight Shrewsbury players to be let go.
On the back of their narrow brush with relegation back to League Two, defenders Jermaine Grandison, Zak Whitbread and Mickey Demetriou, midfielder Jordan Clark, wingers Elliot Grandin and James Caton and striker Scott Vernon are the other seven not to be offered new deals.
Akpa Akpro three times scored important late goals for Shrewsbury over the final two months of the season.
He scored the equalisers at home to both Scunthorpe United and Bradford City and the winner at Gillingham, three results which ultimately kept the Town up by four points.
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The scheme involves demolishing two estates and the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
Developers want to create four "villages" and a "high street" and say the plans will create 7,500 homes and thousands of permanent jobs.
But campaigners from Save Earl's Court West Kensington & Gibbs Green estates have opposed them.
They argued the loss of Earls Court would damage trade and that the centre should be listed.
London mayor Boris Johnson could have chosen to turn the scheme down or call for a public hearing when he met with his planning team on Wednesday.
He said he was "acutely aware of the concerns" some residents had.
But, he added: "I'm in no doubt that the development will provide a massive boost not just to this part of the capital, but to London's wider economy as well."
Labour London Assembly Member Tom Copley said on Twitter: "Very disappointed but not at all surprised that the Mayor has approved demolition of Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
"An appalling decision."
And Green Party London Assembly Member Darren Johnson said: "Boris Johnson claims to be a champion of the London economy and making it more attractive to foreign investment.
"Yet he has backed the demolition of the exhibition centres that are estimated to be worth over a billion pounds to London's real economy, that attract one and a half million visitors.
"By backing this proposal, Boris Johnson is condemning this part of London into [being] a playground for the super rich with mostly extortionately priced homes that will not help the vast majority of ordinary people."
The development, straddling the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham, is expected to take 20 years to complete.
Charteris has resumed training after a knee injury ruled him out of the 19-10 win against France.
Another lock, Jake Ball, is still being assessed after picking up a leg injury in the Scarlets' victory over Treviso.
Wales' most capped player, prop Gethin Jenkins, is due to resume training on Tuesday shortly before the team to face England is named.
Jenkins made his 122nd appearance for Wales against France, but suffered a slight calf muscle strain.
"Luke (Charteris) didn't play at the weekend, his injury is progressing well and he's due to train, while Gethin is due to be integrated into training on Tuesday," said assistant coach Rob Howley.
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"Once again it's just keeping a watchful eye on both of them.
"At the moment Jake Ball is being assessed by our medical team and a decision will be made in the next 24 hours."
Alun Wyn Jones was partnered by Bradley Davies in the second row against France, while James King and Dominic Day are Wales' other options if Charteris and Ball are both unavailable.
Paul James would be front row cover if Jenkins was unfit.
However, Scarlets loose-head Rob Evans has started all three of Wales' Six Nations matches so far this season, with Jenkins appearing off the bench.
Ospreys scrum-half Rhys Webb has been added to Wales' squad after six months away from international rugby with injury.
The cars are different - faster, better-looking and much more demanding. There are new driver line-ups - and new drivers. The sport has new owners, with big plans for the future. And it looks like Mercedes might not find things as easy as they have in recent years.
So let's ponder what will be the main issues of the year.
Ferrari look like they might just have designed a properly competitive car. Not before time, it should be said - it would be the first in nine years.
The SF17 not only features obvious innovations after years of Ferrari being behind the curve in Formula 1 design, but in testing it has been going like stink.
It is not the first time that a Ferrari has looked quick in pre-season. Usually, they have then fallen away when the competition proper started. But this year it appears to be different.
No matter who you talk to, or how you do the numbers, the Ferrari looks genuinely quick. So much so that Lewis Hamilton said they were "possibly the favourites".
Ferrari have flattered to deceive so many times in recent years - their inability to produce a car that could compete with the best drove Fernando Alonso to distraction so much that he took the otherwise inexplicable decision to join McLaren-Honda.
Inevitably, then, many in F1 are having difficulty believing that this time it could be real.
Melbourne and the rest of the season may yet prove it not to be, but right now it looks like it is. And if Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen are genuinely in contention it will be something to see.
At the same time, Vettel's contract runs out this year. Will he sign another? Or might he be tempted away by Mercedes? Stability has rarely been a Maranello strong point.
Lewis Hamilton has a new team-mate this year after Nico Rosberg decided the only way was down following his title win in 2016.
The latest man set the task of competing with the fastest driver in the world is Finland's Valtteri Bottas.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff prised the 27-year-old out of Williams - at the cost of a lot of money among other things - because he saw him as the closest he could get to a like-for-like replacement for Rosberg.
That means someone quick enough to keep Hamilton on his toes, and a team player who will not rock the boat.
But three years alongside Felipe Massa at Williams have proved little about Bottas' ultimate ability to compete at the very top of F1.
Bottas comfortably beat the Brazilian - but his superiority over Massa was nowhere near as great as was Alonso's when they were team-mates at Ferrari. Which doesn't necessarily tell you anything, but might.
So will Bottas be another Rosberg - quick and dependable, talented enough to run Hamilton close but only good enough to beat him occasionally? Or another Heikki Kovalainen, Hamilton's McLaren team-mate in 2008 and 2009 - decently talented but hardly ever anywhere near Hamilton's level? Or better than both of them?
If he's Rosberg, things at Mercedes will continue much as they have for the last few years - and Bottas will almost certainly be retained for 2018.
If he's Kovalainen, the atmosphere in the team will be a lot more comfortable than it has been, but Mercedes might find Hamilton even more 'superstar-y' than he can already be from time to time - and Wolff will be looking for a new driver.
And if he's better than both, things could get really interesting, really quickly.
Daniel Ricciardo v Max Verstappen was already a compelling watch in 2016, and it is only likely to get better this year.
There is more hype around 19-year-old Verstappen than any young driver since Hamilton. And by and large he has lived up to it.
A maiden win in his debut race for Red Bull last May was pretty spectacular - even if he was helped by the team inadvertently strategising Ricciardo out of the way.
But even that paled into insignificance compared with his stunning drive in the wet in Brazil, a performance that drew legitimate comparisons with Ayrton Senna.
The fly in the Verstappen ointment, though, was that over the season Ricciardo was the more impressive performer. He out-qualified Verstappen more often than not, and he out-scored him comfortably, too. In fact, Ricciardo was arguably the best driver on the grid last year.
But neither that nor a controversy over his defensive driving tactics did anything visibly to dent Verstappen's sky-high self-confidence, and the Dutchman did seem to develop a momentum in the latter stages of the year, more frequently out-qualifying Ricciardo as the races went by.
Ricciardo is a potential champion in his own right, but if Verstappen is to live up to expectations, he will have to start establishing himself as the faster and better driver this season.
Verstappen will be as determined to do that as the feisty Ricciardo is to stop it - and don't be fooled by the Australian's sunny demeanour; he is as hard as nails underneath the smile.
If Red Bull are contenders for regular wins - as many expect them to be - this one could go nuclear.
If they repeat the form showed in pre-season testing, McLaren-Honda will be struggling to get off the back of the grid in Australia this weekend.
That's with one of the cars being driven by Fernando Alonso, one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time; and the other by a novice who shows every promise of being a star himself, Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne.
The McLaren chassis does not appear to be anything special - although it is hard to tell, because the fundamental reason for this is the catastrophic performance of Honda's redesigned engine.
After two difficult seasons since the start of their relationship with McLaren, Honda has effectively built a Mercedes engine this year, in the sense of copying their design philosophy. The problem is it doesn't go like one. In fact, it hardly goes at all.
Will Honda have solved in the two weeks since the last test problems that stopped the car running more than 11 laps at a time, and left it nearly 30km/h slower than the best on the straights? Unlikely.
Can they, ever? That's the bigger question.
BBC Sport revealed last week that McLaren have already sounded out Mercedes about a future engine supply if the Honda relationship cannot be made to work.
That will have come as a shock to Honda, but the question is, how do they respond? If there is as little evidence this year as there has been in the last two that the Japanese giant knows how to make a competitive F1 engine, then the writing could be on the wall.
Alonso's future is also bound up on this. The Spaniard's contract with McLaren runs out this season, and he has already indicated that the new cars are enough of a step forward in terms of challenge for him to want to stick around.
But if McLaren cannot find a decent engine, he will be looking for a new employer. Even if it is not immediately obvious who that could be.
He's unlikely to want to return to Ferrari - and they may not want him back, although if Vettel left that could change things. Red Bull is a non-starter. One suspects Alonso might have Wolff on speed dial.
One of the big questions heading into 2017 is how the new cars work, both in terms of challenging the drivers and improving the spectacle, and how the races might change.
Hot on its heels is when new owners Liberty will start to make changes and what they will be.
Some of this is known - Liberty have made it clear they want to make a bigger promotional impact with grands prix themselves.
Beyond that, the shape of the calendar will change sooner or later. Liberty is keen to establish new races in the Americas - north and south - and Asia. And less enamoured of what might be called 'propaganda' races such as Azerbaijan, where a grand prix is held in a country for no obvious reason other than to give its regime a cloak of respectability.
Equally, former Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn has been charged with making the sport "purer and simpler".
The controversial DRS overtaking aid is in his sights. But he will be looking far and wide - at how to change the design of the cars to make racing closely more feasible; at what the engine formula should be post-2020.
While all this is going on, Liberty has to begin negotiations with the teams over new contracts - all but one of them are committed to F1 only as far as 2020.
Up for discussion? A more equitable balance of payments. Ferrari's $100m bonus for, well, being Ferrari. And the political and decision-making structure of the sport itself.
It's going to be an interesting year, all in all.
Tracey Wilkinson, 50, and Pierce, 13, were killed in Stourbridge on 30 March. Mrs Wilkinson's husband, Peter, 47, was also seriously injured in the attack.
The pair arrived at St Mary's Church, Oldswinford, in a single white coffin.
Lydia Wilkinson told hundreds of mourners they had been "as close as a mother and son could be."
The 18-year-old said they "shared a true bond of love that could never be broken".
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Miss Wilkinson, who was at university at the time of the attack, described her mother - a champion ballroom dancer - as her "best friend".
The teenager said the pair would go shopping as her mother had a sharp eye for fashion and had once jokingly been told she "could make a sack look like a Dior gown".
"My mum was gorgeous, not only in terms of looks and fashion but she had a beautiful soul.
"I still cannot believe my closest friend has been taken from me," she said.
Of the brother she had taught to swim on holidays in Crete, Miss Wilkinson said: "I still fail to believe he has left me."
She said he had an "infectious" laugh, enjoyed Carry On, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings films, and was "destined to be an engineer".
The student added: "He'll always be my baby brother, and I'll never forget the fantastic times we had together."
The Reverend Stephen Agnew called on those gathered to remember two "wonderful" people, "rather than allow the memories to be tarnished by the horror of what ended their lives".
Aaron Barley, 23, of no fixed address, has been charged with the murders of Mrs Wilkinson and her son and the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson.
The BBC takes a look at her story and the interventions that led to the Filipino woman's stay of execution.
She was caught in April 2010 at Yogyakarta airport in Indonesia with 2.6kg (5.7lb) of heroin. In October 2010 she was sentenced to death for drug trafficking. All her appeals were rejected.
But Veloso - 30 and a mother of two young children - has always maintained she was tricked. She said she was convinced by Maria Kristina Sergio, the daughter of one of her godparents, to travel to Indonesia to start a new job as a maid.
Veloso claims that Ms Sergio's male friends gave her new clothes and a new bag, which she was unaware had heroin sewn into it.
Ms Sergio has always denied the charges.
In a letter written to Philippine President Benigno Aquino released to the media over the weekend, Veloso said: "We're poor and I wanted to change our life but I could never commit the crime they have accused me of."
It launched two appeals to Indonesia in the two months leading up to Veloso's execution date.
In its first appeal heard in March, it argued that Veloso did not understand what was going on during her trial - an incompetent translator meant she did not even know she was being sentenced to death, it said. The appeal was rejected.
Indonesia launched its second appeal last week, arguing that Philippine police investigations showed Veloso may have been the victim of a drug syndicate.
But Indonesia dismissed that too, as it only allows one appeal for a judicial review.
Last Friday, she was sent to Nusakambangan prison island, where the executions were scheduled to be carried out.
Veloso's case drew widespread public sympathy in the Philippines, which does not have the death penalty.
Hundreds of activists held vigils outside the Indonesian embassy in Manila, and local media gave Veloso's case prominent coverage.
Her circumstances were familiar to many in the Philippines, where it is common for women to escape poverty by seeking work abroad as domestic helpers.
Veloso was scheduled to die at midnight on Tuesday.
On Monday, Mr Aquino had met President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Malaysia to discuss Veloso's case.
Philippine officials said that the next day, Mr Aquino called Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and proposed keeping Veloso alive so that she could testify against drug traffickers.
Then at around 11:00 local time (06:00 BST) on Tuesday, Ms Sergio - the woman accused of duping Veloso - unexpectedly showed up at a police station in Cabanatuan city, north of Manila. She was seeking police protection saying she was receiving death threats.
At the eleventh hour, Indonesia issued a reprieve, saying Veloso was needed to testify against a "perpetrator suspected of human trafficking".
Her execution had seemed so likely that several newspapers in the Philippines went to print on Wednesday with front pages and headlines reporting it had happened.
Ms Sergio was taken to the national police headquarters north of Manila on Wednesday night.
Though no charges have been brought against her, police are investigating allegations of trafficking, illegal recruitment and fraud,
She has also maintained her innocence, saying she was only helping Veloso look for a job.
Mary Jane Veloso has since been transferred back to a prison in Yogyakarta, and her legal team plans to launch another appeal to prove she was a victim of human trafficking, according to Indonesian media.
Veloso's family and many in the Philippines continue to celebrate. Activists gathered outside the Indonesian embassy in Manila cheered early on Wednesday morning upon hearing the news, and the hashtag #MaryJaneLives quickly trended on Twitter.
Veloso's mother Celia told reporters: "A miracle has happened to my child."
But Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has insisted: "This is not a cancellation but a postponement."
But US stocks generally, which are in record territory, turned lower.
The Dow Jones dipped 13 points in early trade, falling to 22,105.62.
The wider S&P 500 index slipped 2.8 points to 2,478.1, while the Nasdaq dropped 18.75 points to 6,365.02.
Shares of hotelier Marriott International slumped more than 3%, a day after the firm said it expected limited growth in North America in coming months.
Investors were more forgiving of challenges facing Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors, which are trying to recapture shoppers' attention in a retail industry challenged by e-commerce and bargain-hunting.
Ralph Lauren stock climbed 10% in morning trade, after the firm reported profit of $59.5m in the quarter, as restructuring helped the firm reverse from a loss in the same period last year.
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd soared more than 17%. The firm, which recently announced a plan to acquire high-end footwear company Jimmy Choo, forecast growth thanks to new stores and expansion in China.
Both Michael Kors and Ralph Lauren continue to face sales declines, but Michael Kors chief executive John D Idol said growth in the three months to the end of June was a good sign.
"We are encouraged by our first-quarter performance, although we continue to believe that fiscal 2018 will be a transition year for our company, as we focus on laying the foundation for the future by executing on our strategic plan," he said.
The therapy - which is particularly helpful for children with rare and complex tumours - was highlighted with the case of Ashya King last year.
The five-year old's parents took him abroad after doctors in the UK did not recommend it for his brain tumour.
Experts say the new centres will be "game-changing".
The therapy allows precise targeting of certain tumours, increasing the success rates and reducing the risk of damage to surrounding tissues.
But it is not yet available in the UK - apart from one clinic to treat eye conditions.
On Wednesday, a ceremony at University College London Hospital (UCLH) - attended by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt - marked the start of construction at one of the sites, due to open in 2019.
The other, at the Christie cancer centre in Manchester, will start taking patients in 2018.
Separately, in May this year the private company Proton Partners International said it had plans to open a centre in Newport in south Wales.
This clinic would do some NHS work.
Experts say the opening of NHS facilities in London and Manchester will allow them to provide the specialist treatment to a wider selection of patients than any other healthcare system in Europe.
Sir Robert Naylor, chief executive of UCLH, added: "To have work under way on this long-awaited centre is tremendous news.
"This will be a game-changer for NHS patients who will benefit from local access to advanced treatments."
Currently about 120-140 patients a year have to go to foreign clinics for treatment funded by the NHS.
Four-year-old Keeva Hanbury from Hertfordshire and her parents joined health leaders at the launch at UCLH.
They had to travel to the United States for treatment including proton beam therapy after she was diagnosed with a rare cancer.
Although the treatment went well the family described it as a "massive" upheaval.
Currently the average cost to the NHS of proton beam therapy for each patient sent to foreign clinics is about £75,000.
This includes travel and accommodation and associated medical care while abroad such as chemotherapy.
But the cost will be nearly half as much when the new proton beam centres in the UK open, at approximately £40,000 per patient.
Building centres to house the machines will be no easy task.
Targeting protons at a tumour requires a machine called a cyclotron, weighing about the same as a jumbo jet.
The new building at UCLH will house a blood cancer treatment facility and a new short-stay surgery unit as well as the proton beam therapy centre.
As he got older, it became more problematic. He would trip over anything lying on the floor and he started falling behind at school. He also developed a habit of turning his head to the right, and pointing his chin downwards, when looking at something.
"That was very odd," says Nicola, who lives in the Midlands. "He looks normal most of the time but when he focused his eyes he wanted to look out of the top of his head.
"When he was walking he'd end up bumping into walls, chairs, people... everything."
It was Thomas's way of "stopping his eyes swinging" she explains, a symptom of an incurable eye movement disorder called nystagmus.
Referred to as "wobbly eye" because it causes uncontrolled eye movements, nystagmus also creates lots of problems with vision.
Jay Self, paediatric ophthalmologist at Southampton General Hospital and a senior lecturer in ophthalmic genetics at the University of Southampton, says it is vitally important to find out more about the disorder because one in 1,000 people is affected in the UK.
"It can be very disabling, it can affect someone's whole life which could be 80 to 90 years, their working life, families and future generations."
He describes having nystagmus as "like seeing the world in strobes", leaving children struggling to see moving objects and slow to recognise faces.
According to John Sanders, from support group Nystagmus Network UK, few adults with nystagmus can drive and most encounter some difficulties in every day life, education and employment.
Sufferers can have problems in many social situations too, because they miss facial cues, but these difficulties are not always picked up by standard eye tests and the true extent of their vision problems are never fully investigated.
Nystagmus is continuous uncontrolled to-and-fro movement of the eyes.
The movements may be in any direction so the eyes will look like they are moving from side to side or up and down or even in circles.
Nystagmus is a sign of a problem with the visual system or the pathways that connect the eyes to the parts of the brain that analyse vision.
There are two main types of nystagmus.
Congenital nystagmus appears in the first months of life and acquired nystagmus develops later in life.
In many cases the cause of the nystagmus will not be known. The disorder cannot be cured, but some underlying conditions may be treatable.
RNIB - Nystagmus
Thomas, for example, who is now eight, is not classed as visually impaired or partially sighted because he can read an optician's eye chart.
Despite this, he needs visual aids, such as magnifying blocks and lights, to help him read and he needs a handrail to help him get round the house.
At home, he wears glasses with blue tinted lenses to protect his eyes and by 19:00 he's exhausted with the effort of trying to see properly all day.
Nicola says: "It's very hard for him. He can't judge how far away things are. Even when he hugs me he has to stand on my feet to find out where I am."
At Southampton's new research centre for children with eye problems, Mr Self has already started analysing hundreds of genes to discover more about what causes congenital nystagmus, which appears soon after birth.
His aim is to develop a simple genetic test for children with nystagmus, which will allow them to be diagnosed quickly and accurately.
He also wants to use real-world visual functioning measures - rather than eye tests - to measure the actual visual problems caused by the disorder.
This will mean children can receive specific, tailored treatments.
Even without these new treatments, Mr Self says there are some simple steps which can help schoolchildren with nystagmus. They include getting the support of a visual impairment teacher and sitting the child on the side of the classroom which suits their field of vision.
Thomas's eye movements were picked up by a relative when he was around eight months old but it wasn't until he was five that he was referred to his local specialist centre for treatment.
He had an operation to improve his eyesight a year ago and will probably have another later this year.
His mum Nicola has noticed improvements, but he still turns his head to see where he is walking.
"I don't know how bad his vision really is because for him it's just normal, he was born with it and doesn't know any different."
But she has realised it is up to her to fight for the help he needs.
"I've decided to ask more questions and stand up for him. Why should he struggle? He deserves more..."
The star made the comments at a Women in Film awards ceremony on Wednesday.
Actress Shari Belafonte called out from the audience Spielberg had directed the 1985 film The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg. But after another audience member yelled it was wrong, Banks believed she was still correct.
"I messed up," Banks said in a tweet.
The Hunger Games star was awarded an excellence in film prize at the ceremony and used her acceptance speech to highlight gender equality in Hollywood.
"We can't do it by ourselves... It's our responsibility to bring the men along," she said.
'I'm wrong'
"I went to Indiana Jones and Jaws and every movie Steven Spielberg ever made, and by the way, he's never made a movie with a female lead. Sorry, Steven. I don't mean to call your ass out, but it's true."
After Belafonte reminded Banks of Oscar-nominated movie The Color Purple, the actress initially corrected herself.
"OK... I'm wrong. Ummm… he directed?" she queried.
Another guest mistakenly called out no, so Banks concluded: "Oh, so I'm right still," and moved on.
The error was much talked about in both social and general media - especially as The Color Purple focuses on the issues African American women faced in early 20th Century.
The Color Purple
Banks posted a lengthy apology on Twitter on Thursday, saying she "framed [her] comments about [Spielberg's] films inaccurately".
"I want to be clear from the start that I take full responsibility for what I said and I'm sorry," she wrote.
"When I made the comments, I was thinking of recent films Steven directed, it was not my intention to dismiss the importance of the iconic #TheColorPurple.
"I made things worse by giving the impression that I was dismissing Shari Belafonte when she attempted to correct me. I spoke with Shari backstage and she was kind enough to forgive me.
"Those who have the privilege and honour of directing and producing films should be held to account for our mistakes, whether it's about diversity or inaccurate statements. I'm very sorry."
Since Banks's error, others have pointed out that while she was wrong in her claim about Spielberg, the director has only helmed three films out of his 30 which feature a female lead.
In addition to The Color Purple, he also directed Goldie Hawn in The Sugarland Express (1974) and his most recent film, The BFG, featured 12-year-old Ruby Barnhill in the lead.
His next film, The Papers, also stars Meryl Streep in the main role as the first US female newspaper publisher.
Banks is next set to direct a rebooted film version of Charlie's Angels.
As well as appearing in the Pitch Perfect series of films, she directed the second and served as a producer on all three.
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BBC+ is available on iOS and Android. It brings together news, iPlayer content, weather forecasts, recipes and more.
Users must have signed up for an account, which lets the BBC track their use of the software.
One expert questioned how much appetite there would be for the service.
It is the 15th app to be offered by the BBC, excluding those launched by its commercial arm BBC Worldwide.
"This follows a growing trend to have a super app which is a one-stop destination for a broad range of content and services," said Paolo Pescatore, from the CCS Insight consultancy.
"But the BBC, like others, needs to be very careful it does not overwhelm its customers with too many apps.
"Research has shown that there is growing 'app-athy' amongst consumers who can't cope with the sheer number of apps they end up with on their phones.
"The danger is that they use an app once and never return to it as it gets buried amongst other apps already installed - that is terrible for long-term consumer engagement."
The BBC recently announced one of its other apps - BBC Newsbeat - would soon close, and its youth-focused content would be rolled into the main BBC News app.
That decision was made, in part, because it had not attracted as many users as hoped.
"Audiences... are telling us that, online, BBC News is the brand," said BBC head of news James Harding at the time.
When people first use BBC+, it asks them to choose at least three topics from a list of more than 50 options.
Examples include:
The app then creates a scrollable "at a glance" feed and the option to click through to specific themed pages.
Once the user has flicked through all the options, they are presented with a page saying: "You're up to date!".
At present, the app appears low down in Apple's App Store and Google Play when searched for, but over time this should improve.
Many users had already signed up to have a myBBC account ahead of the new app's launch.
The feature allows the broadcaster to target its content and make it a smoother experience for users to move from one device to another while using its services.
Having an account is optional on some apps, such as BBC News, but obligatory on others, including BBC Music and BBC Bitesize.
"As seven million people have signed up to myBBC, we are increasingly able to provide them with more of what they love based on what they've told us," said Paul Owen, head of BBC+.
"BBC+ is a key part of the journey towards achieving a much more personal BBC, and truly brings topical information from across the whole organisation to your pocket, ready for you to access at your convenience."
The BBC has promised not to sell the data it gathers and allows users to delete information held about them.
But Mr Pescatore said gathering the data would give the BBC a competitive advantage.
"There is a huge vested interest for the BBC to get consumers signed up with a BBC ID," he said.
"If this app helps get people on board it will be yet another threat to other news outlets and broadcasters."
Journalists who interviewed him at his secret location in Hong Kong described him as "quiet, smart, easy-going and self-effacing. A master on computers".
Explaining why he decided to leave the US, he told the Guardian: "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things… I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded."
The US has charged Mr Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence.
Each of the charges carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence.
Mr Snowden, 30, had been living with his girlfriend in Hawaii, but left, initially for Hong Kong where, with his consent, the UK's Guardian newspaper revealed his identity.
After the US filed charges and asked local authorities to extradite him, Mr Snowden left Hong Kong on 23 June, initially for Moscow, but with the intention of seeking asylum in Ecuador.
Ecuador has said it could not consider Mr Snowden's asylum request until he had arrived in the Latin American country, or one of its diplomatic missions.
With the knowledge that the US does have an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, Mr Snowden left on an Aeroflot flight to Moscow.
He remained in a transit zone in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport for more than a month after the US revoked his travel documents. In August, he was given permission to enter Russia after he was offered asylum there for one year.
His father, Lon, visited him in October.
Mr Snowden is reported to have grown up in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and later moved to Maryland, near the headquarters of the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade.
Describing himself as a less-than-stellar student, he is said to have studied computing at a Maryland community college to get the necessary credits to obtain a high school diploma. However, he never finished the course.
In 2003, he joined the US Army and began training with the special forces, only to be discharged after breaking both his legs in a training accident.
His first job with the NSA was as a security guard for one of the agency's secret facilities at the University of Maryland. He then worked on IT security at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Despite his lack of formal qualifications, it is said that his computer wizardry allowed him to quickly rise through intelligence ranks.
By 2007, he was given a CIA post with diplomatic cover in Geneva.
Mr Snowden told the Guardian: "Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I realised that I was part of something that was doing far more harm than good."
Mr Snowden said he had considered going public earlier, but waited to see whether President Barack Obama's election in 2008 would change the US approach.
"[Mr Obama] continued with the policies of his predecessor," he said.
According to campaign finance records, Mr Snowden gave money in 2012 to Republican presidential long-shot Ron Paul, who supports strictly curtailing the powers of government.
Mr Snowden reportedly made two donations of $250 (£160) over the course of the campaign.
He left the CIA in 2009 and began working at the NSA as an employee of various outside contractors, including consulting giant Booz Allen.
In a statement, the company confirmed he had been an employee of the firm for less than three months, assigned to a team in Hawaii.
"News reports that this individual has claimed to have leaked classified information are shocking, and if accurate, this action represents a grave violation of the code of conduct and core values of our firm, it said.
Mr Snowden admitted to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper that he took the job at Booz Allen because he wanted access to classified information to gather evidence.
He was formally sacked on 11 June.
Mr Snowden was on a salary of $122,000 according to a statement from his employer.
He and his girlfriend moved out of their home in Waipahu, West Oahu, Hawaii, on 1 May, estate agents said, leaving nothing behind.
A neighbour told ABC that the couple usually kept the blinds and doors closed and "didn't really talk to anyone at all around here".
His then-girlfriend, whose personal blog includes photos of her pole dancing, has said her partner's sudden disappearance caught her by surprise.
"My world has opened and closed all at once," Lindsay Mills wrote. "Leaving me lost at sea without a compass."
The 34-year-old had back-to-back birdies at 13 and 14 to move to 14 under but squandered opportunities to pick up shots at the next three holes.
But an eight-footer at the last wrapped up a six-under 65 for 15 under overall.
Korea's An Byeong-Hun leads on 16 under after also shooting a 65 on Saturday.
An, who is chasing his first PGA Tour win, picked up five shots over his first 10 holes.
The 25-year-old's progress slowed thereafter but he was never headed, recovering superbly to pick up a shot at the 17th after he had been disturbed off the tee by the boisterous crowds.
Laird's chance of closing the gap appeared to have gone as he struggled somewhat with his putting, but he rallied at the 18th to leave himself well in contention.
A marauding elephant has trampled at least 15 local people to death in the past few months.
Further north, villagers living around the Pilibhit Tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh are up in arms after three people were killed by a tiger within a week. At least 16 people have been killed in tiger attacks near the reserve since last October.
"We have sent in teams to tranquilise the animal and relocate it inside the reserve," said VK Singh, a senior Uttar Pradesh forest department official. "We understand that people are also afraid. It is challenging."
There are similar stories in southern and eastern India where animal sanctuaries are located. It is not just forested areas that are affected - even people in suburban areas and small towns have started encountering animals like leopards.
According to the Indian environment ministry, 1,144 people were killed in elephant and tiger attacks between April 2014 and May 2017. Experts say the numbers could be much higher if attacks by leopards and other wild animals were included in the list.
"Human-animal conflict is one of the biggest challenges for conservation efforts - especially for large species which get lots of attention," said Alexandra Zimmermann, chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Task Force on Human-Wildlife conflict.
After an alarming fall in the number of tigers, the Indian government launched the Project Tiger initiative in the 1970s. Protected zones were declared, new animal reserves were announced and anti-poaching measures implemented. As a result, the numbers have gone up.
Two-thirds of the world's tigers live in India, with their numbers increasing from about 1,700 to more than 2,200 in the last five years.
K Ullas Karanth, director for Science-Asia at the Wildlife Conservation Society, says increased human-animal conflict must be viewed as a result of the success of conservation in India.
"This problem is restricted to parts of India where parks have recovered and wildlife has increased, in the case of some species like tigers," he said.
I visited Sathyamangalam Tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu earlier this year. This forest area was not known for tigers, and was only declared a tiger reserve in 2013. About 25 tigers are thought to be living in the area and the population is increasing.
Experts believe that the tigers in the new reserve may have migrated from the neighbouring state of Karnataka due to over-population in sanctuaries there.
Villagers in the area say they are increasingly seeing tigers very close to houses, roads and rivers. There have been several elephant attacks in the area but people now are worried about tigers too.
Nearly 60% of Asia's elephants live in India, where their estimated population is between 24,000 and 32,000. But elephants are thought to kill about 500 people each year, far more than any other wild animal.
Experts say expanding human populations have cut off elephant corridors, trapping the animals in smaller areas and forcing them to raid towns and villages.
"Elephants do move along traditional routes and we have some understanding of what those corridors are," says Ms Zimmermann, who is also the head of Conservation Science at Chester Zoo in the UK. "But they can adapt as any other intelligent species."
She says more thought is needed on how elephant corridors can be protected and training given to villagers so the animals can move through safely.
India has 1.2 billion people and the population is growing, putting immense pressure on land to build homes and factories.
"As we try to meet this aspiration for economic growth, we do have to have careful evaluation of projects," says Mr Karanath.
"And the government is not doing that. They are rushing through projects, sometimes without proper safeguards built. This is a matter of serious concern."
Conservation work has had some success in increasing wild animal populations. The task now is to strike a balance in the competition for land between people and animals.
But there is little comfort for those caught in the middle.
"We want the forest officials to kill the tiger responsible for the attacks," a relative of a farmer killed near the Pilibhit reserve told local media. "This is our only demand. We won't settle for anything less than that."
England coach Eddie Jones will be without Saracens and Exeter players, who face each other in the Premiership final 24 hours earlier.
It means six of the squad that beat Wales in the Six Nations will be out.
Wales' Tomas Francis plays for Exeter, and coach Warren Gatland will also be without France-based players Jonathan Davies and Luke Charteris.
England are missing Saracens forwards Billy Vunipola, Maro Itoje and George Kruis, plus backs Owen Farrell (Saracens) and Jack Nowell (Exeter), who all started in the 25-21 win against Wales in March.
Saracens' Mako Vunipola - a second-half substitute against Wales in the Six Nations - will also be involved in the final.
Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi is also likely be out after injuring a hamstring in his club's 44-17 defeat by Saracens, though he has been named in the squad.
Jones says Tuilagi's involvement in the match the subsequent tour of Australia are "very much in the balance."
He will be assessed on Monday and a replacement called up if needed.
Harlequins prop Joe Marler has ruled himself out of England action this summer.
The game is a warm-up for Wales' three-test tour of New Zealand in June while Jones will use it to hone his England squad before they play three matches against the Wallabies.
Gatland has a number of injury concerns ahead of the tour.
Captain Sam Warburton has a shoulder injury while Justin Tipuric - normally Warburton's understudy - is out until next season after taking a blow to the head against Italy.
Lock Alun Wyn Jones has not played since the Six Nations game between the teams while prop Samson Lee missed the end of the Pro12 season as he underwent return-to-play protocols after a head injury.
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Ollie Devoto (Exeter Chiefs), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).
Forwards: Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), Paul Hill (Northampton Saints), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Tommy Taylor (Wasps).
Pardew did not contest the Football Association misconduct charge imposed after he shoved Peter Kirkup following the award of a Tottenham throw-in.
Pardew, 51, had until 16:00 BST on Thursday to respond to the FA's charge.
The suspension takes place with immediate effect.
Pardew will be banned for the Premier League matches against Everton at Goodison Park on 17 September, and the home game against Norwich City on 22 September.
Pardew apologised to the match officials immediately after the game.
"I went in and said I'm sorry [to the referees] and said I would have to apologise publicly too because it was ridiculous," he said after the game.
Pardew said he had reminded his players about their behaviour before the game, telling them to follow the example set by competitors at the London Olympics.
"I was saying to the players about the great Olympics and how to set an example and there's me pushing the linesman over," he added. "It was comical. He just happened to be right in front of me."
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The incident was mentioned in referee Martin Atkinson's report.
Hatem Ben Arfa's late penalty earned the points for Newcastle after Jermain Defoe replied to Demba Ba's curling strike.
William Ian Robinson, 38, of Beechwood Drive, Ballymoney was one of three people who intimidated victims into thinking they were under threat from the UVF.
He admitted charges that included blackmail and making false bomb threats.
David Andrew Kealey of Burnside Park in Coleraine was also jailed.
Kealey, 35, who admitted blackmail and aiding and abetting intimidation, was also sentenced to five years. Both men will serve half their sentence in jail, half on licence.
Theresa Karina Letters, 36, of Castle Place, the Heights, also in Coleraine, received an 18-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting blackmail.
The judge said he would "temper justice with mercy" in giving Letters a suspended sentence, so that her child, who was fathered by Kealey, would not lose both parents to custody at the same time.
Antrim Crown Court heard that in November 2013, calls were made to the Samaritans naming a number of men in Ballymoney and claiming they were under threat from the UVF for involvement in drugs.
One of the named victims was contacted directly and told he would have to pay £6,000 or he and family members would be attacked.
Calls and texts were made from phones linked to Robinson.
After more calls making threats and demanding money, an initial payment of £500 was made on Christmas Eve in 2013.
This was followed by a proposed handover of £4,000 on 16 January 2014 at a car park beside retail premises in Cloughmills.
The victim, a Ballymoney businessman, arrived in his car and was met by Kealey who took the money from him.
But police had been made aware of the threats and arrested Kealey at the scene.
His girlfriend, Letters, was arrested in a car a short distance away and a phone used to contact the victim was found in her vehicle.
Robinson was arrested a short time later in Ballymoney.
Det Insp Tom McClure, of the PSNI's reactive and organised crime branch, said: "This was a particularly nasty series of offences which caused considerable fear and distress to innocent people over a sustained period of time."
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers' conference backed a campaign to abolish the tests which are coming to many schools in September.
Teachers warn the literacy and numeracy tests would stress young pupils.
Schools minister Nick Gibb said it was "extraordinary" that teachers' unions could not say "a single positive thing about England's schools".
These "baseline tests" in reading, writing and maths, to be carried out when pupils begin school, are intended to provide a starting point to measure progress against through primary school.
Ministers have argued that the assessments will help to make sure pupils leave primary school having made good progress in these basic skills.
The Labour party also supports the introduction of the baseline tests for reception pupils.
The Liberal Democrats support the tests and reject the way they have been characterised at the teachers' union conference.
But Sara Tomlinson, calling for a boycott at the NUT annual conference in Harrogate, said: "We actually have the chance to stop these tests. We need to step up this campaign and act promptly as a trade union.
Making an emotional plea against the tests she said: "Four is too young to test," adding that experts had denounced the tests.
"We have seen the reports on child mental health. What we are doing to children is absolutely disgraceful."
She described the situation in her school where children were tested so frequently it was like "death by testing".
The tests would be used by the Department for Education to track how much progress a child had made, she said, claiming that this would be used to decide whether the child's teacher gets a pay rise or goes into a capability procedure.
Alex Kenny, a union executive member, said the NUT was not opposed in principle to assessing children, but it opposed these baseline tests and how they will be used.
The tests are being introduced formally in September 2016 but schools are being invited to start the testing early this September. Schools and teachers will be encouraged by the NUT to opt out of these.
The motion called for the union's executive to take action, including "work towards a boycott of baseline assessments as the first step in undermining the basis of testing in primary schools".
NUT deputy general secretary John Dixon said a ballot on a boycott would be a last resort, which would follow a campaign of persuasion.
Michael Davern, a teacher from Southwark, said members should "sink the ship before it sails" and urged parents to join in any boycott and opt out of testing.
Christine Blower, NUT general secretary said: "Government policy for primary education is on the wrong track. Unless challenged by teachers, it will give pupils a narrow and demotivating education, ill-fitting them for later life.
"Nowhere is this clearer than in the baseline assessment. Testing four and five year olds has nothing to do with supporting their learning, and everything to do with reinforcing a system which oppresses children and teachers alike with its narrow and rigidly-policed demands."
The opposition to the tests was supported by the Pre-school Learning Alliance, with chief executive Neil Leitch saying the early years organisation "fully supports" the union's decision.
"Early years policy must always, without exception, have the needs of the child at its centre - but with baseline tests, this is simply not the case," said Mr Leitch, who warned that he remained "extremely concerned that the proposed tests focus so heavily on the narrow skills of language, literacy and numeracy".
But the NUT's stance was attacked for being relentlessly negative by school reform minister Nick Gibb - who accused the teachers' union of being unwilling to say anything positive about schools.
"Just like the Labour party, all they have done is undermine the hard work of classroom teachers, which has seen a million more pupils in good or outstanding schools since 2010, a 71% increase in students taking rigorous academic subjects and 100,000 six year olds reading more confidently," said Mr Gibb.
"It's abundantly clear that the gulf between the leadership of the unions and their members has never been greater."
A Liberal Democrat spokesman said the party supported the introduction of baseline tests, but rejected how they had been portrayed in the NUT debate.
The tests would allow "proper credit to schools, often in disadvantaged areas, whose pupils achieve outstanding rates of progress while at the school".
"There is absolutely no question of putting four and five year olds through the kind of formal testing that is used for older children - that would be completely inappropriate and not something Liberal Democrats could ever support.
"However, parents expect every teacher to understand the individual needs of their child and to be confident their child is progressing. That's why thousands of schools already do a simple check up when children first arrive in the classroom."
Carwyn was on holiday with his family when he is believed to have asked to ski alone on the final run of the day.
French police said he fell 160ft (49m) to his death after leaving the piste.
The Foreign Office said the accident happened in Flaine, 38 miles north west of Chamonix, on Friday.
The family run a small farm and rent out a number of luxury holiday cottages.
Relatives, who were looking after guests and tending the animals while the family was away, were too upset to speak.
Carwyn was reported missing at 16:30 local time and his body was found at the bottom of a 100-metre cliff at 19:00 local time.
Michel Ollagnon, police commander for the nearby town of Bonneville, said the boy fell after apparently losing his way.
He had been skiing with his mother, brother and sister.
Mr Ollagnon told the BBC: "It seems as if the boy did the last piste descent of the day on his own after asking his parents' permission.
"He appears to have become lost before falling over the edge of the cliff after taking his skis off.
"A helicopter was deployed in the search before his body was recovered.
"A judicial inquiry into what happened has begun."
The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to the family.
BBC Scotland is hosting a series of TV and radio debates ahead of the Holyrood election on 5 May.
On 27 April, a hustings radio debate will be held in the Inverness and Nairn Constituency in The Maclean Room at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness.
Full details on the programme and how to apply to be in the audience can be found here.
The panel of politicians for the evening will comprise of the SNP's Fergus Ewing, Labour's David Stewart, the Liberal Democrat's Carolyn Caddic, Edward Mountain for the Conservatives and John Finnie representing the Scottish Greens.
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Villagers in Great Heck have been campaigning to get the huge pile of waste removed since the firm running the tip collapsed in July.
It is thought there could be more than 10,000 tonnes of rotting rubbish.
It is not known when the site would be cleared but air quality would still to be monitored, said a joint statement.
The Environment Agency, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Selby District Council and North Yorkshire County Council released the joint statement.
Wagstaff Total Waste Management Ltd, the firm stockpiling mixed recyclable waste at the site, entered voluntary liquidation on 13 July.
It has been estimated disposing of the rubbish tip, near the M62 , could cost £1m in landfill tax.
"There will be a significant cost in doing so, but they [the agencies] will be looking to recover the costs from those responsible", said the statement.
A fire smouldering at the abandoned tip damaged a neighbouring vehicle engineering business on Sunday.
Christopher Dean, the business owner, said the situation was "just an absolute nightmare".
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has said it was attending the site regularly and received "numerous calls" from residents due to flare ups of the deep-seated fire.
"Long-running fires like this cause temporary effects, distress, stress and anxiety, but it's important to understand that the on-going risk to health is likely to be low", said the joint statement.
Public Health England said anyone experiencing respiratory symptoms should contact their GP.
The Environment Agency is currently investigating alleged waste offences and monitoring the odour from the site.
The organisations are working together to co-ordinate the response to the problems caused by the waste site.
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The latest EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Scotland Attractiveness Survey revealed 119 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were secured in 2015.
The figure represented a 51% increase on the previous year, compared with 20% for the UK as a whole.
On the UK regional league table Scotland surpassed south east England to come second behind London.
Mark Harvey, EY senior partner, Scotland, said: "Scotland had a truly spectacular year for FDI in 2015, making some significant strides in key areas, resulting in a major step change in performance.
"Importantly, the majority of FDI projects for Scotland in 2015 were new rather than expansions.
"This ability to attract a higher proportion of new, first-time investors signals a positive future for Scotland.
"The challenge now is to not only maintain performance, but also take it to the next level and excel against the competition."
Scotland's 2015 record was also reflected by a considerable increase (52%) in the number of jobs created by FDI.
A total of 5,385 were secured in 2015, the second highest figure for the decade behind 2011 when 5,926 jobs were recorded.
The survey found:
Mr Harvey added: "Edinburgh and Glasgow have consistently been at the forefront of attracting inward investment to Scotland and have outdone themselves this time with a combined increase in projects of 40 in one year."
The US continues to be Scotland's primary investor but neither China nor India are in the top ten investors in Scotland, despite being the third and fifth biggest sources of investment respectively for the UK as a whole.
Holyrood's newly appointed economy secretary, Keith Brown, said the report showed that Scotland was "a great place to do business".
"In an increasingly competitive global market, it is encouraging that year after year, international firms are seeing Scotland as an attractive place to come and invest," he said.
"Over the next year we will be opening two new investment hubs, in London and in Brussels, to add to our hub in Dublin, and will be working hard to continue to promote the skills, talents and location that make Scotland such a successful place to do business."
UK government minister Andrew Dunlop said the figures demonstrated "a huge amount of confidence in Scotland".
He added: "The country has put the uncertainty of the independence referendum behind it, and it is great news that major international companies are responding to that stability by investing in Scotland.
"This demonstrates clearly the benefit for Scotland's economy and Scottish jobs of being part of the UK, one of the world's fastest-growing major advanced economies.
"But we cannot be complacent and it is vital that we continue, working with the Scottish government, to deliver economic growth for Scotland."
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The Manchester United midfielder, 31, was doubtful for the game in Marseille with a knee injury.
"I have the team in my head and Bastian Schweinsteiger will definitely start," Low, 56, said.
"I said if he trains 100% without complaints then he'll play. He trained this morning and had no complaints."
He added: "The injury is cured and he showed against Italy he's got the strength to play from the start, and I believe he's very, very important, particularly in such a game - his experience is very valuable.
"We have three players - Mario Gomez, Sami Khedira and Mats Hummels - whom we have to replace, which is not easy, and this is why it is important that an experienced player like Bastian starts."
The world champions are missing Khedira and Gomez through injury, while defender Hummels serves a one-match suspension for picking up two bookings.
Despite Germany not having lost to France in a competitive match since 1958, Low says his side are not favourites against the tournament hosts.
"We're not playing against a team, we're playing against an entire country, so I wouldn't say we're favourites," Low said.
"Both teams have good quality and who shows this and makes fewer mistakes and takes their chances will win.
"We're going to be the toughest opponents France have had to face so far here. We're going to put everything into reaching the final."
France coach Didier Deschamps has told his side they "have to believe" they are capable of ending their long wait for a competitive win over Germany.
"We can't change past history, but we've got our own page to write. We're facing the best team in the world, but the lads have to believe," he said.
Since their last victory over Germany, France have suffered three World Cup defeats by the four-time winners, including a 1-0 loss in the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals.
Deschamps, who won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship with France as a player, says his side cannot afford to only look to play on the counter-attack.
Low's side have conceded only once in their five matches at Euro 2016 so far.
"We need to score goals. This is a team that doesn't concede a lot of goals," Deschamps, 47, said.
"Germany take command of their games and they dominate possession but we can't go into this match thinking we're going to defend then hit on the counter-attack.
"With all the respect we have for Germany, we have a great chance and we're going to take it with both hands."
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The hosts went ahead in just the second minute when Steve Morison crossed to Taylor, who finished from close range.
Billy Sharp could have levelled when he linked on to Matt Done's cross but keeper Jordan Archer caught his header.
Paul Coutts forced Archer into a low near-post save after the break but Millwall held on to win.
That win keeps the Lions fifth in League One, six points off second-placed Wigan while Sheffield United slip a place to 12th.
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Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London: "We weren't brilliant at times. We played well and should have been out of sight by half-time.
"At this stage of the season it's about getting points on the board. We defended our box really well. I thought the centre-halves were outstanding."
As before, anyone watching or recording TV programmes as they are broadcast must have a licence.
Here are the answers to some common questions about the legal changes.
Previously, only viewers who were watching shows live (as they were being broadcast) needed a licence.
That meant it was legal to watch content after broadcast via iPlayer without paying the annual licence fee.
From Thursday, people need a TV licence to download or watch almost all on-demand and catch-up programmes on iPlayer.
The rules only apply to iPlayer, so you do not need a TV licence if you only ever watch on-demand or catch-up programmes through other service providers - as long as they don't use iPlayer.
This means that - for example - you can watch on-demand and catch-up BBC programmes on third-party services such as Netflix without needing a TV licence, but you wouldn't be able to watch any on-demand and catch-up BBC programmes on iPlayer through services like Now TV, Sky, Virgin, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast without a TV licence.
If you only watch on-demand and catch-up television, and you only ever watch it using services from other providers, such as the ITV Hub or All 4, then you also wouldn't need a TV licence.
If you only use iPlayer to listen to the radio, watch S4C TV on demand, or watch films or TV shows you have bought from the BBC Store, then you do not need a TV licence.
In certain circumstances, students may be covered by their parents' TV licence. TV Licensing says four conditions need to apply:
So if you plug your device in to charge it while you are watching live TV, or catch-up or on-demand programmes on iPlayer, then you need a TV licence.
Students can find out more by visiting the TV Licensing student information webpage or by calling 0300 790 6113.
TV Licensing details on its website the ways in which it can check whether you have a licence, including a database of more than 31 million addresses, and home visits.
A fleet of detector vans can "detect the use of TV receiving equipment at specifically targeted addresses within minutes", it says.
In a statement, a TV Licensing spokesman said it would not use mass surveillance techniques nor ask internet providers for IP addresses.
"We will simply use existing enforcement processes and techniques which we believe to be adequate and appropriate. Our current procedures enable us to catch those watching on devices other than televisions," he added.
A government White Paper did ask the BBC to consider the cost and feasibility of a verification or sign-in system for iPlayer, and it is understood that TV Licensing will consider the costs and benefits of such a system in the future.
At present, no major changes to the ways that iPlayer asks you about your TV licence are expected.
A BBC spokesperson said: "Previously, a pop-up window appeared asking viewers to confirm they've got a TV licence when they click to play live BBC content on iPlayer, and from Thursday, that will update to include on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer."
If you need a licence and do not have one, you are breaking the law and risk being prosecuted.
You could be fined up to £1,000 (the maximum fine is £2,000 in Guernsey and £500 in Jersey) - excluding any legal costs or compensation you may be ordered to pay.
TV Licences are available online from the TV Licensing website.
You can also purchase one by post or telephone, or at one of more than 28,000 PayPoint outlets across the UK.
A colour TV licence costs £145.50 per year, while a black-and-white TV licence costs £49.
There are some concessions for the blind and for care home residents, and there is no charge for people over the age of 75.
The cost to businesses varies.
The Chairboys won for only the third time in the league this campaign to move up to 19th in the table.
"We've had some tough times lately. We're at the wrong end of the table, I know that," said Ainsworth.
"I'll be doing everything I possibly can to build on this. One result doesn't make a season."
Sam Wood and Paris Cowan-Hall found the net for the first time this campaign to put Wycombe two ahead against the Alex before on-loan Southampton midfielder Dominic Gape scored his first professional goal to make it 3-0 before half-time.
Scott Kashket then added a brace on his home debut to make it 5-0 before a late Crewe consolation.
"I'm just really pleased we've got a win," Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"But I won't get carried away. I didn't get too down when we got beat 4-1 (by Luton), I'm not going too get carried away when we win 5-1.
"I want to get ready for Exeter now and back this up. The fans were great, hopefully we've put a few more on the gate for Saturday and this club can start moving up the table.
"The second half of the season, I'm expecting to be stronger."
It comes as former BBC Breakfast host Susanna Reid prepares to front new show Good Morning Britain from next week, in a deal reported to be worth £1 million.
It replaces Daybreak, whose highly-paid launch presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley lasted one year.
Owen said press speculation about big salaries can "alienate viewers".
"Here's someone on a million pounds - you will enjoy them! Who can relate to a presenter like that?" he added.
Owen has extensive experience with breakfast TV, having started at TV-am's Good Morning Britain show in 1983 as a sports reporter before going on to become a main presenter with Anne Diamond until 1986.
They helped to turn around the show's fortunes and it went on to be very successful.
Owen rejoined Diamond on the sofa in 1992 to co-present Good Morning with Anne and Nick on BBC One until 1996, and he now presents for the BBC's Midlands Today programme.
"I joined TV-am after a raft of big names had failed - David Frost, Michael Parkinson, Anna Ford, Angela Rippon... they'd not caught on with the viewers at all," Owen told the Radio Times.
"They'd been turned down by Terry Wogan and Michael Aspel, so I was filling in until they could find someone, basically.
"But because no-one was watching, we could try things out."
Reid has said she quit the BBC last month after "a fabulous two decades" as the new ITV job was a "fantastic opportunity".
"At the age of 43, I have got three children and I have been a journalist for more than 20 years - and so I do hope I know a few things about quite a lot of stuff," Reid said.
"It's not often in your career you get the opportunity to build something new that is really exciting and so engaging.
"I do like to challenge myself and do things that are different. It's good to push yourself."
Since Daybreak replaced GMTV in 2010, ITV has continued to struggle to compete with BBC Breakfast's viewing figures.
On Thursday 17 April, an average of 489,300 tuned in to Daybreak while an average 1.38 million watched Breakfast on BBC One.
ITV has not commented on how much Reid will be paid when she joins Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher on Good Morning Britain.
The presenter has said she is less nervous about fronting the new show than she was about appearing on Strictly Come Dancing last year.
"I don't dread anything. Even the early morning alarm clock," she told the Radio Times.
"When you have done Strictly Come Dancing live on a Saturday night in front of millions... I'll never be that nervous again."
Daybreak has gone through both line-up changes and four different editors since its inception in 2010.
Lorraine Kelly and Aled Jones became Daybreak's presenters in September 2012, taking over from former GMTV presenter Kate Garraway and Dan Lobb.
The pair had been filling in since Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley left the programme in November 2011, 14 months after Daybreak's highly publicised launch.
ITV's head of daytime programmes Helen Warner said Good Morning Britain's number one priority would be "engaging, news-driven content".
Mr Smith, who joins Angela Eagle in challenging Jeremy Corbyn, said the tax system needed to be more "progressive".
On Brexit, he said people should not accept "we're on a definite path out."
Mr Smith and other Labour MPs say there should be a "unity" candidate to take on Mr Corbyn, who has vowed to fight the challengers in the contest.
But Ms Eagle, who was the first to launch a challenge against the Labour leader, said it was "too early" to talk about that idea.
Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Sunday Politics he thinks the rules which exclude recently signed-up Labour members from voting in the contest are "not very fair" - and that he wants the party's National Executive Committee to change them.
He also believes the £25 fee for registered supporters to vote in the contest is too high.
In a speech in his constituency later, Mr Smith, MP for Pontypridd, will set out his leadership pledges, including plans to invest £200bn into building projects, which he will say is what is needed to "rebuild Britain".
Speaking on Sunday's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Smith, when asked if he would raise taxes on the richest in society, said: "I think we need to completely overhaul our tax system, so yes."
The former shadow work and pensions secretary said he would reintroduce a 50p top rate of tax "tomorrow" and also said it was "completely anomalous" for capital gains tax to be 20% when the higher rate of income tax was 45%.
Mr Smith, a former member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), went on to say he would vote to renew Trident in Monday's Commons vote, saying he believed the world had become "more volatile, more insecure over the last few years".
"I want a world without nuclear weapons altogether, but I don't think we hasten that by divesting," he said.
Asked whether he would be prepared to press the nuclear "button" as prime minister, Mr Smith said: "You've got to be prepared to say 'yes', that's absolutely right."
BBC political correspondent Alan Soady
Both Angela Eagle and Owen Smith are putting themselves forward as anti-Jeremy Corbyn candidates and as candidates of unity who think they're not as far left as Mr Corbyn - but are not Blairites either.
By positioning themselves in that way, they think they could potentially be acceptable to both wings of the party.
The problem is that having two rival unity candidates splits the vote and one would have thought that it makes it more likely that Jeremy Corbyn will win this leadership contest.
Owen Smith has already said he believes there should only be one of them going forward into the formal contest - it's just a case of deciding who.
On the EU, Mr Smith hinted at the possibility of a second referendum on EU membership, but said it would depend on what kind of deal the UK negotiated on the terms of Brexit.
He also said it would be "very tempting" for Labour to campaign on a promise not to trigger the formal Article 50 process to bring the UK out of the EU, "because we are a party that believes in being at the heart of Europe".
"I don't think we should accept we're on a definite path out. I think we need to make sure people are satisfied," he added.
"We trusted people, rightly, to take the decision. We can trust them again in 18 months time to check it's absolutely what they wanted."
Mr Smith will further warn that the party risks "falling apart" if it does not act "like a proper team", and he is also expected to attack Mr Corbyn for being anti-austerity without putting forward an alternative.
In her pitch for the Labour leadership, Ms Eagle said she was a "working-class woman" from the North of England, "and that's what we need at the moment".
"My whole political mission is to get working class kids the right opportunities to shine," she said, and highlighted her experience in government and opposition.
The ex-shadow business secretary also urged Labour members and supporters to "keep it comradely" in the leadership election, following abuse and threats directed at MPs.
Labour Party members, affiliated trade union supporters and so-called registered supporters are able to vote although there are some key differences from the 2015 contest, which Jeremy Corbyn won:
Mr Smith has said he believes only one challenger to Mr Corbyn should appear on the final leadership ballot, decided by "whoever is the person who commands the largest degree of support in the PLP".
But Ms Eagle - who was debating the leadership contest with Mr Smith on the Marr show - said she thought she was most likely to beat Mr Corbyn, adding: "We're not going to do a deal here on your sofa."
It comes ahead of a parliamentary Labour Party hustings on Monday, when the leadership contenders will set out their stall to fellow MPs.
Yvette Cooper - who stood for the Labour leadership last time round - endorsed the idea of a single candidate to avoid "artificial rows".
She said an early general election was a possibility, and added: "So we need a unity candidate who can pull a strong team together, something that Jeremy Corbyn's not been able to do."
Despite facing a revolt from his MPs, Mr Corbyn retains the strong support of many party members and has said he will fight the challenges in a contest which is expected to be decided in September.
Kyle Bullock, 21, was a passenger in an MG Rover when the crash happened at the junction of Fryers Road and Leamore Lane in Bloxwich, Walsall, on Sunday.
The 28-year-old car driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and has been bailed.
A 20-year-old male passenger remains in a critical condition after the crash, which happened at just after 23:00 BST.
The van driver was unhurt.
In a statement Mr Bullock's family said: "Kyle was a loving brother, nephew and a father who we will all miss so much.
"None of the family can come to terms with this tragic loss. He is now back with his mom who he never got over losing."
The car driver has been bailed pending further inquiries.
The 38-year-old victim was was attacked in Vine Lane in Uxbridge on Tuesday night, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
Officers said a lone gunman walked up to the vehicle and shot into it several times before running off towards Saunders Road.
Detectives believe it was a targeted attack but are keeping an open mind about the motive.
No arrests have been made and that a post-mortem examination will be held in due course.
Magic leaps up, placing his paws on his owner's knees, his brown eyes staring into hers.
It is a routine he has done thousands of times.
Magic is a medical alert assistance dog, and has been trained to detect a minute shift in the blood sugar levels of his owner, Claire Pesterfield.
Using his superior sense of smell, he is capable of detecting tiny odour concentrations - around one part per trillion.
Without Magic's assistance, changes in her blood sugar levels could put her at risk of a seizure, or - in extreme cases - the onset of a coma.
Claire has type 1 diabetes, but - unlike most people with the condition - her body does not display the warning signs that a dangerous episode might be about to occur.
"I've used all the latest technology that's out there, and it still doesn't give me enough warning to prevent the episodes, or make them less severe," she tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.
"But Magic can give me up to a 30-minute warning that I need to take action.
"In the three and a half years we've been together, he has alerted and potentially saved my life 3,500 times. And he does it all for a dog biscuit.
"I know without him, I wouldn't be alive today."
Claire works as a children's diabetes nurse, supporting and educating children with type 1 diabetes and their families.
She says she would not be able to do the job were it not for Magic, as she would be at risk of collapsing mid-meeting.
"Without him I would be testing my blood glucose level every 20 or 30 minutes, to try and pre-empt what was going to happen," she explains.
Having Magic also sends the message to the children she works with, she adds, that, "You can still live life to the full when you've got diabetes."
Magic sleeps by Claire's bed each night.
When he detects a change in her blood glucose level, he prods her with his paw to wake her up.
"Before I got Magic I would be up every hour, trying to check my blood glucose level, trying to predict when these episodes would happen," she explains.
"That meant that I was exhausted. Many a time I would be too afraid to go to sleep in case I had an episode and wouldn't wake up.
"Now I know my husband won't have to worry that when he wakes up in the morning I'm going to be dead next to him.
"Simple things like that are very hard to put into words."
NHS trials are currently assessing if dogs could also be used to detect prostate cancer.
The research being conducted offers an opportunity for the disease to be detected at an early stage - vital for improving survival rates.
The dogs - usually from the gundog breed, such as labradors and springer spaniels - are taught to detect a sample of urine from a patient with prostate cancer.
It is thought that the dogs can pick up the odour of cancer "volatiles", which travel from the infected cells into the urine as the body tries to dispose of the chemicals.
When they correctly detect a sample containing these volatiles, they are given a treat as positive reinforcement.
The dog's performances are recorded, and those that make the grade have more than a 90% success rate at detecting a sample from a patient with prostate cancer.
Dr Claire Guest, co-founder of the charity Medical Detection Dogs, realised she had breast cancer after her dog, Daisy, began nudging an area of her chest which felt bruised.
Tests later revealed she had two tumours.
This potentially life-saving experience sparked her interest in the capabilities of detection dogs.
"Although the dog has a fluffy coat and a waggy tail, he is in fact a highly sophisticated bio-sensor," she explains.
"Evolution has given him this highly sensitive nose, going down to parts per trillion. So we're talking about a science here.
"People board planes every day that have been screened by detector dogs to see if there are explosives on board. That's a life-or-death decision.
"Why do we rely on them there but not assisting us with health?"
Currently, cancer detection dogs do not receive any government funding, but Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith hopes that can change.
He discovered the charity's work through his wife Betsy, who - after having breast cancer - became a trustee at Medical Detection Dogs.
Mr Duncan Smith believes the "pioneering research doesn't just have the potential to save lives, but also to save our NHS many millions of pounds".
England's Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told him he will consider the findings of the NHS trial when published.
"I think ideas like this sometimes don't get looked at as quickly as they should, because they sometimes get put in the quackery box.
"I will personally look at this research when it comes through. One of our jobs as MPs is to question orthodoxies and look at different ways of doing things that possibly the establishment has swept under the carpet.
"If this research is good, I want to know about it."
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Aaron McEneff netted a 40th-minute penalty after a hand ball and Longford then had midfielder Kevin O'Connor sent-off for two yellow cards.
Substitute Lukas Schubert got his first goal for Derry in the 63rd minute.
Rory Patterson blazed a penalty over for Derry but Barry McNamee got their third and Patterson then made it 4-0.
For Derry boss Kenny Shiels it was a fine response by his team to the 5-0 defeat by leaders Dundalk in their last game.
Once they got the breakthrough against a team without a win for 17 league games, the result was not really in doubt.
McEneff, who successfully took over the penalty taking duties when Patterson missed in a cup game against Drogheda earlier in the season, netted from the spot for the opener five minutes before the break.
Schubert's composed right-footed finish after Conor McCormick's good pass made it two.
Derry got a second penalty in the 72nd minute after a foul on Schubert by Pat Flynn.
However, instead of earlier scorer McEneff, Patterson took the spot-kick and blazed it over the crossbar.
Just a couple of minutes later McNamee made it 3-0 by following up to score after Patterson's overhead effort had been scooped out by visiting keeper Ryan Coulter.
Patterson got on the score sheet six minutes from time, wrapping up their biggest win of the season.
Andrew Hindes' Staffordshire Bull Terrier attacked Richard Lyon's Pekingese while it was off the leash in Aberdeen last summer.
Another of his dogs, a Rottweiler, also bit two other people while in his garden outside his flat.
Hindes, 27, was banned from owning a dog for a year and ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid community work.
Sheriff Noel McPartlin also ordered the destruction of the Rottweiler.
Ahead of sentencing at Aberdeen Sheriff Cout, fiscal depute Stephanie Ross recounted details of the attack.
She said: "The accused's dog managed to grab hold of Mr Lyon's dog and violently shook it.
"The accused ran down the lane and managed to pull the dogs apart.
"Mr Lyon's dog, also called Roxy, was motionless after the attack.
"It had a punctured spinal cord leaving it paralysed and it later died at the vet.
"Mr Lyon's daughter was extremely upset and required to be calmed down."
The court also heard that on two other occasions Hindes' other dog Gally had bitten two neighbours while in the garden.
Hindes admitted two counts of being in charge of the dog when it was dangerously out of control.
He had previously admitted being in charge of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier when it killed the other dog.
Defence agent Mike Munro said he had enlisted the help of a "dog behaviourist" to compile a report into the nature of the Rottweiler.
He said: "It tells us that this dog poses a danger to public safety. The dog's behaviour is such that there is an extreme concern."
The court heard that Hindes had given up both dogs in July this year and no longer owned a pet.
Needing 312 in their second innings to make Kent bat again, Gloucestershire were bowled out for 243 on day four.
Marshall (118) was the ninth wicket to fall, while no other batsman passed 25.
Kent are now 24 points behind Division Two leaders Essex with three games left to play, while Gloucestershire's slim hopes of promotion appear to be over.
Mayo led 0-8 to 0-7 at half-time at Ballybofey and moved three ahead after Diarmuid O'Connor's penalty.
However, Leo McLoone's 58th-minute goal helped Donegal keep their 100% record as they won an entertaining contest.
Down remain rooted to bottom of Division 1 after another chastening home defeat.
The Mourne County were hammered by Donegal at Newry in their league opener and after blowing a chance to beat Monaghan in the second game at Clones, Down produced another woeful Pairc Esler display.
Down failed to score for 30 minutes either side of half time in an embarrassingly one-sided contest.
Bryan Sheehan top-scored with 0-6 for Kerry who picked up their first win of the campaign as Kieran Donaghy and Colm Cooper made their first appearances of 2016.
In front of over 11,000 spectators at a sunny MacCumhaill Park, Mayo led 0-2 to 0-0 and 0-4 to 0-2 but Donegal stayed in touch as fine scores from play from Ryan McHugh and Rory Kavanagh and a Michael Murphy 45 cut the Connacht champions' advantage to 0-8 to 0-7 at the interval.
Excellent scores from McHugh, Paddy McBrearty and Donnacha MacNiallais moved Donegal 0-10 to 0-9 ahead but Mayo were back in front after O'Connor blasted in his controversial penalty.
Donegal's defence insisted that Evan Regan had carried the ball out over the end line in the run-up to the spot-kick award and O'Connor had to net the penalty twice after referee Barry Cassidy spotted an infringement with the initial kick.
Shortly after the penalty, Donegal endured another blow as substitute Neil Gallagher was black carded for a hand trip less than a minute after coming on.
But from 1-10 to 0-10 behind, Donegal outscored Mayo 1-4 to 0-2 in the closing 15 minutes.
McLoone's 58th-minute goal came after Donal Vaughan spilled a Robert Hennelly kick-out in midfield with Toye and Kavanagh combined to set up the over-lapping goal-scorer.
Murphy's towering 62nd-minute point to increased Donegal's lead to two points was an inspirational score as Mayo'a old Achilles heel of missing chances afflicted the Connacht champions in the closing stages.
The only downside from Donegal's win was a suspected hand injury sustained by corner-forward Martin O'Reilly in the closing stages as Mayo remain without a point after three games.
At Pairc Esler, Darran O'Sullivan's pace caused serious problems in the Down defence and he scored the first of four points from play after just 30 seconds.
Kerry scored the opening three points before Down got on the board through Connaire Harrison's 14th-minute free.
Eamonn Burns' side scored three points inside four minutes to draw level, Barry O'Hagan with their only point from play in the first half.
But they failed to score again in the first period, Kerry hitting an unanswered six points to lead 0-9 to 0-3 at the interval, Sheehan and Alan Fitzgerald among the scorers.
Conor Maginn stroked over a 45th-minute point for Down, their first in half an hour, but immediately Kerry brought on Colm 'Gooch' Cooper who scored a free within a minute of his introduction.
Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice emptied his bench with Barry John Keane, Brendan O'Sullivan and Cooper all contributing on the scoreboard.
O'Hagan scored his second point of the afternoon with sub Ryan Mallon also weaving through for a nice score for Down, who gave up the fight alarmingly early, allowing Kerry to stroll to a comfortable victory.
The struggling Mourne County look unlikely to be boosted the addition of Martin Clarke and Benny Coulter any time soon.
Clarke's brother John told BBC Radio Ulster's Sportsound on Sunday that the former AFL had told him over the weekend that his struggles with the Addison's Disease mean that he will be unable to commit to the county squad in the immediate future.
Down boss Eamonn Burns said in January that he hoped to have Benny Coulter back in the squad soon but this now appears unlikely.
ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS
Saturday
Division 1
Dublin 1-14 0-16 Monaghan
Division 2
Armagh 1-10 0-12 Fermanagh
Sunday
Division 1
Cork 3-10 4-25 Roscommon
Donegal 1-14 1-12 Mayo
Down 0-06 0-22 Kerry
Division 2
Derry 2-12 1-18 Galway
Laois 0-14 1-14 Tyrone
Meath 1-13 1-20 Cavan
Division 3
Longford 0-10 2-11 Kildare
Offaly 1-13 0-14 Sligo
Westmeath 0-11 1-08 Tipperary
Limerick 0-11 1-14 Clare
Division 4
Wexford 4-20 1-06 London
Antrim 2-14 0-09 Leitrim
Carlow 0-15 3-15 Waterford
Louth 0-15 1-02 Wicklow
The Diamond League venue, used by US athletes ahead of London 2012 Olympics, could increase capacity to 50,000, with a permanent capacity of 25,000.
Birmingham faces competition from Liverpool to be England's official bid for the games.
A final decision will be made before the end of the year.
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The stadium, already the administrative home for UK Athletics, has a capacity of more than 12,000 and the city council said 95% of proposed competitive venues were already in place.
As well as hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, it would be the athletics venue for the games.
Its proposed 25,000 seating plan would match that of Edgbaston Cricket Ground.
But Birmingham's bid has yet to confirm which of the optional sports it will include.
The council said it was following guidelines laid down by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport about how to announce key elements of the bid, including disciplines and venues.
The Commonwealth Games Federation has been searching for a new host for the 2022 games since it decided in March that Durban, in South Africa, had not met the criteria for hosting.
Australia, Canada and Malaysia have also expressed interest in being the hosts.
After Birmingham announced more details of its bid on Monday, the Liverpool Echo published an article on why the Liverpool bid was better.
Speaking in Birmingham, European silver medallist Nathan Douglas said he thought it would be "amazing" to have the games in the city.
The triple jumper, who is backing the bid, said: "I've been here since 2004 training here, so to see this actually get.... [a] bit of a revamp would be absolutely brilliant and I think for the future it'd be fantastic."
Ian Ward, deputy leader of Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Commonwealth Games Steering Group chair, said: "We can also leave a legacy behind of grass roots sporting facilities that the people in this city, particularly young people, will be able to utilise in the future."
Scientists have identified a new gene contributing to the disease, NEK1.
The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised $115m (£87.7m) from people pouring cold water over themselves and posting the video on social media.
It was criticised as a stunt, but has funded six research projects.
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Research by Project MinE, published in Nature Genetics, is the largest-ever study of inherited ALS, also known as motor neurone disease (MND).
More than 80 researchers in 11 countries searched for ALS risk genes in families affected by the disease.
"The sophisticated gene analysis that led to this finding was only possible because of the large number of ALS samples available," Lucie Bruijn of the ALS Association says.
The identification of gene NEK1 means scientists can now develop a gene therapy treating it.
Although only 10% of ALS patients have the inherited form, researchers believe that genetics contribute to a much larger percentage of cases.
Social media was awash with videos of people pouring cold water over their heads to raise money for ALS in the summer of 2014.
More than 17 million people uploaded videos to Facebook, including many celebrities who rose to the challenge, which were then watched by 440 million people worldwide.
Mr Deby, who took power in a coup 26 years ago, is seen by Western governments as a bulwark against Islamist militants in central Africa.
In the run-up to the election, security was stepped up, with protest marches banned and activists imprisoned.
Despite Chad's new oil wealth, half its 13 million people live in poverty.
The opposition boycotted the last election in 2011, allowing Mr Deby an easy victory, while this year his chances of winning again have been strengthened by fractures in the opposition.
One prominent opposition activist, Ngarlejy Yorongar, was banned from standing.
A referendum in Chad in 2005 scrapped a clause restricting presidents to two terms but Mr Deby says he will reinstate it if re-elected.
"Our country is starting from a long way back but the future looks bright," said Mr Deby as he voted. "I ask all politicians to respect the verdict of the ballot box."
Results are not expected for two weeks, according to a timetable set out by the electoral commission.
Record low international oil prices and the growing cost of anti-terror operations in the region are among the country's main challenges.
Chad's army is seen by western governments as an important contributor to the fight against Islamist militants in the region.
Both Nigeria's Islamist group, Boko Haram, and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb are seen as threats.
The authorities have also been trying to suppress unrest this year over delays in the payment of civil servants' salaries and a recruitment freeze.
In the run-up to the vote, protest marches were banned and activists campaigning against the president were jailed. Mr Deby is also accused of favouring his own ethnic group - the Zaghawa.
However, the president's message of stability has won him support.
"We came to vote for the president to guarantee peace in our country," civil servant Fatima Zara told Reuters news agency in the capital N'Djamena as she lined up to vote.
"Around us in the neighbouring countries there are too many problems."
Those allowed to stand against Mr Deby include opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo, campaigning on a platform of change.
Mr Kebzabo has said he has proof of large-scale fraud in the elections.
The world number seven claimed eight consecutive frames on his way to a 10-4 victory over Walden, 33, who is three places below him in the rankings.
It was the second final in a week for Walden, who lost 10-6 to Mark Allen in the Players Championship last Sunday.
Bristol-born Trump, 26, won the first of his five ranking titles in Beijing in 2011 at the age of 21.
Walden had found himself 3-1 up, but Trump began to dominate the match and raced into an 8-3 lead.
A run of 69 helped Trump pull further ahead, and, although Walden rescued one frame to make it 9-4, Trump sealed victory in the next with a break of 55.
Trump claimed the £85,000 top prize, while Walden picked up £35,000.
The China Open is the penultimate event of the season, and builds up to World Snooker Championship which starts on 16 April in Sheffield.
He announced his arrival for the shooting of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by posting a selfie on Instagram taken on the Fylde coast.
The star of Pulp Fiction and the Avengers film series also tweeted: "First look at Blackpool!"
The forthcoming fantasy film, directed by Tim Burton, is due out in March 2016.
It is set on a mysterious island where a teenager helps a group of peculiar orphans from creatures who are out to destroy them.
The cast also includes include Dame Judi Dench, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Allison Jannley, Terrence Stamp, Kim Dickens and Rupert Everett.
The movie is based on the US children's book written by Ransom Riggs and is set to feature Blackpool Tower and a number of the resort's landmarks.
When asked about his vision, Tim Burton told the BBC there was "a vibe about [the book] which felt different".
He said: "I think that's the key, to try to capture the spirit of the book. That's why I'm casting peculiar people."
Tim Burton also filmed the Killers music video for Battle Born in Blackpool.
The BBC understands Mr Jackson is staying in the Lytham area during filming.
The single-celled Toxoplasma gondii parasite is already known to inhibit their hard-wired fear of cats.
But even after they were cleared of the infection, mice no longer reacted with fear to a bobcat's urine.
The team, writing in the journal Plos One, says the infection could cause a permanent change to their brains.
Wendy Ingram and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, measured how mice reacted to a bobcat's urine.
Cats typically mark their territory with urine, which helps mice detect and avoid an area in which predators might lurk.
Those that remained uninfected with Toxoplasma gondii showed an aversion to the urine, whereas those that were infected walked freely around the test area.
"It is remarkable that even after the infection has been largely or completely cleared, a profound behavioural change persists," said Ms Ingram.
"Simply having a transient infection resulting in what is potentially a permanent change in host biology may have huge implications for infectious disease medicine."
In rodents, the infection is usually contracted from eating cat faeces. The parasite then works itself into every organ in the body, especially the brain, where it forms cysts.
The infection can also be spread to humans, with recent estimates suggesting that in the UK 350,000 people a year contract toxoplasmosis.
It can create serious complications in pregnancy and adversely affect people with already weakened immune systems. The parasite has also been linked to mood changes in the mental illness schizophrenia.
Ms Ingram told BBC News that the results highlight how current thinking on infectious disease may need to change.
"Typically if you have a bacterial infection, you go to a doctor and take antibiotics and the infection is cleared and you expect all the symptoms to also go away.
"Now we have an example where there is no obvious damage done by the parasite, yet major changes in the neurobiology of the mouse remains after the parasite is gone," she said.
The way forward, she added, would be to look at all the antibodies present in a patient's blood.
"This would show all the parasites and bacteria a person has ever been exposed to and may end up playing a bigger role in explaining illnesses."
Joanne Webster at Imperial College London, who was not involved with the research, said the work was a valuable addition to the scientific literature on this subject.
She said it could have important implications for humans, especially patients with schizophrenia.
"It is very useful to know that these fatal feline attraction behavioural changes do appear to be hard-wired," Prof Webster said.
Poppy Lamberton, also at in Imperial College London, explained that the findings conflicted with hypotheses that certain drugs successfully used to treat schizophrenia, were thought to act in part by reducing T. gondii infection levels.
"If some of the behavioural alterations have already occurred during the early, acute stage of the infection, then the fact that anti-T. gondii drugs may help change these behaviours in chronic infections, leads to many more interesting research questions," she told BBC News.
The 48-year-old only joined the Championship strugglers last month.
Jeunechamps had previously worked alongside Addicks head coach Jose Riga at Standard Liege and French club Metz.
Charlton are currently 23rd in the Championship table, seven points from safety, but have taken four points from their last two matches.
The landing in Seville marked the end of the 15th stage of Solar Impulse's journey.
Pilot Bertrand Piccard made swift progress over the ocean after leaving New York on Monday.
Mission managers will now plot a route to Abu Dhabi where the venture began in March, 2015.
The project had hoped to end the 6,000km Atlantic leg in Paris, to echo the pioneering flight in 1927 of Charles Lindbergh.
Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis aircraft was the first to make the solo crossing.
As it turned out, the forecast this week in Paris was for storms, and so Seville was chosen as the safest option.
Mr Piccard spoke to a crowd of well-wishers at Seville's airport after stepping out of Solar Impulse's cockpit.
"The Atlantic has always been this symbol of going from the Old World to the New," he told them.
"Everybody has tried to cross the Atlantic, with sailboats, steamboats, airships, aeroplanes, even rowing boats and kitesurfs. Today, it's a solar-powered aeroplane for the first time ever, flying electric with no fuel and no pollution."
Solar Impulse has moved rapidly around the Earth since renewing its challenge in Hawaii on 21 April.
In 2015, the plane flew eight stages from Abu Dhabi to Kalaeloa, including a remarkable four-day, 21-hour leg over the western Pacific - the longest solo flight in aviation history in terms of the time it took.
But it was damage to its batteries on that stage that forced Solar Impulse to then lay up for 10 months, for repairs and to wait for optimum daylight length in the northern hemisphere to return.
Solar Impulse is covered in 17,000 photovoltaic cells.
These either power the vehicle's electric motors directly, or charge its lithium-ion batteries, which sustain the aircraft during the night hours.
The project is not really intended to be a template for the future of aviation, but rather a demonstration of the capabilities of solar power in general.
Mr Piccard shares the flying duties with his business partner, Andre Borschberg.
The former Swiss air force pilot will take charge for the next leg, across the Mediterranean (it will likely take two stages to get to Abu Dhabi).
Setting off from Seville will be easier than from Paris in this respect, said project team-member Yves Andre Fasel who liaises with air traffic control.
"If we would have arrived in Paris like we wished, it would have been very complicated because we would have had to cross a lot of air traffic controls.
"From Seville, if we go along North Africa, I don't think there will be a lot of difficulties - from traffic. The difficulties will be more to do with military reasons and things like that."
LEG 1: 9 March. Abu Dhabi (UAE) to Muscat (Oman) - 772km; 13 Hours 1 Minute
LEG 2: 10 March. Muscat (Oman) to Ahmedabad (India) - 1,593km; 15 Hours 20 Minutes
LEG 3: 18 March. Ahmedabad (India) to Varanasi (India) - 1,170km; 13 Hours 15 Minutes
LEG 4: 18 March. Varanasi (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar) - 1,536km; 13 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 5: 29 March. Mandalay (Myanmar) to Chongqing (China) - 1,636km; 20 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 6: 21 April. Chongqing (China) to Nanjing (China) - 1,384km; 17 Hours 22 Minutes
LEG 7: 30 May. Nanjing (China) to Nagoya (Japan) - 2,942km; 1 Day 20 Hours 9 Minutes
LEG 8: 28 June. Nagoya (Japan) to Kalaeloa, Hawaii (US) - 8,924km; 4 Days 21 Hours 52 Minutes
LEG 9: 21 April. Kalaeloa, Hawaii (US) to Mountain View, California (US) - 4,523km; 2 Days 17 Hours 29 Minutes
LEG 10: 2 May. Mountain View, California (US) to Phoenix, Arizona (US) - 1,199km; 15 Hours 52 Minutes
LEG 11: 12 May. Phoenix, Arizona (US) to Tulsa, Oklahoma (US) - 1,570 km; 18 Hours 10 Minutes
LEG 12: 21 May. Tulsa, Oklahoma (US) to Dayton, Ohio (US) - 1,113 km; 16 Hours 34 Minutes
LEG 13: 25 May. Dayton, Ohio (US) to Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (US) - 1,044 km; 16 Hours 47 Minutes
LEG 14: 11 June. Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (US) to New York (US) - 230km; 4 Hours 41 Minutes
LEG 15: 20 June. New York (US) to Seville (Spain) - 6,765km; 71 hours 8 minutes
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The 2013 champions held off veteran duo Jerry Kelly and Steve Stricker to maintain their overnight lead and win the 12-team event by one stroke.
Charley Hoffman and Billy Horschel finished third, a shot further back.
Lexi Thompson, only the second woman to play in the event, and partner Bryson DeChambeau finished tied for 11th.
The third and final round consisted of the better-ball format, where the lowest score of each player on the hole counts as the team score.
Kuchar and English both shot 65 to finish on 28 under for the tournament, with Kelly and Stricker unable to close the gap as they also carded a team round of 65.
Fellow Americans Hoffman and Horschel hit a remarkable 11-under-par round of 61, while British pair Luke Donald and Russell Knox made 68 to end on 17 under overall.
The invitational tournament, the final PGA Tour event of the year, is hosted by former world number one Greg Norman at the Tiburon Golf Club.
Willis, 32, was one of the first British athletes to be chosen for next year's Rio Olympics but will take time out from training to have treatment.
Sevenoaks-born Willis teamed up with London 2012 silver medallist Luke Patience in a bid to become Britain's first 470-class Olympic champions.
Willis said: "It's shocking news. It's still my dream to win Olympic gold but my health is my number one concern."
The longer-term impact on his and Patience's 470 campaign for Rio will be determined by how he responds to treatment.
"Elliot needs to do what's best for him," said Patience. "I will support him in whatever way I can."
We look at the myriad ways in which different countries are affected.
More than one million Bangladeshis visit India every year for medical, tourism and business purposes.
Many Bangladeshis, especially businessmen, visit as often as two or three times a month. Being businessmen, they tend to carry wads of high-value Indian notes on their trips.
Since the new rules have come into effect, Bangladeshis have been trying to exchange their unusable currency, but money-changers have refused to take them.
There is a lot of informal trade in goods between Bangladeshi and Indian businesspeople, and they exchange money at the border without bothering with documentation.
"So they have to keep cash all the time. [But] now they can't exchange those notes," said Abul Hossain, a businessman from Jessore, near the border.
The difficulties cut both ways, with many Indians living in Bangladesh are also facing problems.
One student, Maria, said she was struggling to change Indian rupees sent by her father through informal channels - meaning she has no documentation.
"The total amount is 50,000 rupees, and all are high-value notes. But I can't exchange those," she says.
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Farmers in eastern Nepal say the volume of their agricultural exports to India have decreased by almost 90% since the Indian currency move.
The unsold products are being dumped in warehouses and even along main roads.
About 98% of cardamom and more than 70% of tea and ginger produced in Nepal are bought by Indian businessmen from across the border.
In southern Nepal, along the long land border with India, businessmen have also expressed concern about the Indian government's move.
It is common for most businesspeople, and even households. to keep Indian currency for cross-border trade and business.
"I normally go to Raxaul Bazar, a shopping town across the border in India. I take 500 and 1,000 Rupee notes to buy supplies, but most people aren't accepting them and those that do are deducting 20% of the value for exchange. " Raghunath Prasad Sah, a shop owner in Birgunj, told the BBC.
In Pakistan, currency dealers are estimated to hold more than 150 million rupees ($2.2m) worth of Indian currency. After the government's move on the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes, this stash is being traded for about a quarter of its value, they say.
The general secretary of the Pakistan Exchange Companies Association says Pakistani citizens hold Indian currency - sometimes in large amounts - because they travel there for family reasons.
"Not enough time was given to people outside India to exchange money," Zafar Paracha said. "It was very sudden."
Pakistan has also denied that counterfeit Indian currency is being produced in Karachi and Peshawar. Targeting counterfeit cash is thought to be another reason for India's unexpected move.
Sri Lankans living in India says they are facing serious difficulties as a result of the sudden decision by the Indian government.
A PhD student who declined to give her name said the announcement came while she was visiting Sri Lanka on holiday.
"When I came to Sri Lanka, I brought some Indian rupees with me. As I have an Indian visa for valid for 4 years, I was not shocked as I thought I would be able to go to State Bank of India in Colombo with my 500 rupee notes," she said.
"But they were quite rude and told me only dollar notes could be exchanged outside India. They also refused to offer me any advice."
Sri Lankan diplomats have also told BBC Sinhala that the cash crisis has left hundreds of Buddhist pilgrims stranded in India. Without access to cash, they are finding it difficult to continue their journeys or return home, the diplomat said.
Poor families normally take part in these pilgrimages, sometimes even pawning their jewellery or other valuables to make the trip.
Reporting by BBC Bengali, BBC Nepali, BBC Sinhala and BBC Urdu
Fans of each company are particularly bitter in their disdain for the other camp - as either philistines who fail to see that the design of a product is key to its value, or hipster sheep who will pay over the odds for any iDevice.
Which made one feature of Wednesday's Apple event all the more startling. The new iPad Pro had just been unveiled, a tablet which looked to many like a rip-off of the Microsoft Surface Pro, with its keyboard cover and stylus - or rather "Pencil". Remember Steve Jobs's famous words when discussing tablet design: "If you see a stylus they blew it." (Of course, Apple fans will say the Surface ripped off the iPad, and the PC crowd will point to Bill Gates unveiling a tablet PC years earlier, and so the argument goes on back to the dawn of time...)
A while back the iPad Pro would have been the cue for all kinds of chortling from Microsoft's Redmond HQ of the Steve Ballmer "the iPhone doesn't appeal to business customers" variety. Instead, who should stride onto the stage in San Francisco but Microsoft executive Kirk Koenigsbauer, keen to show off what his firm's Office software could do on this new device.
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There could not have been a better illustration of the new strategy under Satya Nadella, the chief executive who has come in and steered the software giant on a new course. Microsoft's future is about offering its very profitable enterprise software in the cloud on all sorts of devices - and that means collaboration not competition.
And while the Surface Twitter account suddenly leaped into action during the Apple event, boasting of the "256 levels of sensitivity" when you put the pen on its tablet's screen, one can't but feel that Mr Nadella has little interest in engaging in a hardware battle with Apple.
Writing off the bill for acquiring the Nokia phone business and slashing thousands of jobs was a sign of that. I was told recently that it is no longer imperative for Microsoft staff to be seen touting Windows Phones around the corporate offices. Some are even using iPhones - after all they need to be sure that Microsoft's productivity apps work on them.
And Surface Pro v iPad Pro looks like a very minor battle. Both are expensive niche products aimed at executives who are ready to abandon their utilitarian laptops for something much more stylish but possibly less practical. I am not convinced that this is a very big constituency although it may grow.
So with no major territory for the two sides to scrap over, peace is breaking out. Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" adverts", poking fun at Windows customers, and Microsoft's ripostes now seem echoes of a forgotten war.
But while Apple looks to have emerged triumphant, it cannot afford to be complacent. For all the time spent at its event on the new iPad, the Apple Watch and a revamped Apple TV, none of these look like products which will transform the technology landscape.
The key to Apple's future remains the product which has made it worth about twice as much as Microsoft, the iPhone. The new models are bound to sell well, but after the record breaking performance of the iPhone 6 - particularly in China - it will surely be harder in a challenging economic climate to scale new peaks.
Meanwhile, Satya Nadella will continue in his quiet way to build a new Microsoft, with a lot less chest thumping and aggressive pursuit of new territory than in the past. Selling access to Office in the cloud may be less exciting than brandishing a new gadget in front of an adoring crowd, but for Nadella it is the profitable way forward. The war is over, and maybe Apple and Microsoft have both won.
Every year, some call premium rate 118 directory enquiry services, but other departments have a ban on such calls.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spent more than £15,000 calling these numbers more than 10,000 times, BBC Radio 4's You and Yours discovered.
A DWP spokesman said 118 calls were only used as a "last resort".
"Staff are advised to use internet services first," he said.
"It is important for our staff to be able to contact customers, in particular the most vulnerable, to make sure they are getting the support they need."
You and Yours also found that HM Revenue and Customs spent £12,065 last year, and £26,753 over the past three years making 43,552 calls.
A spokesman for the tax authority said 118 numbers had now been barred and staff were only permitted to use a special low-cost corporate directory enquiry service as a last resort.
The Passport Office spent £19,132 over the past three years calling the services more than 5,000 times, You and Yours also discovered. In some cases it cost as much as £54 a call as staff stayed connected for more than 30 minutes.
The department said that in a tiny proportion of cases staff needed to use directory enquiries to verify information and "support the processing of applications".
The research found different policies in place across government departments. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Home Office ban all calls to 118 services, as has the Department for Education since 2014.
These 118 services provide access to phone numbers at a premium rate call charge. Some services allow the caller to be connected directly to the number, but continue to pay the premium rate.
A call to BT's corporate 118 707 service used by many of the government departments costs 29p per call and will not connect a caller.
Calls to BT's international directory enquiries number, 118 505, cost £1.90 per call then £3.84 per minute - which continues to be charged if the call is connected through.
For UK numbers, BT's Phonebook is available to search online free of charge. There are also free online international directory enquiry services.
Megan Bell, from Seaham, County Durham, died at T in the Park in 2016 and had "extremely high levels of ecstasy" in her bloodstream, the inquest heard.
A "gap" in evidence meant it was not possible to tell whether the 17-year-old had voluntarily taken the drugs.
She died "very quickly and tragically", Crook Coroner's Court heard.
Miss Bell collapsed on the first night of the festival after visiting a dance party tent and could not be revived by paramedics.
Northumbria Police is continuing to investigate whether the drugs were purchased before going to the festival in Strathallan Castle in Perthshire.
Her parents are campaigning for better safety for young people at festivals.
Chris Bell, Megan's father, said: "She loved music, singing, dancing and went to drama school when she was younger.
"We knew she wasn't a regular drug user... and somebody has given her something that's killed her.
"In her words she said 'I'm not daft dad, I know what I'm doing' and unfortunately she never came back."
The name was revealed by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon as he cut the first steel on the ship at BAE System's Govan shipyard.
The new anti-submarine warfare frigates will be known as the City Class.
Earlier this month the Ministry of Defence announced a £3.7bn order for the first three Type 26s, which are due to enter service from the mid-2020s.
The contract for the second batch of five ships is expected to be negotiated "in the early 2020s".
The MoD said the work would "support and sustain" 3,400 jobs - half at BAE's Govan and Scotstoun shipyards - with the rest in the supply chain.
Sir Michael told BAE's workforce at the steel-cutting ceremony: "Today marks a historic milestone for the Royal Navy, Scottish shipbuilding and UK defence more widely.
"HMS Glasgow and the other seven frigates in this new class will protect our powerful new aircraft carriers and nuclear deterrent, helping keep Britain safe across the world.
"The Type 26 is a cutting-edge warship that will maintain our naval power with a truly global reach.
"Designed for a service life of at least 25 years, the Type 26 frigates will form a backbone of the future Royal Navy surface fleet well into the future."
There have been eight Royal Navy ships bearing the name Glasgow since the early 1700s.
In more recent history, two ships served during the world wars, including the Arctic convoys and the Normandy landings.
The last HMS Glasgow - a Type 42 Destroyer - was awarded the "Falkland Islands 1982" battle honour. During the Falklands War, the ship was damaged when a bomb struck it but failed to detonate. Glasgow was decommissioned in 2005.
Admiral Sir Philip Jones, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, said: "The Clyde was the birthplace of some of the greatest fighting ships the world has ever known, and so cutting steel there today for the future HMS Glasgow is symbolic of a Royal Navy on the rise once again.
"As an island nation, we are utterly dependent on the sea for our security and prosperity, and the City-class names have been chosen for the Type 26 to provide an enduring link between the Royal Navy and our great centres of commerce and industry.
"The name Glasgow brings with it a string of battle honours, stretching from the Arctic Circle to the South Atlantic.
"As one of the world's most capable anti-submarine frigates, the Type 26 will carry the Royal Navy's tradition of victory far into the future."
An initial development deal to build Type 26 combat ships in Glasgow was signed in February 2015.
Construction of the ships was initially expected to start in 2016, but Sir Michael said in June last year that no deal to build the frigates would be signed until it offered "value for money".
The Type 26 frigate is principally designed for anti-submarine warfare and will partially replace the current Type 23 frigate.
Each ship will carry a crew of 118, have a top speed of more than 26 knots and a range of 7,000 nautical miles.
Inglis, from Daviot, near Inverness, is recovering from serious neck and head injuries sustained in a road accident in Vietnam a year ago this week.
The 28-year-old told BBC Scotland's Timeline that a surgeon has advised her against returning to the contact sport.
But she added that another surgeon has said competing at judo may be possible.
Inglis was given a 1% chance of survival by doctors in Vietnam.
A crowdfunding campaign raised money to cover the cost of treatment in Thailand and then a flight back to Scotland where she woke up from a coma in a hospital in Edinburgh, six weeks after the accident.
A titanium cap was bolted to her skull as part of her treatment and recovery from her injuries.
Inglis, who was teaching primary and secondary school children in Vietnam, told Timeline: "I have had talks with my surgeon and he is really not keen for me to return to the sport because it is a full contact sport.
"He thinks there is a risk of another head injury and that I wouldn't come through that."
She added: "I have spoken to another surgeon who says your brain is like any other muscle and when it is fixed it is fixed."
Asked which advice she will follow, Inglis said: "I will give it a couple of years to let everything to settle down and get some more tests done and scans done."
The sportswoman said she still aspired to compete at the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
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The Hammers move to the Olympic Stadium next season and home fans arrived hoping to mark a memorable occasion.
The visitors led with 18 minutes left after Anthony Martial's double, but goals from Michail Antonio and Winston Reid gave the hosts victory.
"It ticked all the boxes," said Bilic.
"If you wanted to make a movie about this great stadium and about the last game then you would have all the boxes - a great opponent, late game, five goals, a thriller. All the boxes for a blockbuster."
Can he ever crack the whip with conviction, given his own reputation as Labour's most disobedient MP?
Whips have been maintaining party discipline and encouraging MPs to vote for the party line since the 18th Century.
The whips' office is a bit like the engine of a car: it generates the power needed to get the vehicle to the places the driver wants it to go.
A notoriously secretive and mysterious bunch, they don't reveal much about their work.
But the BBC managed to talk to some former whips about what it was like trying to keep Mr Corbyn in line when he was at his most disobedient.
"Frankly we didn't spend a lot of time bothering," says Jacqui Smith, who served as Tony Blair's chief whip between 2006 and 2007.
"There were some people for whom it was simply not worth the effort, and he was one of them."
Baroness Armstrong had an eventful time as chief whip between 2001 and 2006. She had to deal with revolts over issues such as foundation hospitals, tuition fees and the Iraq war - Mr Corbyn voted against his party on all three.
Speaking about how the whips' encounters with Mr Corbyn went during these years, she says: "To whip, he was dead easy.
"He was always polite and always told you what he was going to do. But he never wanted to engage in the debate or the argument.
"Politics is about compromise, and he never wanted to be put in a position where he was expected to compromise."
Whips get their name from hunting terminology. The term "whipper in" refers to the rider who cracks the whip to keep straying hounds together in a pack during a chase
The earliest recorded usage of the term in the political context is on 18 November 1742: Heneage Finch remarked in a letter to Lord Malton that "the Whigs for once in their lives have whipped in better than the Tories".
During 13 years of Labour government - between 1997 and 2010 - Mr Corbyn was the party's most rebellious MP, defying his party's whip 428 times
Last week, he suffered the first Commons rebellion of his leadership as 21 of his MPs refused to vote against the government's new fiscal rules.
Nottingham University's Prof Phil Cowley has interviewed Mr Corbyn on several occasions for his books on backbench rebellions.
He recalls how the new Labour leader once told him that he rebelled on only three issues - war and peace, social and economic policy and matters of liberty.
"I pointed out to him that covered everything government does," says Prof Cowley.
Mr Corbyn's past behaviour looks set to come back to haunt him now he needs the loyalty of Labour MPs.
Backbench MP Mike Gapes, who has represented the Ilford South constituency for Labour since 1992, told the BBC: "Jeremy Corbyn can't expect me to be any more loyal to the Labour Party under his leadership than he was to the leadership of Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Beckett, Harriet Harman or Ed Miliband."
There could be trouble if the new leader tries to change party policy on issues including Nato, the European Union, defence and military action in Syria, says the MP.
Mr Gapes hasn't caused whips any sleepless nights in the past, but is now clear that he will go his own way when he disagrees with his party leader.
"I'm going to vote according to my conscience and the manifesto and the pledges I gave to my constituents, and if there is a sudden change of approach from my party leadership and I am expected to vote against my views, or the policy on which I have a mandate that I was elected on, then I won't do it."
New Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips, says that Mr Corbyn can count on her loyalty "at the moment" but that she will examine issues "on a case-by-case basis".
Mr Corbyn has called for a more honest and democratic approach to politics. As one of Labour's most outspoken MPs, has Ms Phillips found she is easily able to communicate her views to the leader?
"He gives me a lot of opportunities to talk to him and his team," she says.
But for Ms Phillips the jury is still out: "He always listens - whether listening turns to action is yet to be seen."
The Birmingham MP is known for her rows on Twitter with shadow international development secretary and strong supporter of Mr Corbyn, Diane Abbott.
Last week, the Labour whips' office took the unusual step of tweeting the names of MPs who defied the party's position on the government's new fiscal rules - Mr Corbyn's first major discipline problem as leader.
What does Ms Phillips make of this party discipline by social media?
She says Ms Abbott should adopt a more cordial approach if she wants to win people over to Mr Corbyn's cause: "I think that if Diane wants us to get behind Jeremy, so far she's clumsily gone about it the wrong way.
"Her intentions are to command loyalty to Jeremy, but her actions to date do the opposite. She should try love-bombing."
The Labour leadership has signalled that it could offer a "free vote" on issues such as military action in Syria and the renewal of Britain's nuclear weapons programme.
A free vote is where MPs are not instructed to vote a certain way by their party and they are usually reserved for matters of conscience.
Prof Cowley questions the point of having political parties if they do not take stances on fundamental issues.
"A free vote on something like Trident or the war in Syria is effectively her majesty's opposition saying it doesn't have a stance on it," he told the BBC.
"That to me is quite tricky, and a remarkable shift in what parties exist for.
"Parties are supposed to exist as an aggregate of interests and allow voters to say why they like this party, or that party. That's why mass suffrage led to mass disciplined parties. It was seen as important to accountability."
By contrast, philosopher and free will advocate Julian Baggini says it's time for a more honest and direct politics and that the "out of date and unnecessary" whipping system should be scrapped altogether.
"All they [whips] do is reinforce the public perception that MPs are serving their own interests and those of their party - not those of the electorate," he explains.
"It's treating MPs like children who will only co-operate with each other if you force them to."
Mr Baggini argues that there's an opportunity in giving politicians more freedom, in that the party will be seen to be made up of people of independent minds and genuine convictions.
Soon enough Mr Corbyn could be forced to choose between his promise of a new "kinder politics" or resorting to the traditional arm-twisting ways of the whips to ensure his MPs do as they are told.
The crash happened during a test run in the town of Eckwersheim, on a new Paris-Strasbourg line.
The train was carrying 49 railway technicians when it derailed, caught fire, and plunged into a canal. Eleven people suffered serious injuries.
The derailment was due to "excessive speed", officials say.
Pictures showed the locomotive partly submerged. Wreckage was also scattered in a field beside the track.
Reports say the Paris-Strasbourg high-speed line is scheduled to open next year.
Junior transport minister Alain Vidalies and Ecology Minister Segolene Royal will visit the scene, French media reported.
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Officers in the UK military warned that the price of goods such as fuel is likely to rise as conflict provoked by climate change increases.
A statement from the meeting adds that humanitarian disasters will put more and more strain on military resources.
It asks governments to adopt ambitious targets for curbing greenhouse gases.
The annual UN climate conference opens in about six weeks' time, and the doctors, academics and military experts represented at the meeting (held in the British Medical Association's (BMA) headquarters) argue that developed and developing countries alike need to raise their game.
Scientific studies suggest that the most severe climate impacts will fall on the relatively poor countries of the tropics.
UK military experts pointed out that much of the world's trade moves through such regions, with North America, Western Europe and China among the societies heavily dependent on oil and other imports.
Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, climate and energy security envoy for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), said that conflict in such areas could make it more difficult and expensive to obtain goods on which countries such as Britain rely.
"If there are risks to the trade routes and other areas, then it's food, it's energy," he told BBC News.
"The price of energy will go up - for us, it's [the price of] petrol at the pumps - and goods made in southeast Asia, a lot of which we import."
A number of recent studies have suggested that climate impacts will make conflict more likely, by increasing competition for scarce but essential resources such as water and food.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies, for example, recently warned that climate change "will increase the risks of resource shortages, mass migration and civil conflict", while the MoD's view is that it will shift "the tipping point at which conflict occurs".
Alejandro Litovsky, founder of the Earth Security Initiative, said that even without the increasing effect of conflict, prices of essential goods were bound to rise.
"From the year 2000 onwards, we have been seeing commodity prices climb, and this is not likely to stop," he said.
"It is primarily driven by resource scarcity, and the trends suggest that depletion of these natural resources is unlikely to be reversed in the near future without drastic interventions."
He also said that degradation of natural resources such as forests and freshwater was removing much of the resilience that societies formerly enjoyed.
Last week, multinational coffee house Starbucks warned that climate change threatened the world's coffee supplies in 20-30 years' time.
The military officers at the meeting also emphasised the interest that armed forces have in reducing their own carbon footprint.
In Afghanistan, for example, fuel has to be delivered by road from Pakistan.
By the time it reaches its destination, it can cost 10 times the pump price. And the convoys are regularly targeted by opposing forces.
Several officers admitted that armed forces were "the gas-guzzlers of the world" - and while that was sometimes necessary in operations, reducing fossil fuel use and adopting renewables wherever possible made sense from economic and tactical points of view.
Rear Admiral Morisetti recalled that when commanding an aircraft carrier, it took a gallon of oil to move just 12 inches (30cm), while as many as 20 tonnes per hour were burned during a period of intensive take-off and landing.
"You can do that [with oil prices at] $30 a barrel, but not at $100 or $200," he said.
On the health side, doctors warned of a raft of impacts, particularly in developing countries.
Hunger and malnutrition were likely to increase, and some infectious diseases were likely to spread, they said.
Poorer societies could expect to see an unholy symbiosis between the two, with under-nourished people more prone to succumb to infections.
Tackling carbon emissions, by contrast, would bring a range of health benefits, they argue in their statement.
"Changes in power generation improve air quality.
"Modest life style changes - such as increasing physical activity through walking and cycling - will cut rates of heart disease and stroke, obesity, diabetes, breast cancer, dementia and depressive illness.
"Climate change mitigation policies would thus significantly cut rates of preventable death and disability for hundreds of millions of people around the world."
As the UN summit in South Africa approaches, the statement here calls on the EU to increase its ambition and pledge to reduce emissions by 30% from 1990 levels by 2020, rather than the current target of 20%.
Currently, there does not appear to be political consensus for such a move within EU governments, however.
Additional recommendations are that developing country governments should analyse climate threats to their health and security, and that all governments should stop construction of new coal-fired power stations without carbon capture and storage (CCS) - which, as commercial CCS systems do not exist, would as things stand amount to a complete ban.
Without urgent action, carbon emissions could rise to levels that should cause major alarm, said Chris Rapley, professor of climate science at University College London.
Already, he noted, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has risen to about 380 parts per million [ppm] - whereas in the millions of years before the pre-industrial era, it fluctuated between about 180ppm during Ice Ages and about 280ppm in the warm interglacial periods.
"If we don't do something, then at the rate we're going, carbon emissions will continue to accelerate, and the atmospheric concentration is not going to be 450ppm or 650ppm by the end of the century, but 1,000ppm," he said.
"That is 10 times the difference between an Ice Age and an interglacial; and you have to be a pretty huge optimist to think that won't bring major changes."
The body was discovered on Tuesday evening after officers were called to Russell Terrace in the Carmarthenshire town.
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: "The death is currently being treated as unexplained and the next of kin have been informed."
The coroner has been informed.
Frenchman Ribery, who missed the World Cup with a back injury, doubled Bayern's lead with a low angled shot after coming on as a substitute.
Mario Gotze, who scored Germany's World Cup-winning goal, opened the scoring.
Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso made his debut after his move from Real Madrid.
The German champions were missing several players through injury, including Netherlands winger Arjen Robben, who will be a doubt for City's trip to the Allianz Arena with an ankle problem.
Defender Holger Badstuber will also be a concern for midweek after coming off with a thigh injury in the first half.
Stuttgart rarely threatened as Bayern remain unbeaten three games into their Bundesliga defence.
Match ends, FC Bayern München 2, VfB Stuttgart 0.
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 2, VfB Stuttgart 0.
Attempt blocked. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Claudio Pizarro.
Filip Kostic (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Filip Kostic (VfB Stuttgart).
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Carlos Gruezo (VfB Stuttgart).
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Claudio Pizarro replaces Robert Lewandowski.
Corner, VfB Stuttgart. Conceded by Juan Bernat.
Goal! FC Bayern München 2, VfB Stuttgart 0. Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski following a fast break.
Foul by Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München).
Carlos Gruezo (VfB Stuttgart) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Timo Werner (VfB Stuttgart).
Attempt missed. Antonio Rüdiger (VfB Stuttgart) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Kostic following a set piece situation.
Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Alexandru Maxim replaces Moritz Leitner.
Foul by David Alaba (FC Bayern München).
Filip Kostic (VfB Stuttgart) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Carlos Gruezo (VfB Stuttgart).
Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Oriol Romeu (VfB Stuttgart).
Attempt missed. Antonio Rüdiger (VfB Stuttgart) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Moritz Leitner following a set piece situation.
Foul by Dante (FC Bayern München).
Martin Harnik (VfB Stuttgart) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Carlos Gruezo (VfB Stuttgart) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Harnik.
Hand ball by Xabi Alonso (FC Bayern München).
Attempt blocked. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Xabi Alonso.
Offside, FC Bayern München. Robert Lewandowski tries a through ball, but Thomas Müller is caught offside.
Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Xabi Alonso (FC Bayern München) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
Attempt missed. Timo Werner (VfB Stuttgart) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Martin Harnik following a fast break.
Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Carlos Gruezo replaces Christian Gentner.
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Franck Ribéry replaces Mario Götze.
Offside, VfB Stuttgart. Christian Gentner tries a through ball, but Timo Werner is caught offside.
Attempt saved. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Daniel Schwaab.
Foul by Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München).
Springwatch's Kate Humble will co-host along with Ant Antstead, presenter on Channel 4's For the Love of Cars.
The show will go behind the scenes of the UK's car manufacturing industry to explain the science and engineering involved.
It will consist of two 90 minute live episodes and will air in the autumn.
The programmes will track in real time the transformation from raw materials to finished vehicle and will broadcast live from BMW's Mini plant in Oxford.
A press release from the BBC announcing the show included a quote from May saying: "I can't wait to build a car. Live."
There had been speculation over May's future on Top Gear after Jeremy Clarkson was dropped by the BBC in March following a "fracas" with a producer.
There had been reports May and fellow host Richard Hammond had been offered massive pay deals to stay with the show.
But with the announcement this week that Chris Evans will take over Clarkson's role, it was confirmed the two former presenters would not be returning for the new series.
May will be seen once more on Top Gear on Clarkson's final episode which will air on 28 June.
May and Hammond will present links from the studio and it will feature two films shot before Clarkson was dropped from the show.
Meanwhile Evans has announced open auditions to find replacements for May and Hammond.
More than 50,000 have tweeted in support of the FBrape campaign and around 5,000 have emailed brands whose advertising appears around the content.
The campaign focuses on content that portrays rape and violence against women positively. Facebook has removed many examples already.
A separate petition online has gathered more than 220,000 signatures.
The new campaign has been organised by 40 women's groups and individuals, including US-based Women, Action and the Media (WAM) and the Everyday Sexism project, a UK-based Twitter feed that encourages women to share incidences of perceived sexism.
In an open letter to the social media giant, the groups demand "swift, comprehensive and effective action addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook" and say they are also asking Facebook users to contact companies whose adverts appear around the offending content.
Sky, American Express and Dove beauty products are among the brands affected.
The letter also lists examples of material that the group feels is unacceptable.
They include Facebook groups with titles such as "This is why Indian girls get raped" and individual uploads of graphic photographs showing abused women.
One image of a woman lying at the foot of a flight of stairs is captioned "Next time, don't get pregnant".
Dove, a brand owned by Unilever, said it was "most upset" by the images, but both the brand and Facebook said the examples given had since been removed from the site.
"Dove takes this issue very seriously and does not condone any activity that intentionally insults any audience," said global communications director Stacie Bright.
"We are working to refine our targeting terms in case any further pages like these are created. Facebook advertising targets people's interests, not pages, and we do not select the pages our adverts appear on."
Both Ms Bright and a spokesperson for Facebook told the BBC that the examples mentioned in the letter had now been removed from the site.
"There is no place on Facebook for hate speech or content that is threatening, or incites violence, and we will not tolerate material deemed to be genuinely or directly harmful," said Facebook in a statement.
"We try to react quickly to remove reported language or images that violate our terms and we try to make it very easy for people to report questionable content using links located throughout the site."
The company added, however, that not all material that some users might consider to be "vulgar and distasteful" actually violated its policies.
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism project, told the BBC the campaign had been born out of "sheer frustration" from a large number women who had tried to complain about the material and had then contacted her.
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Facebook learns a lesson
"Obviously it's difficult to moderate a platform with one billion users but it is disproportionately affecting women," she said.
"Facebook does crack down on issues like anti-Semitism and has been praised for it but when they see images of women being raped they don't consider that to be a form of hate speech.
"A lot of women are saying it's preventing them from using Facebook."
The social network has previously been taken to task for removing pictures of women breastfeeding infants and displaying their chests after mastectomy operations, she added.
"I don't think you can use the smokescreen of free speech when you take down other images which are often of women's bodies," said Ms Bates.
She also said that the groups and Facebook were "in communication" and both were hoping for a resolution as soon as possible.
Lucy Howarth was momentarily overcome as the Tory leader read a book to her and her classmates, and a photograph of the young girl with her head on the desk quickly went viral on social media.
Here are a few of the best responses:
Guardian journalist Simon Ricketts wondered whether Lucy, from Sacred Heart RC Primary in Westhoughton, near Bolton, had heard one of the Tories' election slogans one too many times:
Toby Young, a columnist for the Spectator, thought her reaction might have been provoked by Labour's latest policy:
John Dougherty, a children's writer, said Mr Cameron might have been explaining the Tories' election manifesto:
Meanwhile, cartoonist David McAndrews suggested the prime minister may have been revealing the extent of the UK's financial difficulties to Lucy:
The image, captured by photographer Stefan Rousseau, left much to the imagination but a video of the moment cleared up any doubt - Lucy was dejected after failing to master the name of the prince in Robert Munsch's The Paper Bag Princess.
Mr Cameron shouldn't feel alone though - his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, experienced exactly the same awkward moment last year:
Leitch-Smith, 26, the Valiants' top scorer in 2015-16 with 12 goals in 43 games, rejected a contract offer.
Northern Ireland international McGivern, also 26, was released by Vale, having played 32 times last term.
In addition, Swiss goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler, 27, has signed a new two-year deal with the Shropshire side.
Leutwiler has played 90 times during his two years at Shrewsbury, who finished 20th in League One after being promoted from the fourth tier in 2014-15.
"The environment and everything to do with Shrewsbury is very important to me," he said. "That was a massive factor in me re-signing here."
Shrewsbury boss Micky Mellon has now signed three Port Vale players in little over a week, following the arrival of Louis Dodds.
Leitch-Smith, who came through Crewe's youth system, joins up again with another former Alex Academy product, defender Matt Tootle, who missed over half of last season, having been sidelined by an Achilles injury.
"The manager is very ambitious," said Leitch-Smith. "And so are the type of players he is bringing in at the minute."
Mellon has now made six summer signings, having also brought in Fleetwood winger Antoni Sarcevic, Southend midfielder Gary Deegan. and Rochdale defender Oliver Lancashire.
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The announcement was supposed to bring with it the magical solution for many of Lebanon's ills, among them chronic public debt, power shortages and poor public services.
Back then, the prospect of major oil discoveries off the Mediterranean coast triggered dreams of a prosperous future, but today it seems like the Lebanese were the victims of false advertising.
Governments in Lebanon have a long history of mismanagement that seems to have extended to the country's oil and gas resources.
At the beginning of the 21st Century, seismic scans conducted in the so-called "Levant Basin", in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, suggested the existence of significant oil and gas resources off the coasts of Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel.
The three countries embarked on separate journeys to locate the wealth underneath the seafloor. They hoped not only to achieve energy self-sufficiency at home but also to become exporters.
From the onset, Lebanon has been very careful not to give figures about the size of the prospective resources or the wealth they might generate.
But caution here is more a sign of confidence than uncertainty.
There seems to be a consensus among experts that Lebanon's resources ought to be considerable.
Officials point to the impressive line-up of international oil and gas companies that showed interest in investing in projects in the part of the Levant Basin within Lebanon's territorial waters.
But for almost two years now these companies have been unable to submit their bids and compete for the exploration of specific areas.
They are still waiting for the Lebanese cabinet to approve two pieces of legislation even though the technical details having long been finalised.
One concerns the division of Lebanon's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) into blocs.
The boundaries of two of the blocs are disputed by Israel, though Lebanon maintains they are well inside its waters.
The second piece of legislation concerns the legal relationship between the state and the companies which won the bids to exploit the resources found within each of the blocs.
The process has been so delayed that some companies have become lukewarm about the prospect of doing business with Lebanon.
"One reason for this is the governance of the sector," says oil expert Ali Berro.
"Another might have to do with the international crisis [in the price] of petroleum products. But given the long-term investment, some companies that have excess reserves might be still looking to invest."
Despite widespread condemnation of the impasse within the cabinet, there does not seem to be a clear explanation for the delay.
A source summed up the situation: "On the one hand, there is resistance from some political forces which are not used to having to make such big deals transparently and without any commission being siphoned into their pockets.
"On the other is the long-term concern of some regional powers, which see Lebanon becoming a serious competitor once it starts producing oil and eventually offers it to European markets. These regional powers have their allies in the government."
But as Lebanon remains bogged down by political squabbles, other countries it the region have not lost time in exploiting their resources.
Israel has made the biggest advances so far. It has already started producing gas offshore from the Tamar field, while it has also made a major gas discovery in another field named the Leviathan.
Cyprus has also concluded the second licensing round for companies.
But officials in Lebanon still insist the country has a competitive edge over its neighbours.
Lebanon is connected to the Arab Gas Pipeline, a 1,200km (745-mile) natural gas pipeline that runs from El-Arish in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to Aqaba in Jordan, and ends next to the Syrian-Turkish border.
Lebanon is connected through a pipeline that connects Tripoli, in the north, to the Syrian city of Homs.
The Arab Gas Pipeline makes it potentially easy to deliver natural gas to Europe as it facilitates access via Turkey to Europe, where energy resources are scarce and countries are looking to reduce their dependence on Russia for gas.
The devastating conflict in Syria, the outcome of which is far from clear, has cast doubts on Lebanon's ability to use the pipeline. However, Mr Berro sees cause for optimism.
"Syria is the only land we have access through. It's the best option for Lebanon to develop its natural gas," he says.
"But Lebanon is not likely to start producing oil before five to eight years. By then things may have changed.
"This way we will be able to compete with other countries in the region because natural gas by pipelines costs much less than liquefying natural gas then re-gasifying it at import terminals."
Cesar Abou Khalil, an adviser to the minister of energy, seems to agree.
"The main competitive advantage that we would have is being able to export gas to Europe in a smooth and cheap way, while others have to build massive and costly structures that would force them to offer their products at a higher price," he says.
That reasoning hinges on the current uncertainty being resolved. It will take a long time for production to begin, and at the moment, politicians in Lebanon do not seem to be in a rush.
Daanish Zahid, 31, gave evidence during Imran Shahid's 2011 appeal against his conviction for the racially-motivated murder of the 15-year-old in 2004.
Judges threw out Shahid's appeal after concluding Zahid had lied.
Zahid was jailed for another six years after he admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
He is already serving a minimum of 17 years after being found guilty of abducting and murdering the schoolboy.
The additional sentence, which will begin when the minimum term ends, means it could be 2027 before he is freed.
Three other men - Imran Shahid, his brother Zeeshan Shahid and Faisal Mushtaq - were also jailed for life for the murder after being convicted in 2006.
Shahid, who was the ringleader of the gang, was ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years - his brother received a minimum of 23 years and Mushtaq 22 years.
Mushtaq and Zeeshan Shahid abandoned their plans to appeal against their minimum jail terms in 2009.
Imran Shahid's appeal was eventually thrown out in 2011 despite Zahid giving evidence on his behalf.
During that case, Zahid insisted Shahid was "innocent" and that another Glasgow-based Asian gang was behind the murder.
Zahid claimed he had been threatened into silence and then revealed a string of texts supposedly naming the "real killers".
But appeal judges criticised the evidence - while also throwing out Shahid's appeal - before ordering an investigation into the lies.
It lead to Zahid being jailed again.
As Zahid was jailed again, Kriss Donald's mother Angela screamed "yes" and shouted: "Hope you die in jail".
The men demanded money from their victims during the incident in Rathlin Avenue at 22:40 on Thursday.
Officers said they made off with a three-figure sum, leaving their victims "uninjured but extremely distressed".
Det Con Scott Bradley appealed for help in tracing the men responsible for the robbery.
He said: "This was a very traumatic ordeal for the occupants and their friends who were in the house and it is vital that we trace the persons responsible.
"It is believed that the two suspects made off in a green coloured Ford Focus car which was driven by a third man."
Both men were white and aged between 25 and 35. One was about 5ft 9in tall, with brown, shaven hair. He was wearing a dark blue jacket and jogging trousers.
The second suspect was about 5ft 7in and of slim build. He was wearing a dark green jacket and green baseball cap.
Robson, 22, broke serve six times on her way to beating the 18-year-old wild card 6-1 6-1 on the clay.
The Briton's last WTA main draw win came in September 2013, before a wrist injury required surgery and put her out of action for 17 months.
Robson will play Hungarian fifth seed Timea Babos in the second round.
The former British number one is currently ranked 426th and has lost WTA first-round matches in Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston this year.
She beat world number 117 Klara Koukalova in Stuttgart last week but then lost in the final round of qualifying.
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Shabina Begum and her grandchildren Adyan Parwaiz Kayani, nine, Amaan, seven and nine-week-old Minahil, died, along with their aunt Anum Parwaiz.
The inquest heard Mrs Begum had the chance to escape the fire on Wake Road on 28 April but tried to rescue the children.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Coroner Christopher Dorries commended the efforts of the grandmother in trying to rescue her family and praised firefighters who risked their own lives to get to the victims.
Giving evidence at the inquest in Sheffield, another of Mrs Begum's daughters Sadaf Parwaiz described how she and her mother unsuccessfully tried to fight the fire in the lounge of the terraced house.
She said her mother opened the front door and had a chance to escape, but wanted to save the children.
Ms Parwaiz told the inquest she noticed a "sparkle" in the lounge when she came down to collect her mobile phone shortly after midnight.
Firefighter Barry Ainsworth said it was the hottest domestic fire he had been to in his 25 years of service.
The inquest heard evidence that investigators had failed to establish an exact cause of the fire and there was no direct evidence a phone charger was to blame.
A filmmaker has released the footage which he says shows Michael Brown did not rob a shop, as police claimed, but instead exchanged marijuana for cigars.
He says it contradicts video released by police showing Brown threatening the shopkeeper as he walks out with cigars.
The 18-year-old was shot dead by a police officer moments later.
However, the convenience store maintains it was a robbery.
Policeman Darren Wilson was cleared of wrongdoing by investigators but the teenager's death led to violent protests and a national debate about lethal police force against African Americans.
On Sunday night, 100 people gathered outside the shop after news emerged of the new video.
On Monday, one St Louis man was charged with trying to set fire to a police car.
Henry Stokes, 44, was arrested by police after he was seen placing a napkin in the gas tank of a police car and trying to use a cigarette lighter to set fire to it.
The previously unreported footage shows Brown entering the Ferguson Market and Liquor around 01:00 on the day of his death.
He approaches the counter and hands over an item that appears to be a brown bag, and in exchange takes a shopping bag filled with cigars.
After walking towards the door, he then turns around and returns the cigars to the counter before leaving.
Jason Pollock, the filmmaker releasing the tape as part of his documentary Stranger Fruit, says it proves that Brown had not been committing a robbery when he returned to that store around noon later in the day.
In that encounter, he is seen shoving store owner Andy Patel before leaving with the cigars.
St Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch said investigators had been aware of the video all along and determined it was not "admissible".
"It was determined that it was neither relevant nor material to anything that happened that day," he told reporters in a news conference.
He added: "This is not new information. It's certainly not a surprise to anyone."
Video of Brown appearing to rob the shop was released by police to support their claim that he was stopped by police because he was a suspect.
Mr Pollock's film claims that the marijuana was exchanged as part of a pre-negotiated deal, and that Brown had then decided to leave the cigars behind the shop counter for safekeeping.
"They destroyed Michael's character with the tape, and they didn't show us what actually happened," Mr Pollock told the New York Times.
"There was some type of exchange, for one thing, for another," says Lesley McSpadden, Brown's mother, in the new film, which is debuting at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.
Jay Kanzler, a lawyer for the convenience shop, said they would release more footage to prove it was a robbery.
"There was no understanding. No agreement. Those folks didn't sell him cigarillos for pot. The reason he gave it back is he was walking out the door with unpaid merchandise and they wanted it back."
In partnership with a data consultancy, is it developing a method to make complex results accessible and useable.
The institution is a member of the Godan Initiative that aims to make data available to the scientific community.
In September, Godan called on the public to sign its global petition to open agricultural research data.
"The continuing challenge we face is that the raw data alone is not sufficient enough on its own for people to make sense of it," said Chris Rawlings, head of computational and systems biology at Rothamsted Research.
"This is because the long-term experiments are very complex, and they are looking at agriculture and agricultural ecosystems so you need to know a lot of about what the intention of the studies are, how they are being used, and the changes that have taken place over time."
However, he added: "Even with this level of complexity, we do see significant number of users contacting us or developing links with us."
The ability to provide open data to all is one of the research organisation's national capabilities, and forms a defining principle of its web portal to the experiments carried out at its North Wyke Farm Platform in North Devon.
Rothamsted worked in partnership with Tessella, a data consultancy, on the data collected from the experiments, which focused on livestock pastures.
The information being collected, as often as every 15 minutes, includes water run-off levels, soil moisture, meteorological data, and soil nutrients, and this is expected to run for decades.
"The data is quite varied and quite diverse, and [Rothamsted] wants to make to make this data available to the wider research community," explained Tessella's Andrew Bowen.
"What Rothamsted needed was a way to store it and a way to present it in a portal in which people could see what they had to offer."
He told BBC News that there were a number of challenges that needed to be tackled.
One was the management of the data, and the team from Tessella adopted an "agile scrum" approach.
"Basically, what you do is draw up a list of the requirements, of what you need, and we break the project down into short iterations, starting with the highest priority," he said.
"This means that you are able to take a more exploratory approach to the process of developing software. This is very well suited to the research environment."
Mr Bowen outlined that an additional challenge was the need for data to be scrutinised by a team of experts to ensure no false readings were added to the dataset.
"The back-end database was relatively complex just in terms of collecting, managing and organising the data. This presented another challenge in terms of how we presented this in an attractive, acceptable and accessible way (to end-users)."
Although Rothamsted has a long history of making the data it collects available to the wider research community, it is an area that is coming to the attention of policymakers.
The Godan (Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition) initiative was established in 2013 with the aim of encouraging and promoting open-data policies regarding agriculture and nutrition information held by governments, business and NGOs.
The initiative has more than 330 partners around the globe, including the UK, US and Kenyan governments.
"Even before Godan existed, Rothamsted has had a long-term commitment to making its data available to other scientists," observed Dr Rawlings.
"We have been managing data from our long-term experiments with an express intention of sharing and for the benefit of the scientific community."
We do talk to different communities about how we can simplify the data.
He added: "I think the Godan movement is a very important one. At the moment, a lot of the focus is on the policy level of national governments rather than individual institutions. However, institutes like Rothamsted are taking it very seriously."
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The term carbon sink refers to the ability of a natural zone to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.
In the first basin-wide study of the impacts of the 2010 drought, data showed trees' mortality rate went up while growth rates declined.
The findings have been published by the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal.
The Amazon Basin is a key player in the Earth's carbon cycle, holding 17% of the terrestrial vegetation carbon stock.
An international team of scientists studied the effects of two drought events, in 2005 and 2010, that affected large swathes of forest across the region, using data from the long-running Rainfor network that gathers data from almost 100 locations across the Amazon Basin.
Co-author Ted Feldpausch from the University of Exeter, UK, said the study was the first large-scale, direct demonstration of tropical drought slowing tree growth, describing the findings as "extremely important".
He told BBC News that the droughts had effectively shut down Amazonia's function as a carbon sink.
"Our plots across the basin indicate that this forest became carbon neutral, so they were not taking up more carbon than they were losing," he explained. "This was regardless of whether the plots had experienced a drought or not.
"The second thing that we found was an impact in 2010 on the growth of trees. This did not happen in 2005. Those trees that had the most intense precipitation anomalies also had lower growth.
"Mortality was also affected. We saw mortality go up and growth go down, which - again - we did not see in 2005.
"The final key point was that we did not find some sort of compound effect between the 2010 events and previous droughts."
Dr Feldpausch said the study's results showed that the response of trees to droughts was complex and dynamic.
"It certainly does raise a new set of questions because something did change in the way that these trees responded to drought, so it raises questions about other environmental conditions that are changing across the Amazon basin, such as the temperature increasing," he suggested.
"This is one area that we need to investigate in the future; is there going to be some sort of interaction between precipitation deficits and increasing temperature?"
Fellow co-author Oliver Phillips from the University of Leeds, UK, explained that the Amazon had provided a "tremendous service, taking up hundreds of millions more tonnes of carbon every year in tree growth than it loses through tree death".
But Prof Phillips added: "Both the 2005 and 2010 droughts eliminated those net gains."
Dr Feldpausch did highlight that it was not all bad news: "We do find that these forests are fairly resilient, and we do need to keep that in mind.
"We did have this reduction in carbon uptake but then between those drought years, such as prior to 2005, we had a carbon sink.
"In 2005, it was more or less turned off but then again between 2005 and 2010, the forest again became a carbon sink rather than a carbon source, and then in 2010 it switched back to being carbon neutral.
"In terms of policy, that is an important thing to note. This shows that these forests do have the continued capacity to take up carbon even though they are affected by these drought events.
"So they do provide this great ecosystem service… but that means that the forest needs to remain standing to provide this service."
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Containers found on streets and lanes in eight areas in the city centre outside designated times will be removed by the council.
Offending businesses will then have 28 days to reclaim their bins as well as pay council costs.
The six-month pilot scheme is designed to "improve the look and feel of the city centre".
If successful, the project will be rolled out across the city centre.
Councillor Kenny McLean said: "This project will make Glasgow city centre more attractive for all those who work, live, study in or visit the area.
"Clearing commercial waste bins from our streets will make the city centre cleaner, greener and safer, and we have received great support from local businesses and residents for the pilot scheme.
"We are greatly encouraged by the input of businesses within the project areas.
"Although this is a challenging initiative, this input will be invaluable in ensuring its success and our streets are cleaner."
Waste can only be placed on the street within a specific time period. The proposed windows are 07:30 to 09:30 and 17:00 to 23:00.
Bins must only be on the street for an hour, only when the business is open and never left out overnight.
Similar schemes operate in Edinburgh, Manchester and the City of Westminster.
The areas initially covered from Sunday will be:
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When a family returned to their home town to see the damage to their house they heard the faint callings of a cat.
The animal needed to drink after being trapped for so long but was in a reasonably good condition considering what it had been through.
There were also reports of another cat being rescued on the same day in a nearby village.
He also said the treatment of gay computer pioneer and code breaker Alan Turing had been "horrifying".
GCHQ now relies on people who "dare to be different", he told a conference hosted by gay rights group Stonewall.
Mr Hannigan said no-one could know what some of those sacked for being gay would have gone on to achieve.
In his speech in London, Mr Hannigan said a former spy he called Ian, who was forced out of the service on suspicion of being gay in the 1960s, had urged him to apologise.
"I am happy to do so today and to say how sorry I am that he and so many others were treated in this way, right up until the 1990s when the policy was rightly changed," he said.
"The fact that it was common practice for decades reflected the intolerance of the times and the pressures of the Cold War, but it does not make it any less wrong and we should apologise for it.
"Their suffering was our loss and it was the nation's loss too because we cannot know what Ian and others who were dismissed would have gone on to do and achieve. We did not learn our lesson from Turing."
Despite his pivotal and groundbreaking work breaking codes during World War Two - the story of which was told in the 2014 film The Imitation Game staring Benedict Cumberbatch - Turing was hounded by GCHQ over his sexuality.
In 1952 he faced a conviction for gross indecency following which he was chemically castrated. He had been arrested after having an affair with a 19-year-old Manchester man.
The conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop the code-cracking work.
In 1954 he took his own life by eating an apple laced with cyanide, and in 2013 he received a posthumous royal pardon.
"In the horrifying story of his treatment, a small ray of light is that he was not abandoned by all of his colleagues at GCHQ - many stood by him," Mr Hannigan said.
He said GCHQ now relies on people who "dare to think differently and be different" and that included hiring spies on the autistic spectrum, with Asperger's or other syndromes, who he described as "precious assets".
The Pennsylvania pair said a man dressed in a robe with a crown of thorns is looking at their baby from the far left of the image.
"When they gave it to us, um, to me it's Jesus," mother Alicia Zeek told a local news station.
She said the ultrasound gave them comfort after complications with two other pregnancies.
The couple's previous son and daughter were both born with birth defects.
Their first daughter has pre-axial polydactyly - she had two thumbs on one hand - and their second child was born with a cleft palate, they told Fox 43.
Zachary Smith, the father, says that although the family is not particularly religious, they saw the image as a sign from above.
"The angel or God or Jesus, however you want to propose it, I look at it as my blessing," Mr Smith said.
"When I seen it, it almost brought tears to my eyes. I was speechless, I just couldn't believe it."
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Gardaí (Irish police) said the victim was in a car in the driveway of a house at Mill Close, Stramullen, when a man approached and fired a number of shots at about 19:00 local time.
The man was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Irish national broadcaster RTÉ has reported that he is in a serious condition.
Gardaí have appealed for information.
The incumbent Laurent Gbagbo took the oath to serve a new term, but within hours Alassane Ouattara also laid claim to the presidency.
The US, UN and France say last Sunday's run-off poll was won by Mr Ouattara.
He was declared the winner by the electoral body, but this was overturned by the Constitutional Council, which is led by an ally of Mr Gbagbo.
The presidential run-off was intended to reunify the world's largest cocoa producer after a civil war in 2002, but has now left the nation with two rival presidents.
At least four people have been killed in election-related clashes this week in the country's main city of Abidjan.
On the streets opposition supporters are protesting against Mr Gbagbo's investiture, saying it amounts to a coup d'etat.
Mr Gbagbo's supporters insist the UN does not have the right to say who won the elections and have threatened to expel the head of the 8,000-strong UN mission.
Ivory Coast has closed its borders and stopped broadcasts of international news media into the country. An overnight curfew remains in place over the weekend.
"I swear solemnly and on my honour to respect and faithfully defend the constitution," Mr Gbagbo said during the swearing-in ceremony in Abidjan on Saturday.
Mr Gbagbo took the oath to loud cheers from a number of his supporters at the presidential palace.
"In recent days I have noted serious cases of interference," he said.
"I am charged with defending our sovereignty and I will not negotiate on that. I have never called on someone from outside to put me in office," Mr Gbagbo added.
Within hours, Mr Ouattara, a former rebel from the predominantly Muslim north of the country, was sworn in at an Abidjan hotel guarded by UN peacekeepers.
"I, Alassane Ouattara... swear as follows the oath of the president of the Republic of Ivory Coast," he said in a handwritten letter to the country's high court, followed by the wording of the formal oath of office, AFP news agency reports.
Mr Ouattara has earlier said that "the Constitutional Council has abused its authority, the whole world knows it, and I am sorry for my country's image."
After the swearing-in, he immediately re-appointed Guillaume Soro as his prime minister. Mr Soro had tendered his resignation in Mr Gbagbo's administration just hours earlier.
Mr Soro - who is the head of the New Forces rebels in the north - has warned that overturning the results threatens to derail attempts to stabilise and reunify the country after the war.
On Thursday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared that Mr Ouattara had won the 28 November run-off by 54.1% to 45.9%.
But after Mr Gbagbo and his supporters alleged the ballot had been fraudulent in some northern region, the Constitutional Council - run by Mr Gbagbo's ally - overruled the Commission.
The council said Mr Gbagbo had secured just over 51% of the vote.
Mr Gbagbo also has the backing of the head of the country's armed forces.
US President Barack Obama has rejected the Constitutional Council's decision.
"The Independent Electoral Commission, credible and accredited observers and the United Nations have all confirmed this result and attested to its credibility," he said.
He congratulated Mr Ouattara and said the international community would "hold those who act to thwart the democratic process and the will of the electorate accountable for their actions".
French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Mr Gbagbo to "respect the will of the people, abstain from any action that might provoke violence" and to help establish peace.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier called on Mr Gbagbo "to do his part for the good of the country and to co-operate in a smooth political transition".
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, the current chairman of regional bloc Ecowas, said all parties should "respect and fully implement the verdict of the Ivorian people as declared by the Independent Electoral Commission".
The head of the UN mission in Ivory Coast also said it regarded Mr Ouattara as the winner.
The African Union said it was "deeply concerned" by the developments and pledged to take action against "the authors of acts likely to undermine the integrity of the electoral process" as proclaimed by the IEC.
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said the IMF would only work with an Ivory Coast government recognised by the UN.
A minute's silence was observed as survivors and relatives of the victims gathered at St Paul's Cathedral.
Petals fell from the dome as the Bishop of London said the Tube and bus attacks had united a city in "agonised outcry".
In Hyde Park, one survivor, Emma Craig, told crowds: "It may not have broken London, but it did break some of us."
The bombing of three Tube trains and a bus - carried out by four bombers linked to al-Qaeda carrying rucksacks of explosives - was the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil.
At just after 08:50 on 7 July 2005, three explosions took place on the Underground - 26 people died at Russell Square, six at Edgware Road and seven at Aldgate.
Almost an hour later, a fourth device was set off on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, killing 13 people.
Ms Craig, who was 14 when she survived the blast at Aldgate, said: "All of us lost our innocence on that day, our naivety, the thought that 'something like that could never happen to me' or even to London.
"It was and still is very much a part of my growing up, my childhood, my adolescence."
But Paul Dadge, who was photographed helping a survivor in the aftermath of the attack at Edgware Road station, said the terrorists would never win.
"They won't beat us because there is no point at which we will simply surrender to terrorism," said Mr Dadge, who was also speaking beside the 7 July memorial, which consists of 52 stainless steel pillars designed to symbolise the random nature of the loss of life.
"That's not the spirit we saw on 7 July. That's not the spirit we've ever seen. That's not the spirit we will ever see."
At St Paul's the Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres, said the Tube and bus attacks had affected people from all over the world.
"Soon after 7 July, the families and the friends of the victims compiled a book of tributes. It is a taste of the ocean of pain surrounding the loss of each one of the victims," he said.
"The tribute book is also very revealing about the character of the London which the bombers attacked. The majority of the victims were young - they came from all over the UK, all over the world.
"London is an astonishing world in a city. But beyond the diversity, the book also conveys a unifying, agonised outcry."
Candles representing the site of each incident were carried by people who helped deal with the immediate aftermath of the attacks including George Psaradakis, who was driving the bombed bus at Tavistock Square, and Dr Peter Holden, who provided urgent treatment at the scene.
The Duke of York attended the service and later the Duke of Cambridge joined victims' families, survivors and ambulance and fire brigade employees in Hyde Park for the tribute of songs and personal readings.
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Lins Drabwell, 35, walked 8.4 miles (13.5km) from her home in Bromley to her office in London Bridge. She said doing the "walk together" to mark the anniversary was "an easy decision".
"I remember 7/7 so clearly. Our office was near Edgware Road. We could see the station from our office window, and the emergency services going in," she said.
"I remember feeling that the attack was personal. It was my city, and my people. I felt very protective. That evening, I remember this mass of Londoners, all walking. It was very subdued.
"The next morning, I remember walking in seeing businessmen on the back of motorbikes, people who had dug out rusty old bikes, people on roller skates. There was a defiance."
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Prime Minister David Cameron said the day of the attacks was "one of those days where everybody remembers exactly where they were when they heard the news" but he said "Britain would not be cowed by terrorism".
He and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among those who laid wreaths in a silent memorial at Hyde Park at 08:50 BST - the time of the first bombings.
In a note on his wreath Mr Johnson wrote: "Ten years may have passed, but London's memory is undimmed. We honour again today the victims of 7/7. You will live forever in the hearts of the people of this city."
Silences were also held across the London transport network and flowers were laid at the sites of the four explosions.
Carmen Macovei was among those caught in the blast at Tavistock Square.
She said: "I can still remember every moment of that day, except where I was sitting on the bus. I remember standing there after it happened thinking, 'What happened to my bus?' It still feels like yesterday."
Commuters were urged to "walk together" by finishing their morning bus or Underground commute one stop early and travelling the last few minutes by foot.
Adrian Luscombe, one of those taking part, tweeted: "A commuter today as I was 10 years ago. It could have been me. As fresh in memory as if it was yesterday."
The bombings were carried out by Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Germaine Lindsay, 19. The group had links to al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Three of the men came from Beeston in Leeds and a crowd gathered in the area at the Hamara Centre to observe the minute's silence and a non-denominational ceremony was held at Leeds Civic Hall.
Hanif Malik, chief executive of the centre, said: "Ten years on from that atrocity we all vividly recall our shock, our horror, our dismay at discovering that Leeds was linked to those tragic events.
"The actions of those individuals 10 years ago were not reflective of the community here in Leeds and not reflective of the wider Muslim community."
Head of MI5 Andrew Parker said: "The terrible events in London on 7 July 2005 are enduring reminders of the reality of what MI5 is striving every day to prevent."
The UK's senior counter-terrorism officer, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, said the rise of Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq meant the UK was now facing a "very different" threat.
"We've seen another step change in terrorism in the way it works and connects across the world," he said.
The UK's terror threat level was raised from "substantial" to "severe" in August 2014 in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
A total of 52 people lost their lives when four suicide bombers attacked central London 10 years ago. Here are their stories.
Labour topped the poll with 594,063 votes, ahead of second-placed UKIP on 481,932.
The Conservative Party, which secured most votes in 2009, was beaten into third place and ended with two seats.
UKIP gained two seats and Labour, one. The Lib Dems' Chris Davies lost his seat, leaving the party with none.
The new MEPs are Theresa Griffin, Afzal Khan and Julie Ward (Labour), Louise Bours, Paul Nuttall and Steven Woolfe (UKIP) and Jacqueline Foster and Sajjad Karim (Conservatives).
Scuffles broke out as Mr Griffin arrived for the count at Manchester Town Hall, with protestors waving placards and shouting "Nazi scum".
He had to duck placards hurled at him and dodge attackers who broke through police barriers, with officers rugby-tackling some of them, before Mr Griffin was taken into the safety of the building.
Speaking after Sunday night's declaration he said: "It has been a privilege to serve the people of the North West over the last five years.
"I hope the people who are elected take the responsibility seriously."
Mr Griffin blamed UKIP for his electoral defeat telling Sky News they were now the protest party of choice.
"We're out tonight but we'll be back. We set the agenda, we're the ones who broke the taboo about immigration - we've allowed UKIP to do what they've done but when people see they don't deliver their votes will crumble," he said.
UKIP's deputy leader Mr Nuttall, speaking after the declaration, said: "People are rejecting the failed three old parties.
"They have given away something that was never theirs to give away, that's the sovereignty of our country.
"The age of four-party politics has arrived."
Labour's re-elected North West MEP Theresa Griffin said: "The BNP have left the building.
"I'm proud Labour has topped the poll in the North West region. Labour will always be on your side, fighting for jobs and growth."
Labour MEP Afzal Khan, who was Manchester's first Asian lord mayor in 2005, said he was "delighted" with his election victory at the expense of the BNP.
He said: "That was my aim, that is what I wanted to achieve. I think he's got a message of hate and this is a difficult time and we need a message of hope and the people of the North West have given a clear message.
"He's [Mr Griffin] done nothing for the people of the North West. His whole message was one of hate."
A poor night for the Liberal Democrats saw the party come in at fifth place in the North West - behind the Green Party.
But party president Tim Farron remained defiant, and praised his party for standing up to UKIP's Eurosceptic stance.
"Somebody had to have the backbone to stand up to UKIP and take them on," he said.
"I'm proud. I want to win elections, but I want us to do the right thing even more."
Seats in the European Parliament are allocated according to the D'Hondt system, a type of proportional representation.
The 17-year-old fell some 40m (130ft) into a dry riverbed below. The teenager had been in a group from the Netherlands and Belgium staying at a nearby surf camp.
Last month, British tourist Kleyo De Abreu died in a bungee jump off a bridge near Granada, southern Spain.
She suffered fatal injuries when she hit the wall of the bridge below her.
A police spokesman told Dutch media that the latest "ghastly accident" may have been caused by carelessness, although it was unclear what had gone wrong.
The teenager had been taking part in a type of bungee jump known as "puenting", which involves diving with two cords attached, and then swinging beneath the bridge or viaduct.
Bungee jumping has become extremely popular in Spain in recent years, both among locals and foreign tourists.
Spectacular settings in rural areas of Andalusia in the south, or Cantabria and the Pyrenees in the north are common destinations both for bungee aficionados and first-timers.
Companies offer both bungee jumping and its bridge-swinging variant, "puenting".
There have been around 10 deaths linked to bungee jumping since it took off in the 1980s. Prior to the two fatalities this summer, the most recent was that of a 48-year-old man at Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, in 2013.
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Local police chief Joaquin Gonzalez said he had not known that puenting took place on the bridge, adding that it was "extremely risky".
The jump took place from the top of a bridge over the A8 road at Cabezon de la Sal in Cantabria.
Mayor Isabel Fernandez told Dutch TV that it was an enormous tragedy. "The girl was so young. We're ready to help her family as much as we can."
The Division 2A section of the women's world championships is the fourth International Ice Hockey Federation tournament to be held in the town.
It has previously staged Under 18 events for both men and women and an Under 20 championship.
The tournament runs until Sunday with Great Britain up against Kazakhstan, Korea, Poland, New Zealand and Croatia.
In their last seven matches, Wales have failed to score in four of them and won just once, against Andorra in October.
Chris Coleman's side face Slovakia in their first Group B game at Euro 2016 on Saturday, 11 June (17:00 BST).
"Obviously we're going to have to play a lot better than we did [against Sweden]," Ramsey told BBC Wales Sport.
He continued, "In these friendlies you always see a mixed result.
"In a way it's good to get it out of the system now and now we can look forward to going to the Euros and show what we're capable of doing."
Despite the defeat, the Arsenal midfielder says Wales believe they can improve in the coming weeks at their first major international tournament since 1958.
"Now we can look forward to France and enjoy that," said Arsenal's Ramsey.
"We know we're going to have to improve on the performance, but we're confident we are capable doing that."
Reading defender Chris Gunter, who played the full 90 minutes in the defeat in Stockholm, says the performance will not overshadow Wales' pre-tournament preparations.
"We're not daft enough to think this result will change any preparation for Saturday," said Gunter.
"Hopefully this game will be out of the system by then. We've worked too hard to be negative by this point."
Although their form has been inconsistent in the run-up to the trip to France, Gunter does not believe another defeat against Slovakia would be a disaster for Wales.
"It's the first one in the group where you want to pick up points," he added.
In a three-game group, every game is important, but if we win that game [v Slovakia] it doesn't mean we'll go on and win the tournament.
"Likewise, if we don't get the three points then it doesn't mean we're going to have a bad tournament."
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The facility is expected to open at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, in 2018.
Funding will help pay for electrical infrastructure upgrades and a transport incubator for transferring the most critically ill babies.
It follows the announcement Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will stay in special measures for two years.
The Welsh government cash will also help the health board develop an outline business case for the new Sub Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Centre for North Wales.
First Minister Carwyn Jones called the funding "a shot in the arm for the project".
During a visit to the hospital on Friday, Mr Jones said people in north Wales can be "absolutely confident" about care standards.
He said the decision to keep the health board in special measures for two years had nothing to do with patient safety.
"We needed to be confident that the board was moving in the right direction. We weren't," he added.
He said there is a "great determination" to take it in the right direction, by providing "the right level of support".
In a TV interview, Mayor Eduardo Paes said he closed the Joao Havelange stadium on Tuesday because of a risk of the roof collapsing.
Further studies were needed to find out what had caused the problem, he said.
The stadium is to remain shut as a safety measure until further notice.
Mr Paes said he took the decision after receiving the latest of three surveys about the structure.
"It says there is a risk. Our priority here is to protect the lives of the people, that's why we closed it," Mr Paes told Brazil's Globo TV channel.
The report presented to the mayor said the stadium was at risk of collapse from wind speeds of 60km/h (40mph).
The Engenhao stadium, as it is known in Brazil, has been used as Rio's main football venue, while the iconic Maracana stadium is renovated for next year's World Cup.
Despite the indefinite closure of the Engenhao, a spokesman for the Rio 2016 organising committee told the BBC he was confident that the stadium would be ready for the Olympics.
The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, said: "If it takes a month, then it will stay closed for a month, if it takes a year, it will stay closed for a year."
The stadium was built six years ago and hosted events at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Since then, it has been leased to local football club Botafogo.
It is scheduled to host athletics events at the Rio Olympics, but the opening and closing ceremonies will take place at the city's Maracana stadium.
Its construction was massively over budget, costing the state $190m (£125m).
Contractual issues led to the company that started the project leaving before it was finished.
The latest setback could make recouping the earlier losses difficult, Mr Paes said.
The mayor said that if the cause of the roof problems were found to be due to bad construction work, the companies that oversaw the completion of the project would be held responsible.
However, should the problem lie with the project itself, then the City Hall would be forced to shoulder the costs.
The closure is an embarrassment for Brazil as it prepares for two of the biggest world sporting events, say correspondents.
The authorities have also acknowledged delays in work on the Maracana, and funding problems have also beset a stadium in Sao Paulo, which is set to host the opening match at the 2014 World Cup.
Mohammed Ali Ahmed and Zakaria Boufassil are both charged with funding terrorism on or before 7 July 2015.
Mr Ahmed and Soumaya Boufassil are separately charged with preparation of acts of terrorism between January 2015 and this month.
The three, from Small Heath, are due before magistrates in London on Friday.
West Midlands Police said they were among five people arrested in Birmingham on 14 April and at Gatwick Airport the next day.
A third man, Fazal Sajjad Younis Khan, 40, also from Small Heath, has been charged with possession of CS spray, police said.
He has been released on bail to appear before Birmingham magistrates on 13 May.
A 59-year-old man remains on bail while the investigation continues, police added.
The man's attacker is believed to have used a sharp weapon in the assault which took place on the town's Caldon Road at about 19:15 on Thursday.
The victim was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock but has since been released.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
DC Ainsley Sweeney, from Saltcoats CID, said: "At this point it is unclear how the victim came about his injuries and inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances.
"It appears that he was injured with some sort of sharp implement during an altercation, however it is important that any witnesses come forward to assist with the investigation."
ScotRail said five platforms at the station had been affected by the problem, which was reported at 07:00.
Many local services, as well as those bound for Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness, were disrupted.
Some services had returned by midday but passengers have been warned to expect ongoing delays.
A spokeswoman for ScotRail said: "There are overhead wire problems which are affecting access to five platforms. Engineers are on site to diagnose and repair. It's not possible to say how long disruption to services will last."
She added: "Customers should retain their tickets as the nature of this disruption means they may be entitled to compensation through our Delay Repay scheme."
The electrical issue affected platforms 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 at Glasgow Central and caused cancellations on the Cathcart Circle, Newton, Neilston and Kilmarnock lines.
At the height of the disruption, high-level trains to dozens of stations in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire were affected.
ScotRail arranged for train tickets to be used on local FirstBus services to these stations and replacement buses were brought in from Perth and Stirling.
By midday, ScotRail said that engineers were still working to repair damage to overhead electric wires at Glasgow Central Station.
Services on the Cathcart Circle, to Glasgow's south side, remained suspended.
Trains between Glasgow and Lanark, via Motherwell, were running as were services to Neilston, Barrhead and Kilmarnock.
The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Shotts service was also running with delays and alterations expected.
ScotRail said other routes were also operating but warned that "short notice alterations/delays" were possible.
Passengers are urged to check their journey details on the ScotRail website.
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The investigation was launched after low-level radioactive material was released in February 2014.
It found an incompatible combination of nitrate salts and cat litter caused a breach in a container of waste.
The cat litter was used to absorb moisture in the waste.
More than 20 workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico were contaminated and the release forced the repository to close indefinitely.
Investigators believe that a thermal reaction inside the container forced the lid to pop.
Federal officials have said it could take years and more than $0.5bn to fully reopen the plant.
"We are reviewing the report and its findings now as we continue working to mitigate the risks of this happening again," the Energy Department said in a statement issued on Thursday.
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Elaine Walker, who was adopted at eight weeks, had been trying to find one sister since she was 25.
When she found Jackie Green on Facebook she found they had already become friends on an online bingo site.
Now they are hoping to find a third sister called Wendy.
She lived in Scotland, was born in February 1955 and has a son.
Ms Walker, 59, who lives near Middlesbrough, was adopted by a family in the north east, while Ms Green, 65, grew up in London with her father.
For 35 years Ms Walker had searched for her older sister without success - she only knew her Christian name and maiden name.
Watch the sisters' interview on the Victoria Derbyshire programme in full here.
"I hit dead ends, kept coming up against brick wall after brick wall, until last year when an elder brother of ours died intestate, and a company of heir hunters got in touch and they accidentally let slip Jackie's surname," she said.
When Ms Walker tracked her down on Facebook, she realised they had some mutual friends who were all from the online bingo chatroom she used.
The siblings used nicknames so had never known each other's real names.
"I realised she wasn't just one more user of that chatroom - she was a key person I'd talked to almost every day - so much so the other users of the forum called us the 'terrible twins'," Ms Walker said.
"I just looked at her picture and said "she's got my eyes", I could see resemblances. So I sent her a message and it said "Hi Jackie, strange message but, was your mum called - and I gave the full name - because if so, I'm your sister. I got a message back a little while later saying 'hi sis'.
"She asked what my player name was and when I told her she said 'I'm your terrible twin'. And that was it, I sent her a message with my landline on, said 'give me a ring'. And she did, we were on the phone for three hours."
The sisters now want to find their other long-lost sister Wendy.
"She was adopted at the same time as me, I've known about her all my life," Ms Walker said.
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If you know who Wendy is, email [email protected]
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Supermarket giant Morrisons has renegotiated with Monmouthshire council after missing a payment deadline earlier this year.
It has given £13.75m up front to build the 25,000 sq ft (2,322 sqm) store and will pay another £4m over 25 years.
The shop should open in late 2017 but the number of jobs created is unknown.
Abergavenny's historical cattle market was controversially moved to a new £5m facility 10 miles (16km) away in 2013, leaving the town centre site derelict.
After Morrisons missed July's deadline, campaigners called for a rethink over the plan, favouring other retail and housing.
The council's deputy leader Bob Greenland said: "We would've preferred not to have a delay that we've had but I recognise the difficulties the grocery market has had over the years and the new management wanted to rethink their strategy.
"Instead of having all of the money up front, we've converted some of it into a rental agreement."
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) had previously said a couple of glasses of wine a week was acceptable.
It now says abstinence is the only way to be certain that the baby is not harmed.
There is no proven safe amount that women can drink during pregnancy.
The updated advice now chimes with guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
In the US, experts say there is no safe time to drink during pregnancy.
But the RCOG highlights around the time of conception and the first three months of pregnancy as the most risky.
Drinking alcohol may affect the unborn baby as some will pass through the placenta.
Around conception and during the first three months, it may increase the chance of miscarriage, says the RCOG.
After this time, women are advised to not drink more than one to two units, more than once or twice a week, it says.
Drinking more than this could affect the development of the baby, in particular the way the baby's brain develops and the way the baby grows in the womb, which can lead to foetal growth restriction and increase the risk of stillbirth and premature labour, says the advice.
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Philippa Marsden, of the RCOG, said: "For women planning a family, it is advisable not to drink during this time. Either partner drinking heavily can make it more difficult to conceive.
"During early pregnancy, the safest approach is to abstain from alcohol and after the first trimester keep within the recommended amounts if you do decide to have an alcohol drink. The same applies for women who decide to breastfeed.
"If you cut down or stop drinking at any point during pregnancy, it can make a difference to your baby. However, in some instances, once the damage has been done, it cannot be reversed. If you have any questions or concerns about alcohol consumption talk to your midwife, GP or health visitor who can offer support and advice."
Dr Simon Newell, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "There are lots of mixed messages when it comes to alcohol advice so today's guidance is a welcome and reliable source of information for women who are thinking about trying for a baby and for women who have already become pregnant."
He said about 6,000 babies a year in the UK are born with some form of damage as a direct result of alcohol.
"It is impossible to say what constitutes a 'safe' amount of alcohol a mother can drink as every pregnancy is different, so our advice to mothers is don't take a chance with your baby's health and drink no alcohol at all," he said.
Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, was concerned that the advice might cause some women undue anxiety.
"This guidance takes a precautionary approach to women drinking alcohol in pregnancy. It may be wise to avoid alcohol when planning a baby, but the fact is many pregnancies are not planned.
"We should reassure women that if they have had an episode of binge drinking before they found out they were pregnant, they really should not worry. It is very troubling to see women so concerned about the damage they have caused their baby they consider ending what would otherwise be a wanted pregnancy, when there's no need for such anxiety.
"This guidance also makes clear that after the first three months, there is no evidence of harm to the baby at low levels of alcohol, so women who like to relax with a glass of wine once or twice a week should not feel guilty about doing so."
In the advert for Lotto, a number of people suggest destinations where they would take their families if they won a large sum of money.
Gina Parkin, from Leeds, appears at the end and says "anywhere but Skegness".
She has now apologised for the off-the-cuff comment, saying she "hadn't meant to upset anybody".
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Ms Parkin said she had previously been to the Lincolnshire resort at night and "there was a little bit too much alcohol for me".
She said she was now looking forward to seeing the resort in daylight and taking in some of the local attractions, accompanied by the town's mayor, Danny Brookes, who she said invited her after the story was featured in the local press.
Ms Parkin, who will visit the resort on Saturday at the mayor's invitation, said her comments were "just meant to be funny".
She said: "They just asked me some questions, and one of them I answered 'anywhere but Skegness'."
Skegness was previously labelled "tacky" in an edition of the Lonely Planet travel guide.
The guide described the resort as "the ABC of the English seaside - amusements, bingo and candy-floss, and added that "culture vultures will probably run a mile".
Tourism bosses in Skegness previously came under fire themselves for using unflattering images of Blackpool and Brighton in a bid to promote the resort.
Mr Carney told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme that, looking at the UK as a whole, "we are now seeing house prices begin to recover, so it is a more generalised phenomenon".
He said the only area where prices had not picked up was Northern Ireland.
He also said there was little the bank could do to cool the London market, where prices were rising far faster.
Prices in London are rising by about 10% a year, but Mr Carney said a change in interest rate policy - not on the cards in any case until the recovery is well established - would not cool the market as a significant number of properties were bought without a mortgage.
Asked if he was concerned about the very fast-spiralling London property market, Mr Carney said: "Much of what's driven in London, of course, is not mortgage-driven but is cash-driven.
"It's driven, in many cases, by foreign buyers. We, as a central bank, can't influence that.
"We change underwriting standards - it doesn't matter, there's not a mortgage. We change interest rates - it doesn't matter, there's not a mortgage, etc.
"But we watch it and we watch the knock-on effect."
Mr Carney reiterated his belief that UK interest rates would not return to pre-crisis levels of around 5% until all spare capacity was being used in the economy.
He said: "What we've had thus far is a consumer-led recovery.
"What we haven't seen yet is business investment picking up.
"It's part of the reason why we're trying to provide as much clarity to business that the path of monetary policy, the path of interest rates, is going to be calibrated very carefully, to ensure that only when we see sustainable growth in jobs, in incomes, and in spending will we make adjustments."
Last week, Mr Carney overhauled the Bank's interest rate policy to reflect falling unemployment and the economic recovery.
The Bank's rate policy will now be determined not just by unemployment, but by a wider range of indicators.
Mr Carney also discussed bankers' bonuses, saying new rules ordering banks to keep back more capital could hold back bonus payouts.
He said the rules, designed to protect banks from future economic shocks, would prevent them from paying increased bonuses if that would cause capital levels to fall.
The rules, known as Basel III, will come into force near the end of this decade and will apply internationally.
Mr Carney said they would have a real impact and should change banks' behaviour.
He also suggested that bonuses could be deferred for an even longer period than the current three to five years, giving a greater time frame in which they could be clawed back, should it emerge later on that unnecessary risks had been taken.
Last week, Barclays increased its bonus pool despite posting a fall in annual profits.
The man stole 11 bags and tubs of washing liquid tablets from a convenience store in Hampton, Peterborough, on Tuesday evening.
"#HopingToMakeACleanGetaway," officers, who chased him down on foot, joked on Twitter.
The man, in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of theft from a shop and remains in custody.
Officers from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit - who are more used to catching criminals in cars - tweeted a photo of the washing powder stash recovered from the suspect.
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Their Twitter account is awash with amusing laundry-related comments including "Sorry sir, but those excuses simply won't wash" and "Did they come clean in interview?".
Another asked: "They doing laundry for the local rugby club or something?"
Douglas Waymark, from Cheltenham, got into difficulty about half way across, 12 nautical miles from Dover.
The coastguard received a radio call from a support vessel at about 21:20 BST on Monday.
A search and rescue helicopter arrived within 10 minutes and airlifted the swimmer to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, but he later died.
The endurance athlete had been taking part in the arch to arc triathlon.
The challenge aims to connects London and Paris by running, swimming and cycling.
It starts with an 87 mile run from London's Marble Arch to Dover.
Then the athletes must swim across the English Channel to the French coast.
Finally they finish with a 181-mile bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation facilitated the swim.
Secretary Kevin Murphy said: "He was a supreme athlete. He was pushing himself to the absolute limits.
"He knew that, he knew the dangers, but he was doing what he absolutely loved."
Mr Murphy, who has swum the channel 34 times, said everything was done to mitigate the risks.
"My understanding is that he was speaking to the people on the boat and then suddenly rolled over, inert in the water, and was pulled out. Everything possible was then done to try and revive him.
"It happened suddenly, there was no opportunity to persuade him to come out of the water."
Mr Waymark's sister, Jo Ikel, posted a tribute to him on Facebook saying: "For all those following the recent updates, Douglas Waymark has not completed his Channel swim.
"Last night he felt he could no longer continue his quest and swam to the boat supporting him. He passed out and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Ashford. At around midnight, he sadly died.
"We are all devastated but take comfort in him doing what he loved best to the very end."
Mr Waymark was taking part in the Enduroman Arch 2 Arc challenge, a continuous triathlon from Marble Arch in London to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
It involves an 87-mile run to Dover, swimming the channel and cycling 182 miles to the French capital.
Mr Waymark had been roughly half way through his crossing attempt when, according to Kent Police, he "became unwell".
He set off from Shakespeare beach at 07:27 BST but began to struggle later in the day.
Updating followers on Mr Waymark's progress throughout, Enduroman tweeted he was given painkillers around 17:00 BST. Swimming across the tide, he missed a feed and Enduroman said "he doubts but pushes on".
The last word on his progress came at 20:30 BST, saying he was swimming on through cooling temperatures and fading light.
Mr Waymark's tracker regularly posted his position online and the last data visible between 21:09 and 21:38 BST showed he had turned around and was heading back towards Dover.
Enduroman has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Kent Police confirmed his death is not being treated as suspicious.
It happened on the Boveedy Road on Saturday.
Part of the road has been closed and a diversion is in place on the Gortmacrane Road.
Police have advised motorists to expect delays in this area.
Gareth Cliff was sacked by M-Net TV after appearing to cite "freedom of speech" as a defence for comments made by a white South African woman, who had referred to black people as "monkeys" in a widely shared Facebook post.
Auditions for the new season of Idol are due to start in Durban on Saturday.
M-Net has not commented on the ruling.
There have been several high-profile rows over racism on social media in South African in recent months.
The case at the high court in Johannesburg did not deal directly with Mr Cliff's comments, but on whether he had a contract with M-Net.
Judge Caroline Nicholls found that there was a binding contract between the media personality and the pay-TV channel.
In 2002, Idols was forced to defend itself against accusations of racial prejudice, after a white South African won the first series, despite commentators saying that he was a less talented singer than other black contestants on the show.
Apartheid, which legally enforced a racial hierarchy privileging white South Africans, ended in 1994 with the election of the country's first democratic government.
The 24-year-old says she has an "ongoing intestinal issue" that got progressively worse in Melbourne.
She added she had been advised by doctors that playing could exacerbate the condition.
"This comes as a big disappointment to me and I regret not being able to play," she said.
"I have represented GB every time I have been asked to and fully intend to play again given the opportunity in the future."
Captain Judy Murray and her team face Georgia and South Africa from Thursday in their bid to win promotion from Euro/Africa Zone Group 1.
"While it's obviously very disappointing, we still have a squad of players capable of winning through the group," Murray said.
"I have a couple of days to fill the fourth spot, and that gives two of our most promising teenagers Katie Swan and Freya Christie the chance to join Heather Watson and our doubles specialists Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith in the team."
Christie is ranked 395, while 16-year-old Swan is 520 in the world.
Attacks on teams distributing polio drops during a UN-backed three-day anti-polio campaign this week left nine workers dead and have been blamed on the Taliban.
I've been working as a lady health worker (LHW) since 1996. I now live with my three sons and two daughters-in-law.
We weren't scared earlier, but since these incidents happened, my family is very scared. My family feels good when they see security guards with us, but our senior officials aren't necessarily good with us.
This morning we were waiting and not leaving until the security personnel arrives, but our boss told us to leave, he told us our lives are in God's hands, and it's not like we're scared.
We are strong just like men when we are out working, but it was officially announced that we couldn't leave without the security personnel.
Later, after we had left, the security personnel were sent to us and they stayed very near us, going to every house with us.
People asked us: "Why are people killing you? You people come here to save our children's lives, you never speak rudely, and you wait hours to give polio drops to our children."
So, people are quite surprised that LHWs are being killed. We just need constant support and we will work to the best of our abilities.
When you earn 200 to 300 rupees a day ($2 to $3), it doesn't make any difference to people if you are killed… The only ones affected are our families.
I've been working as a lady health worker since 2004, and I started this job because my husband didn't have a job at the time. I get about 1,000 rupees ($10) for a 5-day programme, and for the campaign I work from 08:00 to 15:00.
Earlier, we didn't have any security, but after the incidents in the past couple of days, we've been given security in the form of police personnel - for every team of two, there are two policemen. Let's just hope this is a permanent change.
It's quite difficult working as a LHW because you go into areas where you don't know who the people are and how they'll react to you.
Source: IMB
Polio killings a major setback
But what worries us the most is that if, God forbid, anything happens to us, then what will happen to our children? There is no insurance programme.
I am personally not scared, I leave each morning after a prayer, but my family especially my children are very upset about me working.
They heard the news and my 11-year-old daughter cried and asked me not to go, my 10-year-old son also keeps on messaging me on my mobile phone to ask how I am doing.
It's not a safe job anymore, but I believe we must eradicate polio from Pakistan.
We are one out of three countries left where this disease exists and I want to be a part of this campaign.
He is accused of fraud relating to a drug company he previously headed, Retrophin, and a hedge fund, MSMB Capital Management, where he was a fund manager.
He is currently chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals.
Mr Shkreli was arrested by the FBI.
He was later bailed on payment of a $5m (£3.3m) bond package and allowed home.
A spokesman for Mr Shkreli said he expected to be "fully vindicated".
Mr Shkreli was accused of running a "Ponzi scheme" where Retrophin assets were illegally used to pay off debts after MSMB lost millions of dollars.
At a news conference on Thursday, US Attorney Robert Capers, said: "Shkreli engaged in multiple schemes to ensnare investors through a web of lies and deceit."
FBI prosecutors allege Mr Shkreli cheated the company's investors out of $11m (£7.3m).
The US Securities and Exchange Commission also charged him with defrauding investors in his hedge fund to hide poor investment choices.
The SEC alleged Mr Shkreli took $120,000 from one fund to use on personal expenses - including his clothes and rent- told investors in another fund it had $35m in assets when it really had less than $7,000 and stole $900,000 from a fund in 2013 to pay a legal settlement.
In September he was lambasted after hiking up the price of popular medicine Daraprim by 5,000% - from $13.50 to $750 - prompting unfavourable reaction on social media.
The drug treats toxoplasmosis, a parasitic affliction that affects people with compromised immune systems, and is used by Aids patients.
The move led presidential candidate Hilary Clinton to vow to tackle the problem of price gouging by pharmaceutical companies.
Analysts said that the issue had since led to volatility in pharma shares.
In November, Mr Shkreli was also made chief executive of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. Share trading in the company was suspended on reports of Mr Shkreli's arrest.
The FBI's investigation dates back at least to January, when Retrophin said it received a subpoena from prosecutors seeking information about its relationship with Shkreli.
Retrophin, which Shkreli founded in 2011, sued its former boss in August for misuse of company funds.
Retrophin's board members chose to replace Shkreli as chief executive of the company in September 2014.
On Thursday, the company wrote in a statement: "The directors of Retrophin replaced Martin Shkreli as chief executive officer more than a year ago because of serious concerns about his conduct.
"Following his departure, the company authorised an independent investigation of Mr Shkreli's conduct, publicly disclosed its findings, and has fully cooperated with the government investigations into Mr Shkreli."
New figures from the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs show that between July and September the number of GB applications rose by 96%.
There were 3,431 applications in September 2015, compared to 7,518 in September 2016.
Year-on-year applications from Northern Ireland have also risen since the vote.
They have increased by two-thirds in the three months since the Brexit decision.
In terms of numbers, there have been 15,757 applications from people in Northern Ireland since July, compared 9,401 in the same period last year.
The Northern Ireland-only figures show demand was strongest at the end of the summer:
In Great Britain, the trend has been upwards over the past three months:
There have been 21,549 Irish passport applications from people in Great Britain since July, compared 10,959 in the same period last year.
Yuliana Samboni's body - which showed signs of torture - was found in a luxury apartment in the city. It's believed she had been suffocated.
The suspect, who has been detained by the police, is from a wealthy family.
The killing has ignited public anger about child sex abuse as well as over the country's deep social divide.
President Juan Manuel Santos has condemned the killing.
Yuliana Samboni had been playing outside her family home in a working class neighbourhood of Bogota when she was snatched from the street by a man in a grey van.
Hours later, her body was found with signs of rape and torture in the apartment of a wealthy architect in the affluent Chapinero district.
The 38-year-old owner had disappeared after checking himself into a private clinic for a cocaine and alcohol overdose.
The suspect, Rafael Uribe Noguera, has been remanded in custody pending investigations.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated femicide, torture, abduction and rape.
A day after the killing , the first vigil began in a park in Bogota.
Hundreds of people gathered to light candles and social media in Colombia was taken over by the movements #NiUnaMenos and #TodosSomosYuliana.
"I demand, as Colombians demand, the most prompt and severe justice that falls on the person responsible for this murder," said President Juan Manuel Santos at a meeting of young students,
Yuliana's body was buried in the isolated rural hamlet of El Bolivar, in the department of Cauca where her family is from.
Apart from the horrific nature of the crime, reporters said many Colombians were concerned that the suspect would use his family's connections and wealth to avoid criminal charges.
The alleged perpetrator comes from a prosperous family of architects and lawyers, while Yuliana was from a poor indigenous family which had migrated to Colombia to flee violence in the countryside.
Politicians and women's groups are also debating what more Colombia can do to prevent similar cases from happening in the future.
Women's rights groups say the government needs to do more to protect adult women from sexual violence.
The animal was spotted in Applecross in Wester Ross on the north west coast earlier this week.
Several red deer graze around houses in the village and the stag snagged the item of underwear while passing a washing line.
Megan MacInnes managed to get the snap of the deer with its colourful antler decoration.
Her friend Anne Macrae, who also lives in Applecross and has photographed the deer in the village, said the animals were not tame, but bold enough to come close to houses to feed.
She said the deer come down from a nearby hill, the Bealach, to forage.
A spokesman said troops had also reached the neighbourhood around the old citadel.
Tal Afar, near the Syrian border, is one of the jihadists' last remaining strongholds in Iraq after they were driven out of the city of Mosul.
The Iraqi offensive on Tal Afar has been under way for six days.
It involves similar forces to those that finally recaptured Mosul, but also includes some units of a mainly Shia militia.
Elite units had seized the northern neighbourhoods of Nida, Taliaa, Uruba, Nasr and Saad, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said.
The militants remain in control of the north-eastern quarter of the city, the JOC said.
An estimated 2,000 militants are inside Tal Afar, along with between 10,000 and 40,000 civilians.
Tal Afar, which had a predominantly ethnic Turkmen population of 200,000 before it fell to IS in June 2014, sits on a major supply route between Mosul, about 55km (35 miles) to the east, and the Syrian border, 150km (90 miles) to the west.
Security sources say a disproportionate number of men from the city filled the ranks of IS as commanders, judges and members of their religious police.
The city was cut off during the nine-month Mosul offensive by troops and allied militiamen from the Shia-dominated paramilitary Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi) force. But they did not attempt to retake it until this week.
The UN has described conditions inside Tal Afar as "very tough", with food and water running out, and said it was preparing for thousands of civilians to attempt to escape from the city.
More than 30,000 civilians have fled the Tal Afar area since the end of April, many of them arriving at Iraqi government mustering points exhausted and dehydrated after trekking for 10 to 20 hours in extreme heat, the UN said.
Mrs Foster told Sky News the election had not been "disastrous" but admitted it was a "wake up call for unionism".
The election saw an end to the unionist majority at Stormont.
Sinn Féin now holds one seat fewer in the assembly than the DUP.
Fewer than 1,200 first preference votes separated the two parties.
The parties are holding talks to restore Stormont's power-sharing executive and have just over two weeks to come to an agreement or there could be another snap election.
Mrs Foster, who has declined a number of requests from the BBC for a one-to-one interview since the election, told Sky that she would not be stepping down as there is a "job of work to be done".
"I said back in December the mark of a politician is not what they do during good times but how they tackle the challenges," she said.
She also said that it was not up to Sinn Féin to decide who the DUP's nomination for first minister should be.
Sinn Féin has said that Mrs Foster cannot serve as first minister while an inquiry is ongoing into a green energy scheme scandal.
"We're getting into the territory where we're telling each other who to select. We will want, of course, to say to Sinn Féin we think you should select X, Y and Z instead of A, B and C.
"So they can't tell us who to select as our nominees and likewise we can't tell them."
Mrs Foster also said she did not think that there was justification for a border poll that could lead to a united Ireland.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he believes Irish unity is achievable through a poll.
On Sunday morning, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that his party has a "job of work" to persuade a majority of people in Northern Ireland that a united Ireland was in their interest.
"No one should be threatened by this," he said. "Even without Brexit, we've been badly served by the division on our small island."
He added that Northern Ireland should be given special designated status within the EU to avoid a "hard economic border" in the wake of Brexit.
"This doesn't infringe on the constitutional position but it does guarantee that we won't have the type of misery that's going to be inflicted on our farming, on our dairy farmers, on our agri-food industry or on our enterprises."
However, Mrs Foster told Sky that while Brexit "is a game changer" and a "challenge" it was also a "marvellous opportunity" for the UK and Northern Ireland.
The DUP campaigned for Brexit in the 2016 referendum, while Sinn Féin opposed it.
It is believed that Prime Minister Theresa May could trigger Article 50, the process by which the UK leaves the European Union, as early as Tuesday.
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis, has promised that ensuring a frictionless Irish border is one of his top priorities in reaching a deal with the European Union.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Davies said the government was working to maintain an invisible border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
"We have talked to the Irish government about this, the first foreign trip I made was to Dublin. They're on side," he said.
"We are determined to do it, the commissioner is on side. The commissioner remember had a part to play in the peace process, indeed Michel Barnier had a part to play in the peace process.
"They are absolutely determined in their minds that this is not going to go wrong so that's the combination of determination that exists here."
Head teachers have campaigned for the change, saying the "destructive actions" of rogue governors can stop schools in England running smoothly.
The new Department for Education guidelines close a loophole that prevents elected governors from being removed even if they misbehave.
Governing bodies are responsible for overseeing the running of schools.
Some are appointed - for example by a local authority or the church in the case of a faith school - and some are co-opted by the governing body itself.
These can be removed, for behaving in a way that is likely to bring the school, or its governing body, into disrepute or in a way that is inconsistent with the ethos or religious character of the school.
However, others elected by parents or staff cannot presently be removed, even if there have been repeated grounds for suspension or where serious misconduct has taken place.
Some governing boards had resorted to prosecuting a parent governor before they were able to disqualify them from a board, said the National Governance Association (NGA).
And in the so-called Trojan horse schools in Birmingham, conservative Muslims allegedly used their positions on school governing bodies to try to influence the ethos of the schools in question.
The National Association of Head Teachers has been pushing for the change, which comes into force in September, for some time.
Senior policy adviser Ian Hartwright said: "This new measure fills an important gap in the existing powers to deal with maverick or incompetent governors, the actions of whom can mean that the school leadership team is diverted away from its core tasks in order to manage difficult governors or trustees.
"In the worst cases, the destructive behaviour of individual governors has damaged the education of children, while the careers, lives and health of school leaders have been chronically affected."
He added that the union supported mandatory training of governors so that they are better equipped to understand and carry out their functions.
The Department for Education made changes on 30 March by amending legislation covering school governors from 2012.
The DfE says the power should be used only as a "last resort" to ensure bodies can function effectively.
Gillian Allcroft, deputy chief executive of the National Governance Association, said: "The vast majority of elected governors (parents and staff) do a great job for their schools and this is one of the reasons why NGA campaigned very strongly for the retention of elected parent governors.
"We supported this change in order to provide a mechanism for governing bodies to deal with individuals who are adversely affecting effective governance, but we also said that boards need clear guidance on when it is appropriate to use these powers."
In 2015, the DfE said it would create a national database of school governors by toughening up requirements on schools to publish the identities of their governors.
It added that schools should publish "details of where they serve on governing bodies of schools elsewhere" to enable "more effective oversight".
The pledge was made by Nicky Morgan, then education secretary, in the wake of the Trojan Horse inquiry.
The Coventry-born fly-half scored 33 points, bagging a try and kicking eight penalties and two conversions in a terrific performance.
Joe Simpson, Elliot Daly and Andrea Masi also scored second-half tries.
But Goode was man of the match - in front of a record Premiership crowd of 28,254 at a recognised home ground.
Apart from matches held at Wembley and Twickenham, no game in the two decades of Premiership rugby has been watched by more people - and, whether old or new Wasps fans, there was plenty to warm the soul on a cold winter's day in Coventry.
It was actually Wasps' third game at the ground, having played a Heineken Cup semi-final at the Ricoh in April 2007 and a group game in the same competition against Munster seven months later.
Goode, the former England stand-off, had the honour of claiming Wasps' first points at the Ricoh as landlords when he booted the hosts ahead after just six minutes from 45 metres, and he added five more penalties before the break.
His dominance was interrupted only briefly by Irish prop Geoff Cross becoming the first player to score a try, when he cashed in on sloppy defence to burst over from 15 metres out.
Shane Geraghty converted that, while Tom Homer added three penalties to keep the visitors' arrears to 18-16 at the break - but it was pretty much one-way traffic in the second half.
Four minutes into the second half Wasps scrum-half Simpson, on a right-wing overlap, ran in his side's opening try from the 22, with Goode failing for once with the conversion.
But he quickly found his range again with his seventh penalty before adding his eighth as further punishment following the incident which saw Irish hooker David Paice sent to the sin bin.
Goode then helped cash in on their extra man advantage when he went in under the posts, converting his own try for a 36-16 lead.
Daly ran in on the left for try number three but it was not until the final minute that Wasps claimed their bonus point when Italy international Masi went over in the left corner.
Wasps stand-off Andy Goode told BBC Sport:
"It sounds a bit cheesy, but that really is the stuff dreams are made of.
"Obviously as a Sky Blues fan I've been up here to watch Coventry City play a few times, so it was great for me to run out and play here.
"And to then come off and find out that it was an individual Premiership points record is Christmas come early for me.
"I said to the lads before the game 'let's not get carried away by the emotion of it'. And, although the first half was pretty turgid, we've got the job done in the end."
Wasps captain James Haskell told BBC Sport:
"It was a great way to start here. We've finished one chapter and started a new one.
"It took us 55 minutes to really get going, but we were disciplined and controlled. We just hope we've done enough to make people want to come back here and watch us again."
London Irish coach Brian Smith:
"We knew what to expect and we made a decent fist of it, but we're disappointed with the blow-out at the back end.
"I don't want to take anything away from Wasps, as this was their day, but we have a frustrated group of players in the dressing room.
"When a young ref gets a crack in front of a big crowd, you are concerned. The penalty count was 10-2 at half-time and you have to hope it levels out, but it didn't. But you just have to wear it and move on.
"You have to applaud Wasps for their enterprise in making this move up here to Coventry and good luck to them."
Wasps: Masi; Wade, Daly, Bell, Tagicakibau; Goode, Simpson; Mullan, Shervington, Cooper-Woolley; Davies, Gaskell; Johnson, Haskell (capt), Hughes.
Replacements: Lindsay, McIntyre, Cittadini, Myall, Jones, Davies, Lozowski, Miller.
London Irish: Homer; Ojo, Griffin, Sheridan, Fenby; Geraghty, Steele; Court, Paice, Cross, Skivington (capt), Cox, Sinclair, Cowan, Narraway.
Replacements: Allen, Halavatau, Aulika, Leo, Gilsenan, Allinson, Noakes, Lewington.
Sin Bin: Paice (61).
Attendance: 28,254
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU).
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It's also a crucial year for Britain's challengers and will veteran Valentino Rossi be able to mount a title challenge?
BBC Sport looks at the main talking points…
We will be asking this question every year for the next decade or so because, remarkably, the rider who has taken MotoGP by storm is only 22 years old.
Having won the championship in his first two seasons, broken almost every record going and introduced a new riding style, Marc Marquez has already cemented his place as one of the greatest of all time.
He is undoubtedly the best rider on the grid and his Honda RC213V is arguably the best bike, so where is the challenge going to come from?
Last year in a brilliant battle of legends past and new, seven-times world champion Valentino Rossi enjoyed his best season since leaving Yamaha for Ducati in 2011, finishing as Marquez's closest challenger. And a Rossi revival is never a bad thing for the sport.
Marquez's Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa, so strong in previous seasons, seemed to drop off the radar in 2014, winning only a single race for the first time in his MotoGP career, and while two-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo came good in the latter half of the year, he suffered arguably his worst season in the premier class since his debut, taking only two victories.
Both will no doubt be stronger this year but the question now is not so much whether Lorenzo, Rossi and Pedrosa can challenge Marquez for race wins, but whether any of them can do that consistently over a season.
It's not just the physical challenge that Marquez poses.
Having spent the off-season training hard to put themselves back in contention, how much would it have hurt the other riders to see Marquez set a new lap record at the first test of 2015?
Do not underestimate the psychological power of Marquez. Do any of the other riders themselves even believe they can beat him to a title?
The real challenge to Marquez may come from himself. Having equalled a record by winning the first 10 races of last year, the Spaniard only took three wins from the last eight races.
Marquez's 'win it or bin it' attitude has so far served him well - you cannot argue with two titles, 19 race victories and countless new records - but if there is any hope for the rest of the grid, it is that Marquez will eventually prove himself human after all and his crashes cost him this year.
But Marquez's unshakeable confidence is his strongest quality. While his nearest challengers have all suffered from confidence issues after big crashes in recent years, the guy they are trying to beat is one that walks away from the fastest MotoGP crash ever seen physically, and emotionally, unscathed.
As with all sports - and life - it's hard to upset the status quo with inferior machinery and inferior budgets. So that's why MotoGP organisers Dorna have brought in rules aimed at shortening the gap between the rich and the poor.
Faced with the threat of having just 12 bikes on the grid in 2012, Dorna began a series of technical rule changes that would make it cheaper for teams to compete.
First came the 'Claiming Rule Team' bikes, which drew criticism from within.
CRTs served their purpose though; they brought new teams and bikes to the grid. But they were little more than a filler, turning MotoGP into a two-tier structure, with the inferior production-based bikes even having their own champion.
They made way for the 'Open' category last year, with different sets of rules.
In 2016, the 'Open' category will make way for what the organisers hope will finally pave a solid direction for balancing out the grid: a control ECU. Everyone will have to use it, effectively ending the two-tier structure that gives concessions to those that currently do.
So have the changes made a difference? Ducati hope so.
If this year's pre-season tests are anything to go by then the Italian factory could finally be competitive again this year. They topped the last test in Qatar, with both their factory riders in the top three times.
It's too early to get carried away - as we saw from Ducati's qualifying results versus their race results last year, one fast lap is very different to 25 fast laps, but there is hope. Could there be a first win in five years for the Italians?
If Dorna needed further vindication for the changes, it has come with the return of Suzuki and Aprilia to the grid.
The former have snapped up two of the hottest young prospects in their line-up, including 2013 Moto3 Champion and 'the next Marquez' Maverick Vinales (his father was a Top Gun fan!) Alongside him, fellow Spaniard Aleix Espargaro.
Meanwhile it seems Honda are not pinning all their hopes on Marquez. They have signed up another of the sports' hot young prospects, Jack Miller, who impressed in Moto3 last year, eventually losing the championship by a two-point margin in the final race to another potential star of the future - Marquez's younger brother Alex.
Miller becomes the first rider since 2001 to make the jump up from the lowest class straight to MotoGP. Is it a risk? Most definitely, but Honda clearly see potential in the 20-year-old.
This is a make or break season for the Brits in MotoGP.
Having followed up a successful tenure with Yamaha by becoming Britain's first factory rider in a decade with Ducati last season, Cal Crutchlow then terminated that contract after only a year in order to join Honda.
He's lost his factory status but he has done so in the belief that he has gained a better bike. It's a big decision to turn your back on a factory ride but Crutchlow is not shy of making big decisions.
Crutchlow's battles with his compatriot Scott Redding could be intriguing this year. The 2013 Moto2 runner up Redding has been rewarded with a much more powerful prototype Honda RC213V this year and his very own MotoGP team, but, as the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility and the pressure is on Redding to prove himself this year.
Bradley Smith paid back his Yamaha Tech 3 team contract extension with a first MotoGP podium last year - a feat he may need to recreate if he's to stay past 2015.
The body of Bernadette Fox, 57, of Brookhill Road, Bootle was discovered on Friday after her daughter Sarah Fox, 27, was found dead on Thursday at a nearby property.
Peter Fox, 26, was arrested at London's Euston Station at 07:50 BST on Monday.
Tests showed Ms Fox was asphyxiated and her daughter was stabbed.
The fast food pioneer had its highest quarterly sales at established stores in five years in the three months to the end of June.
The firm credited its turnaround efforts, which involve remodelling stores and using better ingredients.
Now appetites are returning, said McDonald's boss Steve Easterbrook.
The UK, for example, had the highest monthly sales in its history in April.
"We're building a better McDonald's and more customers are noticing," said Mr Easterbrook, the fast-food giant's British-born chief executive.
The fast food giant has started a move to use cage-free eggs and fresh beef rather than frozen patties for its quarter pounders in the US. It has also scrapped ingredients with high fructose corn syrup and artificial preservatives.
McDonald's shares jumped more than 3.4% after the company released its earnings , which showed profits 28% higher year-on-year, lifted by changes to its real estate portfolio, cost-cutting and other initiatives.
Total revenues remained lower than the same period in 2016, down 3% to $6bn, but momentum was building, the company said.
Mcdonald's, which has more than 37,000 restaurants globally, saw sales at stores open at least 13 months jump 6.6% from 2016, more than double the growth rate a year ago.
"Everyone is working hard to up their game," Mr Easterbrook said suggesting the firm was squaring up to the increasing competition from other fast food chains.
"Our gain will result in pain being felt elsewhere," he said.
McDonald's said customers are responding to new offerings, including a new line of signature sandwiches, such as the BBQ, with bacon, coleslaw and cheddar in the UK.
In the US, McDonald's has also started selling any size of fizzy drinks for $1 and beverages such as smoothies and frappes for $2.
The value options are convincing guests to return more often, it said.
The company is also expanding its delivery and mobile payment options to emphasize convenience.
But getting the basics right is just as important, Mr Easterbrook said.
"We can never underestimate the importance of clean bathrooms, friendly service and hot, fresh food," he said.
In the US, the firm's biggest market, sales at established stores increased 3.9%, compared to 1.8% a year ago.
The UK, Canada, Germany and China were also strong markets, the firm said. The UK had its 45th consecutive quarter of positive comparable sales.
College budgets are not protected and might be vulnerable to cuts in the 2015 Spending Review, says the party.
The analysis comes as further education members of the University and College Union strike over pay.
The government says it is determined young people should have funding to "enjoy high-quality courses".
Chancellor George Osborne has asked government departments to come up with savings plans for 25% and 40% of their budget ahead of the Spending Review on 25 November.
Labour commissioned researchers at the House of Commons library to model the effect of a 25% cut on college budgets.
The researchers used last year's budgets, updated to this year's prices, to calculate that savings of 25% would amount to £1.625bn from a total budget of £6.5bn.
Almost three-quarters of the money goes to further education colleges, so if the cut fell proportionally FE colleges would lose £1.173bn and sixth-form colleges £451m overall, say the researchers.
According to the calculations this could mean the closure of 80 FE colleges and 56 sixth-form colleges - a total of 136 or 40% of the 335 colleges, says Labour.
Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said the government was "putting post-16 education on a cliff edge, harming opportunities for the next generation and holding our young people and our country back".
"It is simply not possible to build a 21st-Century economy on falling investment in education," Ms Powell argued, saying Labour would have protected the whole education budget from cuts.
James Kewin, deputy chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, called the analysis "deeply worrying".
It "confirms our fears that some sixth-form colleges could be wiped from the educational map after the Spending Review.
"Funding for 16- to 19-year-olds, already significantly lower than for younger students, has been cut three times since 2011 and it seems certain that further reductions will be made next year."
FE college staff, striking over a pay freeze, say they have suffered a real-terms cut of more than 17% over five years.
University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt said she feared for the future of the sector.
"Colleges need stable investment to continue to help people of all backgrounds fulfil their potential," she said.
The Association of Colleges said the pay freeze reflected "stringent financial circumstances in the sector".
Colleges "simply cannot take more cuts", said chief executive Martin Doel.
Mr Doel urged the government to fund post-16 education at the same level as education for younger students, "to ensure adult skills training does not become a thing of the past".
The government announced area-based reviews of post-16 education and training in the summer, aiming to streamline spending.
"We need to move towards fewer, larger, more resilient and efficient colleges," wrote Skills Minister Nick Boles in guidance.
A Department for Education spokesman did not directly address Labour's figures but reiterated that the government was "reforming further education to give employers and local authorities a greater say over how and what young people are taught so that training meets local labour market needs, while ensuring the best return on investment for public funding".
"We are determined that post-16 providers have the resources they need to ensure young people in further education can enjoy high quality courses."
A 32-strong choir will be selected from supporters representing clubs in this season's Challenge Cup to sing 'Abide With Me' before the final on 27 August.
Applicants can enter by visiting bbc.co.uk/songsofpraise and have until Sunday, 12 June to do so.
The judging panel will include Songs of Praise presenter Aled Jones and Leeds Rhinos player James Jones-Buchanan.
West End star Connie Fisher and Lizzie Jones - who sang before last year's final in memory of husband Danny Jones - are also on the panel.
Songs of Praise producer Matthew Napier said: "We want to hear your uplifting and unusual stories about supporting your club and why you think you deserve a place representing your team in the Rugby League Challenge Cup Fans' Choir."
The bank's PMI survey for December found a score of 50.3, up from 49.8 the previous month.
A figure of above 50 suggests Scottish businesses are growing, while a figure below 50 suggests contraction.
The bank's commentary on its survey described the rate of growth as "marginal".
Alasdair Gardner of the Bank of Scotland said: "Despite returning to expansion territory, Scottish manufacturers struggled to cope with a lack of new orders from both domestic and foreign markets.
"This acted as a brake on overall output growth."
Staffing numbers declined in December for the first time in five months. Manufacturing continued to reduce the size of its workforce, counteracting a modest rise in service-sector employment.
This reflected an increase in new work in the service industries, while new orders were down for manufacturers.
The survey results also indicated businesses being squeezed between increasing costs and a continuing fall in the prices they can charge customers.
Mr Gardner added: "On a positive note, service providers showed signs of economic optimism, with headcounts and new business levels expanding.
"However, these improvements were marginal, and insufficient to propel the economy in a higher gear at the end of 2015."
The photos from Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) show the flags are still casting shadows - except the one planted during the Apollo 11 mission.
This matches Buzz Aldrin's account of the flag being knocked over by engine exhaust as Apollo 11 lifted off.
LRO was designed to produce the most detailed maps yet of the lunar surface.
Each of the Apollo missions that touched down on the Moon planted an American flag in the soil.
Scientists had previously examined photos of the landing sites for these flags, and had seen what looked like shadows cast by them on the lunar surface. But this was not considered conclusive.
Now, researchers have studied photos of the same areas taken at different points during the day and have observed shadows circling the points where the flags are thought to be.
Prof Mark Robinson, the chief scientist for the spacecraft's camera instrument, LROC, said in a blog entry: "From the LROC images it is now certain that the American flags are still standing and casting shadows at all of the sites, except Apollo 11."
The Arizona State University scientist added: "The most convincing way to see that the flags are still there, is to view a time series of LROC images taken at different times of day, and watch the shadow circle the flag."
"Personally I was a bit surprised that the flags survived the harsh ultraviolet light and temperatures of the lunar surface, but they did. What they look like is another question (badly faded?)"
LRO began its mission in lunar orbit in September 2009, to identify mineral and other resources on the Moon as well as scout promising landing sites for future missions.
O'Connor alleged on Facebook that Hall had been providing drugs to the singer, who died last month, for "decades".
Hall filed a $5m (£3.46m) libel suit against O'Connor on Thursday, for damages to his reputation.
The comedian said O'Connor's accusations were "despicable, fabricated lies" and labelled her a "desperate attention-seeker."
O'Connor claimed she had reported Hall to the sheriff's department in the Minneapolis suburbs that is investigating Prince's sudden death.
In one of two Facebook posts about Hall, the Irish singer advised the comedian to "expect their call".
"They are aware you spiked me years ago at Eddie Murphy's house. You best get tidying your man cave," she wrote.
Hall is best known as the former presenter of a popular late-night talk show in the US and as Murphy's co-star in the film Coming to America.
A lawsuit by his lawyers filed in a Los Angeles court stated: "O'Connor is now known perhaps as much for her bizarre, unhinged rants as for her music."
It added the accusations would have been read by "countless people" on Facebook and through subsequent news reports.
He has asked for a jury trial for libel, estimating the damages to his reputation to be "not less than" $5m.
The complaint says the full extent of the damages is "not presently known", and therefore the amount could be amended before or at trial "if deemed necessary by the court".
In the lawsuit, Hall said he has had little contact with O'Connor and questioned her knowledge of Prince's life, noting that she previously admitted a tense relationship with him.
Investigators have not yet released a cause of death for Prince.
Six teams will compete in the new Twenty20 competition, which runs 30 July to 14 August.
Eleven of 15 group matches will be played at first-class venues, including The Oval, Old Trafford and Headingley, with Finals Day on 21 August.
Wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor, who earned her 100th England cap in February, will captain Lancashire Thunder.
All-rounder Natalie Sciver, who took six wickets at the World Twenty20, and Heather Knight will lead Surrey Stars and Western Storm respectively.
"With three or four England players, plus three overseas players, per squad, the standard of the Super League is going to be very high; exactly what's needed to take our game forwards," said Edwards.
"I'm really excited and happy to be a Southern Viper. The Ageas Bowl is somewhere that I've always enjoyed playing and I have particularly fond memories of winning the Women's Ashes there in 2013.
"I've also done a lot of work in the area with the Hampshire Cricket Board and Chance to Shine, so it's somewhere that I already feel really at home."
A total of 19 centrally contracted players have been assigned to the six teams.
Broadcast deals for both television and radio are yet to be announced.
Following England's loss to Australia in the semi-finals of the Women's World Twenty20, head coach Mark Robinson criticised his team's fitness and it is hoped the introduction of the WCSL will help address that issue.
* Langston is not centrally contracted but is still considered an England player.
Operation Net Safe is being launched by Wales' four police forces on Monday and a new unit has already started 19 investigations since late September.
South Wales Police's Assistant Chief Constable Jon Drake said he wanted people to think about their actions.
He said "hundreds, if not thousands" were viewing images online every day.
Dedicated police and forensic teams seek out people using the internet to view and exchange child abuse images and videos in Wales.
Mobile forensics laboratories can be set up in the homes of suspects to examine computers, mobiles, tablets and data storage devices.
The approach has already led to six arrests and a number of inquiries are ongoing.
The new campaign is urging offenders or those thinking about viewing images to seek help.
ACC Drake, the all-Wales lead for tackling child sexual exploitation, said: "Often offenders can convince themselves that there isn't a victim because the images already exist online and they don't have direct contact with the children or young people involved.
"But those children were abused and exploited to make those images."
Police are working closely with child protection charity, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, whose Stop it Now! campaign directs offenders, potential offenders or concerned families to a confidential and anonymous helpline and self-help resources.
Donald Findlater, safeguarding consultant at the foundation, said: "This behaviour is illegal, whether the viewers realise it or not.
"Many will have landed on this material after months or years looking at legal, adult pornography. Others will be paedophiles.
"Whoever they are, I urge them to stop their illegal behaviour and get the help they need to stay stopped."
Dedicated welfare support is also being made available by forces to police officers dealing with upsetting images in their work.
A woman, who is believed to have pushed the victim under the No. 1 line train that was travelling southbound, has been taken into custody.
It is not clear if the two knew each other.
According to the New York Daily News, they were seen arguing before the incident that took place at lunchtime.
Some reports say the victim was a woman.
Witnesses told the New York Post, two other women may have been involved.
Police and fire-fighters are investigating and there are delays on southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains.
Security has been stepped up in New York for Tuesday's presidential vote as both the main candidates are holding election night events in the city.
The candidates have been racing across battleground states on campaign's final day.
The midfielder turned Krystian Pearce to grab the winner after 57 minutes, the ball taking a deflection off Conor Chaplain on its way in.
The home side dominated the first half without troubling Pompey goalkeeper David Forde.
Mansfield were furious with referee Lee Swabey three minutes after the break when last man Matt Clarke brought down Danny Rose when he looked clean through, but was only booked.
The Stags also had a goal disallowed when Rhys Bennett was judged offside, before Baker struck just six minutes later
Mansfield piled on the pressure and wasted two golden chances as Alex MacDonald headed across goal before Matt Green lobbed over the bar when one-on-one with Forde.
Kal Naismith wasted a late chance to kill the game when he lifted over from six yards, but it didn't matter in the end.
The defeat leaves the Stags relying on other results to secure a play-off place on the final weekend, while Portsmouth are third, two points adrift of leaders Plymouth.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Mansfield Town 0, Portsmouth 1.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 0, Portsmouth 1.
Attempt missed. Stanley Aborah (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town).
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town).
Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Pat Hoban replaces Alexander MacDonald.
Hayden White (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stanley Aborah (Portsmouth).
Attempt missed. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. George Taft replaces Danny Rose.
Stanley Aborah (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stanley Aborah (Portsmouth).
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Stanley Aborah replaces Kyle Bennett.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Gary Roberts replaces Carl Baker.
Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Attempt missed. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Danny Rose (Mansfield Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Jack Whatmough replaces Conor Chaplin.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Matt Green replaces Lee Collins.
Foul by Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth).
Danny Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Rose (Mansfield Town).
Goal! Mansfield Town 0, Portsmouth 1. Carl Baker (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
Prof Neil Gibson from Ulster University said simply asking for money to fix "today's emergency" would be a missed opportunity.
He said if Northern Ireland parties become involved in negotiations with Labour or the Conservatives they must think about long-term economic change.
Speaking to BBC Northern Ireland's The View programme he said: "This is a unique opportunity - it does not come round very often so asking for money to fix today's emergency would really be a missed opportunity".
Prof Gibson said he believed Stormont should have greater control of taxes such as stamp duty, and local politicians should be able to decide what to do with welfare reform savings."
He said: "What I would be wanting to focus on is power not pounds. So, ways that we can get abilities or new powers for Northern Ireland to make decisions or choices that will help us tackle the problems that have been with us for over a generation."
His comments come as opinion polls suggest there is a strong prospect of a hung parliament after May's general election.
If that happens it could give parties from Northern Ireland much more influence at Westminster.
The DUP, which currently has eight MPs, said they could support either a Labour or Conservative administration.
The party has already outlined part of its 'wish list'; what it would require to support any fresh administration at Westminster.
The DUP opposes the so-called 'bedroom tax', and it wants 2% of GDP as a bare minimum for defence spending.
The party has also said it wants a referendum on future European Union membership.
North Antrim DUP MP Ian Paisley told the BBC: "If we can get more and squeeze more from the United Kingdom government - no matter what colour it is, red or blue - we will do that, that is our job."
One report published by The Independent newspaper has suggested that the DUP might seek £1bn more funding for Northern Ireland.
However, Prof Gibson has urged caution.
He said: "Today's £1bn will be tomorrow's £2bn. There is always money needed for various things but they won't tackle the fundamental problems that Northern Ireland has.
"We need the power to plough our own furrow to make a new Northern Ireland with the values we want."
While the DUP said the party was open-minded over who it might support in a future government, the SDLP - which currently have three MPs - said it would only back Labour.
The SDLP wants VAT on tourism to be reduced and reductions to air passenger duty.
The party also wants the welfare cap to be removed and wants to stay in the European Union.
South Down MP Margaret Ritchie said her party has not put a price tag on the cost of its support to a future Labour administration.
She told The View: "We haven't put a figure on it. We would be saying to Labour - post the election, if they are in a position to form a government - the people of Northern Ireland, whether you live in a rural area or a urban community, need economic guarantees or economic protections."
She has denied any suggestion that Labour can take the SDLP's support for granted.
She said: "We will be driving a hard bargain. Naturally, we will be coming with three or maybe four potential MPs and they will be coming with considerably more.
"If they are looking for our support I would like to think we could be in the mix when it comes to negotiations."
While the DUP said it was open to working with either the Conservatives or Labour, some think the Tories would be a better fit with the DUP.
Dr Sophie Whiting, an academic from the University of Liverpool, said: "The Conservatives are much more likely bedfellows in a sense that the Conservatives probably need the DUP a bit more than maybe Labour would."
She added: "I think maybe Labour would look towards the SNP first. They obviously have the more natural alliance with Plaid Cymru and they obviously have a more natural alliance with the SDLP as well before they would look to the DUP."
So how might our other parties respond in the event of a hung parliament?
The Alliance Party's Naomi Long said she does not have a shopping list for Labour or the Conservatives. The East Belfast MP said she will look to whatever party helps deliver Alliance manifesto pledges.
Lady Sylvia Hermon, who is standing in North Down, left the Ulster Unionists over their pact with the Conservatives and during this parliament often sat with Labour.
Sinn Féin, whose five MPs do not take their seats, say they have little interest in who is in power in London.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said: "The people of Britain will decide what they decide in the course of the next while.
"It won't make a jot of difference in my opinion, the seats that come from here in relation to the establishment of the next government. But that's something over which we have no control."
Northern Ireland issues rarely make big waves at Westminster these days but May's election could change that.
A hung parliament could turn local names into national figures and could result in our parties taking centre stage.
Stephen Walker's TV report will be broadcast on The View on BBC One Northern Ireland at 22:45 GMT on Thursday, 26 March.
Ryan Gibbs, 23, was playing for Holyhead against Bangor University in October 2014 when he kicked a player.
Bangor manager Luke Saunders protested and Gibbs, who is also a boxer, punched him twice, Caernarfon Crown Court heard.
Gibbs, of Holyhead, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and the judge branded his behaviour "disgraceful".
Mr Saunders needed a five-hour operation after the attack and had metal plates and braces fitted.
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In the men's draw, Britain's Australian Open champion, Gordon Reid, has been drawn to face France's Nicolas Peifer.
Norfolk's Alfie Hewett faces Dutchman Joachim Gerard, with the matches scheduled to be played on Thursday.
The third British player in the ladies singles, Louise Hunt, will face Marjolein Buis of the Netherlands.
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Wheelchair doubles has been played at the Championships since 2001, but this is the first year in which singles has been included.
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Gustavo Fernandez (Arg) v Stefan Olsson (Swe)
Nicolas Peifer (Fra) v Gordon Reid (GB)
Alfie Hewett (GB) v Joachim Gerard (Bel) [2]
Jiske Griffioen (Ned) [1] v Sabine Ellerbrock (Ger)
Louise Hunt (GB) v Marjolein Buis (Ned)
Jordanne Whiley (GB) v Lucy Shuker (GB)
Aniek van Koot (Ned) v Yui Kamiji (Jpn) [2]
There were particular weaknesses with maths among lower ability girls in the UK, says the study of test results.
The international report warns of the UK's gender gap in maths, with girls trailing behind boys.
It also calls for tougher conceptual maths to be taught in UK schools.
This international comparison of ability in maths is drawn from an analysis of the Pisa tests taken by 15-year-olds.
It shows that across most developed countries, boys are better than girls at maths. At reading, it is the reverse, with girls much better than boys.
This difference in maths is not about any innate differences, says the OECD's Andreas Schleicher.
Instead he says it is driven by a lack of confidence among girls in their maths skills and lower expectations that they will need maths in future careers.
Surveys gathered alongside the Pisa tests show that girls are much more likely than boys to have a perception of themselves as being bad at maths.
"There is a close correlation between expectations and achievement," he said.
In the highest performing education systems, such as Singapore and Shanghai, the gender gap is much narrower.
In all countries there are a range of abilities in maths among pupils. But the OECD says that there is an unusual pattern in the UK with lower performing girls in the UK much worse than might be expected.
These teenagers are the equivalent of about six years behind in their maths skills, compared with the average for schoolgirls in Shanghai in China.
The OECD study looks at the UK as a whole, rather than four separate devolved education systems.
Mr Schleicher says that being good or bad at maths has far-reaching economic consequences for individuals.
People with good maths skills in the UK are six times more likely to have earnings above the median income, he said.
Mr Schleicher also highlighted that "maths" could mean very different levels of learning in different countries - and that this could account for differences in test results.
He said that in schools in the UK there was a tendency for "simple maths wrapped in complex words".
In contrast, he said that in Shanghai there was an emphasis on formal maths and understanding the underlying principles.
England's education minister, Elizabeth Truss, said: "In the past girls have been let down by outdated assumptions about what they are good at but the evidence shows that with excellent teaching and support from parents they are just as good as boys in crucial subjects like maths and physics.
"This is why we are determined to get the message across to girls and their parents that maths skills command the highest earnings in the workplace."
Stanford, World champion in 2013, can secure her place at Rio 2016 if she finishes in the top three at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago.
Jenkins' bid has been hampered by injuries but Stanford is not writing off the 31-year-old's chances.
"I wouldn't be surprised if she was fighting for one of the top places in Chicago," Stanford said.
Stanford, 26, and Vicky Holland will earn early selection for Team GB by finishing in the top three in Chicago.
Swansea-born Stanford took a step towards Olympic selection when she was second in August's test event in Rio with Holland third.
But former double world-champion Jenkins, who missed June's European Games with an ankle injury, failed to finish in Rio after being kicked during the swim.
"The policy suggests you have to podium at both Rio and Chicago to be selected so unfortunately for Helen that might mean she won't get selected this year," Stanford added.
"There are definitely opportunities next year for her to be selected.
"Helen's chances are definitely very high and she's one of the favourites to take one of the spots for next year."
After missing the 2014 Commonwealth Games because of a stress fracture in her left ankle, Stanford is determined to secure Olympic qualification in Chicago.
"If I can get early selection it would mean I could have a far more relaxed winter which would hopefully prepare me better for August," Stanford said.
Matthew Edwards, 20, of Southern Avenue, Preston, pleaded guilty at Preston Magistrates' Court.
Evatt, 33, alleged he was "punched, kicked and spat on" by rival fans after his team lost 3-0 at Deepdale.
The player previously played for Preston's Lancashire rivals Blackpool.
The assault happened after "an otherwise largely peaceful incursion on to the pitch" at the end of the match on Sunday, Lancashire Police said.
Radio 2 host Chris Evans topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 - £2,249,999.
He was followed by Gary Lineker, Graham Norton and Jeremy Vine - in a list that revealed a gender pay gap and a lack of diversity BBC Director General Tony Hall said must be addressed.
Of those, in the top pay brackets, Gary Lineker tweeted he would be looking for his "tin helmet" after wishing everyone "Happy BBC salary day".
He quipped his agent and commercial channels were to "blame"- possibly for his salary in the region of £1,750,000 - £1,799,999.
"This whole BBC salary exposure business is an absolute outrage," he went on to tweet. "I mean how can @achrisevans be on more than me?"
Another at the top of the list is Radio 4's Today presenter John Humphrys, who admitted his salary of £600,000 was hard to justify.
"What do I do? On paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money, if you compare me with lots of other people who do visibly.
"If a doctor saves a child's life, if a nurse comforts a dying person, a fireman rushes into Grenfell Tower, then of course you could argue that compared with that sort of thing I'm not worth tuppence ha'penny. However we operate in a market place."
Political, documentary and radio host Andrew Marr confirmed he is paid £400,475 a year, describing how that is less than the £600,000 he was "widely reported" to be paid a couple of years ago.
That covered his Sunday morning politics show, radio work, documentaries, obituaries and work on key news events such as elections and referendums, he said.
The presenter, who suffered a stroke in 2013, added: "As the BBC moves to deal with highly paid employees, my salary has been coming down.
"I now earn £139,000 a year less than I did two years ago.
"In the past I have been offered deals by the BBC's commercial rivals at a higher rate than the corporation would pay."
Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine was accused on air on Wednesday by a former miner of being "grossly, grossly overpaid" along with the other 95 on the talent list.
Harry Jones from Glamorgan told Vine: "I enjoy your programme and I enjoy you personally but I'd like to ask you a direct question, are you embarrassed to pick up your pay cheque?"
Vine said: "I just feel very lucky every day, is the answer to that."
Mr Jones asked: "Do you think you're overpaid?" to which Vine replied: "I don't really want to answer that because I don't think it's the moment for me."
Radio 5 live presenter and The Big Questions TV show host Nicky Campbell said simply that he had been on network radio for 30 years this year.
"Every day I realise what a privilege it is and how lucky I am," he tweeted.
Andrew Neil mentioned his inclusion during Wednesday morning's Daily Politics, hosted with Jo Coburn, who is not on the list.
He said: "The BBC has published details of on-screen talent, which you may be surprised to know includes me - as on-screen talent."
Discussing sport, he joked: "Is Gary Lineker coming on to do this bit? That means the budget will be gone for the year."
The list has provoked debate, not least because two-thirds of those on it are men and there are seven of them ahead of the highest-paid woman, Claudia Winkleman.
She earns an amount in the £450,000 - £499,999 bracket. Her agent offered "no comment" in response to the publication.
"I'm looking forward to presenting @BBCWomansHour today," tweeted Jane Garvey.
"We'll be discussing #GenderPayGap. As we've done since 1946. Going well, isn't it?"
Speaking on BBC News former shadow culture secretary and former Labour leader Harriet Harman said publishing the list meant "pay discrimination" at the BBC had been "laid bare".
She described it as "the old boys' network where they're feathering their own nests and each others' and there is discrimination and unfairness against women".
"Although everybody will think it's very unfair and outrageous, this is a moment now, when it can be sorted out," she added.
Maria Miller, Basingstoke MP and chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee questioned how the BBC would handle the disparity between men's and women's pay.
"If individuals are doing exactly the same job, it is actually against the law to pay them differently," she said.
"It is still incredibly unclear how the BBC is going to avoid getting into some very difficult legal positions with some of the people they employ."
"All #BBCpay numbers are eye-watering," tweeted Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas. "But to see so many extremely talented women paid less than male 'equivalents' is utterly infuriating."
But BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker took to Twitter to say he earns the same as co-host Louise Minchin for the programme - it is his other BBC commitments in BBC Sport that take his total salary higher.
And Radio 1's Scott Mills opened the floodgates to a large lunch bill with his riposte to fellow DJ Chris Stark's request to buy him lunch.
Hungry Twitterers piled in to place their order after the £250,000 - £299,999 wage bracket earner generously replied: "What would you like?"
Songbird, unbeaten in 11 starts, was pipped at the post by Beholder, ridden in her final race by 53-year-old Gary Stevens for trainer Richard Mandella.
Lancaster Bomber, for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, was second behind Oscar Performance in the Juvenile Turf.
But there were no wins for the British and Irish contingent on day one.
O'Brien's Roly Poly and Hydrangea, along with Intricately - trained by his son Joseph - finished down the field in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, won by New Money Honey.
Beholder was clocking up a third career Breeders' Cup win.
"I've had some good feelings in racing but this is tops here," said Stevens. "It was a heck of a horse race, and a hell of a way to go out."
In his first major intervention since the revelations about the fixing of foreign exchange markets last week, Mark Carney argued that new mechanisms were needed to "help re-build trust in financial institutions".
That is going to be a long process. One banking chief executive I spoke to last week said that the forex revelations had been "a disaster" for the sector.
He said that rigging the market should be treated no differently from a bank cashier stealing money from the till.
And that there should be criminal sanctions.
Mr Carney is also clear in his speech - the public will never have faith in the banking system unless behaviour changes.
"[It] is far from straightforward when, even six years on from the crisis and public bailouts, triggers for public opprobrium are plentiful," he said of the trust issue.
"Last week, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, US CFTC and Swiss FINMA fined six banks $3.3bn for misconduct in FX markets: misconduct that went on long after banks had already been fined for abusing interbank interest rate benchmarks."
The last sentence is the key. Not only were the fines for behaviour that happened after the fines on interest rates, they came after major compensation pay-outs for the mis-selling of payment-protection insurance, interest rate swap mis-selling to small businesses and, of course, the disaster of the financial crisis itself.
"The repeated nature of these fines demonstrates that financial penalties alone are not sufficient to address the issues raised. Fundamental change is needed to institutional culture, to compensation arrangements and to markets."
And then the knock-out blow.
"The succession of scandals means it is simply untenable now to argue that the problem is one of a few bad apples. The issue is with the barrels in which they are stored."
Mr Carney, speaking as the head of the Financial Stability Board, says that pay is one of the driving factors of a culture that puts quarter-on-quarter reward ahead of long term stability and ethical behaviour.
"Compensation schemes overvalued the present and heavily discounted the future, encouraging imprudent risk taking and short-termism," he said.
"Standards may need to be developed to put non-bonus or fixed pay at risk. That could potentially be achieved through payment in instruments other than cash."
One example of a payment "other than cash" is a performance bond linked to the bank's future trajectory. If bad behaviour is uncovered and fines levied, holders of the bond would face a financial penalty.
The idea has been raised by William Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has said that senior managers and all "major risk takers" in a bank could receive the bond as part of their remuneration.
Mr Carney's intervention goes to the heart of the system of bank pay which is "incentive" based. That means, as a proportion of overall pay, the fixed amount is a relatively low.
Bankers have to hit activity targets to receive their end of year bonus. This can encourage the wrong type of risk taking and, as we saw in the case of forex manipulation, collusion to make the numbers stack up in the banks' - and the traders' - favour.
As the Governor of the Bank of England, Mr Carney is the man with overall responsibility for financial stability in the UK. He told me when I interviewed him last week in Basel, Switzerland, that misconduct was a threat to the perception and operation of the markets.
He says the structures are now in place to end "too big to fail".
Today, in this important speech, Mr Carney has made it clear the next major issue for the financial sector to tackle - pay that is structured to incentivise bad behaviour.
The lorry was travelling along Osmaston Road when it collided with Suzey Fletcher's car, pushing it into the front of her house.
The terrace property was severely damaged and Ms Fletcher said she has "lost everything".
Since then, the family has been living in temporary accommodation.
The family has been living in temporary accommodation since the crash while the council tries to find a long term solution.
Ms Fletcher said after five weeks, she and her family were desperate to find somewhere to call home and to get some normality back into their lives.
She said their car, house and possessions had all been lost in the the crash.
Describing the crash, she said: "There was an absolutely horrendous bang, I went into the hallway to see what the noise was and there was just smoke, fuel and dust, it was horrendous."
She said she then got out the back of the property by climbing over the wall.
Luckily, her children were at school at the time, she added.
The castle has seen a 44% increase in visitors since it took a starring role as "Castle Leoch" in the TV series.
Historic Scotland revealed that more than 1.8m people visited the country's heritage attractions over the summer.
Edinburgh Castle also saw record visitor numbers, as did Skara Brae and several other sites.
The three months from June to August 2015 saw 1,826,047 visitors at Historic Scotland's 77 ticketed attractions, an increase of more than 34,000 on the previous year.
The country's most popular attraction Edinburgh Castle welcomed 666,348 tourists, an increase of 7% on the same period in 2014.
The biggest increase was at Doune Castle, which recorded three consequitive record-breaking months with an overall rise in visitor numbers of 44%, to 32,540.
Culture secretary Fiona Hyslop said the boost at Doune Castle was thanks to the "highly successful TV series" Outlander, which "now attracts visitors on both a UK and international level".
Stephen Duncan, commercial and tourism director at Historic Scotland, added: "Heritage attractions are a vital element of Scotland's wider tourism offering. We've recorded high levels of footfall at our properties including castles, abbeys, a palace, a 5,000 year old village and a military fort."
Stirling Castle attracted 216,132 visitors over the summer, while 190,083 people went to Urquhart Castle by Loch Ness.
The Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae in Orkney saw 55,078 visits, while St Andrews Castle and Linlithgow Palace both attracted more than 34,000 tourists.
Tony Banbury said more help was urgently needed, despite significant contributions from the UK, China, Cuba and the US.
But he was hopeful of achieving the target of 70% bed space for new cases and 70% safe burials by December.
The confirmed death toll is now 4,818, says the World Health Organization.
The numbers are down since the WHO previously reported figures last Friday, as it says it has changed the way the figures are collated.
But it said in the countries worst affected by the outbreak - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - transmission remained "persistent and widespread, particularly in the capital cities".
In other developments:
Mr Banbury was speaking at the UN headquarters for Ebola response in Ghana, which has not been affected by the epidemic, at the end of a regional tour.
He told the BBC it was difficult to say if the spread of the disease was slowing as it was a "very mixed picture".
In Liberia's capital, Monrovia, there was a decline but there was "significant acceleration" elsewhere.
The WHO says that of the planned 4,707 beds in Ebola treatment centres, only 22% are operational - blaming delays on insufficient numbers of foreign medical teams.
"The bed space issue is huge," Mr Banbury admitted, but he said he hoped that by reducing the numbers of people becoming infected, the UN would eventually be able to reach its targets.
He said his organisation did not yet have the capacity to defeat the disease.
"It's not here yet. There are still people, villages, towns [and] areas that [are] not getting any type of help right now and we definitely don't have the response capability on the ground now from the international community," he said.
At the same time, he mentioned contributions from the UK, which opened a new Ebola centre in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, and added that the US, China and Cuba had all sent significant numbers of soldiers or medics.
Ghana's Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah has welcomed the recent progress made in the fight against Ebola but also warned that West African health systems will still need help in the longer term.
"We... must also look forward to the reconstruction of our countries in revamping the health infrastructure and the health system," he said ahead of the meeting of the West African regional body, Ecowas, in Ghana.
Liberia and Sierra Leone have been worst affected, partly because their health systems were destroyed in civil wars.
In Liberia, a 25-bed Ebola centre set up by the US army to treat healthcare workers was officially opened in Monrovia on Wednesday by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
According to the WHO, 546 healthcare workers have been infected with Ebola since the outbreak began, of whom 310 have died.
The Liberian president said these frontline staff would now have a "refuge".
"You all know that those have suffered - we say 'most' - because they were trained to preserve life and they gave life," she said.
"The doctors and the nurses and... key healthcare workers who actually went out there not knowing what they were dealing with but demonstrating their professionalism and their service and they paid the ultimate price."
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The anti-immigrant AfD party had campaigned against what it called Chancellor Merkel's "catastrophic" decision to welcome a million migrants and refugees last year.
But the AfD remains a minor force, especially in western Germany.
The poll was seen as a test of support for Mrs Merkel's refugee policy.
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Her Christian Democrats (CDU) lost votes but remained the strongest party in the poor eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD made its biggest gains, taking a quarter of the vote. That made it the second-biggest party there.
The CDU lost a third of its vote in Baden-Württemberg, reaching a historic low of 27%. The Green Party came first, while the AfD gained about 15% of the vote.
In Rhineland-Palatinate the Social Democrats maintained their position as the strongest party, the CDU came second - in a state they had hoped to win - and the AfD came fourth with 12.5%.
The unprecedented success of the populist AfD shows just how vehemently some German voters disagree with Chancellor Merkel's pro-refugee stance. Many are conservative voters disenchanted with her centrist policies, and swayed by the robust populist narrative offered by AfD.
So is this a blow to Mrs Merkel's leadership? Not necessarily. It was also a historic victory for the Greens, who support the chancellor's position on refugees.
And during the campaign in Baden-Wurttemberg and Saxony-Anhalt the CDU candidates saw their voters fall away as they sporadically tried to undermine the chancellor's message and regain the populist ground from AfD.
Remarkably in those states it was the CDU's left-wing opponents who backed Mrs Merkel's refugee policies most consistently - and tonight reaped the rewards for it. These results are proof that Germany is becoming increasingly polarised between voters who passionately support Mrs Merkel's pro-refugee stance and those angered by it.
Already represented in five of Germany's 16 regional parliaments, the AfD has campaigned on slogans such as "Secure the borders" and "Stop the asylum chaos".
In Berlin on Saturday, about 2,000 right-wing demonstrators carrying German flags chanted "Merkel must go!" and "We are the people!".
The poor results could put additional pressure on Mrs Merkel, just as she is trying to push through an EU deal with Turkey to reduce the numbers of migrants and refugees entering western Europe.
As Europe's largest economy, Germany has a leading role in policy-making for the European Union.
At a summit earlier this week, the chancellor promoted a last-minute draft of the deal and demanded the support of other European leaders.
Ms Merkel still needs to complete that deal at another summit at the end of this week.
Meanwhile, thousands of migrants have massed in muddy camps in the Greek border town of Idomeni after countries across the Balkans closed their borders.
Fuchs, 30, made 32 appearances last season as the Foxes won the Premier League for the first time.
The former Austria international joined the club on a free transfer from German side Schalke in 2015 and has played 45 times in all competitions.
"Nobody expected what we achieved so far and I think there's still a lot to come," Fuchs told LCFC TV.
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The second phase of Help to Buy Wales aims to support the construction of more than 6,000 homes by 2021.
Ministers said 2,400 people had been helped since it launched in 2014.
The Conservatives claimed Labour ministers had "listened to pressure" from them and said they were pleased the scheme was being extended.
Buyers with a 5% deposit receive an interest-free loan of up to 20% of the price of newly-built properties, up to a value of £300,000.
Making the announcement, at a housing development in Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said the money showed government commitment to encouraging house building and people owning their own home.
"I am pleased, to date, our Help to Buy Wales investment has given 1,784 first time buyers the help they need to get their foot on the property ladder," she said.
While welcoming the announcement, Tory Shadow Housing Minister Mark Isherwood claimed it was "the UK government's decision to ring-fence capital investment for this scheme that has forced Labour ministers to act in the interests of Wales".
Plaid Cymru AM Jocelyn Davies said it was good for new home buyers and the housing industry, but a "broader" strategy was needed to use existing housing better.
Also welcoming the additional money, Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black warned Labour had shown a "complete poverty of ambition" on housing and was failing to build enough affordable homes.
They said it could pave the way for individually tailored drug testing regimes.
Their hope is that the development could reduce the need for animal testing.
The technology could also help ensure patients receive drugs which are most effective for their individual needs.
3D bioprinting is the process of generating cell patterns using 3D printing technologies
A team of researchers led by Dr Will Shu at the university's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) put together a 3D printer capable of working with delicate stem cells.
Working in conjunction with Roslin Cellab, the team have now refined the printer to make it capable of printing induced stem cells, derived from a donor's own adult cells, which are capable of developing into almost any other cell in the body.
A report on the team's work has been published in the IOP journal Biofabrication.
Dr Shu said: "This study is the first to demonstrate that human induced pluripotent stem cells, that is stem cells derived from the adult patient's own cells, can be bioprinted without adversely affecting their biological functions; that our 3D printing process is gentle enough to do this.
"In this instance we showed that after printing we could turn the stem cells into liver cells."
In the short term, the researchers plan to use the cell printing process to make miniature 3D human tissues for testing pharmaceutical drugs.
This should reduce the need for live animal testing.
Once the technique is established, specifically made tissue from an individual patient would enable doctors to prescribe drugs most likely to work for the patient and with fewest side effects.
Dr Shu added: "The ability to bioprint stem cells while either maintaining their pluripotency, their ability to develop into all types of cells in the body, or indeed directing their differentiation into specific cell types, will pave the way for producing organoids, or tissues on demand, from patient specific cells.
"These could then be used for animal-free drug development and personalised medicine."
London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed up nearly 1.77%, while the main markets in France and Germany rose 1.97% and 1.94%.
Confidence was boosted when the head of Europe's central bank promised action to steady the eurozone if necessary.
It offset fears about the falling oil price and worries about global growth.
In the US, shares also recovered from losses the previous day, with traders saying that some investors believed the market was over-sold.
About half-way through Wall Street's trading session, the Dow Jones was up 1.54% and the S&P 500 was 1.46% ahead.
Much earlier, Japan's main share index closed down by more than 2%.
On Wednesday, global stock markets suffered hefty losses and London's FTSE 100 ended the day down 3.5%.
By doing so it entered a "bear market", having fallen 20% from its record high in April last year.
Comments by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi helped to steady investors' nerves.
He hinted that the ECB could do more to stimulate the eurozone economy, saying there were "no limits" to action if necessary.
The oil price also recovered, although it remains at around 12-year lows.
Brent crude rose 5.9% to $29.52 a barrel. In the US, West Texas Intermediate Crude rose 5.3% briefly breaking back above $30 a barrel before settling at $29.79.
Oil prices have been falling since mid 2014, but oil-producing countries have maintained output despite the decline, contributing to the excess supplies on the market.
Earlier in the week, the International Energy Agency warned that oil markets could "drown in oversupply" in 2016.
Patrick Thomson from JP Morgan Asset Management told the BBC that investors should not panic.
"If you look at the US economy particularly, that is actually in pretty good shape," he said.
"You look at all of the data coming out recently, clearly growth is a little muted and corporate earnings are somewhat lower than expected due to energy prices and the strong dollar, but underlying fundamentals, particularly the US consumer, is in very good shape."
That message was echoed by analysts Capital Economics, which said: "Despite the prevailing gloom about the world economy, we think global growth will pick up from around 2.5% last year to 3% in both 2016 and 2017, using our own estimates for China."
In his regular BBC Sport column, Robbie Savage looks at which managers are most at risk of being the first to lose their jobs in the Premier League this season, and why we will not have to wait long to see the first top-flight managerial casualty.
Forget unhappy fans, player power or impatient owners - there is one big reason why managers of teams at the bottom of the table are at risk, and his name is Tony Pulis.
It is not his fault, but all the chairmen and owners out there will see what Pulis did at Crystal Palace last season, when he came in and kept the Eagles up, and think 'he saved them, and he can save us'.
Despite what some Arsenal and Liverpool fans might say - and I have heard a few idiotic comments from them on my 606 show on BBC Radio 5 live - there is nobody available right now who could improve on Arsene Wenger or Brendan Rodgers at the top end of the Premier League. They are under pressure, but they are staying put.
But, with Pulis waiting in the wings, it is a different story for the clubs fighting relegation.
The men in most danger of losing their jobs - wrongly, in my view - are Leicester City's Nigel Pearson, West Brom's Alan Irvine and QPR's Harry Redknapp.
Redknapp finds himself in the reverse of the position he was in two years ago when, like Pulis is now, he was out of work but seen as the potential saviour for several struggling teams.
QPR took the plunge, sacked Mark Hughes, and appointed Harry.
Now we are waiting to see who will crack first and go for Pulis.
It is unusual that it has not happened already - if everyone survives the weekend then it will be 18 years since we have got as far into a season without any top-flight managers changing jobs, and there will have been only two seasons in the Premier League era where there has been a longer wait.
That is partly down to the table being so close - nobody is out of touch with the top four or cut adrift at the bottom.
But, with Christmas fast approaching, the first sacking will definitely happen soon. The January transfer window always seems to help chairmen make their mind up about whether they have the right man for the job, and to spend their money.
When your owner has a big helicopter that lands on the pitch to pick him up after every home game, like Leicester's Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha does, then you know he is seriously rich and wants to stay in the Premier League.
Unfortunately for Foxes boss Nigel Pearson, my old club are bottom of the table with two points from their last nine games and every mistake his team makes at the moment seems to lead to an opposition goal.
I hope they stick with Pearson, because he is a good manager who got them up in the first place.
Knowing how hard winning promotion to the Premier League is, I think he should be given a full season to try to keep him there. Ideally, he would be in the same situation as Burnley's Sean Dyche, who is under no pressure whatsoever.
But being realistic, things do not look good for Pearson and he is the manager who is most at risk.
West Brom manager Alan Irvine is not far behind him, though.
You might think Irvine would get a bit more time because, apart from his predecessor Pepe Mel, each of the Baggies' last five managers got at least 15 months, and Irvine has only been in charge since June.
But this time last year, they got rid of Steve Clarke after four straight defeats, which is exactly the run Irvine is on now.
I have spoken to Clarke since his exit and he said that, when it happened, he had no inkling he was about to be sacked.
Sam Allardyce has shown with West Ham that, if you are brave and stick with your manager, you sometimes get your rewards
He made the point that, at a club like West Brom, you will go on runs like that every season and it is down to the chairman Jeremy Peace to stick with the manager.
Irvine, who was a surprise appointment in the first place, could be about to find out how much patience Peace has got. His next three games are all against fellow strugglers - Hull, Aston Villa and QPR - and West Brom's form has to improve soon.
The next few games will be massive for Harry Redknapp at QPR too, starting against Burnley on Saturday.
As well as Pulis, Redknapp has got Glenn Hoddle in the background at Loftus Road as a potential replacement, and an owner in Tony Fernandes who has shown he is not afraid to change things when his side have struggled in the past.
Does it work? It did for Palace with Pulis. But sacking their manager did not help any of the three relegated teams last season, when Fulham tried it twice.
After watching Leicester play Liverpool this week, and from what I've seen of West Brom and QPR recently, all of those teams looked like they were still playing for their manager.
That will help them, but it won't necessarily save them. At Leicester in 2001, I was one of a few senior players who went to see the chairman when Peter Taylor was under pressure, because we liked him.
We asked for him to be given more time and bought him a few more games but, in the end, results dictated he had to go - they always do.
So far this season, there has been speculation about 11 of the 20 Premier League managers losing their jobs.
There were newspaper reports last month that Neil Warnock was on the brink of getting sacked by Crystal Palace after only a few games in charge, but I don't see it happening myself.
At least Warnock does not have to worry about stories that Pulis is going to get his job, because he only left Selhurst Park in August and there is no way he is going back there.
Paul Lambert is unpopular with the Aston Villa fans but, if you look at his win-ratio since he took over, he is not doing any worse this season than before.
Villa owner Randy Lerner stuck by him before, plus he gave him a new four-year contract in September. He is surely not going to get rid of him now.
Speaking of win-ratios, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino's is lower than that of both of his predecessors; Tim Sherwood and Andre Villas-Boas.
Pochettino has only been in charge since the summer but he is already under pressure because of the record that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has in getting rid of his managers who fall short of expectations.
His job certainly shouldn't be in danger, though, because Spurs need stability now.
I don't think they will make the top four, but they need to stick with a manager for a longer period and give him a chance.
I remember thinking not so long ago that Manchester City were on the brink of a crisis, but their transformation in form has been incredible.
Even so, I think City boss Manuel Pellegrini has to deliver in the Champions League.
Like Liverpool boss Rodgers, he needs a result in his side's final group game next week. But while I think Rodgers is safe whatever happens, it is a much bigger game for Pellegrini.
We are talking about the end of the season, not anytime soon, but his long-term future could depend on City reaching the knockout stages - you only have to look at what happened to his predecessor Roberto Mancini when he failed in Europe.
It is only a couple of weeks since Brendan Rodgers claimed he was favourite to get sacked, but he is not alone in being a manager who has responded to pressure with hugely improved results.
We all saw the banner telling Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger it was time to go, but he is now on a run of three wins with three clean sheets.
A season with Wenger is like watching a James Bond film, in that you know exactly what you are going to get - for car chases, gadgets and a villain who always loses in the end, you get a cup run, the knockout stages of the Champions League and, eventually, the top four in the Premier League again.
Even if the board does want to try something new, then it is not going to happen mid-season, and Wenger is never going to be sacked.
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew's future looked far less secure a couple of months ago, when he came under the most pressure I have ever seen a manager have to deal with, and he showed great character to cope with it.
In September, I wrote in one of my BBC Sport columns that Pardew sounded like a broken man and that it was hard to see him surviving in his job for much longer, but I am delighted that he has proved me wrong.
Magpies owner Mike Ashley stuck by Pardew in the bad times and now his job has to be one of the safest there is.
It has been a similar story for Sam Allardyce at West Ham, who was widely expected to be the first manager to be sacked this season.
Like Pardew, he had to deal with fans saying he had to go, but Allardyce's critics were on his back for his team's style of play as well as results.
Look at how things have changed now on both counts. It has taken him a while to get there but it just goes to show that, if you are brave and stick with your manager, you sometimes get your rewards.
Robbie Savage was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Red-necked phalaropes migrate to the Western Isles and to Orkney and Shetland during the summer.
Thirty-six breeding males were counted on RSPB Scotland's reserve in Fetlar, Shetland, equalling the highest number that has ever been recorded there.
A pair also bred at an RSPB reserve at Balranald in North Uist for the first time in 31 years.
Argyll, the most southerly the birds breed in the UK, had its best year on record with six males present, RSPB Scotland said.
Malcie Smith, the charity's species and habitats officer for Shetland, said: "It was so exciting to see that many phalaropes about for their very short summer season.
"It's very satisfying that our work here is paying off and that birds are now breeding in record numbers."
In a reversal of roles among birds, it is male red-necked phalaropes that incubate eggs and raise chicks.
Two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a busy market, an army spokesman said.
No group has said it was behind the attack.
But Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been waging a seven-year insurgency against the government and often uses suicide attacks.
At least 33 people were wounded in the bombing, said Sa'ad Bello, of the National Emergency Management Agency.
The two bombers, who were "disguised as customers, detonated their suicide belts at the section of the market selling grain and second-hand clothing," local government official Yusuf Muhammad told AFP.
Madagali was recaptured from Boko Haram in 2015 and has been the target of previous suicide attacks.
A regional force has retaken most territory under the group's control in the past 22 months.
But as it advances into areas previously controlled by the Islamists, the army has found tens of thousands of civilians on the brink of starvation.
The number of people facing starvation in the north-east of Nigeria is as high as 120,000, of which 75,000 are children, the UN warned earlier this month.
More than two million people have been forced from their homes as a result of the Islamist insurgency.
It keeps 33-year-old striker Bent and full-back Baird, 35, at Pride Park until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Bent first joined the Rams on loan from Aston Villa towards the end of the 2014-15 campaign and later made the move permanent.
Former Northern Ireland defender Baird has played 51 times for Derby after a move from West Bromwich Albion in 2015.
Maasai tribesmen in Kenya traditionally hunt the big cats to compete for recognition, impress women and identify leaders.
But conservationists fear the killings are contributing to an alarming decline in lion numbers.
It is hoped the 2014 Maasai Olympics could help foster a culture-change.
Chester Zoo is the main sponsor for Saturday's event, which features sports based on traditional warrior skills such as sprinting, spear throwing, and high jump.
The event, founded in 2012, is being held at Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, on the Kenya-Tanzania border.
Medals, trophies and prizes will be won, while the winning village - or manyatta - will be given cash and a premier breeding bull.
Dr Maggie Esson, the zoo's education programmes manager, said: "The Maasai Olympics has conservation at its heart. But it is a sports competition just like any other with winners and losers, close finishes and memorable victories.
"The road to protecting species is never a straight one but we're delighted to be a part of such a ground-breaking event."
Kenyan Olympic gold medallist and world 800-metre record holder David Rudisha, a former Maasai warrior, is patron of the games.
Lobzhanidze, who will not turn 19 until mid-October, is set to beat the record currently held by Thretton Palamo.
The American was 19 years old and eight days when he played against South Africa in 2007.
Georgia and Tonga, who are in Pool C along with New Zealand, play each in Gloucester on Saturday (12:00 BST).
Georgia coach Milton Haig described the opening game as "critical" to his team's hopes of finishing third in the group, which would secure automatic qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that Tonga are in the same position as we are so it's going to be a critical game," he said.
Tonga have made six changes to the team which started against Romania in their last World Cup warm-up match.
Telusa Veainu starts on the wing rather than full-back, with Vunga Lilo wearting the number 15 jersey.
Viliami Ma'afu starts at number eight, while Sione Kalamafoni moves to blindside flanker and Steve Mafi switches to the second-row. Tevita Mailiau starts at loose-head, replacing Soane Tonga'uiha.
Winger Fetu'u Vainikolo will become Tonga's outright leading try scorer should he score on Saturday.
Georgia: Merab Kvirikashvili, Tamaz Mchedlidze, Davit Kacharava, Merab Sharikadze, Giorgi Aptsiauri, Lasha Malaguradze, Vasil Lobzhanidze, Mamuka Gorgodze (captain), Viktor Kolelishvili, Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, Konstantine Mikautadze, Giorgi Nemsadze, Davit Zirakashvili, Jaba Bregvadze, Mikheil Nariashvili.
Replacements: Shalva Mamukashvili, Karlen Asieshvili, Levan Chilachava, Levan Datunashvili, Shalva Sutiashvili, Giorgi Begadze, Giorgi Pruidze, Murazi Giorgadze
Tonga: Vungakoto Lilo, Telusa Veainu, Will Helu, Siale Piutau11, Fetu'u Vainikolo, Kurt Morath, Sonatane Takulua; Viliami Ma'afu, Nili Latu (captain), Sione Kalamafoni, Sitiveni Mafi, Tukulua Lokotui, Halani Aulika, Elvis Taione, Tevita Mailau
Replacements: Paula Ngauamo, Sona Taumalolo, Sila Puafisi, Hale T Pole, Jack Ram, Samisoni Fisilau, Latiume Fosita, Sione Piukala
Teenagers have been playing evening games of football at 38 venues, under the Premier League Kicks programme.
In its first year, 5,123 young people were involved, nearly double the number expected, the Premier League said.
West Midlands Police said the project, which involves five top football clubs, had been funded for two more years.
Five football clubs, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Coventry City, have received funding from the Premier League, Sport England and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner since September, 2013.
Its first year has been marked at Birmingham International Futsal Arena.
Dasin Shamdeen, 16 and from Coventry, said he had been involved since the start after being handed a leaflet while playing football in a park.
"I invited a lot of friends and brought everyone down," he said.
"I've really enjoyed it. It has created a lot of opportunities for people."
Dasin, who now helps Kicks staff organise games and tournaments, said 50 to 100 teenagers played football at Coventry's AT7 centre twice a week.
Garry Forsyth, Assistant Chief Constable with West Midlands Police, said the force had given £225,000 from its Proceeds of Crime funds to support Kicks.
"We are in a society where there are not many activities that are freely available to engage young people due to austerity measures," he said.
Premier League Kicks begun in 2006 as a partnership between the Premier League and Metropolitan Police to use the "power of football" to build safer and stronger communities.
More than 11,00 youngsters involved have become project volunteers, while 500 have become employees of the clubs, the Premier League said.
The Lindt cafe in the city centre is surrounded by armed police. Officers have made contact with the gunman.
Five people have been seen running from the building. It is not clear how many remain inside. A black Islamic flag has been displayed at the window.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said it was "profoundly shocking" that people were being "held hostage by an armed person claiming political motivation".
He was speaking after chairing a meeting of the national security committee in Canberra.
Earlier Mr Abbott said: "Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society - nothing should ever change that and that's why I would urge all Australians today to go about their business as usual."
Senior police officers say they are on a footing "consistent with a terrorist event".
The incident began as people were arriving for work in Martin Place on Monday. Witnesses saw a man with a bag and gun walk into the Lindt chocolate shop and cafe.
Lindt said about 10 employees and 30 customers were thought to be inside at the time. Nearby offices were evacuated and police asked people to remain indoors and away from open windows.
The BBC's Jon Donnison in Sydney says an enormous police operation is in place, on a scale few Sydney residents will have seen.
About six hours into the siege, three people were seen running from the building housing the cafe. Two more people followed about an hour later. It is not clear whether they escaped or were released.
New South Wales Police deputy commissioner Catherine Burn said: "Those people are now being assessed to make sure their health is okay and then police will talk to them."
"Our approach is to resolve this peacefully. It might take a bit of time but that is our priority," she added.
Police have identified the gunman and he is well known to them, Australian media report.
News organisations also say the suspect has contacted them to issue demands, which police have urged media not to report.
Channel 7, a broadcaster with offices facing the cafe, said lights inside the premises were turned out as night fell.
The atmosphere in Martin Place itself was surreal. Office workers who had been evacuated from their buildings, construction workers from building sites and tourists packed the pedestrian plaza one block away from the Lindt coffee shop.
Rosemary D'Urso Healion had just come out of the Martin Place subway station and was walking to her office when she saw that it was blocked by police. Then she saw the police close down the subway station.
"I work in that building [where the siege is taking place] and I was just about to go in," she told the BBC, adding that she had been in contact with some of her colleagues who were in the building but not being held hostage.
She remained at Martin Place anxiously watching a police operation that appeared to be aimed at getting some of her colleagues out via a ladder erected on a window ledge on the first floor.
Uneasy crowds in Sydney
Eyewitnesses speak to the BBC
An armed man wearing a backpack and a bandana could be seeing walking around inside the cafe.
TV footage showed at least three people, thought to be employees and who were visibly distressed, holding up to the window a black flag bearing the declaration of Islamic faith, which reads: "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."
The flag is similar to those used by jihadist groups, but is different from the one used by Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
Martin Place is home to the state premier's office and the headquarters of major banks.
In September Australia - which has sent fighter jets to join the US-led coalition conducting air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq - carried out a big anti-terror raid.
One man was charged with plotting to behead a member of the public in Martin Place.
In October, new anti-terrorism laws, including a provision designed to stop Australians fighting in overseas conflicts, were approved by the Australian parliament.
Timeline: Australia's terror threat
The Department for Culture Media and Sport's (DCMS) overall budget is to be cut by 5% - far less than some feared.
As part of that, the department's administration costs will be slashed by 20%.
But there were concerns over the future of museums, galleries and theatres that rely on funding from local councils.
Mr Osborne told the House of Commons that the Arts Council and the UK's national museums and galleries will get a cash increase between now and 2020.
Arts Council England's grant is expected to rise by between 1-2% over the next five years.
The settlement means it can continue to fund its 684 theatres, museums, galleries, dance, opera and ballet companies and other cultural organisations at current levels until 2018.
National museums will also remain free to enter and Mr Osborne promised to "look at" a new tax credit for museum exhibitions.
"Deep cuts" to the department would be a "false economy", Mr Osborne said, telling the House of Commons that £1bn a year in grants adds £250bn to the economy.
"One of the best investments we can make as a nation is in our extraordinary arts, museums, heritage, media and sport," he said.
As well as Arts Council England, the DCMS funds national museums and galleries including the Tate, National Gallery and British Museum, plus institutions like the British Library and British Film Institute.
Ed Vaizey, the Minster of State at the DCMS, said the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement for his department was "the best news the [subsidised] arts have had for six years," adding: "The arts have proved their worth to The Treasury. Ask any visiting dignitary or tourist in the street and they want to go to our museums and theatre."
Peter Bazalgette, the chairman of Arts Council England, was equally pleased with the Chancellor's decision to give ACE and the national museums a "flat-cash" settlement. Having looked at the numbers, he said that put ACE "slightly ahead in cash terms", when taking into account the negative impact of inflation and the positive impact of new "parcels" of money.
Bazalgette said the Treasury had listened to and recognised the arguments made to it over the past five years by the arts sector, which were based on the "positive benefits the arts confer on society in terms of education, tourism, regeneration, economic impact, quality of life and Britain's brand abroad".
The Creative Industries Foundation also welcomed the Chancellor's "recognition" of the arts and their value to the economy, but stated a concern for arts organisations outside London, which it said could be impacted by "the deep cuts to local authority budgets".
Many in the arts had been braced for a deeper funding reduction. Fiona Gasper, executive director of the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, summed up the mood of many in the arts when she said she was "relieved".
She said: "I don't think anybody expected that the Arts Council would not get a cut. The figures that were being bandied around were 25% to 40%. So we were all braced for something that would have significant impact.
"I'm really quite delighted and an awful lot of work has gone into trying to make the case that it's not worth cutting us because actually we're quite a good deal for the small amount that goes into us."
However, many museums, galleries and performing arts organisations will fear the repercussions of cuts to local government budgets.
Museums Association director Sharon Heal welcomed Mr Osborne's decision to protect the Arts Council England budget and preserve free entry to national museums.
But she added: "We remain deeply concerned about the impact of the local authority budget cuts on the UK's civic museums, and on the huge number of people who visit them.
"We believe that civic and local museums up and down the country will face real difficulties because of local authority funding cuts over the 2015-20 period - particularly those in less well-off areas.
"Museum closures, job losses and the introduction of charging are happening already. Today's Spending Review means that this trend is likely to grow."
The Comprehensive Spending Review also included other provisions for arts and culture, some of which had been announced previously:
Tim Plyming, director of digital arts and media at innovation charity Nesta, said he was pleased with the settlement but that arts organisations still needed to look for new sources of funding.
"The risk is to sit on our laurels," he said. "We're encouraging organisations to think outside a very narrow funding environment. A lot are reliant from grants from one or a few sources.
"We want to encourage a more diverse funding model - a greater emphasis on philanthropy and the growing social investment funding environment that there is."
The Court of Session ruled against the group in October after a lengthy legal challenge against the policy, which would set a minimum unit price of 50p.
But the SWA said it had a "strong view that minimum pricing is incompatible with EU law" and would appeal further.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the decision was "deeply disappointing".
The Scottish government wants to press ahead with setting a minimum price per unit of alcohol "as soon as possible".
The policy of setting a minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol was approved by MSPs in 2012 but has been tied up in legal challenges ever since, with the SWA claiming it is in breach of trade law.
They say other policies should be considered as an alternative to minimum pricing, including an increase in tax.
The Scottish government insists the law could save lives by ending cheap alcohol prices.
Under the plans the cheapest bottle of wine (9.4 units of alcohol) would be £4.69, a four-pack of 500ml cans of 4% lager would cost at least £4 and a 70cl bottle of whisky could not be sold for less than £14.
The matter has now been through the Scottish courts twice. It was referred to the European Court of Justice, which ruled in December 2015 that European law may have been breached by the policy - but concluded that it was ultimately up to the national courts to make a decision about whether to implement it.
Julie Hesketh-Laird, acting chief executive of the SWA, said the group had "carefully considered" the latest ruling before deciding to appeal.
She said: "This is not a decision we have taken lightly. However given our strong view that minimum pricing is incompatible with EU law and likely to be ineffective, we now hope that our appeal can be heard quickly in the UK Supreme Court.
"Having studied the ruling, we believe the Scottish court has not properly reviewed the legislation's compatibility with EU law as required by the European Court's judgement."
£14
Cheapest 70cl bottle of whisky
£4 Four-500ml pack of 4% lager
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed the matter during her weekly question session at Holyrood, urging the SWA not to appeal to allow the "life-saving" policy to proceed.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the group's decision was "deeply disappointing".
She said: "I think the SWA may want to consider that minimum unit pricing was passed with the overwhelming support of the parliament, has been tested in Europe, and has now been approved twice in the Scottish courts.
"We remain committed to ongoing dialogue with the alcohol industry. Should the SWA drop their appeal, and accept that the time has now come to implement this measure that will save lives, they could expect very strong support from across Scotland.
"We remain determined to implement this policy as soon as possible, and we're confident that, like the Court of Session, the Supreme Court will find the policy to be lawful."
Under the Courts Reform Act 2014, leave has to be given by either the Inner House of the Court of Session or the Supreme Court itself before appeals can be taken forward.
Alcohol campaigners said news of the appeal attempt was "shocking and saddening".
Alison Douglas of Alcohol Focus Scotland said the SWA was "ignoring both the will of the Scottish Parliament and the court's decision", adding: "Minimum pricing will save many lives and improve many more."
Erin Carlin, director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems, said it "beggars belief" that the legal battle could continue.
She said: "They know that they will not win this case in London. Everyone knows that. Meanwhile, 22 people die every week because of alcohol."
BMA Scotland chair Peter Bennie said: "We believe that this measure should be implemented without further challenge and that the Scotch Whisky Association is wrong to delay the policy with more legal wrangling which will do nothing to tackle the very real concerns that exist around alcohol harm."
Jonathan Cairns was 18 when he was murdered after a night out on 25 April 1999.
His body was found in Loughermore Forest, a few miles from his home.
The posters have not been circulated by his family, the police or the Justice for Jonathan Cairns Facebook page.
The posters, which were put up around Ballykelly in recent days, had the headline "break your silence".
A police spokesperson said they are conducting enquiries in the area.
No-one has been convicted of the teenager's murder.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has issued a leaflet with advice on how to fast safely in the current hot weather.
The date of Ramadan this year means UK Muslims will have to abstain from food and water for up to 19 hours a day.
Muslims who are unwell, pregnant or travelling are all exempt from fasting.
Imam Ibrahim Mogra from the MCB said: "I would be very concerned about an individual who despite the dangers to their health would insist on fasting.
"It would be wrong and un-Islamic, fasting is a gift from God and not a punishment."
Those unable to fast often instead donate money to charities or provide food to the poor.
Ahbid Choudry, 34, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was 13, a condition which left him unable to walk and with a weakened immune system.
Despite his illness, he decided to fast with the rest of his friends.
"Doctors have told me not to but they're the same doctors who told me I wouldn't be here at 22, so their opinion doesn't mean anything to me.
"Fasting's supposed to be a struggle and I enjoy the struggle," he said.
Ahbid's family has expressed concern about his wellbeing, deliberately choosing not to wake him for the customary pre-dawn meal known as Suhoor in the hope he will stop fasting. However, the sales adviser remains adamant he will continue to observe Ramadan.
"I believe it gives me wisdom, I believe it gives me strength and I believe that if I was able to do it for more than just one month, I would."
The UK has a population of 2.7 million Muslims, of whom an estimated 325,000 have diabetes.
They are at higher risk of hypoglycaemia and dehydration during long fasts.
With more than two weeks of the Islamic holy month still remaining, doctors are urging those who are ill and want to fast to seek medical guidance first.
Shamim Iqbal, a GP from Rochdale, said it was important people who are unwell or on medication realise that doctors are there to support them.
She said: "It very much depends on the individual's illness. There are adjustments that can be made and so if you see your GP they can work around it.
"Patches and slow-release medication can be used, where you only need to take it every 12 hours or even every 24 hours."
She added that it was important that those who decide to fast despite being ill shouldn't be afraid of being judged by health professionals.
"They've come to a decision based on their beliefs. We as doctors have to make the best of that situation to make sure it's as safe as it can be for them to fast, even if personally we don't agree with it."
You can hear more on this story on the BBC Asian Network on Thursday 10 July at 17:00 BST or listen back on BBC iPlayer.
The 5th Worcester Sea Scout Group has received £76,254 from Sport England's Flood Relief Fund.
The money will be used to restore a section of the eroded River Severn riverbank at Northwick and create a barrier to stop water getting onto the land in the future.
Group Scout Leader Robert Sidley said he was "delighted".
The government research paper outlines an ambitious 20-year plan for the largely undeveloped region.
It includes proposals for new roads, airstrips, dams and changes to land-use laws to allow more development.
But one Aboriginal leader said he feared the proposal was a "Trojan horse" to undermine native title.
The government's white paper was a "welcome focus on the north" said Noel Pearson, an influential Aboriginal leader from Cape York in far north Queensland.
"But this approach is full of threat and full of opportunity," said Mr Pearson.
Speaking on Australia's ABC TV on Friday, he said: "Our concern is that governments, including the Commonwealth, see this as a Trojan horse to undermine Mabo."
He was referring to the landmark 1992 court ruling recognising native title in Australia.
Native title recognises the traditional rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to land and waters they can prove a long-standing connection to but does not extinguish freehold title or pastoral leases.
Mr Pearson warned the government it must negotiate with Aboriginal people, who make up a large part of the north's population and own much of the land under native title.
He said there was a big chance developers would try to "sideline" Aboriginal concerns and that they would end up with "scraps off the table" of any major development.
The government's plan, launched officially on Friday, includes a A$600m ($545m; £343m) roads package to upgrade transport infrastructure, and a A$200m water infrastructure fund.
Land-use laws in the north have led to long delays and cost blowouts in construction and mining projects over the past decade, so the white paper includes support for native title bodies and new surveys to start simplifying land arrangements.
Governments have talked in the past of opening up the north of Australia to more development, especially agriculture.
However, monsoonal weather in some parts of the region, very dry weather elsewhere, and poor soils have been seen as barriers to successful large-scale farming.
The government hopes to attract billions of dollars in cash from overseas investors.
James Paul Colton, 34, from Swansea, died in hospital after complaining about back pain for months.
He was serving a life sentence for murdering his friend Gary Edwards following a drunken argument.
The jury inquest at Worcestershire Coroners' Court heard that Colton died in August 2013, four months after being transferred to Long Lartin prison.
Jennifer Poyner, a general nurse team leader at Long Lartin, said she had not fulfilled her duty of care to the prisoner after failing to document any detail about a blemish on his back or ask whether it had changed size or shape when she saw him on 6 June 2013.
When he returned to see her with worsening back pain, Miss Poyner accepted she did not further investigate the cause, and blood tests recommended by a doctor were not carried out.
Questioning Miss Poyner, Worcestershire Coroner Geraint Williams asked her: "Do you consider you fulfilled your duty of care to this man?"
She replied, "No sir."
Meanwhile, Dr Stephen Pierini, a GP working at the prison, said he had removed a 1cm lesion from Colton's back but had not sent it for laboratory tests because of a lack of appropriate containers to put it in.
He later diagnosed Colton with mechanical back pain or sciatica caused possibly by a nerve.
When questioned by Mr Williams, the doctor admitted: "I think we did him a disservice."
Dr Pierini told the jury of four men and five women that the prison healthcare system was under "enormous pressure" at the time, after the NHS took over running of it from a private company.
The inquest, expected to last seven days, continues.
Ritchie Sutton's first half header from Jeff Hughes's free-kick proved to be the only goal of the game.
Jordan White should have levelled for Wrexham before the break but his header was acrobatically saved by Scott Davies.
Former Wrexham midfielder Jay Harris could have scored a second in stoppage time but he fired over the crossbar.
Wrexham manager Dean Keates told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It was a better performance but we're obviously disappointed with the result.
"Jordan White had a great chance in the first half with a great header and if that had gone a yard either side it would have been a goal.
"If we would have got a goal you might have seen a different outcome and score."
Dolton Powell, 21, died after a party at the All Nations Community Centre in Gloucester on 23 August last year.
Eight people face murder charges, but a hearing at Bristol Crown Court was told the prosecution needed "time to digest" the Supreme Court ruling.
Judges ruled joint enterprise was wrongly used to convict in some cases.
Joint enterprise had been used to convict people in gang-related cases if defendants "could" have foreseen violent acts by their associates.
However, judges ruled on Wednesday that it was wrong to treat "foresight" as a sufficient test.
Joint enterprise law has been used to convict and hand down long sentences in several high-profile cases including the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence.
The 18-year-old was stabbed to death in a racially motivated murder in Eltham, south-east London.
The joint enterprise ruling will apply in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and most UK overseas common law territories but not in Scotland, which has its own rules on joint enterprise.
Following the Supreme Court ruling, prosecuting barrister James Ward told Bristol Crown Court the Dolton Powell murder is "one of the cases which will certainly be affected".
The court was told there was a possibility a number of the defendants will not be facing a charge of murder, but a lesser charge of manslaughter.
"There certainly remains a count of murder against one, but the remainder of the indictments remains to be seen," added Mr Ward.
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Michael Cook said the fight would go on to convince the RNLI that it was a very bad move.
The charity has confirmed the closure date at St Abbs of 8 September.
Thousands of people have signed a petition against the move but the RNLI has said an additional inshore boat will be provided at nearby Eyemouth.
Mr Cook said he believed the organisation had got its decision wrong.
"The simple fact is that they seem to be creating enhanced risk on the coastline around Berwickshire, particularly around St Abbs Head, by reducing the number of stations that they have available," he said.
"Try as everybody might, the effort to secure an explanation which really sets out the stall of the RNLI really hasn't availed us of anything at all.
"Their explanation seems to be caught up in the cost of alterations to the lifeboat house to accommodate a different type of boat.
"It really isn't very clever at all - and I think people are still bemused and they are angry."
An RNLI statement said it understood the disappointment in the area but said the "difficult decision" was "unanimous and final".
It added: "After the RNLI announced in May that the St Abbs lifeboat station was to close, there has been a hard-fought campaign by the station's volunteers and the community to keep it open.
"However, the charity is committed to putting another lifeboat at Eyemouth to cover St Abbs, which is only two nautical miles away.
"The crew at St Abbs have proved themselves to be committed and courageous in their service to the RNLI in the 104 years that the station has helped save lives at sea and the RNLI is very grateful to them and the community that has supported them.'"
Scottish Natural Heritage and Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University examined the sites in St Kilda and North Rona last year.
They said the entrances to the caves were teeming with life.
The creatures included scorpion fish, jewel anemones and lion's mane jellyfish.
North Rona is an uninhabited island that lies off Scotland's north west coast, while St Kilda is an archipelago off the Western Isles.
St Kilda was inhabited for thousands of years until 1930 when the last 36 islanders left.
Today, scientists, conservationists and workers at a military radar station spend months at a time on the main island of Hirta.
The Londoners WSTRN were announced as winners of best song and gave a speech before organisers revealed the prize should have gone to MC Abra Cadabra.
However, it is not the first time the wrong winner - or loser - has been announced at an awards ceremony or live on TV.
It was possibly the shortest reign in history.
One minute Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, was being hailed as the winner of Miss Universe, the next she was watching "her" crown being placed on the head of Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.
In a mistake of truly universal proportions, 2015 contest host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner and the winner's sash and crown were put on the wrong woman. Harvey then had to tell the world a terrible mistake had been made. Awkward.
Miss Colombia mistakenly crowned as winner
The organisers may have got this one right, but one high-profile member of the audience certainly disagreed.
Singer Taylor Swift had just won best female video for her song You Belong With Me at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. However, Kanye West didn't agree with it.
Before Swift managed to utter a single thank you, the rapper snatched the microphone from her and proceeded to tell the audience - and everyone watching on TV - that Beyonce should have won. Cue opened-mouthed shock from Miss Swift.
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"I'm feeling sick about this," Australia's Next Top Model presenter Sarah Murdoch uttered to the astonishment of viewers.
Kelsey Martinovich had already been crowned as 2010 champion by public vote and was halfway through her acceptance speech.
Murdoch - wife of Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch - then announced the actual winner of the TV contest was 18-year-old Amanda Ware.
"This is what happens when you have live TV, folks," Murdoch added.
Australia's Next Top Model show crowns wrong winner
Not so much announcing the wrong winner, as announcing the correct loser at the wrong time.
X Factor host Olly Murs had to apologise to 2015 contestant Monica Michael after he announced to the nation that she was leaving the talent show.
In fact, he had miscounted the votes from the four judges, thinking that three judges were sending Monica home. It was actually tied two-two and it went down to the public vote.
She lost the vote anyway - but everyone then thought it was a fix.
Olly Murs apologises to X Factor Monica Michael
The UK public had been voting to decide who would represent the UK at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, with bubblegum pop group Scooch and solo singer Cyndi both among the hopeful finalists.
So there was understandable confusion when hosts Sir Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton simultaneously announced different winners live on air.
Moments later Cotton announced that Scooch had indeed won the public vote. A BBC statement later apologised for the gaffe but confirmed Scooch had won and would be making the trip to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Cyndi's hopes of Euro glory were well and truly Finnish-ed.
Scooch later finished joint 22nd out of the 24 Eurovision finalists.
Gaffe mars Scooch Eurovision win
Somewhat bizarrely Michael Jackson actually accepted a non-existent award at the 2002 MTV video music awards.
The show happened to be held on the "King of Pop's" birthday, and after calling him on stage to receive a birthday cake, singer Britney Spears told the audience she considered him to be the "artist of the millennium".
Jackson then began a full acceptance speech.
"When I was a little boy growing up in Indiana if someone told me that one day as a musician I'd be getting the artist of the millennium award, I wouldn't have believed it," he said.
He thanked God, his mother, Diana Ross and magician David Blaine, among others.
Singer Katy Perry accepted the award for best international song during France's 2009 NRJ Music Awards, held in Cannes.
However, the gong wasn't actually meant for her. It should have been awarded to Rihanna.
Perry's embarrassment was eased slightly by the fact she did legitimately win best international album for her One of the Boys album at the same awards ceremony.
Sacré bleu.
DJ Brandon Block stumbled on stage at the 2000 Brit Awards believing he had won something.
In fact, Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood and American Beauty actress Thora Birch were in the middle of presenting the best soundtrack award to the film Notting Hill.
Block later recalled that - having been enjoying the corporate hospitality to the full - he had been duped into thinking he had won an award by his mates, and had obligingly trooped up to collect it.
It ended with Block being manhandled by security and Wood throwing his drink over him.
After seeing a commotion outside Borough Market's Bread Ahead bakery, where he works, he invited some distressed Brazilian women inside and gave them a glass of water.
When they told him that three men were stabbing people in the market, he headed outside with two crates to tackle the attackers.
Speaking to the Victoria Derbyshire show, he said: "I felt pity for the victims, I didn't know how to handle things or react, I thought to myself I'm also in danger.
"I just threw the crate at [one of the attackers].
"I threw the first crate and I knew he was going to dodge it. While he was dodging it, I walked towards him and hit him in the head with the other crate."
He said a policeman then shouted at him to stand back, before discharging a grenade.
An off-duty policeman - an amateur rugby player - was stabbed after tackling one of the three attackers. He remains in critical condition.
Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick praised the "utterly heroic" actions of the officer, who was taken to hospital in a police car.
She said: "It's hard to pick out individual stories but I am immensely proud of him and what he did."
A British Transport Police officer, who faced the attackers armed only with a baton, was seriously injured but is now in a stable condition.
Chief Constable Paul Crowther from the BTP said the bravery he showed was "outstanding".
Giovanni Sagristani, 38, and his friends were in the El Pastor restaurant on Stoney Street when one of the attackers came in and stabbed a woman in the chest.
"He came in shouting and just stabbed her," he said.
Mr Sagristani's partner Carlos Pinto, 33, who works as a critical care nurse in London, looked after the woman, with the help of his friend, another nurse.
"They took some ice and cloths and tried to stop the bleeding. She lost half a litre of blood in the beginning. He was keeping pressure on the wound," Mr Sagristani said.
He said fellow diners had managed to push the attacker out of the restaurant by throwing chairs and bottles at him. Once the attacker was outside, staff lowered a security gate and locked people inside.
"After the initial moment of panic, everyone tried to help this girl and stay calm. We were all at the back of the restaurant. There were shots going off outside and we didn't know what was going on."
Mr Sagristani said it was more than two hours before the paramedics were able to reach them.
"They kept her conscious. It was very lucky they were there," he added.
Eyewitness Gerard Vowls told the BBC how he tried to stop the attackers stabbing a woman. He threw bottles, pint glasses and chairs at the men.
"I tried to help, but at the end of the day I was defenceless," he said.
A Spanish man used his skateboard to try to defend a woman who was being stabbed by one of the London Bridge attackers.
Ignacio Echeverría, 39, saw the attack unfolding at London Bridge and rushed to help the woman.
But there is growing concern for Mr Echeverria, who is originally from Madrid and has not been seen since.
According to his father, friends saw the HSBC employee "lying on the floor on the sidewalk after defending someone with his skateboard".
He is reportedly not listed among the dead, not all of whom have been named by police.
Sunday Express business editor Geoff Ho attempted to help a bouncer at the Southwark Tavern, who was being set upon by two of the attackers.
The boxing and martial arts enthusiast is in intensive care after being stabbed in the neck.
Footage of him being escorted to an ambulance by police has been posted on the Daily Express website.
In it he is clutching his neck and using his shirt as a bandage.
After the attack Mr Ho wrote on Facebook: "Don't know whether it was stupid or noble to jump in and break up the fight outside the Southwark Tavern, but two a***s trying to do over the lone bouncer on the door isn't happening on my watch."
On Monday the journalist wrote on Twitter that he had been in surgery and was "on the mend".
Consultant at the Royal London Hospital Dr Malik Ramadhan was cycling home after his shift at Accident and Emergency when he sensed something was wrong.
He was cycling south on Tower Bridge, when he noticed emergency vehicles speeding towards the London Bridge area.
"It was clear that something was happening both from the way they were driving and the number of vehicles."
He said: "Given what's been happening, I turned back to work."
When he arrived at the Royal London a major incident had been declared, and on-call staff were ready to treat all of the patients within 30 minutes.
"The 12 were all very badly injured. The people who had been stabbed, had been stabbed with an intent to kill."
Patients were "startled to the point that they couldn't speak".
Dr Ramadhan added that many doctors and nurses are not drinking on the weekends in case a major attack occurs.
Student nurse Rhiannon Owen was at a cash point when a taxi driver shouted at her to run.
"I saw the knife and I didn't turn around again. I just started running as fast as I could," she said.
The 19-year-old, from Cheshire, saw the attacker behind her and ran into Applebee's pub where she joined 30 or 40 others and hid in a stock room.
She said she owes her life to that taxi driver, and appealed for him to get in touch: "You saved my life and you let me go and make sure other people were safe."
Elsewhere, there were tales of generosity as people did their bit to support the emergency services.
Supermarket workers were pictured offering food and drink to police officers on Sunday morning.
A paramedic who was at the scene said the manager of a McDonald's closed the restaurant to the public and gave all remaining food and crates of water to the emergency services.
Paul Ashworth, from Surrey, has been cycling around the London Bridge area giving out water to the police.
"I've just come to give the police some cold water. It's nothing in comparison to what they do. It's just to try and give something back. They're protecting us, saving our lives," he said.
The plumber, who cycled 21 miles from the Surrey border into London, said: "We've just got to keep together - the whole world has."
Cat-calling and other types of harassment are seen as normal by some in Buenos Aires, but the city council voted on Wednesday to draw a line.
"Direct or indirect comments referring to a person's body" are among offences which could attract punishment.
Argentina has seen an increase in campaigning by women to change the way they are viewed by society.
The rape and murder of 16-year-old Lucia Perez in the city of Mar del Plata in October prompted widespread outrage.
Thousands of women marched in protest and many staged strikes.
A weekend of street harassment, mapped
Grieving mother's plea to end Argentine gender violence
Struggling with sexism in Latin America
One of the main groups campaigning against violence against women in Argentina, NiUnaMenos (Not One Less), says a woman is killed there every 30 hours simply because of her sex.
Such crimes are seen by many as arising from cultural tolerance of disparaging attitudes to women, including casual harassment.
The Buenos Aires law against harassment takes in offences including making images of genitalia without consent, unwanted physical contact, pursuing someone, and public masturbation and indecent exposure.
Offenders could also be made to do community service. The law envisages public education campaigns, too, to try to change attitudes.
"Some forms of sexual harassment in public are accepted as a traditional part of our culture," said Pablo Ferreyra, the lawmaker behind the bill.
"That should not be a reason to tolerate this abuse."
President Mauricio Macri received relatives of victims of sexual violence at the presidential palace in November.
But he was himself criticised by his daughter after once suggesting that women liked to be told: "What a nice ass you have". He later apologised.
England's Howell, 41, the world number 228, is on seven under, four behind joint leaders Rafa Cabrera Bello of Spain and Australian Sam Brazel.
Englishman Fleetwood is on nine under after a round of 67 and well placed for the final day.
But it could have been even better for the 25-year-old who bogeyed the 18th.
Howell's career highlight was beating Tiger Woods to win the to win the inaugural HSBC Champions in Shanghai in 2005 but he has struggled at times since and came to this event after six weeks off with a foot injury.
He started the third day at Fanling on the cut mark of level par, but a run of birdie, birdie, eagle at the turn laid the platform for him to match the course record held jointly by Chris Wood and Lucas Bjerregaard.
"This whole calendar year has been a real struggle for me with injury," Howell said. "Czech (Masters) and The Open, really, were the highlights of last season but it's been a while."
The last UK great bustard, the world's heaviest flying bird, was shot in 1832.
Since 2004, the Great Bustard Group (GBG) has been re-introducing Russian great bustards on to Salisbury Plain.
However, research has shown the Spanish version of the bird is a closer DNA match to the British bustard.
Thirty three of the birds from Spain will now be released in the county later this year.
Using chicks and eggs, exclusively sourced in Russia, The Great Bustard Group (GBG) has released more than 100 birds in the last decade.
But, with the UK Government restricting its importation of eggs to those rescued from destroyed and abandoned nests, the group said it had only been able to import as few as six a year.
"We've proved that great bustards can survive in Wiltshire and that they can breed," said David Waters, GBG director.
Last year, a genetic comparison of European great bustard populations was carried out by the University of Chester.
Using skin samples from stuffed "old English" specimens at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, as well as blood samples from European populations, researchers found the Spanish bird to be the "closest living" match.
"It's exciting news - the previously released Russian birds tended to disperse in a south westerly direction, some even reaching France," said Mr Waters.
"But the Spanish population is the largest in the world, is increasing and is largely sedentary."
Eggs have been collected from the Castilla la Mancha region of Spain and incubated and hatched at Birdworld in Farnham, Surrey.
The group hopes to release the birds at two secret sites later this year.
He said the only thing Stormont ministers involved in promoting the deal were going to get out of their efforts was to see an eventual upturn in the construction trade.
The DUP leader said he only became aware of the plan for multi-million pound fixer fees in relation to the sale when the issue became public knowledge.
Mr Robinson told the BBC there had been "no vulgar talk about fees" at any meetings involving ministers.
Mr Robinson denied that the DUP had crossed a line by seeking to promote the sale of the Nama portfolio, first to the Pimco investment fund, and then the US firm Cerberus.
The first minister said he believed the public would have considered ministers "derelict in their duty" if they had not sought to get the best possible deal for Northern Ireland.
Mr Robinson denied the DUP had "gone it alone" in relation to the Nama deal.
He said other executive ministers had been kept informed and there is a paper trail related to such matters.
The first minister denied there is a conflict of interests between his role in government and the business activities of his son, Gareth.
Mr Robinson said that his son, who runs a PR firm called Verbatim Communications, had been the target of a "witch hunt" by those trying to get at the first minister.
The first minister said he had enjoyed a good relationship with both Ian Coulter, the former partner at Tughans legal firm and Frank Cushnahan, a former member of Nama's northern advisory committee.
It is understood Mr Coulter controlled an Isle of Man account central to the latest NCA investigation, whilst Mr Cushnahan was named in an Irish parliament (Dáil) committee on Thursday as a potential beneficiary of a £5m fixer fee related to the aborted sale of Nama properties to Pimco.
The DUP leader warned against "rushing to make villains out of people".
Asked, if in retrospect, he regretted Sammy Wilson's appointment of Mr Cushnahan to the Nama advisory committee he described the businessman as a "significant player and significant supporter of the executive".
Mr Robinson welcomed the NCA-led investigation of the affair as preferable to sensationalist stories.
He indicated he would cooperate fully with the investigation.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) opened its investigation into the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland property portfolio on Friday.
Investigators from the agency met senior PSNI detectives and Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr, the officer in charge of crime operations, in Belfast.
It is understood they discussed how the inquiry will be taken forward, and what support the PSNI will provide.
The NCA is now expected to begin the process of securing relevant documents and electronic material.
It was announced on Thursday that the NCA would lead the investigation into the sale of Nama's NI property portfolio.
It will also investigate claims about money contained in an Isle of Man bank account.
It is understood the PSNI asked the NCA to take the lead because of the complexity and scale of the investigation.
It is the NCA's first major investigation since it began operating in Northern Ireland in May.
The National Assets Management Agency (Nama) is the Republic of Ireland's "bad bank", set up to deal with toxic loans during the Irish banking crisis, and the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio is known as Project Eagle.
A strike on Tuesday has also been suspended, but strike action is still planned for 3 October. The GMB union said a work-to-rule would remain.
Refuse and recycling truck drivers walked out earlier this month over pay, staff grading and responsibility.
The city council said it was pleased strike action had been suspended.
The union is claiming people at the council are doing equivalent jobs to its members, but being paid more.
It also said the authority had failed to "consult meaningfully" over new working practices and long-standing issues over round allocation and distribution.
GMB representative Mark Turner said the union was planning to hold more talks with the council next Tuesday.
In a statement, Brighton and Hove City Council said it was looking at a "full service redesign to ensure we meet the needs of the city and to resolve work-to-rule".
It added: "We cannot favour one group of workers over another and increasing allowances for one group of staff would require us to increase it for many others at great cost to the council's overall pay bill.
"The agreement we reached with our trade unions and staff last year was to better ensure we were equal pay compliant."
A series of strikes last summer led to waste piling up in the streets.
The men, aged 23 and 27, were on a bridge between Durham Street and Cullingtree Road in the Westlink area of the city when they were attacked by an armed man at about 07:00 GMT.
Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Police have asked for anyone with information about the attack to contact them on the emergency number 101.
The Indian Express reported that Mr Bachchan was appointed director in at least four offshore shipping companies in 1993, registered in the British Virgin islands and Bahamas.
He and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai are among the 500 Indians listed in the Panama papers, the newspaper said.
Ms Rai's media adviser has questioned the authenticity of the documents.
The Indian Express reported that Mr Bachchan had initially not responded to requests for comment, but he issued a statement on Tuesday denying any involvement.
"I have never been a director of any of the... stated companies. It is possible that my name has been misused," the statement said.
"I have paid all my taxes including on monies spent by me overseas have been in compliance with law, including remittances through Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), after paying Indian taxes."
"In any event the news report in Indian Express does not even suggest any illegality on my part."
The Indian Express also reported that Aishwarya Rai and her family were appointed as directors of a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in 2005, which was dissolved in 2008.
A media adviser to Ms Rai has told the newspaper that "all information that you have is totally untrue and false."
Ms Rai is married to Amitabh Bachchan's son Abhishekh.
Crowds of people, including those who remember standing for days in queues and teenagers who were not even born in the 1980s, lined up at the state-run Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) to buy the game.
"I'm too young to remember, I'm just trying to find a way to explore this period of time. I'm interested in the history of the country and my parent's history," said Anna Moronczyk, as she queued with her 17-month-old son to get a copy.
The IPN is the home of Poland's communist-era archives and investigates crimes from that period. It also promotes awareness of that time and devised the game as an educational tool, to teach young Poles about history in an entertaining way. Half of the first batch is being reserved for schools.
"We hope it will show young Poles how difficult it was to buy everyday supplies like sugar, bread or furniture," said Karol Madaj, the game's designer. He was only nine years old when communism ended in Poland in 1989, so he had to seek tips about those days from his older boss.
"Some young Poles don't believe there were queues in those days. You can see it written on the internet forums. They think queues only started when department stores began the sales," he added.
To prove queues did exist, minutes earlier Karol screened black-and-white documentary footage of people lining up in butchers' shops in the hope of getting a cut of meat.
A Polish education ministry spokesman, Grzegorz Zurawski, acknowledges that currently there is too little focus on recent history in schools. Only the last few weeks of a student's final year is devoted to it.
"We are changing our way of teaching modern history because we know now that many young Poles know nothing about this period," he said. The ministry plans to introduce a new curriculum in 2012 which reflects greater emphasis on 20th-Century history.
The game comes in a box designed to look like it was wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. On top is a coupon, which the communist authorities issued so they could ration items like meat.
Between two and five players compete to be the first to buy the 10 items on their shopping list. Players send out family members, represented by coloured wooden figures, to line up outside different shops for the authentic 1980s products, such as a tape recorder with two spools of tape, tinned ham or "Popularna" tea, which promised "heaven in your mouth".
The problem is that the shelves in the neighbourhood shops are empty and players must queue without knowing which store will soon get a delivery.
Once a delivery arrives, there is only enough stock for people at the front of the queue to make a purchase. Special cards help players to queue-jump, such as one showing a mother carrying a baby or another which gives insider delivery information from a friend in the local Party apparatus.
There is also a black market, where everything is twice the normal price.
Some of those who had queued to buy the game and could not wait to get home to play it sat down at specially-prepared tables in the IPN building to test it out.
"It was exactly like this," Piotr Zochowski, 44, told me as he played the game with his wife and three children.
"Then you had to queue for everything. I remember when I bought shoes with coupons. The only ones I could buy were about half a size too small - but there were no others, so I had to buy them," he said.
At the next table, students Ania, Lukasz and Maria, who were happy to describe themselves as "board game geeks", said it surpassed their expectations.
"It's well-designed, it looks nice, it could be a commercially-produced game," Lukasz said. Of the three, only Lukasz had been born when communism ended in Poland in 1989, but they all remembered the products from those days.
"I had this cassette player," Ania said. "And I had that lamp," Maria said, pointing to an orange metal table lamp with a flexible stand. "Everybody had that lamp," she added.
The boy was the passenger in a car which was in collision with a van on Lough Shore Road at about 13:00 BST on Wednesday.
Police said the 23-year-old driver of the car and the 47-year-old driver of the van have been taken to hospital.
Their injuries are believed to be serious, but not life-threatening.
The boy has been transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
The child was taken to Furness General Hospital from Old Park Wood in Grange-over-Sands on Monday afternoon.
He was transferred to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool but died earlier.
Cumbria Police said an investigation was under way into the youngster's death, but it was not being treated as suspicious.
In a statement, the force said: "Police can confirm that the four-year-old boy involved in this incident has sadly died.
"Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time."
It is believed the boy was staying with his family at the site, described on its website as "a luxury, private holiday park", set within the grounds of the Holker Estate.
He said Labour must strive to reduce the gap between "haves and have-nots", with all policies tested against that benchmark.
Mr Smith, who joins Angela Eagle in challenging leader Jeremy Corbyn, also said he was the one to unite the party.
Speaking to Labour members, he vowed the party would not split on his watch.
Mr Corbyn has vowed to fight the challengers in the upcoming contest, which was prompted after the leader lost a vote of no confidence among Labour MPs by 172 votes to 40.
Formally launching his leadership campaign in his Pontypridd constituency, Mr Smith said: "I say it is time for us in words to commit ourselves by rewriting Clause IV of the Labour Party's constitution... to put tackling inequality right at the heart of everything that we do.
"Every Labour policy has to be tested against that benchmark - is it going to reduce inequalities in wealth, in power, in outcomes and opportunities, or is it not?
"And if it is not going to reduce those inequalities, then we in the Labour Party should not do it."
Clause IV is the part of the Labour Party's written constitution that sets out the aims and values of the party. It was amended in 1995 by Tony Blair to remove its historic commitment to mass nationalisation.
What is Clause IV?
The Welsh MP and former shadow work and pensions secretary Mr Smith repeatedly praised Mr Corbyn's influence on the party and endorsed his anti-austerity agenda.
But he said too many working people had doubts and concerns that they felt were not being addressed, as he warned that Labour was "not on the pitch" in British political debate.
Mr Smith argued that the party needed to "put in place the policies that allow us to illustrate what prosperity looks like".
He outlined plans to:
Speaking earlier to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Smith also vowed to increase the top rate of tax, to 50p, saying a more "progressive" tax system was needed.
Explaining his reason for standing, Mr Smith said it was to ensure that the party "cannot split" - as he pitched himself as the candidate that could "unite" Labour.
"There is a clear and present danger that some in our party are getting fatalistic about the prospect of that split.
"It cannot happen. It will not happen. If I've got anything to do with it, never on my watch will this party split."
The Dow Jones rose 19.6 points to 17,535.3, while the S&P 500 gained 1.1 points to 2,037.
The technology-based Nasdaq index fell 6.7 points to 4,766.7.
The Commerce Department reported on Monday that consumer spending, which makes up two-thirds of the US economy, rose 0.1% in February.
On Friday, the Commerce Department revised its estimates of US economic growth in the fourth quarter to 1.4% - up from 1.1%.
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will speak before the Economic Club of New York. Investors are waiting to hear hints about when the Fed might next raise interest rates.
Starwood shares rose 2% after Anbang increased its offer for the hotel chain to $14bn. Shares in Marriott, which made a $13.4bn offer for the hotel chain last week, rose 3.9%.
Shares in troubled drug company Valeant fell 7% after its chief executive was called to testify before a US Senate committee.
Music streaming company Pandora fell 12% after it said its founder Tim Westergren, would return as head of the company.
Videogame seller GameStop dropped 2.4% after it projected a slide in store sales for the first quarter.
Two goals at the end of the first half from Matty Kennedy and Jake Jervis put the Pilgrims in control before Graham Carey made the win safe.
The promotion party was in full swing before Ryan Taylor added a fourth and Kennedy a fifth as the Exiles wilted.
Jervis scored Plymouth's sixth before Aaron Williams' consolation strike.
Plymouth's victory keeps alive their hopes of winning the League Two title.
Newport remain one point outside of the relegation zone thanks to Hartlepool's 2-1 defeat by Leyton Orient, but they have seen their goal difference take a hit.
The result was Newport's heaviest defeat of the 21st Century.
Plymouth Argyle captain Luke McCormick told BBC Radio Devon: "It's overwhelming really, we've been trying to do this for certainly the last three years and even before that.
"The club's been through some real tough times and this is the other end of the scale.
"The fans on the pitch in front of me, they deserve it more than anything."
Newport County boss Mike Flynn told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "We played a very good team and congratulations to them on their promotion.
"Matching them was just a step too far for us today."
Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 6, Newport County 1.
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 6, Newport County 1.
Attempt missed. Matthew Kennedy (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 6, Newport County 1. Aaron Williams (Newport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sean Rigg.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Craig Tanner replaces Graham Carey.
Yann Songo'o (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Samuel (Newport County).
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Mickey Demetriou.
Attempt saved. Ryan Taylor (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Gary Miller replaces Oscar Threlkeld.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Connor Smith replaces David Fox.
Substitution, Newport County. Sid Nelson replaces Scot Bennett because of an injury.
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 6, Newport County 0. Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Taylor.
Attempt saved. Dan Butler (Newport County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Aaron Williams (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Matthew Kennedy (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mitch Rose (Newport County).
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Darren Jones.
Darren Jones (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 5, Newport County 0. Matthew Kennedy (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antoni Sarcevic.
Attempt saved. Alex Samuel (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Ryan Taylor (Plymouth Argyle).
(Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Alex Samuel (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ryan Taylor (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Newport County. Aaron Williams replaces Mark Randall.
Gary Sawyer (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gary Sawyer (Plymouth Argyle).
Alex Samuel (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Matthew Kennedy (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Darren Jones.
Attempt blocked. Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Taylor (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 4, Newport County 0. Ryan Taylor (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthew Kennedy.
Matthew Kennedy (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Cumbria's South Lakes Safari Zoo was refused a renewal of its licence in March after inspectors raised concerns about its founder, David Gill.
However, a takeover by a firm formed by staff has seen a "change of culture".
Barrow Council has now granted Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd (CZCL) a licence.
The authority's licensing regulatory committee was told Mr Gill had already handed management of the Dalton-in-Furness site over to CZCL on a six-month lease.
Government inspectors had previously highlighted concerns of poor management and "inadequate" veterinary care.
However, the same inspection team supported CZCL's licence bid as they were "highly encouraged" by improvements made since the management takeover.
Speaking at Barrow Town Hall in opposition, Maddy Taylor from Captive Animals' Protection Society (Caps) said the organisation was "disappointed" councillors were being recommended to grant a four-year licence to CZCL.
Saying recent changes at the zoo were "too little too late", she added: "Some improvements may have been made in recent months, but it is not a new zoo. There is a history of suffering and neglect."
Keeper Sarah McClay, originally of Glasgow, was mauled to death by a tiger in 2013 - leading to a £297,500 fine for the zoo over health and safety breaches.
In February of this year, a council report revealed 486 animals had died there in four years.
Two snow leopards were found partially eaten, a pair of squirrel monkeys were diagnosed with septicaemia and a post-mortem examination found a giraffe was overweight.
Lukasz Robert Pawlowski, 33, had pleaded guilty to sexual assault by grabbing and kissing a shop assistant.
Pawlowski, of Bush Street, Pembroke Dock, was appearing for sentence at the Pembrokeshire court when the incident happened.
He has been taken to a Swansea hospital by air ambulance.
Following the incident, an emergency call was made from the court at 10:20 GMT.
It is unclear where and how Pawlowski gained access to the weapon. The court complex has airport-style security scanners and guards in place at both entrances.
It is understood he lost consciousness and blood after the incident. A Wales Ambulance Service spokesman described Pawlowski's injuries as "serious".
A Western Telegraph reporter was in court and witnessed the incident.
The online edition of the newspaper reported Pawlowski asked to leave the dock to go to the toilet, but when he returned he slit his throat.
They said: "He came into the dock, then asked to go to the toilet.
"He went out, came back, muttered something then started slashing at his throat.
"The court room was then cleared out, and first aid was given by paramedics in the dock."
Dyfed-Powys Police said: "Officers attended and found an injured man at the scene, who was receiving treatment by paramedics.
"He has been conveyed to Morriston Hospital by air ambulance. The extent of his injuries are unknown at this time. The court has been closed in order for inquiries to take place.
"Police are not looking to speak to anyone else in connection with this incident at this time."
An HM Courts and Tribunal spokesman said: "A man has been taken to hospital following an incident at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 11 January. There were no injuries to staff or other court users.
"There is an ongoing police investigation so it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb tweeted his concern at the events, saying: "Disturbing news. No one should be in a position to harm themselves or others in a court room."
The visitors went ahead when Kieran Charnock was first to the rebound after Danny Hurst saved Chris Holroyd's shot.
Adam Boyes hit the crossbar for Barrow before Richie Baker curled in a free-kick to to level the scores.
John Paul Kissock hit the bar as Macclesfield pushed for a winner, while Kieran Murtagh also went close.
The game had twice been postponed because of a frozen pitch. The replay will be at the Moss Rose on Saturday, 29 December.
Full Time The referee blows for the end of the match.
Corner from right by-line crossed in by Richie Baker.
Corner from the left by-line taken by Richie Baker, Sam Wedgbury makes a clearance.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Richie Baker on Keiran Murtagh. Lance Cronin restarts play with the free kick.
The assistant referee signals for offside against Adam Boyes. Free kick taken by Lance Cronin.
Outswinging corner taken by Paul Rutherford.
Substitution John Paul Kissock leaves the field to be replaced by Peter Winn.
Substitution (Barrow) makes a substitution, with Danny Rowe coming on for Sean McConville.
Foul by Alex-Ray Harvey on Keiran Murtagh, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Ryan Jackson.
Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Sean McConville.
Shot from deep inside the area by Sean McConville clears the crossbar.
Substitution Matthew Barnes-Homer leaves the field to be replaced by Amari Morgan-Smith.
Gavin Skelton challenges Ryan Jackson unfairly and gives away a free kick. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Keiran Murtagh from right wing.
Direct effort from the free kick comes in from Sam Wedgbury, save made by Danny Hurst.
Booking Matthew Flynn is shown a yellow card.
Chris Holroyd fouled by Matthew Flynn, the ref awards a free kick.
Corner from the right by-line taken by Sean McConville, Paul Rutherford delivers the ball.
Substitution Pablo Mills joins the action as a substitute, replacing Jack Mackreth.
The free kick is swung in right-footed by Keiran Murtagh.
Booking Danny Hurst receives a yellow card.
Sean Hessey gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Chris Holroyd.
Sean McConville gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Craig Braham-Barrett. Keiran Murtagh delivers the ball, Chris Holroyd takes a shot. Save by Danny Hurst.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Adam Boyes on Nathaniel Brown. Direct free kick taken by Lance Cronin.
Sam Wedgbury fouled by Adam Boyes, the ref awards a free kick. Lance Cronin restarts play with the free kick.
Keiran Murtagh takes a shot. Save by Danny Hurst.
Booking Caution for Sean McConville.
Adam Boyes fouled by Keiran Murtagh, the ref awards a free kick. Sean Hessey delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left channel, save made by Lance Cronin.
Corner taken by John Paul Kissock from the right by-line to the near post.
Unfair challenge on Chris Holroyd by Mike Pearson results in a free kick. Free kick crossed right-footed by Keiran Murtagh from left channel.
The second half kicks off.
Half Time The match has reached half-time.
Corner taken by Sean McConville, Effort on goal by Matthew Flynn from just outside the penalty area goes harmlessly over the target.
Corner taken right-footed by Sean McConville, Adam Boyes takes a shot. Lance Cronin makes a save.
Unfair challenge on Craig Braham-Barrett by Sean Hessey results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by John Paul Kissock.
Sean McConville concedes a free kick for a foul on Ryan Jackson. Lance Cronin takes the direct free kick.
The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Craig Braham-Barrett.
Save made by Danny Hurst.
Booking Caution for Keiran Murtagh.
Corner taken by John Paul Kissock,
Assist by Adam Boyes.
Goal! - Richie Baker - Barrow 1 - 1 Macclesfld Richie Baker scores a goal direct from the free kick from long range to the bottom right corner of the goal. Barrow 1-1 Macclesfield.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Adam Boyes by Nathaniel Brown.
John Paul Kissock concedes a free kick for a foul on Richie Baker. Free kick taken by Richie Baker.
Outswinging corner taken by Sean McConville, Shot by Adam Boyes from inside the penalty box hits the post.
Matthew Flynn fouled by Matthew Barnes-Homer, the ref awards a free kick. Danny Hurst takes the free kick.
The assist for the goal came from Chris Holroyd.
Goal! - Kieran Charnock - Barrow 0 - 1 Macclesfld A goal is scored by Kieran Charnock from close in to the top left corner of the goal. Barrow 0-1 Macclesfield.
Mike Pearson concedes a free kick for a foul on Nathaniel Brown. Direct effort from the free kick comes in from Chris Holroyd, save by Danny Hurst.
Unfair challenge on Jack Mackreth by Gavin Skelton results in a free kick. Ryan Jackson restarts play with the free kick.
Paul Rutherford takes a shot. Save by Lance Cronin.
Corner taken right-footed by John Paul Kissock, Gavin Skelton manages to make a clearance.
Centre by Craig Braham-Barrett, blocked by Matthew Flynn.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Alex-Ray Harvey by Chris Holroyd. Matthew Flynn takes the direct free kick.
Outswinging corner taken by Sean McConville.
Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Richie Baker, clearance by Matthew Barnes-Homer.
Matthew Flynn fouled by John Paul Kissock, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed by Sean Hessey, clearance by Kieran Charnock.
Matthew Barnes-Homer gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on James Owen. Direct free kick taken by Danny Hurst.
Adam Boyes gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Craig Braham-Barrett. Craig Braham-Barrett crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from left wing.
The ref blows the whistle to begin the match.
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The service, which runs on Friday and Saturday nights, launched on 19 August last year with two lines running. It has run on five lines since December.
The eight millionth journey on the Night Tube is expected to take place this weekend as the service marks its one-year anniversary.
The mayor's office says 3,600 jobs are supported by the Night Tube.
Sadiq Khan said it had been a "huge success" which had "significantly" boosted the night time economy.
The most popular stations are Leicester Square, Oxford Circus, Brixton, Liverpool Street and Stratford.
226,641
Entries and exits on 17 December, the most popular night
153,250 Entries and exits a night on average
6,995 Average number of entries and exits per night of the busiest station, Leicester Square
65 Average number of entries and exits of the least popular station, Fairlop
BBC London has analysed data from Transport for London (TfL) on how many people entered and exited each Tube station every half an hour between 19 August and 18 February.
It shows that:
The service cost £20.5m to run in the financial year of 2016-17.
It was first proposed in November 2013 by former mayor Boris Johnson and was due to begin in September 2015.
But it faced a difficult start as a series of strikes over pay delayed trains by nearly a year.
Dates when the Night Tube opened on different lines:
Mr Khan said: "No one could have predicted just how successful the Night Tube would be."
Val Shawcross, deputy mayor for transport, said City Hall were now looking "at how we can move ahead" including expanding to other lines.
The service is due to run on part of the Overground later this year, but Ms Shawcross suggested it could open on the Circle and District "when they've finished their upgrades in the 2020s".
The Night Tube has had some complaints over increased night noise near Tube lines but Ms Shawcross said TfL was "actively working" to reduce complaints.
Liz Nelson of the Belfast Feminist Network resigned as chairwoman of the festival's organising group in protest at the decision.
She said the proposed lecture and Q&A in December "promoted the criminalisation of women".
The Evangelical Alliance helped organise the debate and a spokesperson said it was surprised and disappointed.
"Shutting down debate is contrary to some of the most basic human rights such as freedom of thought, conscience, expression and speech."
In Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is only allowed if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her physical or mental health.
The Human Rights Consortium, which is behind the annual festival, said while they understood the inclusion of the event may be unwelcome, it was a space for different arguments and positions on human rights issues to be set out and considered.
The majority decision to include the Do Both Lives Matter event was taken by the board of the Consortium.
Its director Kevin Hanratty said: "The festival is a place for different human rights arguments to be made and considered, even on the most contested subject."
"We must be clear that inclusion in the festival programme of particular views, events, speakers or participants does not constitute an endorsement by the consortium or reflect the consortium's or individual board members' own views, opinions or positions,"
Ms Nelson, who will remain on as a board member said "I couldn't stand over it."
"There is a lot of good work being done by the consortium and we believe these groups offer the opportunity to bring reproductive rights to the forefront of human rights discourse in Northern Ireland."
The Evangelical Alliance said they wouldn't be protesting pro-choice events at the festival.
"We have invited a leading QC to address some of the legal concerns around the competing rights raised by abortion. We believe discussion and persuasion provide a better path than 'no platforming' and silencing those we disagree with."
However her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, was given a six-year-and-three-month jail term by the court in Majorca.
Urdangarin was accused of using his royal connections to generate business income used for private spending.
The case began in 2010 and became symbolic of perceived corruption among Spain's elites, including the royals.
There were 16 other defendants in the case, including former government minister Jaume Matas, who was sentenced to three years and eight months.
Urdangarin's former business partner, Diego Torres, was given eight years and six months. Nine defendants in all were acquitted.
Princess Cristina, who now lives in Switzerland, was the first member of Spain's royal family to go on trial since the monarchy's restoration in 1975.
In 2015, King Felipe stripped her and Urdangarin, 49, of their titles as Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca.
Although she was absolved, Princess Cristina will still have to pay a fine of €265,000 (£227,000; $282,000) as she has civil responsibility for benefiting, albeit unknowingly, from illegal gains.
The couple were not in court for the verdict, which is subject to appeal. Both had denied wrongdoing.
The princess had been accused of being an accessory to tax fraud.
Public prosecutors had declined to press charges against her but the three judges agreed to continue with the prosecution using evidence filed by the anti-corruption group Manos Limpias, meaning "Clean Hands".
She told the court last March that her husband was in charge of family finances, saying: "I didn't get involved in that."
Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball medallist, had faced a slew of more serious charges.
He was accused of using the non-profit Noos Institute sports foundation he ran as a vehicle to win falsely inflated contracts from regional government bodies, before channelling the money to personal accounts via tax havens.
Noos is alleged to have received more than €6m (£4.4m; $6.5m) of public money, most of it from the Balearic Islands and Valencia regional governments.
One of the companies said to have received money, real estate firm Aizoon, was jointly owned by Cristina and Urdangarin.
He quit as deputy first minister earlier this month in a row over a botched green energy scheme, sparking an election on 2 March.
"Martin McGuinness and I have had our political differences and we come from very different angles of vision.
When I was elected as first minister in January 2016, I indicated that I was determined to work alongside him for the betterment of all the people of Northern Ireland in order to build a better future for everyone.
As deputy first minister for almost a decade, Martin McGuinness has been a major figure at Stormont. While never forgetting the past, I believe the work at Stormont provided the foundations for our relative peace today."
"He is a close personal friends and comrade - tirelessly committed.
"He is a man of tremendous leadership qualities and has done a lot in recent years to build reconciliation. Although that isn't always reciprocated, a lot of people have respected what he has done as a republican leader."
Mr McGuinness "played a key role in moving the republican movement towards a position of using peaceful and democratic means".
"Martin McGuinness served the people of Northern Ireland as deputy first minister for nearly a decade.
"I want to send him best wishes for his retirement.
"Martin will discover, as I have, that there is much to rejoice in having more time with family and less stress with the removal of the responsibilities of office.
"I pray that he overcomes his health challenges and has the time to do the simple things I know he loves - spending time with his grandchildren, fishing and watching football.
"We came from polar opposite backgrounds, but built up a relationship based on doing the best we could for all our people. We shared the hardships of taking risks for progress and the joy of seeing so many improvements in the lives of our fellow citizens."
"While Martin and I may not always have seen eye-to-eye on every issue, I readily acknowledge the remarkable political journey that he has undertaken.
"I know that Martin remains firmly committed to delivering a peaceful and prosperous society for all of the people of Northern Ireland."
"It's particularly sad that he's stepping aside at a time when the institutions, that he invested so much in, are in such a precarious situation.
"I wish him good health, and I hope he recovers and can enjoy his retirement, but I also want to thank him for those acts of generosity he displayed, that were able to build the peace process.
"I hope the next generation of people coming through will be able to return that generosity of spirit that we saw between him and Ian Paisley - we need it now."
"I am sorry that Martin McGuinness is standing down. Martin showed character and courage when he became part of the historic effort to create peace in Northern Ireland.
"I will never forget the intensity or the emotional strain of those meetings we had together over several years.
"He never stopped believing in his cause. But he never ceased in his determination to find a way to escape the bonds of history and to try, in the interests of all the people of Ireland, to find a way to the future.
"I thank him for his service and for his leadership. I wish him well and his family to whom he is so devoted."
"We would not be where we are in the peace process, were it not for what Martin McGuinness has brought. He has sought to understand where others are coming from."
He was able to bring the republican movement to a new place - he went on a journey himself and brought others along with him and that is so significant".
"I thank him on behalf of the government for his work in securing a number of significant political agreements, as well as his service as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland," he said.
"John and I would like to thank Martin for his immense hard work and for the courtesy and skill he has shown over the past 10 years.
"In particular for his generosity and leadership in reaching beyond boundaries."
"Martin McGuinness is a legend. Proud to have worked with him- all the best to Bernie and family."
McGuinness stands down: Political reaction
"Martin McGuinness's politics are very different from mine but there is no escaping that he has been a major influence over the 10 years since the DUP decided to work with Sinn Féin in Stormont Castle.
His decision to take up arms in the IRA and terrorise the people of Northern Ireland has left a legacy we are still struggling to come to terms with.
"That said he is clearly unwell and I wish for him and his family what I would wish for myself and mine."
"Martin and I come from very different, and indeed mutually critical, political traditions.
Yet, in the two and a half years that I worked directly with Martin, I experienced a political leader who was determined to make the future of Northern Ireland, and its people, so much better than its past.
I hope that Martin's political legacy will encourage all of Northern Ireland's political parties to emulate his efforts to consolidate partnership government.
Gerry Adams posted on social media "three of us in the car crying over Martin McGuinness," as well as re-tweeting praise and well wishes from other Twitter users.
"We are all thinking of him. I have always found Martin to be respectful to me and warm. Of course we have political differences but I am very worried about him, in terms of his health".
I always thought he could speak beyond and act beyond his own electoral base".
"Martin McGuinness will be a loss to the Assembly. He will be remembered as a key player in the peace process and advocate for the devolved institutions.
"It is difficult to overlook the violent path that Martin McGuinness once took. However, he came to realise the ills of violence in pursuit of constitutional change. That realisation helped Northern Ireland to come to a better place.
Mr Allister simply posted on social media that "unlike his IRA's many victims Martin McGuinness got to see retirement."
"It is important a balanced view is shown - there was the first part of his journey, which was a bloody and horrendous journey and there was the latter, where he devoted his time and energy to politics.
"The regret is he didn't engage much earlier in the peaceful path."
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Question Time Extra Time, presenter Stephen Nolan asked him what he would say to Martin McGuiness.
"If I saw him tonight, I would ask if he would re-consider his comments that he has no regrets," Mr Campbell answered.
Piles of waste soil and construction materials suddenly collapsed, engulfing a nearby district.
The manager of the company that ran the landfill site and the former head of Shenzhen's administration bureau were jailed for 20 years.
Nearly 20 of those sentenced were government officials.
They were convicted of negligence and abuse of power.
The dump site had a storage capacity of four million cubic metres and a maximum stacking height of 95m (310 ft) but when the landslide happened it was holding 5.8m cubic metres of material and the waste heaps stood 160m high, Xinhua reported.
The landslide covered an area the size of 50 football pitches and more than 200 diggers were brought in to clear the slurry.
A week later one official, whose job involved regulating construction sites and who had authorised the landfill site, apparently jumped to his death. It is not clear if he was under investigation.
The Danish striker, 25, poked home the decisive third goal midway through the second additional period.
Makienok had given North End an early lead from inside the area, and then headed an equaliser in the 85th minute.
Bournemouth had come from behind to lead 2-1 via Lewis Grabban's penalty and Dan Gosling's close-range finish.
It was a case of revenge for the Lillywhites, who were knocked out on penalties by the same opposition at the same stage of last year's competition.
The visitors made the perfect start when Makienok pounced on the rebound after Ben Pringle's initial effort was cleared off the line by Nathan Ake.
Makienok - on loan from Italian Serie A side Palermo and who made 25 appearances for Charlton last season - was a constant threat for Simon Grayson's side.
A Bournemouth side featuring 11 changes from Saturday's 4-0 Premier League defeat at Manchester City struggled to cope with his aerial ability.
The Cherries looked better after half-time, Grabban scoring his first goal since he returned for a second spell in a £7m move from Norwich in January after Max Gradel's free-kick was handled in the area.
Gosling's seventh goal in eight League Cup starts for the hosts then looked set to send them into the fourth round.
But Makienok had other ideas and beat keeper Adam Federici twice, first with a well-directed header from Chris Humphrey's cross to force extra time, and then stretching out his right leg to win it in the 111th minute.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe told BBC Radio Solent:
"Firstly, I have to apologise to the supporters, I really do. I feel passionately that we've let them down tonight.
"I can't recall saying that in my second term here. But we didn't do the things required to justify them paying the money to support us and the time that it takes.
"I feel very sorry for that and I'll do everything in my power to put that right. Ultimately, as manager, the blame falls on me and I take full responsibility.
"The fundamentals weren't there for a good performance. We didn't work hard enough and the technicals were very low and it's very unlike us."
Preston manager Simon Grayson told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"We deserved the victory over the course of the game, we created some very good chances and we withstood the pressure. With five minutes to go, we showed the spirit and character to get back into it.
"It was dogged and hard-working, but we showed quality as well.
"A lot of those players have been chomping at the bit to come into the team and show what they're capable of and full credit to them.
"We've got a group that have got some desire and character about them."
Match ends, Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 3.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 3.
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Emerson Hyndman.
Attempt missed. Simon Makienok (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Nathan Aké (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 3. Simon Makienok (Preston North End) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Lewis Cook.
Attempt blocked. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Eoin Doyle (Preston North End).
Second Half Extra Time begins Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 2.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Corey Jordan replaces Tyrone Mings.
First Half Extra Time ends, Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 2.
Nathan Aké (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Clarke (Preston North End).
Foul by Lys Mousset (Bournemouth).
Tom Clarke (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Robinson replaces Chris Humphrey.
Foul by Nathan Aké (Bournemouth).
Simon Makienok (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Lys Mousset (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Paul Huntington.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Chris Maxwell.
Attempt saved. Max Gradel (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Simon Makienok (Preston North End).
First Half Extra Time begins Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 2.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 2, Preston North End 2.
Attempt saved. Simon Makienok (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Lys Mousset (Bournemouth).
Ben Davies (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Clarke (Preston North End).
Dangerous play by Brad Smith (Bournemouth).
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At Oregon Zoo in the US, so much snow has fallen in the last few days that the Zoo is now closed to the public.
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A trial by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), found that including the previous year's premium on renewal notices prompted people to shop around.
The City watchdog said there were concerns that loyal customers were paying higher prices for insurance.
An insurers' trade body said it would welcome such a rule across the board.
The proposal is designed to assist those who have stayed with the same insurer for a long period of time and are unaware of the possibility of cheaper prices elsewhere.
A trial last year found that including the previous year's premium in a renewal notice prompted between 11% and 18% more of those on the trial to switch provider or negotiate a cheaper premium.
The FCA is now proposing all renewal notices sent by general insurance providers include this detail.
"We hope the proposals encourage more people to shop around for the best product for them," said Christopher Woolard, director of strategy and competition at the FCA.
The watchdog wants feedback on the plans by March but has not proposed a specific start date.
Huw Evans, director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: "Publishing last year's price alongside the renewal quote up front is a good idea which insurers themselves proposed to the FCA last year.
"This will help customers and encourage them to engage with the policy they choose and what they get for their money. It will take time to implement such a big change across the whole insurance industry and we will work closely with the FCA to ensure this welcome reform is delivered on a realistic timescale."
Andrew Hagger, of financial website Moneycomms, said: "Hopefully this move will shake up some of the less competitive insurers and drive down the cost of cover, whilst the ability to see price increases in black and white will undoubtedly prompt greater levels of switching."
The four-time champion ensured Ferrari were fastest on five of the eight days in Spain.
World champions Mercedes are regarded as favourites before the first race of the season in Australia on 18-20 March.
But Vettel said: "The new car gives us the chance to close the gap. How much? We need to be a bit more patient."
The German's fastest time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was just 0.04secs slower than the fastest time of the winter set by his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday, on the ultra-soft tyre.
Vettel was using the super-soft, which is said to be between 0.4-0.6 seconds slower, and was 0.282 seconds quicker than Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz, who was on the ultra-soft tyre.
Headline lap times in pre-season testing are a notoriously poor guide to form, as they are subject to a huge number of variables and teams do not reveal the specification in which their cars are running.
Williams' Felipe Massa and Force India's Sergio Perez were next on the super-soft tyre and world champion Lewis Hamilton fifth on the medium tyre, 1.6secs down on Vettel on a tyre regarded as about 1.7secs slower than the super-soft.
Nico Rosberg believes there will be little between Mercedes and Ferrari in Australia.
"We know that Ferrari is very close," he said. "They've been very quick.
"All of the teams have their strategists, so we know more or less what fuel the other teams are running and they know our fuel. So we know more or less where we are compared to Ferrari - that's why I say it's close.
"But we're not sure if we are ahead or behind."
Mercedes have shown remarkable reliability over the testing period and have done so many miles that they have been using two drivers per day rather than the normal one to avoid tiring them out.
However, they had their first on-track stoppage because of a transmission problem on Hamilton's car shortly before lunch on Friday.
Hamilton said: "Best test ever in terms of how many laps, but it is not the best test in terms of it gets a bit boring after a while going around and around without learning too much.
"It has put us in a good position for the first race, but I have never been a fan of testing. It's been gruelling.
"The car just goes and goes and goes. So on one hand it has been great; on the other it's like: 'Oh my god, how many more laps have I got to go?'"
Hamilton said he was pleased to have the reliability problem in testing so the team could fix it in time for the first race.
Jenson Button was seventh fastest in the McLaren-Honda on ultra-soft tyres, just over 0.1secs quicker than the Renault of British novice Jolyon Palmer on super-softs.
Fastest times
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:22.852
2 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Toro Rosso 1:23.134
3 Felipe Massa (Brz) Williams 1:23.644
4 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:23.721
5 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:24.133
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Rus) Red Bull 1:24.427
7 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 1:24.714
8 Jolyon Palmer (GB) Renault 1:24.859
9 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber 1:25.031
10 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1:25.255
11 Esteban Gutierrez (Spa) Haas 1:25.422
12 Rio Haryanto (Idn) Manor 1:25.899
13 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 1:26.140
Vettel, Massa, Perez, Palmer and Gutierrez set their best times on the super-soft tyre, Sainz, Button and Haryanto on the ultra-soft, Ricciardo, Ericsson, and Grosjean on the soft and the Mercedes drivers on the medium
Thomas Baker was found badly injured at Stanley Meat Market in the Old Swan area of Liverpool on Friday.
The 44-year-old, from Everton, had been shot in the head and chest. He died later in hospital.
Mr Baker, known as Tommy, had visited Phoenix Gym at the market and was shot as he got in his car, Merseyside Police said.
Detectives believe his attacker had been waiting outside the gym for about an hour.
The offender had been parked in a small grey car next to Mr Baker's black BMW in the gym's car park, police said.
Det Supt Mark Guinness said: "The number plates on the car had been obscured. It is possible that the person in the car may have done this in a nearby street earlier that morning.
"When the car left the car park at about 08:10 GMT it turned right at speed onto Prescot Road and would have had to drive across both carriageways.
"The road would have been much busier then and drivers may have had to brake suddenly or swerve to avoid a collision. "
Police said the motive for the attack was unclear but officers believe it was targeted.
Red Bay RNLI lifeboat crew and the Sligo-based Irish coastguard helicopter were involved in the search on Sunday afternoon.
The lifeboat crew found the vessel four miles off Garron Point at Red Bay.
The RNLI said the three men, who were suffering from shock, were taken onboard the lifeboat and brought safely back to shore.
The remains of an exercise bike and a burnt-out washing machine are visible in the shocking image from inside the tower block.
A similar picture features on the front of the Daily Record, alongside the headline "There's nothing left".
It says the photographs were released by a specialist police recovery team working to find the bodies of the missing. Police say at least 58 people died in the tragedy.
The Scottish Daily Express reports fears of a "cover-up", with former Labour minister David Lammy calling on Scotland Yard to seize vital documents relating to the devastating blaze.
The start of Brexit negotiations is the focus of several front pages, with The Herald reporting that the Conservatives are facing a "bitter internal battle".
The Scotsman reports that David Davis will lead a nine-strong negotiating team to Brussels, calling for a deal "like no other in history".
And the Daily Telegraph claims that the Brexit secretary is being tipped as the next Tory leader.
The economic impact of Brexit is examined by The National, which claims the move could cost up to 80,000 jobs in Scotland over 10 years.
Ian Duncan, the Conservative candidate who lost out on a Westminster seat by 21 votes in the general election, is to be made a lord, according to The Courier. The MEP will become Lord Duncan of Springbank and he will be installed in the Scotland Office, the paper reports.
A murder investigation in Fraserburgh leads the north-east edition of the Press and Journal. It reports that a man died following a "large-scale disturbance" in Fernie Place early on Sunday.
Britain's Got Talent host Ant McPartline features on the front page of The Scottish Sun and the Daily Star, after it emerged that he is being treated in a rehab facility for alcohol and drugs problems.
But the case has raised questions about whether these women have been exploited, or empowered, by this enterprise.
For the past two years, dozens of women have been supplying their excess breast milk to a company called Ambrosia Labs.
The company has been processing and selling the milk in the US. It was marketed at US mothers who have problems producing milk for their babies.
On Tuesday, Cambodia imposed an immediate ban on breast milk exports, effectively ending the business.
It is unclear why it has acted now, although this follows recent bans on other controversial practices such as organ trafficking and surrogacy. Health officials said earlier they were investigating as "the product comes from a human organ".
Several countries run milk banks, where women can donate milk to needy babies. Breast milk is also sold via websites and private networks, and is a thriving niche industry despite some countries' restrictions.
Children's charity Unicef said the practice was "exploiting vulnerable and poor women for profit and commercial purposes", and said breast milk should not be commercialised.
Ambrosia had set up shop in Stung Meanchey, an area near the capital Phnom Penh and known for its poverty, and reportedly approached women in the area.
Reports said Ambrosia paid them the equivalent of $0.50 per ounce (£0.40 per 28ml), while selling the milk for eight times that price in the US.
Critics say the practice encourages mothers to sell their breast milk instead of giving it to their own babies.
With Ambrosia, "the women are paid by the ounce, so there is the pressure for them to produce and sell their milk... When you introduce a price tag, it creates an incentive", says medical anthropologist Aunchalee Palmquist.
She also says the women may not be fully informed. While they may believe they are selling excess milk, breastfeeding women usually produce just enough for their infant, so some may be unintentionally selling milk that their baby needs.
The alternative is formula milk, but in rural areas, where the majority of Cambodians live, a constant supply of clean water to mix with the powder may be a problem. Many would not be able to afford formula in the first place.
A large percentage of Cambodian newborns are breastfed, but this has dropped in recent years, and overall child malnutrition is still an issue, according to Unicef.
Ambrosia says they only hired mothers who had breastfed their babies for at least six months - the minimum as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) - and limited mothers to two submissions a day.
The WHO also recommends that babies be breastfed, while eating other food, until the age of two or beyond.
Ambrosia has argued that it was "empowering" women, and claims it helped more than 90 families financially.
Speaking to media, the women said selling their milk gave them a much-needed stable source of income while enabling them to stay at home and take care of their children. They could earn up to $12 a day - a considerable sum.
"We are regretful that this trade has been banned. It had helped our livelihood a lot," one mother named Chea Sam told AFP.
An alternative would be working in factories or other employment with lesser pay and less ideal conditions.
"They may be working long hours and would be away from their children, so they would not be able to breastfeed them for long," says Annuska Derks, who has researched Cambodian women's issues.
Some mothers also viewed it as helping out other mothers. In several South East Asian societies, "breast milk plays a role in establishing kinship," says Professor Derks.
"It's like the other child is also our child," one mother named Khorn Vanny told the Phnom Penh Post.
The issue is thus also about the mothers' rights as women.
"As uncomfortable as this situation may be, at the end of the day it should be up to women to decide what to do with their bodies," says anthropologist Charlotte Faircloth, who has researched breastfeeding culture.
"It's a difficult thing to decide their autonomy for them, to say they are not educated or don't know what's good for them. There is a danger in sounding patronising.
"If the buyer and seller are happy with the process then we have to respect that that is their decision."
Dr Palmquist argues that the women "are impoverished and therefore living in an environment where their choices are constrained. So there isn't really a choice here".
"There could be many other ways to lift them out of poverty in a way that does not biologically exploit women", such as providing better education opportunities and jobs.
The government said on Tuesday in a brief statement on the ban: "Even though we are still poor, we are not so poor that we have to sell human breast milk."
What experts can agree on is that the transnational sale of breast milk is an extremely complex but growing industry and needs greater scrutiny.
University of South Wales' Prof Stuart Cole believes proposals could make it too small, saying buses must link easily with trains across the network.
Cardiff's new bus station was due to open in December but was redesigned and delayed amid funding concerns.
A council spokesman said a date for construction to start has not been set.
However, he said when construction begins it will take a maximum of two years to build.
Prof Cole wants to see commuters able to transfer seamlessly from nearby Cardiff Central train station.
But he said: "The latest plans are to reduce the number of bays from 25 to 14. This could make it overcrowded and cause confusion.
"It needs to be dynamic, making it easy to transfer from trains and between buses."
Andrew Potter, Wales chairman for the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, said it is crucial "all the pieces fit together" for the metro.
He said: "There are many new housing developments cropping up around Cardiff.
"Everyone lives relatively close to bus stops but not train stations."
Paul Swinney, principal economist for the Centre for Cities think tank, said: "What's more important, a metro-type [light rail system] or better buses?
"The question is, how do you get places more connected? There needs to be a frank conversation on the most appropriate mode."
Four bidders - Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR - have been in discussions with the Welsh Government since June 2016 about the next Wales and Borders rail franchise, which will include the metro.
They will soon submit final tenders for the delivery of the £600m project from October 2018.
To make it "transformational", Prof Cole believes it must be inspired by European networks that have taken tens of thousands of motorists off the road.
He pointed to Bordeaux, where 40% of people left their cars at home when the system opened.
"In the Netherlands, deregulation - meaning a single ticket can be used on trains, trams and buses - has seen Utrecht get about 70% of commuters on public transport or cycling," he added.
"A similar system is essential in south Wales, but pivotal will be dynamic bus stations close to train stops so users can hop on and off."
The saga in Cardiff began when the former bus station was demolished to make way for Central Square in 2015.
Original plans for a nearby replacement was for it to have 25 bays.
But slimmed-down proposals include provision for 14, with Prof Cole believing this will cause confusion as services will leave from different bays each time and some from roads outside.
Making people fully aware of departure points, therefore, will be crucial, he said.
"Most metros have very good directional information. How to get people using public transport and not cars is to make journeys really easy in cities," Prof Cole added.
"You need information screens, the system should be so sophisticated and simple in station and on buses."
A Cardiff council spokesman said the station will be easy to navigate, with destinations grouped so buses going to a location will always leave from the same area.
He added: "Extensive modelling confirms that the proposed number of bays will accommodate at least as many departures per hour as the old bus station prior to its closure.
"It was never the case that all city centre services used the old bus station and there will be continued use of existing on-street stands."
The spokesman also said real-time information displays showing departures from the station and street will make it easy for commuters transferring from train.
Plans also include an interchange lounge, that will eventually link to central train station.
While cabinet has approved plans, the developer has to fill the upper floor to make the scheme viable - with offices or student accommodation options.
Mr Duterte said the EU parliament was acting out of guilt after it called on him to halt "the current wave of extrajudicial executions and killings".
He said "hypocritical" former colonial powers like France and Britain were trying to atone for their own sins.
Since Mr Duterte took office on 30 June about 3,000 people have been killed.
They have been killed either by police or vigilantes, after the new president effectively sanctioned the murder of criminals and drugs dealers.
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The killings have been widely condemned internationally.
The European Parliament said it was concerned about the "extraordinarily high numbers killed during police operations... in the context of an intensified anti-crime and anti-drug campaign", and asked Mr Duterte to launch an "immediate" investigation.
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But the president hit back angrily, saying the European Parliament's colonial-era ancestors killed "thousands" of Arabs and other peoples.
"They're taking the high ground to assuage their feelings of guilt. But who did I kill?
"Assuming it to be true - 1,700, who are they? Criminals. You call that genocide," he told officials in Davao.
"Now the EU has the gall to condemn me."
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The 71-year-old also swore repeatedly during the outburst, and raised his middle finger in a gesture of defiance.
Mr Duterte said on Sunday he needed to extend his crime war for another six months because the drug problem was worse than he expected, adding on Tuesday that he would shield police and soldiers from prosecution.
The state department described the move as "an important" step to help Nigeria "root out violent extremism".
It means US regulatory agencies are instructed to block business and financial transactions with the groups.
Boko Haram wants to impose Islamic law in northern Nigeria, and has been blamed for thousands of deaths. Ansaru is seen as an off-shoot of Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009, and targets both the military and civilians, including schools, and frequently clashes with the Nigerian armed forces.
Ansaru was formed in January 2012, though it rose to prominence only about six months later through the release of a video in which it vowed to attack Westerners in defence of Muslims worldwide.
The group has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence, using dynamite to penetrate heavily-fortified compounds and taking foreigners hostage.
In a statement, the US state department said Wednesday's "designations are an important and appropriate step".
But it stressed that this was "only one tool in what must be a comprehensive approach by the Nigerian government to counter these groups".
The decision means that it is now a crime under US law to provide material support to the two groups.
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Boko Haram was earlier seen as an organisation which only posed a domestic threat - one reason why the US has not previously designated it as a terrorist organisation, the BBC's Will Ross in Lagos reports.
But during the last three years - as its attacks have intensified - there have also been signs of a more international agenda, our correspondent says.
This included the 2011 raid on the UN building in the capital, Abuja, and also reports that Boko Haram has established links with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Al Shabab in Somalia.
The group has several sources of funding - including bank lootings and ransom payments - which are unlikely to be affected by the US decision, our correspondent adds.
Nigeria's government said in June that Boko Haram and Ansaru were terrorist organisations, warning that anyone who helped them would face a minimum prison sentence of 20 years.
There have been allegations that some Nigerian politicians have supported Boko Haram.
There is as yet no evidence to suggest the ongoing Nigerian military campaign is succeeding against the group.
Civilians in the country's north-east are killed by the group every week, and the army is frequently accused of carrying out human rights atrocities there, our correspondent says.
The ex-Wales back-row, 45, spent two spells alongside Paul John in caretaker charge at the Arms Park, but left after Danny Wilson was named head coach.
Championship Merthyr seem set to be granted a Welsh Rugby Union A licence.
That means they would be promoted to an expanded Welsh Premiership if they finish in the top four this season.
Merthyr currently lead the Championship by six points, having won seven of their eight games.
McIntosh, who was head coach at Pontypridd from 2007-13, will join up with Merthyr head coach Lee Jarvis and assistant Gary Horrigan.
The ambitious Ironmen have strengthened on and off the field thanks to the backing of businessman Sir Stanley Thomas.
That has seen more than £250,000 of improvements at their Wern stadium, while the likes of former Wales forward Andy Powell have joined the playing staff.
The WRU will officially inform clubs about decisions regarding A licences in late December.
The ex-serviceman from Paignton, Devon, said he started getting really bored after his wife Cassie died two years ago.
"I was bored to death sat here doing nothing not seeing anyone," he said as he placed an ad in the Herald Express.
And it turned out his ad was just the job because he has had two offers of work - at a local cafe and at Tesco.
Mr Bartley, who served in the 6th Airborne Division after World War Two and later in the Royal Engineers, said he missed his active life.
"I just can't be sitting here doing nothing, so I put an ad in the paper," he said.
"When you live in a flat it's pretty lonely.
"It's like being in solitary confinement. You don't see anybody."
He reckons there are many more like him.
He said: "It depends on your personality and how you feel.
"Some people retire at 65 and they say to themselves 'I'm old and I'll just tend the garden'.
"But some want to carry on working."
Joy Godfray, who would have been 32 on Sunday, was rescued by the coastguard near Green Island at 21:00 BST on Saturday, but was pronounced dead in hospital.
A man swimming with her was helped to shore by a member of the public.
Ms Godfray is one of six people to die in seas around the country during the course of the weekend.
He has a background in business and previously sat on Stormont's finance committee.
His new role will include leading the implementation of the devolution of corporation tax, due to happen in 2018.
He will also need to spell out how Stormont's finances can afford that policy because the budget he will oversee will be falling in real terms.
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy has calculated that, with continuing austerity, the effective real cut to the Stormont budget will be 5.3% by 2019-20.
Mr Ó Muilleoir's first major task will be the June monitoring round, a sort of mini-spending review where funds are redistributed between departments.
After that, work will have to begin on the construction of a multi-year budget to cover the next four years.
Other tasks in his in-tray include making decisions about change to business rates - for example, he'll have to decide whether charity shops will start paying rates.
Sinn Féin's assembly election manifesto also contained some specific commitments on the economy.
They included removing the rate cap on domestic properties with a value above £400,000 and introducing a tax on derelict land.
Will Mr Ó Muilleoir now push to legislate on those issues?
People from the north-western towns of Foah and Kefraya were taken to government-held areas near Aleppo.
Evacuees from rebel-held Madaya and Zabadani, near Damascus, were bussed to Idlib province.
It is hoped that more than 30,000 people will be moved under the deal to end a grave humanitarian crisis.
Last month, the UN described the situation in the four towns as "catastrophic", with more than 64,000 civilians "trapped in a cycle of daily violence and deprivation".
Many people are reported to have died as a result of shortages of food or medicine.
Meanwhile, in Moscow, the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Syria pledged to investigate a suspected chemical attack in Syria earlier this month that the West has blamed on the Syrian government.
But Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has already said reports of a chemical attack committed by his forces were "100% fabrication".
Mohammad Darwish, who lived in Madaya, was a dentistry student in Damascus when the conflict began but for the past two years was one of just two medics treating about 40,000 residents.
He left his hometown today and sent the BBC this message: "It's a difficult feeling to leave your homeland, your memories, your families, your country. All negative feelings, we have it now."
Foah and Kefraya, most of whose residents are Shia Muslims, have been encircled by rebels and al-Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim jihadists since March 2015.
Madaya and Zabadani, which are predominantly Sunni, have meanwhile been besieged since June 2015 by the Syrian army and fighters from Lebanon's Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement.
As part of what is known as the "Four Towns Agreement", the warring parties have allowed the UN and the Red Cross to deliver aid on a few occasions in the past two years and to remove limited numbers of sick and injured people.
The evacuation deal was brokered by Iran, an ally of Mr Assad's government, and Qatar, which supports the rebels. But critics say it amounts to forced demographic change.
Some 4.7 million people live in hard-to-reach and besieged areas in Syria, including 644,000 in UN-declared besieged locations.
The meeting in Moscow on Friday between Russian, Iranian and Syrian foreign ministers was the first held between the three allies since the US launched a missile attack on a Syrian airbase in response to the alleged chemical attack.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there was evidence that the suspected attack was "staged". He said Russia, Iran and Syria would conduct an "exhaustive, objective and impartial" investigation.
He also said the three allies were unanimous in considering the US missile strikes on Shayrat airbase "an act of aggression".
The alleged chemical attack targeted the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, and killed more than 80 people, including many children.
Snowy was thought to be the lone cub this year of a well-known grizzly bear named 399, who was seen trying to heal the injured cub after the accident.
Grizzly bears are federally protected as a threatened species.
People took to social media with anger and sadness upon learning about the fate of Snowy the cub, so named for his white-blond fur on his face.
Mother 399, who is 20 years old and unlikely to have any more cubs, was was well-known to visitors and photographers because for many years she played by the side of the road.
In past mating seasons, she has given birth to triplets.
According to National Geographic, more than 100 large animals are typically killed on Grand Teton's roads each year in Wyoming.
"399's cub, known as Snowy or Spirit by the bear watchers of Grand Teton, was adored for its antics and notably white face and will be sorely missed," the Wyoming Wildlife Advocates group wrote on its Facebook page.
A release from a park official urged people to obey speed limits and be careful around dusk and dawn when animals are more likely to be out.
Park spokesman Andrew White said Snowy probably belonged to 399, but officials are doing a DNA test to be sure.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service plans to remove grizzly bears from the threatened species list.
There are 600 to 1,000 grizzlies in Yellowstone and the Grand Teton National Parks, National Geographic estimates.
She was part of the GB quadruple sculls crew which finished strongly behind Germany and the Netherlands.
Rebecca Shorten's senior international debut for GB in the women's eight ended with a fourth place finish.
It was a disappointing regatta for Coleraine's Peter Chambers and Joel Cassells, who finished outside the medals in their respective classes.
After finishing third behind Poland and Germany in the first World Cup of the season in Belgrade three weeks ago Nixon, 23, was moved to the front of the boat to stroke the Great Britain quad alongside Bethany Bryan, Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Jess Leyden.
it proved an inspired move as the quartet kept a fast pace throughout the race.
In the third quarter they caught and passed Poland, bronze medallists in Rio, and closed on the Netherlands.
They were just half a length down at the finish and this was a positive result looking ahead to the rest of the season.
The GB women's eight have no returning members from the crew that won silver in Rio.
In their first appearance of the season the new line-up, which includes 23 year-old Belfast woman Shorten, were second at halfway behind eventual winners Romania before being caught by the Netherlands and Russia.
Peter Chambers, 27, and Englishman Will Fletcher were hoping to push on from their win in Belgrade three weeks ago but they had no answer for the lightweight double sculls Olympic champions Pierre Houin and Jeremie Azou from France, who led from start to finish.
The Great Britain scullers were fourth and in contention at the halfway stage but faded badly in the closing stages to finish sixth as Ireland's O'Donovan brothers Paul and Gary, Rio silver medallists, produced their trademark fast finish to take silver ahead of Italy.
Cassells, 22, and partner Sam Scrimgeour could only manage fourth in the lightweight pair final.
The duo were defending their European title and Cassells was going for three in a row but they trailed Shane O'Driscoll and Mark O'Donovan from the start as the Irish pair set off at world record pace.
They held on to win gold ahead of Russia and Italy with Cassells and Scrimgeour missing out on the podium.
Ireland's excellent championships also saw a silver medal for Skibbereen's Denise Walsh in the women's lightweight single sculls.
Liberty has bought an initial 18% of the F1 Group and will become the main shareholder with 35.3% when the deal is completed, due to be in early 2017.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said: "It sounds very positive. I can't believe a serious group like Liberty would buy F1 without a long-term plan.
"Hopefully, they can address some of the weaknesses we have in some areas."
Horner singled out F1's struggles to penetrate the US market and exploit digital and social media platforms effectively.
His views were echoed by Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff, who said: "Christian and I rarely agree, but on this we are 100% on the same page."
In remarks that could be interpreted as a swipe at the previous main shareholder CVC Capital Partners, Horner also welcomed the fact that a company with a desire to invest in and develop the sport had become the new owners.
"Rather than a venture capitalist buying it, it is far better for the sport that a company like Liberty does," Horner said.
And he said it was a good idea to ask Bernie Ecclestone to stay on as chief executive for the foreseeable future, in a deal believed to be for three years.
Ecclestone will work alongside F1's new chairman Chase Carey, who has worked closely with media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the past.
"We need to understand what's his plan, what's his vision, for how Liberty see F1 for the future," said Horner.
"He is going to have to get up to speed. It is great they have come to an agreement with Bernie for him to be involved for some time to come because that intervening period is going to be crucial but then he has to work out what he wants F1 to be in the future."
Team bosses also said they supported in theory Liberty's plan to offer the teams a shareholding in F1 in the future.
Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul said: "It is a great opportunity. The teams have created a lot of value in F1. It would be a great thing if some of the teams could capture some of the value, so if it makes sense, why not.
"It is good we have some long-term stability because its gives us some time to focus son the product, F1 is always a balance between entertainment and sport."
Wolff added: "The idea sounds good if you are able to align all major stakeholders with a long-term vision.
"If you make the teams shareholders, that would solve a lot of problems but it is a commercial and financial decision and it depends on the detail."
Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn said she hoped Liberty would address what many see as the inequitable distribution of income in F1, about which the Swiss team and Force India have lodged an official complaint to the European Union.
"I hope they take steps to ensure a certain competitive parity," said Kaltenborn. "That is for us more equally important to how the sport is being promoted to the outside."
Wang Jianlin, chair of China's largest property company, Dalian Wanda, said the UK had one of the most open markets and that investment was not subject to the same scrutiny as elsewhere.
Mr Wang told the BBC he was looking to invest $1bn (£667m) in the UK entertainment industry.
He is also considering buying an English or Italian football club.
"I've travelled to many countries to consider them for investment, and most admire Britain's market," he said.
"Britain has one of the highest degrees of free market openness, no investment needs to be scrutinised, it's entirely up to you."
He said that he likes the US as well but the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US scrutinises investment and can block it.
He added that China needs to reform its own market.
Mr Wang is estimated to be worth $24.2bn and recently reclaimed the title of China's richest man, overtaking Jack Ma, the boss of e-commerce giant Alibaba, according to Forbes.
Mr Wang has already made some eye-catching investments around the world. He purchased Sunseeker, the British yacht maker for the James Bond films; AMC cinemas in the US; and the Swiss company InFront, which holds TV rights for the Fifa World Cup.
He revealed that he has been discussing an investment with London for the past year. It didn't come to fruition but he is still seeking to invest $1bn in the UK.
In a wide-ranging interview, Mr Wang said that he been approached by several English football clubs but the key factor when it came to buying one was the price. He has already acquired a 20% stake in Spanish club Atletico Madrid.
When asked if he was concerned about the possibility of the UK leaving the EU after a potential upcoming referendum, he said that he wasn't.
"I don't think it is a big problem for me whether the UK is in the EU or not. It is a problem between the UK and Europe. The UK is relatively independent in the EU at present. It does not use the euro."
When it comes to his home market, Mr Wang believes that China will open up more over time. He points out that because of the dominance of state-owned firms, the market isn't open enough for private Chinese, as well as for foreign firms, and needs reform.
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"I think China's market should be more open. Maybe China is not as open as the UK or USA at present. It is probably because we are relatively backward in some respects," he said.
Mr Wang also expects China to undertake the privatisation of land. He sees it as the only way to resolve the debt problems confronting local governments.
He says that they owe 20 trillion yuan (£2.1tn; $3.2tn) of debt and do not generate enough revenue to pay it down, so he sees the only solution as allowing land to be privately sold.
When asked if he was certain that the central government would go for this radical move, since land in China is essentially state-owned, he said that he was convinced that it would happen.
If so, that would be a big step in the opening up of China's market and would certainly benefit property developers who can currently only own leaseholds and jointly develop projects on land owned by local governments.
For more, listen to Six Routes to Riches on Saturday, 14 March on BBC World Service and Marketplace in the US, or watch Talking Business with Linda Yueh.
Two people were seriously hurt and 31 injured in a suspected gas blast at New Ferry, Wirral, on 25 March.
The man, from Cheshire, was arrested in May on suspicion of conspiring to commit arson with intent or recklessness and a fraud offence.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said he is "no longer under investigation".
Police are still investigating a 62-year-old man from North Wales and a man, aged 55, from Wirral.
Now 246 African players have played in the Premier League since it began in 1992, scoring 1,776 goals in 14,210 appearances.
Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has scored the most goals (104), Kolo Toure has made the most appearances (349) while Nigeria (35) has contributed the most players.
As the Premier League live fan park comes to Cape Town this weekend learn all you need to know about African players in the English top flight.
Arsenal - 15 players, 1,034 appearances, 123 goals
Aston Villa - 12 players, 242 appearances, 17 goals
Barnsley - 1 player, 25 appearances, 2 goals
Birmingham - 8 players, 169 appearances, 0 goals
Blackburn - 9 players, 534 appearances, 87 goals
Blackpool: 1 player, 20 appearances, 0 goals
Bolton: 12 players, 476 appearances, 49 goals
Bournemouth: 2 players, 11 appearances, 1 goal
Burnley: 1 player, 28 appearances, 1 goal
Cardiff: 2 players, 18 appearances, 1 goal
Charlton: 9 players, 384 appearances, 35 goals
Chelsea: 13 players, 1,136 appearances, 191 goals
Coventry: 4 players, 287 appearances, 48 goals
Crystal Palace: 9 players, 245 appearances, 18 goals
Derby: 3 players, 34 appearances, 0 goals
Everton: 13 players, 806 appearances, 95 goals
Fulham: 17 players, 438 appearances, 26 goals
Hull: 14 players, 327 appearances, 28 goals
Ipswich: 2 players, 28 appearances, 6 goals
Leeds: 4 players, 287 appearances, 29 goals
Leicester: 5 players, 173 appearances, 34 goals
Liverpool: 11 players, 418 appearances, 16 goals
Man City: 14 players, 499 appearances, 102 goals
Man Utd: 4 players, 102 appearances, 6 goals
Middlesbrough: 5 players, 241 appearances, 54 goals
Newcastle: 20 players, 1,035 appearances, 146 goals
Norwich: 8 players, 205 appearances, 25 goals
Portsmouth: 24 players, 800 appearances, 117 goals
QPR: 7 players, 209 appearances, 9 goals
Reading: 6 players, 132 appearances, 10 goals
Sheffield United: 2 players, 6 appearances, 0 goals
Sheffield Weds: 1 player, 2 appearances
Southampton: 9 players, 354 appearances, 36 goals
Stoke: 11 players, 364 appearances, 41 goals
Sunderland: 16 players, 316 appearances, 34 goals
Swansea: 3 players, 111 appearances, 34 goals
Tottenham: 16 players, 663 appearances, 74 goals
Watford: 8 players, 151 appearances, 21 goals
West Brom: 12 players, 562 games, 76 goals
West Ham: 22 players, 678 appearances, 78 goals
Wigan: 10 players, 388 appearances, 58 goals
Wimbledon: 1 player, 123 appearances, 37 goals
Wolves: 8 players, 148 appearances, 11 goals
Who they were, and where they came from.
Portsmouth: 24 players. Hassan Yebda, Nadir Belhadj (both Algeria), Lauren, Rodolphe M'Bela Douala, Valery Mezague, Franck Songo'o (all Cameroon), Lomanu LuaLua (DR Congo), Kevin-Prince Boateng, Sulley Muntar, Quincy (all Ghana), Aruna Dindane (Ivory Coast), Djimi Traore (Mali), Kanu, John Utaka, Yakubu (all Nigeria), Amdy Faye, Aliou Cisse, Salif Diao, Papa Bouba Diop, Diomansy Kamara, Armand Traore (all Senegal), Aaron Mokoena (South Africa), Collins Mbesuema (Zambia), Benjani (Zimbabwe)
West Ham: 22 players. Marc Vivien Foe, Alex Song, Rigobert Song (all Cameroon), Herita Ilunga (DR Congo), Mido (Egypt), John Pantsil (Ghana), Titi Camara, Kaba Diawara (both Guinea), Guy Demel (Ivory Coast), Frederick Kanoute, Modibo Maiga (both Mali), Marouane Chamakh, Manuel de Costa (both Morocco), Emmanuel Emenike, Victor Moses, Victor Obinna (all Nigeria), Demba Ba, Henri Camara, Mo Diame, Cheikhou Kouyate, Diafra Sakho (all Senegal), Benni McCarthy (South Africa)
Newcastle: 20 players. Mehdi Abeid (Algeria), Gael Bigirimana (Burundi), Sebastien Bassong, Geremi (both Cameroon), Lomana LuaLua, Kazenga LuaLua, Chancel Mbemba (all DR Congo), Seydou Doumbia, Cheick Tiote (both Ivory Coast), Celestine Babayaro, Obafemi Martins, Shola Ameobi (all Nigeria), Amdy Faye, Demba Ba, Habib Beye, Papiss Cisse, Lamine Diatta, Abdoulaye Faye, Henri Saivet (all Senegal), Matty Pattison (South Africa)
Fulham: 17 players. Hameur Bouazza, Rafik Halliche (both Algeria), Eyong Enoh, Pierre Wome (both Cameroon), Malik Buari, Derek Boateng, Emmanuel Frimpong, Elvis Hammond, John Pantsil (all Ghana), (Guinea-Bissau), Mahamadou Diarra (Mali), Abdeslam Ouaddou, Adel Taarabt (both Morocco), Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria), Papa Bouba Diop, Diomansy Kamara (both Senegal), Kagisho Dikgacoi (South Africa)
Tottenham: 16 players. Nabi Bentaleb, Moussa Saib (both Algeria), Benoit Assou-Ekoto, Thimotee Atouba, Sebastien Bassong, Clinton N'Jie (all Cameroon), Hossam Ghaly, Mido (both Egypt), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana), Didier Zokora (Ivory Coast), Freddie Kanoute (Mali), Nourredine Naybet, Adel Taarabt (both Morocco), Mbulelo Mabizela, Steven Pienaar (both South Africa), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)
Arsenal: 15 players. Lauren, Alex Song (both Cameroon), Mohamed Elneny (Egypt), Emmanuel Frimpong, Quincy (both Ghana), Kaba Diawara (Guinea), Emmanuel Eboue, Gervinho, Kolo Toure (all Ivory Coast), Christopher Wreh (Liberia), Marouane Chamakh (Morocco), Kanu, Alex Iwobi (both Nigeria), Armand Traore (Senegal), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)
Hull: 14 players. Kamel Ghilas (Algeria), Manucho (Angola), Ahmed Elmohamady, Gedo, Amr Zaki (all Egypt), Daniel Cousin (Gabon), Kamil Zayatte (Guinea), Yannick Sagbo (Ivory Coast), Sone Aluko, Seyi Olofinjana (both Nigeria), Mo Diame, Abdoulaye Faye, Dame N'Doye, Ibrahima Sonko (all Senegal)
Man City: 14 players. Djamel Belmadi, Ail Benarbia (both Algeria), Marc Vivien Foe, Lucien Mettomo (both Cameroon), Wilfried Bony, Abdul Razak, Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure (all Ivory Coast), George Weah (Liberia), Kelvin Etuhu, Kelechi Iheanacho (both Nigeria), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Hatem Trabelsi (Tunisia), Benjani (Zimbabwe)
Chelsea; 13 players. Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso), Samuel Eto'o, Geremi (both Cameroon), Mo Salah (Egypt), Baba Rahman, Michael Essien (both Ghana), Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou (both Ivory Coast), George Weah (Liberia), Celestine Babayaro, John Mikel Obi (both Nigeria), Demba Ba (Senegal)
Sunderland: 16 players. Stephane Sessegnon, (Benin), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Cabral (Cape Verde), Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt), Asamoah Gyan, John Mensah, Sulley Muntari (all Ghana), Lamine Kone (Ivory Coast), Talal El Karkouri (Morocco), Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria), El Hadji Diouf, Kader Mangane, Alfred N'Diaye, Dame N'Doye (all Senegal), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia), Benjani (Zimbabwe)
There have been 23,620 goals (excluding own goals) in the Premier League, 1,776 by African players.
21% of the total players who have played in the Premier League have been from Africa - they have scored 13% of the goals.
She walked to work in Dhaka even during Bangladesh's never-ending general strikes, political violence and labour unrest. But now she fears her livelihood is in danger because of the recent jihadist violence.
"What will happen to us if the buyers are not going to come to Bangladesh?" says Shirin, a mother-of-two who works as a seamstress at a factory just outside Dhaka that stitches clothes for many Western retail brands.
She is one of the four million workers in the industry, which is the world's second largest exporter of ready-made garments, next only to China.
In July, militants overran a cafe in an upmarket area of Dhaka killing 20 people, most of them foreigners. Two policemen and the six militants also died.
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A group of Italians who were involved in buying clothes for Western brands were among the victims. Seven Japanese also died in the siege.
For the first time, foreigners were taken as hostages and killed in Bangladesh. The massacre has sent shivers down the spine of the industry.
Soon after the incident, a number of Western buyers cancelled visits to Bangladesh and many retail brands have started pulling their staff out of the country.
The garments industry has transformed this impoverished nation in the last three decades. It has helped millions of people like Shirin to move out of poverty.
That's why many people describe this industry as the backbone of the economy.
Last year the country exported about $28bn (£21bn) worth of ready-to-wear clothes and the industry has set an ambitious target of $5bn by 2021.
Cheap labour costs have been one of the main reasons Bangladesh has established itself in the global supply chain for low-end textiles and clothing.
Many major global retail brands, such as H&M, Walmart, Gap and Marks & Spencer, buy their clothes from Bangladesh.
Some in Bangladesh describe the recent upsurge in Islamist violence as a game changer in the country's turbulent history.
No-one knows how far radicalisation has penetrated society. There is a sense of fear and despair. This Muslim-majority nation is on edge following the recent violent incidents.
"It will definitely affect our industry very gravely," says Rubana Huq, managing director of Mohammadi Group, which makes clothes for many Western fashion brands.
"This has to stop. I don't think the industry or the country can afford any more shocks," she says.
The Bangladeshi garments industry is only just beginning to recover from the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013, which saw a factory building outside Dhaka collapse, killing more than 1,130 people.
Most of those who died were garment factory workers.
The disaster tarnished the image of the industry. Following the incident, Western retailers came under intense pressure to source clothes from factories that implement strict safety regulations.
Though some foreign companies have suspended all but critical travel to Bangladesh, they have not yet cancelled their orders.
The latest violent incidents will not have any short-term impact as Bangladesh is still an attractive destination for clothes retailers because of its low-cost production.
"The medium and long-term impact will be they will try and source their products from somewhere else. That is natural. A buyer would want to stay in a country which is safe," says Rubana Huq.
While China is still the world's leading garments exporter, countries like Cambodia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are challenging as alternative garment industry hubs.
And some Western companies are looking at Ethiopia as a potential option, with factories now coming up there.
But the uncertainty over the security situation has forced many Bangladeshi factory owners to reconsider their own plans.
"I was planning to expand my production lines for denim products because of the increasing demand," says Fakir Kamruzzaman Nahid, managing director of Fakir Fashion.
"But some of my foreign buyers told me that they will not come to Bangladesh for one year because of the security situation. After consulting with them I will decide on my expansion plan."
The government has promised to boost security for visiting foreigners and says it is confident that it can bring the situation under control.
Foreign buyers like Yusuke Yamaguchi say that despite security concerns, Bangladesh offers plenty of opportunities.
"The risk may be a bit higher here, but many countries face the problem of terrorism," says Mr Yamaguchi, director of One Piece Limited, a Japanese firm that buys clothes from Bangladesh.
"Bangladesh is still business-friendly and our business has been growing."
The clothing industry says if foreign firms stop buying from Bangladesh it would have a huge social impact. It wants the government to take immediate steps to boost the confidence of foreign buyers.
For Shirin Begum the potential is clear.
"If they go to some other country to buy clothes, then factories here will be forced to shut down and we will lose our jobs."
Ross Porter, from Dunfermline, is to stand trial after being charged with assaulting Daniel Jordan.
Mr Porter is alleged to have pinned the 17-year-old to the ground before biting his face "to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement" on 10 July.
He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
Sheriff Christopher Shead fully committed the case for trial at Perth Sheriff Court.
Police made a total of 54 arrests during the weekend-long music festival, which was being staged at Strathallan Castle estate, near Auchterarder, for the first time.
Mrs Clinton said US-China ties were on a "solid basis" ahead of talks with President Hu Jintao.
But Chinese state media has hit out at US involvement in maritime disputes with its South East Asian neighbours.
One commentary accused the US of "attempting to sow discord in order to fish for advantage".
Mrs Clinton arrived in China late on Tuesday ahead of a full day of talks on Wednesday.
But a planned meeting with Vice-President Xi Jinping - widely expected to be China's next president - has been cancelled for unspecified reasons.
Meeting Mr Hu in the Great Hall of the People, Mrs Clinton said the bilateral relationship was strong.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic correspondent
The importance of the South China Sea island territories is clear - they represent footholds of sovereignty, sometimes of strategic importance - but also a ticket to the exploitation of natural resources such as minerals and fisheries.
Mrs Clinton may have chosen her words in Indonesia carefully but this is not really a moment for Sino-US harmony.
The political cycles in both countries - looming high-level leadership changes in Beijing and the presidential race in the US - mean that there is a good measure of nationalism on the one hand and some China-bashing on the other.
For Beijing, Washington's pivot to Asia and its new military strategy "AirSea Battle" suggest a policy of containing China.
And many in Washington fear that China's strident espousal of its territorial claims raise questions about its willingness to play the part of a responsible stakeholder in international affairs.
"We are able to explore areas of agreement and disagreement in a very open manner, which I think demonstrates the maturity of the relationship and the chance to take it further in the future," she said.
America's top diplomat arrived in Beijing from Indonesia, where talks had focussed on the territorial rows with China over the South China Sea and regional bloc Asean's role in resolving disputes.
Mrs Clinton said the US took no position on the claims, but urged Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations) to "work collaboratively to resolve disputes without coercion, without intimidation and certainly without the use of force".
Speaking at a joint press conference with the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Mrs Clinton repeated her call for a code of conduct to be agreed between China and Asean nations to lower tensions.
Mr Yang said freedom of navigation in the sea was assured and there would not "ever be issues in that area in the future". But he said China's position on the South China Sea was clear cut.
"China has sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and their adjacent waters," he said.
State media, meanwhile, has continued to chide the US.
An editorial in Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily took a stronger line, referring also to another territorial row with Japan over East China Sea islands.
"The United States' recent conduct concerning the Diaoyu islands [called Senkaku by Japan] and South China Sea issues cannot but create the suspicion that it is attempting to sow discord in order to fish for advantage," it said.
"In the long term, this kind of adjustment in the United States' Asia-Pacific strategy will not bring gains, and could even backfire."
A drug for treating prostate cancer that has spread was found to save lives when offered earlier, a study found.
The trial looked at abiraterone as an additional treatment in patients with prostate cancer who were about to start long-term hormone therapy.
Abiraterone improved survival, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Prof Nicholas James, from the University of Birmingham, who led the research, said: "These are the most powerful results I've seen from a prostate cancer trial - it's a once-in-a-career feeling.
"This is one of the biggest reductions in death I've seen in any clinical trial for adult cancers."
Abiraterone, also known as Zytiga, is a hormone therapy. Unlike chemotherapy which kills the cancerous cells, it stops more testosterone from reaching the prostate gland to stifle the tumour's growth.
The trial involved almost 2,000 patients.
Half the men were treated with hormone therapy while the other half received hormone therapy and abiraterone.
Of the 1,917 men in the trial, there were 184 deaths in the combination group compared with 262 in those given hormone therapy alone.
Prof James added: "Abiraterone is already used to treat some men whose disease has spread but our results show many more could benefit."
Each year around 46,500 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK, and around 11,000 men die from the disease.
The results of the trial were presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago and published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Saturday.
Sir Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK's chief executive, said: "These results could transform the treatment of prostate cancer. Abiraterone can clearly help many more prostate cancer patients than was first thought."
The Institute of Cancer Research also "strongly welcomed" the new findings.
Prof Johann de Bono said they showed that when used at the start of treatment, abiraterone had "clear benefits for patients".
In March, patients with prostate cancer in England were told they could have early access to abiraterone.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) previously said the treatment was not cost-effective for the NHS until cancers were more advanced.
Prof Paul Workman, chief executive of the Institute of Cancer Research, said he was keen to now see abiraterone reassessed by NICE for use in patients "as early as possible".
On Tuesday Mr Bush accused the Obama administration of a "premature withdrawal" of US forces from Iraq in 2011, with "grievous" costs.
Mrs Clinton replied by saying it was Mr Bush's brother George W Bush who, as president, negotiated a US withdrawal.
The US-led war in 2003 has been followed by years of turmoil.
Mr Bush called the withdrawal of US forces in 2011 a "fatal error", destabilising the nation and setting the stage for the rise of Islamic State militants.
"So eager to be the history-makers, they failed to be the peacemakers," Mr Bush said of Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton, who was Barack Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
"Rushing away from danger can be every bit as unwise as rushing into danger," he told a rally in California.
Analysis: Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter, Iowa
When Jeb Bush blasted Hillary Clinton for "losing" the Iraq War earlier this week, it probably suited her just fine. The challenge for the Democratic frontrunner since she first declared in April has been to generate enthusiasm from the party's rank and file for her seemingly inevitable march to the Democratic nomination. The more she mixes it up with Republicans, however, the more her faithful are likely to close ranks behind one of their own.
That, at least, seems to be outcome for which the Clinton campaign is hoping. And so, at the Iowa State Fair the day after Mr Bush made his rounds among the fried food stands and carnival rides, Mrs Clinton loaded up and returned fire at the Republican.
A war of words with Mr Bush could end up being the best way for Mrs Clinton to move on from the controversy surrounding her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and the recent surge of fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders of Vermont in some polls.
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On the campaign trail in Iowa on Saturday, Mrs Clinton responded by saying Mr Bush "should present the entire picture. [That]... includes the agreement George W Bush made with the Maliki government in Iraq that set the end of 2011 as the date to withdraw American troops."
"I can only wonder whether he either did not know that or thought that other people would not be reminded of that," she went on.
Earlier in the campaign Jeb Bush was ridiculed for struggling to say whether he would have approved the Iraq invasion "knowing what we know now".
At first, he said he would, then he said he wouldn't engage in "hypotheticals" and finally he announced he would not have.
Mrs Clinton herself voted in favour of the invasion in Iraq in 2002, and has since both defended the decision and acknowledged she "got it wrong".
Without a win or a goal since 22 November, Hartlepool established control early on and bagged three goals in 14 first-half minutes.
They ended the drought after 10 minutes when Padraig Amond took a touch, turned and looped a volley over goalkeeper Barry Roche, who was slow to react as the ball sailed over him.
It only took four minutes for a second to arrive as Jake Carroll crossed from deep and defender Ryan Edwards handled the ball. Hartlepool missed a penalty last time out, but Billy Paynter made no mistake on this occasion as he sent Roche the wrong way.
A third goal for the home side came after 24 minutes. Michael Woods, whose inclusion was one of four line-up changes, was playing behind the front two and released a delightful pass for Nicky Featherstone to get in behind the defence. Featherstone showed great composure to finish.
In first-half injury time, the Shrimps should have got one back but Rhys Turner managed to clip his finish against the bar from eight yards.
They did score after 52 minutes when Hartlepool failed to clear from the back and a low shot from Andrew Fleming was deflected high into the net.
Morecambe scrambled a second in injury time but it came too late to deny the hosts.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Hartlepool United 3, Morecambe 2.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 3, Morecambe 2.
Rhys Oates (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Goal! Hartlepool United 3, Morecambe 2. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Lewis Alessandra.
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Delay in match Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) header from very close range is just a bit too high.
Foul by Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United).
Paul Mullin (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andrew Fleming (Morecambe).
Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Jake Carroll.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Josh Laurent replaces Michael Woods.
Substitution, Morecambe. Aaron Wildig replaces Rhys Turner.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Rhys Oates replaces Nicky Deverdics.
Attempt missed. Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Michael Rose.
Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Deverdics (Hartlepool United).
Attempt missed. Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Substitution, Morecambe. Lee Molyneux replaces James Jennings because of an injury.
Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Woods (Hartlepool United).
Delay in match James Jennings (Morecambe) because of an injury.
Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United).
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Lewis Alessandra replaces Billy Paynter.
Paul Mullin (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Goal! Hartlepool United 3, Morecambe 1. Andrew Fleming (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Aristote Nsiala.
Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
In the men's marathon Derek Hawkins is included alongside younger brother Callum and Tsegai Tewelde, both of whom qualified at the London Marathon.
Alyson Dixon and Sonia Samuels also guaranteed their marathon spots in Sunday's race in London.
Dominic King has also been selected for the 50km men's race walk.
Callum Hawkins and Tewelde, who claimed asylum in Britain after competing for Eritrea at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, qualified as the first two Britons to cross the line in Sunday's marathon.
Hawkins clocked a personal best time of two hours 10 minutes 52 seconds to finish eighth, while Tewelde was 12th in a time of 2:12:57 - both within the 2:14:00 qualifying time.
His brother Derek ran within the qualifying mark by clocking 2:12:57 to finish 14th and has now been awarded a discretionary place.
Dixon and Samuels, who finished 13th and 14th respectively, had already run the qualifying time of 2:37:00 in Berlin last September.
Sunderland runner Dixon tweeted: "Dreams do come true if you believe in yourself and work hard for it. I'M GOING TO THE OLYMPICS!!"
King competed for Great Britain in the 50km walk at London 2012.
The selection of the six athletes takes Team GB's total for Rio 2016 to 53 across five sports, with 11 sailors, four slalom canoeists, six shooters and 26 swimmers having already been selected.
A temporary closure notice for the production areas of South Eastern Burry Inlet cockle bed has been issued.
Swansea council's decision follows advice from the Food Standards Agency Wales and the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aqua Science.
The council said beaches remained open and waters were safe to bathe in.
Council food and safety officer Ann Rodway said: "We would all like to see the bed re-open as soon as possible. In the meantime, our priority must be to protect public health.
"There is no health risk to beach users, but they must not collect or eat cockles."
The 22-year-old Glasgow full-back replaces Tommy Seymour, who has been forced to withdraw.
Warriors winger Seymour sustained a neck injury during Scotland's 55-6 defeat by South Africa on Saturday.
He is a player who excites fans and he has shown time and time again he can contribute significantly in both attack and defence
British and Irish Lion Hogg will be making his international sevens debut at Ibrox, with Scotland joining New Zealand, Canada and Barbados in Pool A.
"It is disappointing to lose Tommy," said head coach Stevie Gemmell. "However, I'm delighted to be able to bring in a player of Stuart Hogg's calibre.
"Stuart is somebody who has shown at every level of his XVs career what he is capable of.
"He is a player who excites fans and he has shown time and time again he can contribute significantly in both attack and defence.
"Though he has not yet played international sevens, he comes from a background in the Borders that has been heavily influenced by the abbreviated game.
"His game understanding, along with the skills he has developed as a professional, will prove a strong addition to our existing playing group."
Hogg won his 24th cap in the heavy loss to the Springboks, having played in all four Tests on Scotland's summer tour.
Scotland Sevens squad: Richie Vernon, James Eddie, James Johnstone, Roddy Grant, Scott Riddell, Colin Shaw, Lee Jones, Colin Gregor, Scott Wight, Mark Bennett, Sean Lamont, Stuart Hogg.
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The elections will be Myanmar's first openly contested polls in 25 years, following decades of military rule.
The ruling Union Solidarity Development Party, which has been in power since 2011, is holding a rally in Yangon.
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to make major gains on Sunday, though she is barred from the presidency.
But the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Yangon says there are no reliable opinion polls in the country, also known as Burma, so no-one really knows how the vote is going to play out.
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On Friday, campaign signs and stickers were being taken down ahead of a day of "silence" in the campaign, from midnight until polls open on Sunday.
Former Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ms Suu Kyi is barred from the presidency, even if the NLD wins, because of the constitution which disqualifies anyone with foreign offspring.
But at a press conference on Thursday, she repeated her insistence that if her party wins she would lead the government anyway and be "above the president".
Ruled by the junta for nearly half a century, Myanmar has seen economic and political reform in recent years.
However, according to the constitution 25% of all parliamentary seats will still be reserved for the military in this election. Therefore, the NLD must take 67% of all contested seats in order to gain a majority.
Ms Suu Kyi has already raised concerned about poll fraud and voting irregularities. In the 1990 election, the NLD won a majority, but the results were largely ignored by the generals.
For its part, the government has warned that rapid change could lead to civil unrest.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) warned of "serious risks" about the effectiveness of a £1.3bn project to help developing countries.
The Prosperity Fund is "fragmented" and lacks transparency, a report said.
A government spokesman said the fund only supported programmes to reduce poverty and delivered value for money.
The Prosperity Fund was set up to reduce poverty and create overseas business opportunities for the UK, particularly in countries such as China, India, Mexico, Indonesia and Brazil.
It has a budget of £1.3bn over five years and is part of the government's commitment to spending 0.7% of gross domestic product on aid.
The fund is yet to implement any major programmes.
However, a highly critical report said it faces challenges in meeting the aims.
Few details of where the money will go have been publicly released and there has been limited scrutiny of the scheme, it said.
Outline bids for money - known as concept notes - contained "limited detail" as to how objectives will be achieved, the report added.
"Given the speed at which participating departments are expected to move from concept notes through to full business cases and implementation at scale, the lack of delivery capacity in key departments and diplomatic posts presents some serious risks," it said.
By James Landale, BBC diplomatic correspondent
The Prosperity Fund was set up two years ago to help departments like the Foreign Office provide British aid in a new way.
Its aim was not just to reduce poverty but also help build markets for British firms overseas. So it was given a budget of £1.3bn to spend over five years in countries like India, China and Brazil.
But the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, which monitors aid spending, says the fund's work is "fragmented", it lacks transparency, there are "conflict of interest concerns" and "significant risks" about value for money and delivery.
It also questions whether the fund breaks rules about what is and what is not overseas development assistance.
As such, the watchdog says the government must hold back some of the spending to make sure it is being used wisely.
Alison Evans, ICAI's chief commissioner, said the Prosperity Fund was "a complex and ambitious initiative", adding that it has made "significant progress" in a short space of time
However, she said: "To deliver on its aims it must continue to improve its systems and processes, particularly given the risks associated with its current speed of delivery.
"We therefore recommend the government reviews the current spending plans to ensure the amount of UK aid spent matches the Prosperity Fund's capacity to deliver the results for people in developing countries, and for business."
A government spokesman said it was already implementing the vast majority of ICAI's early recommendations, including on transparency
"Sustained economic growth is the only long term solution to poverty and the Prosperity Fund supports the vital economic development needed to help middle-income countries, where more than 60% of the world's poorest live, to stand on their own two feet and become our trading partners of the future."
The England openers shared 75 in 50 captivating overs before Hameed was out lbw to Ravichandran Ashwin for 25.
Captain Cook (54) was pinned leg before by Ravindra Jadeja with four balls of the day left to leave England 87-2.
India were earlier bowled out for 205 to set England 405 to win or, more likely, five sessions to survive.
The late drama came at the end of what looked like being an excellent day for England - one that began with them taking seven India wickets for 87 runs, and then started to produce hope that the tourists would be in a position to claim an unlikely draw.
But the departures of Cook and Hameed now make the chances of England avoiding going 1-0 down in the five-match series very remote.
"From India's point of view, the end of the day is huge," said former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special. "They were beginning to feel deflated. Now they've gone in feeling uplifted.
"Somebody else has got to stand up for England and play beautifully tomorrow."
When Cook and Hameed began the final innings of the match after lunch, England might have seen it as a minor success just to take the contest into its final day.
Batting looked fraught as India's pace bowlers found uneven bounce with the new ball, but through determination, patience, sound judgement and great skill, Cook and Hameed raised both England's optimism and India's concerns.
With the hosts reluctant to over-attack and their spinners unsuccessful, England's opening pair displayed sound defence and little interest in scoring runs.
They reached 50 in 37.1 overs - the slowest half-century opening stand England had posted since 1998.
All the while, India's frustration was growing. When Cook survived two lbw reviews in successive overs, home captain Virat Kohli was angry enough to remonstrate with the umpires.
Lancashire's Hameed, the 19-year-old who served notice of his talent with 82 on debut in the first Test, gave further evidence to suggest he has ended England's four-year search for a batsman to open with Cook.
He was even more stubborn than his notoriously obdurate captain - he faced 144 balls for his 25 - and, in turn, suffered fewer alarms than his senior partner.
Just as in the first innings, when he was run out in a mix-up with Root, there was nothing he could do about his dismissal as a delivery from Ashwin scuttled along the ground and struck him at the bottom of the pad.
"It's an unbelievable innings for a 19-year-old," said former England captain Michael Vaughan. "We've been saying for two days that someone would eventually get a low ball."
Even then, England looked well placed for a final-day rearguard when Cook was together with Joe Root.
However, from the second ball of the final over, the skipper looked to work Jadeja to the leg side, missed and this time could not be saved by technology.
At the beginning of the day it was reasonable to assume India would score runs at leisure before choosing their moment to declare.
That was to discount an England bowling effort that continued the good work of the fourth evening and was led by Stuart Broad and Adil Rashid, who both claimed four wickets.
Pace bowler Broad, with a strained tendon in his foot, probed the off stump and, finding variable bounce, had both Ajinkya Rahane and Ashwin caught behind the wicket.
Leg-spinner Rashid, England's most dependable slow bowler in this series, trapped Wriddhiman Saha with a googly and had Umesh Yadav edge to wicketkeeper Bairstow either side of Kohli being brilliantly held by Stokes at slip for 81.
A last-wicket stand of 42 between Mohammed Shami and Jayant Yadav looked like being the lowest part of England's day, until the departures of Hameed and, most disappointingly, Cook.
England pace bowler Stuart Broad: "It's a bit of a shame to end the day like that but if you offered us to be two down at the end of today we'd have definitely taken it.
"We need to discuss the plan for tomorrow and hopefully we can save the game. There wasn't a huge amount going on with the pitch. It's not doing anything horrific so we've definitely got a chance tomorrow."
Scientists have unearthed the fossilised remains of a giant species of camel in Canada's High Arctic.
An analysis of protein found in the bones has revealed that this creature, which lived about 3.5 million years ago, is an ancestor of today's species.
The research is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Dr Mike Buckley, an author of the paper from the University of Manchester, said: "What's interesting about this story is the location: this is the northernmost evidence of camels."
Cold conditions
The mid-Pliocene Epoch was a warm period of the Earth's history - but surviving in the Arctic would have still been tough.
The ancient camels would have had to cope with long and harsh winters, with temperatures plunging well below freezing. There would have been snow storms and months of perpetual darkness.
Nonetheless, at this time, the polar region would have been covered in forest.
While scientists have known for some time that camels evolved in North America, with the earliest creatures dating to about 45 million years ago, they were astonished to find a species at such a high latitude.
Over the course of three expeditions, which began in 2006, researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature collected 30 fragments of fossilised leg bone from Ellesmere Island in Canada.
Their size suggested that the animal was about 30% larger that today's camels, measuring about 2.7m from foot to shoulder.
Despite its bulk, the researchers believe it would have been similar in appearance - although it probably had a shaggier coat to stay warm.
To investigate further, the team took collagen - the dominant protein found in bone - from the fossils, and compared this with collagen found in other fossils and modern animals.
Dr Buckley said: "These biomolecules tell us that it is a direct ancestor of modern camels."
He said the findings provided a new insight into the evolution of this animal.
"It suggests that many of the adaptations that we currently think of, in terms of camels being adapted to warm desert-like environments, could have actually originated through adaptation to quite the opposite extreme... cold, harsh environments," he explained.
The scientists believe that the camel's hump (which stores fat, not water as is sometimes thought) could provide the reserves needed for an Arctic six-month winter.
Their large eyes would have helped them to see in the low light, and their flat feet would have been just as useful for walking on snow as they are on sand.
The Brewers are just one point and one place above the relegation zone following Monday's 1-0 home defeat against Preston North End.
Clough told BBC Radio Derby: "Everybody has had a chance now and we are fourth from bottom of the league.
"We will do everything we can to get some Championship players in."
The Brewers retained the nucleus of the side that finished second in League One last season, but have only won six of their 25 league matches in 2016-17.
Clough continued: "It's a great thing saying we have to keep the team and keep the spirit together and everyone deserves a chance.
"The lads will keep giving absolutely everything but you have to do more than that in the Championship."
Clough said the Brewers are close to bringing one new player on an 18-month contract, adding: "We have agreed a deal and that should be tied up by the weekend."
The Brewers are also making progress with two loan signings and are keen to extend attacking midfielder Will Miller's loan deal from Tottenham.
But midfielder Hamza Choudhury has returned to Leicester City after cutting short his loan spell.
The rise of universities teaching in English, rather than their own local language, has become a global phenomenon.
These are not only appealing to the world's five million international students who travel abroad, they are also being chosen by students staying in their own countries who prefer to study in English rather than their own language.
The research is from a Dutch-based organisation, StudyPortals, which has a database of information on 100,000 bachelor and masters' degrees at over 2,100 universities around the world.
It provides a starting point for people looking to "find a way through the maze for globally minded students", says StudyPortals' Carmen Neghina.
The mapping project has also looked at a group of 1,000 universities at the top of international rankings, and has found that more than three quarters of these offer at least one or more degrees taught entirely in English.
These will include universities that are in English-speaking countries, including the US and UK, but Ms Neghina says there are now 72,000 different English-taught courses on offer to students from these leading universities.
The Netherlands has the most degrees taught entirely in English on the European mainland, with 12 universities included in this ranking offering a total of over 1,000 courses taught in English.
Germany has 54 top universities in this ranking, with over 835 English-taught courses for international students.
Sweden has 12 universities listed with 550 courses in English; Denmark has seven universities listed with 482 programmes in English and Spain has 27 universities with 426 courses.
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This is more than a European trend. Of the 112 top universities identified in China, 45 offer one or more English-language degrees, as do 20 in Taiwan, 11 in Japan and six in Thailand.
The rising numbers of students studying abroad could drive this trend even further.
Hans de Wit, director of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College in the US, says there are predictions that by 2025 the number of international students could have risen to eight million.
The largest numbers of international students come from China, India and South Korea, but Nigeria is catching up fast.
English-speaking countries together with Germany and France attract most of them. But Dr de Wit has forecast that their "market share is under threat due to increasing competition from other countries, including China".
Within Europe, according to the Academic Co-operation Association, the number of university courses taught in English in non-English-speaking countries has increased by more than 300% in seven years.
The highest concentration is in Denmark, where 38% of university programmes are English-taught courses. In the Netherlands it is 30%, Sweden 24% and Finland at 23%.
The proportion of English-taught courses in Germany is just under 6% of the total programmes available. In France and Italy it remains a much lower proportion, about 3%. And in Turkey it is lower still at about 2%.
Such courses don't just attract international students. They are also popular with home students, particularly at masters' level, who want to gain an English language qualification alongside international students without leaving their own country.
According to the ACA's report, about 45% of those on English-taught university programmes in mainland Europe were studying in their own countries. In about one in 20 courses, there were only domestic students enrolled in these English-taught degrees.
There was a trend for courses in the Baltic countries and south-eastern Europe to have more domestic students learning through English, while English-taught courses in Nordic and western European countries tended to have more international students.
But the pattern for English courses being more popular at postgraduate level is not universal.
"In most countries, English-taught masters' degrees are more common, but not in South Africa and China which may be worth looking at for those wanting a bachelors' degrees taught in English, as well as a cultural adventure," said Ms Neghina.
There are also five-year courses in which the first three years might be taught in the home language, such as Swedish, with two postgraduate years taught in English - so that any local students will have to study for part of the time in English.
Edwin van Rest, chief executive of StudyPortals, said students looking to study abroad need to understand what's on offer: "Choosing a new study programme without knowing your options is like buying a house, but only looking at your own neighbourhood."
The Premier League club says the former employee in question is dead.
The club says it will provide "all possible assistance" to the Football Association (FA), which is conducting its own investigation into the issue.
This will include providing the FA with "any relevant information arising from the club's investigation", it said.
It comes after more than 20 ex-footballers have made allegations of child sex abuse, with several police investigations also under way.
Police have received more than 250 calls relating to allegations of abuse, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley told the Commons on Tuesday.
In addition, a hotline set up last week by children's welfare charity the NSPCC received more than 50 calls in its first two hours.
Earlier on Tuesday, FA chairman Greg Clarke said the sport's child sex abuse scandal is one of the biggest crises in the history of the organisation.
Meanwhile, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has written to more than 40 sporting governing bodies asking them to look into whether there are any historical allegations of abuse "that would merit investigation or reinvestigation".
She also urged them to make sure their child protection protocols are "as robust as possible".
The latest figures we have for value of the economy - if you look at gross value added or what we make and do - is around £54bn.
The Welsh Government budget is £14.95bn.
Any change in public sector spending can either help or hurt private businesses too.
Dr Annette Roberts, senior lecturer in economics at Cardiff Business School said: "The Welsh government budget makes up a significant share of the economy - most of the budget will go on health and social care, into local government, for education, and for the likes of road building.
"That money will flow on through use of contractors, in terms of road projects for example, through sub contractors and on through their supply chain."
The draft budget shows £15bn outlined for 2017/2018 - with health and social care getting nearly half that.
But that still has an impact on the economy.
"One of the big spenders is health and social care and a big part of that is wages and salaries on doctors and nurses but large amounts of money will filter through the economy to the private sector to buy services and equipment," says Dr Roberts.
"But that wage spending is also part of the equation and is really important, on those things we spend on every day. It's very tightly connected - it comes from the Welsh Government but finds its way into the Welsh economy - either directly - if you work for the public sector - or indirectly if you're in the private sector and in trading relationships with the public sector."
She said government procurement policy - what it buys - also has an impact and can support small and large companies, with implications for the economy.
THE HEADS OF THE VALLEYS ROAD - A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN
A total of £223m is being spent on widening the latest section of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road between Gilwern and Brynmawr, between a rock face on one side and a river on the other.
There are 450 people working on site but it affects many more people than just them:
So the money that started in the Welsh Government's coffers flows on.
We now know that the Welsh Government will have less to spend in the future than it has in this financial year, at a time that inflation is beginning to rise again.
It is hoped the £111m for apprenticeships and trainees will improve the job prospects of individuals but also the vibrancy of the Welsh economy.
And while the £10m for a pilot scheme for extra childcare is undoubtedly aimed at helping more children, it will also enable more people to join the workforce and generate more wealth.
The £1.3bn over four years to create 20,000 affordable homes is another programme with dual benefits.
As well as increasing the housing stock, just as the money cascades from road builders to egg producers, that spending will increase the flow of cash through the construction industry into local businesses where workers spend their money.
Duffy, 31, moved to Meadow Lane last summer and made 47 appearances for Kevin Nolan's side.
The central defender scored four goals - his highest tally in a season - as Notts finished 16th in League Two, 10 points above the relegation zone.
Notts have not disclosed the length of the contract for Duffy, who is a former Wales international.
The 19-year-old from Jarrow has a motif of the Olympic rings on the left side of his chest, which breaches advertising regulations.
He won his heat in the S8 100m freestyle but missed out on Sunday's final after being disqualified.
In Monday's S8 400m freestyle heats, Craig swam with a cover on the tattoo.
An International Paralympic Committee spokesman said: "Body advertising is not allowed in any way whatsoever and that includes the Olympic rings. The athlete did not wear a cover and was therefore disqualified.
"All teams are informed of the advertising policy at a technical meeting prior to competition so it wasn't as if they had not been reminded about the rules."
The City of Sunderland swimmer, who has cerebral palsy, was Britain's youngest gold medallist at London 2012 and qualified third fastest for Monday's 400m freestyle final at the championships in Madeira.
Sir Ivan Rogers urged Brussels colleagues to challenge "muddled thinking and... speak truth to power" as he quit ahead of Brexit talks.
Mr Gill said the resignations allowed a "pro-Brexit ambassador" to be appointed for the crucial negotiations.
The first minister's spokesman called the resignation "deeply concerning".
Writing to staff, in a letter obtained by the BBC, Sir Ivan said UK ministers needed to hear "unvarnished" and "uncomfortable" views from Europe.
The government said Sir Ivan had quit earlier so a successor could be in place before Brexit negotiations started.
Sir Ivan's note confirmed this but also warned "the government will only achieve the best for the country if it harnesses the best experience we have".
Mr Gill told BBC Wales on Tuesday that he was "glad that Sir Ivan Rogers has gone" and "we can now have a pro-Brexit ambassador in place for the renegotiations which will be happening this year".
"The people of Wales and the UK spoke very clearly in the referendum on June the 23rd - they wanted out," he said.
"Personally I think Sir Ivan should have resigned once that Brexit result was declared."
The resignation came after Sir Ivan's deputy in Brussels, Shan Morgan, announced in November that she would be leaving the post to become the Welsh government's top civil servant, a job she is due to start within weeks.
In his letter, Sir Ivan said Ms Morgan would be "hugely missed" and would be a "tremendous asset to the Welsh Government".
A spokesman for First Minister Carwyn Jones said Sir Ivan's departure "at a time of such uncertainty" was "deeply concerning".
"As the negotiations on the UK leaving the European Union near, we need clarity and stability in our approach," the spokesman said.
"It is vital that a successor is appointed immediately to take up this crucial role."
Labour MEP Derek Vaughan described Sir Ivan as a "competent, well connected diplomat who puts the interests of the UK first".
"I believe he was frustrated with the muddled thinking of government ministers who would not accept the message from the EU passed on by Sir Ivan that full access to the single market means accepting freedom of movement [of labour]," he said.
"Hopefully, other politicians and trade union leaders will accept this and prioritise access to the single market."
John McAleer, 24, had denied trying to kill Danielle Hammond, 21, at a flat in Hemel Hempstead in June.
St Albans Crown Court heard the defendant, of Belsize Road, was seen pushing up his girlfriend's leg before she went over the railings.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced in January.
Judge Marie Catterson ordered probation and psychiatric reports to be carried out, telling McAleer, who was convicted by a majority of 11 to one, it was a "very serious offence that can only be met with a substantial sentence of imprisonment".
Ms Hammond fell 45ft (14m) from the flat at Lord Alexander House and landed in bushes and on a manhole cover.
She survived the fall, but her skull was fractured and she had bleeding around the brain.
She also suffered major trauma to her abdominal organs, her wrists were broken and her hearing and speech have been impaired.
Ms Hammond has since been discharged from hospital and is walking independently, but has no memory of what happened.
The jury heard that in the early hours of 30 June the couple were on the balcony at the defendant's sister's flat following a confrontation in the hallway.
Prosecutor Ann Evans said the couple's friend Jake Hulse saw the defendant coming back into the flat, but "suddenly spin round" towards his girlfriend.
She said: "Danielle appeared to raise her right leg up in front of herself like she was trying to protect herself. As he walked towards her, he grabbed her leg, pushed it up and threw her over the balcony."
After Mr Hulse confronted McAleer, Mrs Evans said the defendant "went into hysterics, screaming 'Danielle's fallen' and ran into a bedroom to tell the others."
McAleer had told the trial he had "stumbled into" his girlfriend before she fell.
In the witness box, McAleer accepted the couple had rows, but told the court: "I loved her to bits, I love her to bits".
He lambasted Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the alliance they announced late on Sunday.
Under their plan, Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich will give each other a free run in state primary votes next month.
Before then, five US states go to the polls on Tuesday, when Mr Trump is expected to tighten his grip on the nomination.
He has a clear lead in party delegates but may still fall short of the 1,237 needed to win outright.
If he does not reach that figure, the vote will go to a contested convention - where delegates are free to back another candidate. A different nominee like Mr Cruz or Mr Kasich may emerge.
On Monday, Mr Cruz defended the deal, saying it was "great for Indiana and great for the country".
This announcement comes just days before Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich are likely to receive a thorough drubbing in a handful of states in the mid-Atlantic, including delegate-rich Pennsylvania.
By Wednesday morning Mr Trump could have put considerably more distance between himself and his two opponents.
So this accord may be an early effort to push the focus past the next round of voting and on to more friendly contests.
Indiana is shaping up to be a pivotal battleground. A recent poll shows Mr Trump with a comfortable lead in a three-way race that narrows considerably if Mr Kasich is taken out of the equation.
Given the rules in Indiana - 30 delegates to the candidate who wins a statewide plurality and three delegates to the top finisher in each of the state's nine congressional districts - every bit of help Mr Cruz can get to edge past Mr Trump will be invaluable.
Read Anthony's piece in full
Speaking in Indiana, the Texas senator said Mr Trump winning the nomination would hand the White House to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in November's election.
But in a series of tweets on Monday, Mr Trump, a New York businessman with no experience of elected office, said this was collusion from two weak candidates.
And in a statement, he said: "It is sad that two grown politicians have to collude against one person who has only been a politician for ten months in order to try and stop that person from getting the Republican nomination."
Mr Trump has waged war on the Republican National Committee over the process by which delegates are allocated, saying the system is "rigged" against him.
Five states go to the polls on Tuesday - Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Under the Cruz-Kasich plan, Mr Cruz will cut campaigning in the Oregon and New Mexico primaries and Mr Kasich will give Mr Cruz a "clear path" in Indiana.
Indiana and Oregon vote next month, with New Mexico to follow in June.
In the Democratic race, Mrs Clinton will be looking to tighten her grip on the nomination after her big New York win, but Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says he still has a path to victory.
A substantial rise in television revenue aligned with changes in the salary cap has seen players paid in excess of £500,000 per year.
But Rowe has urged that wages must not spiral out of control.
"There is a concern amongst the Premiership chairmen that we do need to try to control player salaries," Rowe told BBC 5 live.
"Every time we lift the salary cap, the wages go up and up and up," he added.
"Everybody appreciates that most of these guys have a short time as a professional sportsman and need to earn a lot of money - and their career could finish tomorrow - but we need to try to strike a balance."
Rowe's club is preparing for its maiden Premiership final on Saturday, just six years after winning promotion from the Championship.
And he feels the extra money coming into the game is currently being misused, with individual players being paid extortionately rather than revenues going towards growing and improving squads as a whole.
"It [should be] about us getting bigger squads, employing more people, and improving facilities," Rowe continued.
"I think the agents are a major problem. Every time we lift the salary cap, they come along and want to bump all the salaries up another 10-15%.
"It's very difficult if every time you get extra money it's disappearing on players' salaries."
Rowe believes the clubs should act now before the situation gets out of hand, adding: "I do not want to see us go the way of football.
"I don't think we will, but I think we should see a bit of sense, and put things in place now before it does get away from us.
"Maybe once we have got our (long-term) agreement with the RFU sorted, maybe that's the next area we should concentrate on."
Rowe has been involved with Exeter since 1993, and has been the driving force behind turning the Chiefs from an amateur operation into one of the leading clubs in Europe:
"My ambition was to get us into the Premiership. We achieved that six years ago. And then the ambition was to win the Premiership and win to Europe.
"We can do the first bit this coming Saturday, and move on to Europe another day."
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But like all good cliches, there is more than a grain of truth in these typical snapshots of A-level results day.
Girls do better than boys at A-levels (or Highers in Scotland), and indeed at every level of education.
So, with A-level grades the main qualifications for university, it is hardly surprising that women are now far more likely than men to go there.
This year nearly 80% of girls' entries were graded A* to C, compared with 75% of boys.
And according to this year's university application figures, the difference in application rates between men and women across the UK is the widest on record.
In England, young women are 36% more likely to apply than young men.
The gender gap in applications is also at its greatest ever in Scotland and Wales, while in Northern Ireland there is the largest gap since 2009.
Mary Curnock Cook, chief executive of the University and College Admissions Service, is so concerned for the future of boys that she wants to see a concerted national effort to tackle the issue.
If current trends continue, she says, within a decade the gap between rich and poor at university entrance will be "eclipsed by the gap between males and females".
Furthermore, she predicts: "If this differential growth carries on unchecked, then girls born this year will be 75% more likely to go to university than their male peers."
So what is at the root of this gap?
Are girls simply academically better these days, and boys less ambitious?
Or is something more complicated happening?
By the time teenagers get to sixth form, girls are already significantly outnumbering boys, let alone outperforming them.
That is a result of their better results at GCSEs.
Some 55% of pupils taking A-level standard qualifications were female in 2015, compared to 45% of boys.
So before they sit a single exam, there are potentially more girls than boys who are likely to go to university.
Once the exams are done and dusted, they tend to get better results.
The average A-level grade for a girl is C+ compared to C for a boy.
But the differences between boys and girls start much earlier on.
According to a University of Bristol study, boys are nearly twice as likely as girls to have fallen behind by the time they start school.
The research found 80,000 boys in England started in a reception class struggling to speak a full sentence or follow instructions and, worryingly, many of these children will never catch up.
Add to this the fact that primary schools tend to be dominated by female teachers, and mothers helping out, and the jigsaw of male underachievement does not look quite so puzzling.
According to research into boys' underachievement for the Higher Education Policy Institute, girls and boys often have different cultural attitudes towards school work.
The report by its director Nick Hillman, quoting OECD research, says: "Boys are eight percentage points more likely than girls to regard school as a waste of time."
And across OECD countries boys tend to spend over one hour less per week on homework than girls, he adds.
Boys are more likely to play computer games and less likely to read outside of school, he says in his paper.
This sense that boys are not so keen to apply themselves academically is backed up by the former head teacher of Sydney Russell School in Dagenham, Roger Leighton.
"There is a touch of boys having a greater tendency to think they can get away with minimum work and wanting to spend their time doing other 'more interesting things'," he says.
"Girls, on the other hand, tend to understand the need to knuckle down earlier on - they take a longer view."
There are some other changes in the nature of universities which have led to the dominance of women on campus.
The conversion of the old polytechnics to universities in the 1990s brought a huge swathe of female students into the university fold.
And as Mr Hillman remarks: "Skilled careers traditionally chosen by women, such as nursing and teaching, did not demand full degrees in the past."
"When this changed, the number of women in higher education increased dramatically," he adds.
Once subjects linked to medicine and education are discounted, the disparity in the total number of male and female higher education students drops from around 281,000 to just 34,000.
However, men are not completely on the back foot in higher education.
They are still outperforming women in some of the most prestigious areas - such as entry to the toughest universities and toughest courses.
AppNexus said it would no longer allow Breitbart to sell ad space via its platform, after determining that the site had broken its code on hate speech and incitement to violence.
Breitbart responded saying it "has always and continues to condemn racism and bigotry in any form".
AppNexus has not given examples.
But a spokesman said a "human audit" of Breitbart had flagged several articles that had caused it concern because of the language they had featured.
"We use a number of third-party standards to determine what is and isn't hate speech, and if we detect a pattern of speech that could incite violence or discrimination against a minority group, we determine that to be non-compliant and we simply won't serve ads against it," AppNexus's spokesman Joshua Zeitz told the BBC.
"I'm not going to put the examples out there because I'm not going to engage in a tit-for-tat on what is compliant."
The Bloomberg news agency was first to report the development.
It noted that AppNexus' investors included Microsoft, News Corp and Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP.
The move follows an earlier ban by Twitter of one of Breitbart's most prominent writers, after claims he had incited abuse against an actress.
Breitbart is a right-wing news network based in the US that also has outposts in the UK and Israel.
It is popular with readers from the "alt-right" - which it defines as being "younger people who are anti-globalists, very nationalist [and] terribly anti-establishment" - but does not recognise itself as being a part of the movement.
And several of the site's headlines have been provocative, including:
Some critics have also condemned a headline containing the words "renegade Jew".
However, the site's former executive chairman Steve Bannon recently noted that it had been written by a guest contributor rather than one of Breitbart's own staff.
Mr Bannon now serves as chief strategist to Donald Trump.
The appointment has been criticised by civil rights groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League and the Council on American Islamic Relations, because of Mr Bannon's record at Breitbart.
But when the president-elect was asked by the New York Times what he made of those concerns, Mr Trump said: "Breitbart, first of all, is just a publication.
"They cover stories like you cover stories.
"Now, they are certainly a much more conservative paper, to put it mildly, than The New York Times.
"But Breitbart really is a news organisation that has become quite successful.
"It's got readers, and it does cover subjects that are on the right, but it covers subjects on the left also.
"It's a pretty big thing."
For his part, Mr Bannon told the Wall Street Journal he accepted the alt-right had "some racial and anti-Semitic overtones", but added that he had zero tolerance for such views.
"Breitbart is the most pro-Israel site in the United States of America," he added.
Other ad platforms including those of Google, Amazon, RadiumOne, OpenX and Ghostery continue to operate via Breitbart's site.
"We think that all ad tech companies should have rules governing hate speech," said Mr Zeitz.
"We're not in a position to tell them how to make their decisions. But [the rules] should be consistently enforced."
Karate's world champion, the world's best climber, one of the most daring skateboarders on the planet and a surfing prodigy are all in line to be part of Team GB when their sports either debut or return to the Games' schedule in Japan.
They may still be waiting to find out about funding, but all of these talented Brits are ready to cash in on their opportunity.
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Jordan Thomas has come to the fore this year thanks in the main to his World Championships success in October 2016.
The 24-year-old became the first Briton in 12 years to win kumite world gold when he beat Hungary's world number 2 Yves Martial Tadissi in the -67kg division.
The Luton man was also the European Champion in 2014, and also took bronze in 2016.
His father, Willie, is the English national team coach and himself also claimed the world title in 1992.
Jordan is currently fourth in the world, having risen seven places following his world gold success in Austria.
In Tokyo, karate will have two disciplines: kumite - where two opponents are in direct combat - and kata, where opponents demonstrate various moves and a winner is picked based on form, speed and precision.
Runcorn's Shauna Coxsey has literally climbed her way to the top of her sport as the world number one in bouldering.
The 23-year-old won four out of seven events on the World Cup circuit in 2016 to be crowned overall World Cup winner.
Bouldering is likened to physical chess where athletes must navigate as many tricky set routes within a certain timeframe.
In Tokyo, athletes will also compete in lead climbing (an endurance event up a 12-metre wall within a time limit) and speed climbing, with all three cumulative scores determining the final rankings.
That means Coxsey would need to reacquaint herself with lead climbing - which she was introduced to as a junior - and also speed climbing, where the top women athletes can scale a 15-metre wall in fewer than eight seconds.
Currently the national associations of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are working together to create a single British governing body.
Receiving UK Sport funding would allow that new body to work on establishing performance and talent identification programmes.
Sam Beckett is perhaps Great Britain's highest-profile skateboarder, having become the first British rider to win gold at the Summer X Games in 2016.
That landmark medal followed double X Games bronze success in the vert ramp category in 2015.
Originally from Norwich, the 24 year-old moved to California in 2008 to further his career. In that year he also became the first UK rider to land a 720 on vert.
In Tokyo, there will be both park and street disciplines, reflecting differences in layout of each course.
Surfing is dominated by the Australians, Americans and Brazilians but there is a new kid on the block from Great Britain who is starting to make (or ride) waves.
Luke Dillon from Newquay is in his rookie year on the international pro circuit and has risen sharply to 170 in the world.
The 21-year-old is now on the verge of promotion to the World Surfing League's top division after earning three top-10 results in his first year on the tour, including fifth on his debut in Australia last January.
That field of 144 competitors included Championship Tour level riders - the equivalent of football's Champions League.
As a prodigious junior, Dillon he won every national title available and, in 2015, he claimed both the UK Surf Tour and UK Open Championship titles.
Only just into his 20s, he has already been recognised by the UK Surfing Association with an award for services to the sport.
Not a new sport exactly, but baseball and softball return to the Olympic roster in 2020 after being cut from the 2012 and 2016 Games.
Great Britain has little past history of Olympic baseball, but came second in the European Olympic qualifier for Beijing 2008, and now British Baseball believes the country can take the next step.
With Major League baseball players such as Michael Roth of the San Francisco Giants and the Miami Marlins' Jake Esch and Chris Reed available, the pool of British talent appears to be growing.
At the World Baseball Classic qualifying event this year, Britain finished second to Israel - who featured several former MLB performers - having beaten a strong Brazil.
Should the event at Tokyo 2020 clash with the MLB season, the medals prospects could open up for all, and GB believe they can field as good a Minor League team as anyone.
In softball, the women have consistently been one of the top European teams and in 2015 finished 13th out of 30 teams at the World Championship.
They are currently ranked 14th in the world.
The future looks bright for GB as the under-19 team won European gold in 2016 and the top pitcher for the senior side is Georgina Corrick, who at just 16 has secured a college scholarship at the University of South Florida under the guidance of the USA team coach Ken Eriksen.
He expects big things from the teenager, who at the 2016 Women's World Championship struck out every batter she faced against the defending champions Japan.
Para-badminton was admitted into the Paralympic Games in October 2014 among the first phase of sports announced for 2020.
The sport is growing fast around the world with 143 players taking part in the recent European Championships - a 37% increase on 2014 - with England topping the medal table with 17, including six golds.
The sport has athletes competing in five events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles) and six classes which cover three main impairment groups - wheelchair sport, standing sport and short stature.
A decision will be made next year by the International Paralympic Committee on the number of athletes who will be able to compete in the sport in Tokyo and after that the Badminton World Federation will decide which events will be included in the programme.
There were two titles apiece at the Europeans for Martin Rooke, who competes in the wheelchair division and short stature athletes Krysten Coombs and Rachel Choong and all three are included in a nine-strong GB squad representing four classifications who are most likely to be in contention to be in action in Tokyo.
The inclusion of Para-taekwondo, which was announced in January 2015, and the dropping of sailing and seven-a-side football means there will be 22 sports on the schedule for the Tokyo Paralympics.
Initially the sport focused on athletes with a limb impairments and arm amputees and the first World Championships were held in 2009. Numbers have been growing and the sport has also been expanded to include athletes with neurological impairments, intellectual disabilities and visual impairments.
However, at the Paralympics, it will be the athletes with limb and arm impairments who will compete in kyorugi (sparring) events.
The European Para-taekwondo Championships took place in Poland in September and involved a record-breaking 132 athletes from 30 countries and four continents.
Britain's medal hopes are set to be led by 27-year-old Chester-based fighter Amy Truesdale, who regained her position as world number one after winning European gold in the women's K44 over 58kg division.
However, like Para-badminton, a final decision will be made on which specific events make the programme next year.
The Tax Collection and Management Bill will create a new Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) with the power to collect and manage taxes.
The legislation paves the way for the devolution of tax powers - the first Welsh taxes since the Middle Ages.
From April 2018, Welsh ministers will be responsible for landfill tax and a replacement for stamp duty.
This will be called the Welsh land transaction tax.
The bill creates a taxpayers' charter, putting duties on people to pay penalties as well as setting out their rights and responsibilities.
It also outlines the duties of the WRA, but gives no estimate on the cost of setting up the authority.
No extra funding is being provided by Westminster.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt has already said the WRA will work with existing authorities to smooth the introduction of the taxes.
HM Revenue and Customs will be involved in the collection of the land transaction tax while environment body Natural Resources Wales will help collect the landfill tax.
Ms Hutt said: "Businesses and taxpayers deserve a system of taxation that is fundamentally simple and transparent.
"The tax arrangements we are putting in place provide consistency and minimise the burden on taxpayers whilst enabling tax compliance."
It follows a series of raids at the agencies' offices in London last August.
The five: FM Models, Models 1, Premier, Storm and Viva, agreed "a common approach to pricing", the CMA said.
None of the agencies has so far responded to the accusations, which at this stage are provisional findings.
FM Models is no longer in business, having gone into liquidation in January this year.
The CMA said it would consider representations from the agencies before deciding whether the law had been broken.
The Association of Model Agents - the industry trade body - is also accused of playing a central role in the price fixing allegations.
The CMA said it circulated emails to its members, encouraging agencies to negotiate higher fees.
The fine for price fixing can be up to 10% of turnover.
The CMA said High Street fashion chains were among those who may have been charged too much for hiring models.
"The allegations concern prices charged to a range of customers, including high street chains, online fashion retailers and consumer goods brands," said Stephen Blake, senior director of the CMA's cartels and criminal group.
"The CMA alleges that these five model agencies sought to achieve higher prices in negotiations with their customers by colluding instead of competing."
The case is the first time the CMA has investigated businesses in the creative industries.
The inquiry was launched in March last year.
According to documents, Mr Lee became angry after the man, Donald Bolding, flashed a graphic tattoo at the people in Mr Lee's car, including his fiancée.
He later returned with an accomplice and beat Mr Bolding with a tyre iron.
Mr Lee, 49, co-founded Pinkberry in 2005 but left the company in 2010.
He was arrested in January 2013 at Los Angeles International Airport on "outstanding charges."
Prosecutors said Mr Bolding was struck twice in the head and suffered a broken arm, before passerby stepped in to stop the attack.
Mr Lee faces up to seven years in California state prison.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for 14 January.
About 500 cattle have been released to graze on Minchinhampton, Selsley and Rodborough commons, near Stroud, in an annual event known as marking day.
Two types of collar are being trialled. If successful, all the animals will be fitted with them later in the year.
In the past two years, 17 cows have been hit by cars.
Five died last year.
The land they graze on is criss-crossed by roads, which are not fenced off.
The scheme, costing about £800, has been funded by the county's Police and Crime Commissioner, Martin Surl and the common graziers, who exercise ancient rights to graze cattle on the land.
"Fortunately there have not been any serious injuries to people over the last few years but that is only a matter of time," said Mr Surl.
"As the traffic flows have increased over the last few years so have the collisions.
"The collars will hopefully give motorists the warning they need to avoid these accidents."
Mr Surl said two different types of collars would be tested to see which were the most resilient and effective.
The road safety initiative could then be rolled out at a cost of up to £3,000.
Edwin Draper, who farms at Minchinhampton, said: "People don't realise the cows will walk straight in front of them, they don't have any road sense.
"We think if they have some reflective collars on them maybe they'll see them a bit sooner and slow down a little bit."
Eight crews are at the scene of the fire on Liberator Road but there are no reports of casualties.
One aircraft is inside the hangar and there are a number of shops and other hangars nearby.
A spokesman for Norwich Fire and Rescue Service said they were alerted shortly before 10:00 GMT. The cause is not thought to be suspicious.
More than 70 firefighters are trying to prevent the fire spreading to the aircraft.
The fire is currently spreading to the roof of the hangar which is used by KLM Engineering and Air Livery.
Emergency plans are in place to remove the aircraft from the hangar if necessary, but the task is complicated by scaffolding surrounding the building.
Greg Preston, the incident commander for the fire service, said: "It's very difficult access given the height of the building.
"It's going to be a protracted incident. As we strip away the roof we will be able to see the extent of the fire."
A spokesman for Norwich International Airport said the airport and services were not affected.
Flooding in Cumbria and Yorkshire has devastated entire communities, while storms have battered much of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the wettest December on record.
In the natural world, seasonal rhythms have been knocked out of kilter, with flowers and crops blooming earlier than usual and animals' normal patterns confused by the lack of a traditional winter.
So what impact has the peculiar weather had across the country?
The mild December was notable for the number of wildflowers, daffodils and other spring-like flora flowering before the year had ended.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has reported plants such as irises, marigolds and narcissi flowering weeks early at its Rosemoor gardens in Devon, with more than 20 other varieties of shrubs still flowering after a lack of frost.
At RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, witch hazels that usually flower in mid-January have already been in bloom, with Narcissus bulbocodium flowers - which normally arrive in March - making their earliest ever appearance.
Guy Barter, chief horticultural adviser for the RHS, said northern and western regions had been affected the most.
"This is a most astonishingly early season, the earliest I can recall in over 20 years working for the RHS," he said.
"We knew something was up when the earliest daffodils flowered before Christmas, when I have never seen them flower before mid-January."
Down at Trewithen Gardens in Cornwall, head gardener Gary Long saw his first magnolia blossom on New Year's Eve, more than five weeks earlier than last year and 10 days earlier than the previous record set in 2012.
He said the site had declared spring on 7 December after the first camellia went into bloom.
"The season is well ahead of us," he said.
"We all know it's been much milder than usual but 2016 is already turning out to be a horticultural record-breaker."
As well as flowers and shrubs, fruit and vegetables have also been coming through at unusual times, with crop farmers having to adapt to the unusual agricultural conditions.
Herefordshire asparagus farmer Chris Chinn said he was "absolutely astonished" to see foot-long asparagus sprouting two months ahead of schedule at his farm in Ross on Wye, while the National Farmers' Union (NFU) warned last month food production in the UK could be threatened by the increasingly volatile weather.
Lee Abbey, a horticultural adviser with the NFU, said abnormal weather would "naturally" have an impact on food production and crop storage, but added that farmers were working "incredibly hard" to ensure customers would not be affected.
For the animal kingdom, the cost of a mild winter may not be fully known for months.
Bees, a species crucial for crop pollination and helping plants to grow, have had a tough year, with their natural foraging habits badly affected by a wet summer and then the unusual winter.
Tim Lovett, from the British Beekeepers Association, is expecting a number of colonies to be lost, and fears the country could "reap a whirlwind" from a bad 2015 for apiaries.
"Mild, wet weather isn't good news for bees," he said.
"When it's cold they huddle together to generate heat by clenching and unclenching muscles in their abdomen, but when it's warm and damp it's more difficult for them to deal with.
"The cold obliges them to cluster and not bother to go out, they're more economical with their honey stores, but when it's mild they're not forced into clustering and they may get misled into going out foraging and [if they are caught in rain] get drowned out."
Not all animals are suffering in the clement conditions, though.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said blackbirds, great tits and varieties of thrush are singing more this winter, having been confused by the warmer weather into setting up territories, with insectivorous species such as goldfinches finding it easier to prey on caterpillars and other animals.
While many migratory birds have been unaffected by the change, with their patterns determined by day length, some birds have been reported as nesting earlier than normal.
Martin Fowlie, from the RSPB, said some birds had been "fooled" into altering their usual habits, but he hopes the expected cold weather next week will see wintry habits return.
"Once a cold snap comes though, things should rapidly revert to normal," he said.
At least 20 roads in the county have been closed in the wake of Storm Desmond at the weekend.
Michelle O'Neill said the problem is one that the local community "will have to deal with time and time again".
Further flooding is possible as heavy rain continues to raise water levels at Upper Lough Erne, the Rivers Agency has warned.
The minister rebutted criticism that it has taken her five days to visit the county and review the damage.
"I think people would prefer to see that the work is done rather than me coming down to get my picture taken," she said.
"For me, the priority has been to ensure that my agencies played their role and the Rivers Agency have done tremendous work on the ground.
"After any big flooding incident, you have a review of the situation and I'm sure that Transport NI will have a look at what has failed in the last week and what can be done in the future.
"One of the things the task force in 2009 highlighted was that there isn't an engineering solution to the problem in the lough.
"It's going to be a long-running problem. It's going to be here forever and a day, so what we need to do is make sure we tackle the issues when we can with things like raising roads and pumping stations."
Mrs O'Neill said she could understand the frustration of the local community.
"They have a right to be frustrated - I would be frustrated if I faced the challenges that some of the people in rural Fermanagh face.
"But to put it in context, over 110mm of water fell in one day in Fermanagh. That's the monthly average in one day. So that shows why there are significant problems this week.
She commended staff who had been "working around the clock" to ensure roads could be opened so that the community had access to vital services.
"I think everybody understands the nature of the lough and the problems it poses for the people of Fermanagh," she said.
"But I think what's important is that all the agencies work together and that has very much been evident this week."
A family row meant Helen Andre, 82, and Davy Moakes, 86, from Derbyshire, never tied the knot in 1951.
Ms Andre's daughter Debbie Williams, who tracked Mr Moakes down, said the pair were "madly in love" after being reunited.
She said they originally split because her mother's parents did not approve of his job as an artist.
"Back in the 1950s [being an artist] was probably wasn't considered a good career for a future son-in-law," she said.
"It broke both their hearts but in those days you did as you were told."
Ms Williams said after her mother became widowed for a third time she decided to find Mr Moakes.
She said: "They got talking and rekindled their relationship and they fell madly in love... I am so happy for them."
The couple, who have outlived five partners between them, were married at Ripley registry office on Friday afternoon.
Mr Moakes said: "If you love someone as much as we do it never goes away."
The new Mrs Moakes said: "I've loved him all my life, I'm overjoyed, we're together at last."
It comes after Prime Minister David Cameron admitted his enthusiasm for tidal had been "reduced" as the UK government tries to agree a subsidy.
BBC Wales has heard reservations relate to the proposed lagoon's modelling and turbine engineering.
But Tidal Lagoon Power said questions on the engineering and environmental impact had been addressed in depth.
The proposals are for 16 turbines, placed roughly a mile out to sea, to generate 320 megawatt of power - which would then be converted into electricity.
The turbines are key to this whole project succeeding - the engineering has to maximise the power generated without harming a precious inter-tidal environment.
It is a brand new technology on this scale and experts say it has to be spot on to be both cost effective and to avoid unwanted side effects ranging from plumes of water heading towards the Mumbles to sediment building.
Roger Griffiths lives in the marina and is a retired mechanical engineer with Swansea University and a former professor at the University of California.
He believes more testing of the turbines in the right conditions is needed before anyone could be sure they would work efficiently.
"What we don't have are some practical measurements of the performance of these turbines under difficult conditions - the lowest depth of water and the use of the turbines in reverse flow, when the tide is coming in, back to front. They're not suited in shape to cope with flows in that direction," he said.
Prof Griffiths added: "All these theoretical estimates are fine but they're guessing - intelligent guessing - about the efficiencies of these turbines."
Dr Bob Allen, a former tidal engineer at Swansea University has similar concerns, saying there has been an assumption the turbines would work to the same efficiency with the tide flowing in both directions.
"When the flow is going in the wrong direction the efficiency will be very low, but they've assumed that they're going to have the high efficiency for all the time - and that's just not going to happen," he said.
Others question the modelling to assess the wake of water from the turbines once they are in the bay.
Prof Roger Falconer, a water management expert from Cardiff University, said Wales had huge potential for tidal but he queried the modelling on tidal currents in Swansea's bay.
He supports building the Swansea lagoon but said it was important to ensure the location was right to minimise the huge, high-velocity wake which could be created by the turbines.
"The more you spread these turbines out, the more you can reduce this wake dramatically and any potential re-circulation effects," he said.
"It's a matter of getting this balance right and we need to get it right before we go on to build any more lagoons."
He said he hoped some of the design aspects could be improved so the project could go ahead.
Dr George Aggidis, an engineer at Lancaster University, is another supporter of tidal energy.
"Manufacturers are really moving very fast and coming up with new solutions for turbines to operate at very high efficiency so they can increase significantly the annual power that's generated."
But he said there still needed to be further research into modelling the turbines in Swansea.
"It's a new piece of research that has to take place worldwide - work that could easily take up to two years but results could start feeding into current projects immediately."
Tidal Lagoon Power said questions on the engineering and environmental impact had been addressed in depth by experts through a robust planning and validation process.
A spokesman said: "The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is a world-first that employs proven technology in a new way.
"The project has been awarded a Development Consent Order and its design has been validated through independent technical adjudication on behalf of government and on behalf of the investors who are backing it.
"We are working in partnership with respected organisations in the fields of global engineering, industry and construction to prepare the project for delivery."
Source: Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd
In April it emerged that a council-owned car park was set to be sold and used for older people's accommodation.
Last year the Shoreline Housing Partnership, which owned six nearby high rise blocks, made a decision to demolish the buildings, moving hundreds of people out.
Shoreline now say the new development is "not financially feasible".
Designs for 46 one and two-bedroom apartments were presented to residents for consultation in January.
Tony Bramley, of Shoreline, said: "We thoroughly explored this proposal [for the so-called Nelson Court] commissioning local architects to draw up designs, looking at prospective locations and carrying out consultation with affected high rise residents.
"While we've always been clear that funding and a location would need to be sought, we genuinely hoped that we would be able to make it work but it's simply not financially feasible and we've been unable to gain the level of funding required to support the scheme something that is particularly challenging at a time when public subsidy is so tight.
"This may come as a disappointment to some residents but we remain committed to helping them find accommodation that meets their needs and preferences."
Shoreline said it had appointed a firm to lead on proposals for the regeneration of the cleared site and immediate surrounding area.
Trade unions representing 80% of teachers at French middle schools are leading the action against the plans.
The government wants to reduce teaching of Latin and ancient Greek, scrap an intensive language scheme and change the history curriculum.
Reports have shown increasing inequality and declining performance in French schools.
But the unions say the reforms would only serve to increase inequalities and class separation.
Teachers are expected to hold protests in Paris and dozens of towns and cities around the country on Tuesday.
The action follows weeks of strongly-worded dispute between Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and her critics.
Ms Vallaud-Belkacem recently described opponents of the history programme as "pseudo-intellectuals" after they said it would deprive pupils of vast chunks of France's cultural heritage.
School change plans come round regularly in France.
They tend to answer to the same perceived imperative: how to restore the "republican" school system to a lost golden age and stop the inexorable decline in international rankings.
This time, Socialist President Francois Hollande and Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem have targeted the "college" - the middle-school for 11- to 15-year-olds that comes between "ecole" (primary school) and "lycee".
But with awful predictability, their designs have again provoked a chorus of outrage - and not just from the teaching unions.
French teachers furious at controversial curriculum changes
The former centre-right Education Minister Luc Ferry has described the changes as "scandalous, empty-headed, noxious and partisan".
With the teaching profession voting overwhelmingly on the left, many teachers are reluctant opponents of the Socialist changes.
But they say the requirement, for example, to devise course work combining different subjects is badly thought out and imposes hours of extra labour.
It is believed that David Spence fell on to Paisley Road West, near Copeland Road, at about 21:20 on Wednesday, before being struck by a car.
The 79-year-old was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he later died. The male driver of the silver Nissan Note was uninjured.
Police Scotland appealed for any witnesses to the incident to contact them.
Sgt Kenneth Canavan said: "Mr Spence is seen on CCTV crossing the road then falling to the ground where he was struck by a Nissan Note that was travelling east on Paisley Road West.
"Members of the public, including a passing paramedic, stopped to assist and Mr Spence was taken to hospital but unfortunately he died early this morning."
Its move to outlaw the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) comes after police called for the group to be banned.
All three bloggers were hacked to death with sharp weapons earlier this year.
The attacks have led to big protests from activists who have accused the authorities of failing to protect critics of religious bigotry.
Police said last week that preliminary investigations implicated the the ABT in the three bloggers' murders.
They pointed to the similarities in the way all three bloggers were killed.
In each case, the attackers carried out their assaults on a busy street.
Death threats to secular bloggers are on the rise in Bangladesh. A few years back, hard-line Islamists demanded a blasphemy law to stop bloggers they perceived as being anti-Islamic from writing about Islam.
The first blogger to be killed - in February - was Bangladeshi-born US citizen Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death in the capital, Dhaka.
In March, another blogger, Washiqur Rahman, was also hacked to death in Dhaka.
Bangladesh is officially a secular country but more than 90% of its 160 million population are Muslim.
The ABT is the sixth Islamist militant group to be banned.
The bill aims to revoke parts of the UK government's 2016 Trade Union Act.
It would mean current restrictions on industrial action in the NHS, the fire service, schools and other devolved services in Wales would change.
UK ministers say industrial relations are a matter for Westminster.
A key element of the UK government's law is to only allow strikes backed by 40% of a union's members in a ballot.
But members of the Welsh Assembly's Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee agreed the new legislation was needed to maintain Wales' "social-partnership" approach.
In March, Welsh Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said it would be a "democratic outrage" if ministers in London tried to block the Welsh Trade Union Bill.
The Labour Welsh Government argues UK ministers should not impose restrictions on union activity in Wales in devolved services, such as the NHS and schools.
The committee report was not supported by one of its eight members as Conservative AM Janet Finch-Saunders did not agree with its conclusions.
Committee chair John Griffiths said: "While the partnership approach is not without its tensions and difficulties, it seems to be serving Wales well.
"Industrial action across the UK is at its lowest for years and strikes have been less prevalent in Wales than in England in recent years."
He added: "It is clear to us that the success of the social partnership is dependent on equality between partners and that the relevant provisions in the 2016 act are likely, to varying degrees, to affect this.
"In view of the above, we support the general principles of the bill and agree that it is needed to disapply the relevant provisions of the 2016 act."
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has said the Wales Act 2017, which received Royal Assent in January, "puts beyond doubt that this policy area is not devolved".
UK ministers, he said, would "act at the earliest opportunity" to "protect the interest of taxpayers and our public services in Wales".
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The government has created a climate in which extrajudicial killings, sexual slavery and enforced labour are all allowed to occur, its report says.
The situation has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country, the UN says.
Eritrea declined to take part in the investigation, the UN says.
President Isaias Afewerki has governed the east African nation for 22 years.
The country has never held elections since gaining independence from Ethiopia in 1993.
After a year-long investigation, the UN commission of inquiry said that Eritrea operates a vast spying and detention network, holding people without trial for years, including children.
Neighbours and family members are often drafted to inform on each other, according to the report.
"It is not law that rules Eritreans - but fear," it says.
The inquiry said that "systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations have been and are being committed in Eritrea under the authority of the Government".
The investigators are to present their findings to the UN Human Rights Council on 23 June.
Eritreans account for the second-largest group of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, after Syrians.
The record, which received a host of five star reviews, is notable for its 10-minute title track, which marries a traditional Dorset folk song with Miles Davis-inspired trumpet figures.
The band closed the ceremony, at London's Royal Albert Hall, by playing the song, complete with clog dancing.
Joan Armatrading also played and took home a lifetime achievement award.
Presenting the award, Radio 2's Sara Cox called Armatrading an "understated trailblazer".
Armatrading said she was "surprised and delighted" to be recognised for her contribution to British music, including songs such as Weakness In Me, Love and Affection, Willow and Down To Zero, which she played on stage.
"I have heard people say that awards don't mean much to them but for me, being given an award means that I am being told that my music is being appreciated.
"As a singer-songwriter that's one of the main things I'm asking for."
Norma Waterson, the "grande dame" of British folk, also won a lifetime achievement prize, presented by Richard Hawley, who remembered quizzing her about the folk scene of the 1960s.
"Did you lot do loads of drugs," he asked. "No," she replied, "but we ate a lot of pickled onions."
Accepting her award, Waterson paid tribute to her late brother, Mike, and sister, Lal, with whom she sang at the start of her career.
"It shouldn't just be me here," she said. "Singing with them was like being in heaven."
The Unthanks were presented with the best album prize by Sherlock star Martin Freeman, a "big fan" who praised their "blatant disregard for genre or rules".
"Their original material is already very close to being classic," he observed.
Several winners and presenters also noted the recent surge in interest around folk music.
Receiving the Good Tradition Award, for his contribution to the preservation of folk music, John McCusker marvelled at the "explosion of young people, who are not only playing with technical brilliance, but with such passion and enthusiasm".
Elsewhere at the ceremony, singer-songwriter Sandy Denny was admitted to the hall of fame.
Denny, who died of a brain haemorrhage in 1978 at the age of 31, is considered one of the most influential vocalists in the history of British folk, both as a solo artist and through her work with The Strawbs, Fairport Convention, and Fotheringay.
"The recordings she left behind have captivated, moved and inspired the next generation," said presenter Julie Fowlis.
Among her acolytes was Rufus Wainwright, who paid tribute by performing the classic Who Knows Where The Time Goes?, a song which was once voted the favourite folk track of all time by listeners of BBC Radio 2.
US artist Rihannon Giddens won folk singer of the year, following the success of her debut solo album, Tomorrow Is My Turn.
The Grammy-nominated record was produced by T Bone Burnett, who approached the singer during rehearsals for a concert based on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers' film Inside Llewyn Davis and insisted they record an album together.
Teesside trio The Young'uns, who specialise in a capella performances, won best group for the second year in a row; while best duo went to husband and wife Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman.
The full list of awards was as follows:
Hosted by Mark Radcliffe and Julie Fowlis, the ceremony was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 and can be heard again on the BBC iPlayer.
It will also be televised on the BBC Red Button from Saturday 30 April until Thursday 5 May.
Little, 25, has scored more than 30 goals for Rangers over the past two seasons and can also play full-back.
Preston manager Simon Grayson said that Little would bring "good qualities" to his squad.
"I am delighted that he has chosen us over quite a few other teams," added the Preston manager.
"Andy has a fantastic goal record in Scotland and he can handle playing for a big club, as he has shown with Rangers.
"He will bring real pace to the striking department and that is something we have been looking to add."
Enniskillen man Little has won eight Northern Ireland caps.
He scored 25 goals in the 2012-13 campaign but struggled with injury during when Rangers won the League One title last season.
The forward joined Rangers' youth ranks in 2006 and made his first-team debut in 2009.
They came first and second in a vote on the Channel Island and will serve a three year term in office.
The other two candidates were Matthew Birmingham and Chris Rowley.
Subject to final approval from Alderney States, this will mean a second term as Guernsey Representative for Mr Jean, while it will be Mr McKinley's, who was elected in November, first term.
The 10-member Alderney States sends two representatives to Guernsey States.
Alderney is self-governing and one of the principal islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which also includes Sark and Herm.
The proposal is among measures the government is considering to reduce congestion on English A-roads.
Roadworks on major routes would also have to take place seven days a week so that projects are completed sooner or be lifted until they resume.
The transport secretary said the plans offered "welcome relief" for drivers.
Patrick McLoughlin said: "Roadworks can be essential but that doesn't mean they should be in place any longer than is absolutely necessary.
"These commonsense measures will be a welcome relief to those trying to get from A to B on our local roads."
It is estimated there are about two million roadworks every year, with drivers losing millions of hours annually by being stuck in traffic.
Councils and utility companies would be fined for needlessly inconveniencing drivers by leaving road works in place over weekends when no-one is working on them.
Penalties could also be handed out to those who leave temporary traffic lights in place after work has been finished.
Daily fines of £5,000 currently exist for roadworks that overrun.
The Department for Transport plans would only apply to A-roads, which are managed by local authorities.
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: "Road users see red when they come across sets of temporary traffic lights that are stopping traffic but there are no workmen in sight or the work has actually finished.
"Ministers can't stop utility companies digging up the roads but they can make firms pay the price if the work is not done swiftly and they do not tidy up after themselves."
The reverse came as another blow to their already struggling defence of the title. Lovat were the only side to beat Newtonmore in any competition in 2016. But this time round the Badenoch side already have three defeats and a draw from eight games in the league alone, leaving them fifth in the table.
In the other Premiership encounter, Kinlochshiel dropped points for the second week in a row after a 1-1 draw with Lochaber.
The south semi-final of the Artemis MacAulay Cup will be between the area's top two sides after Oban Camanachd beat town rivals Celtic 4-0 and Kyles overcame Glasgow Mid Argyll 2-0.
Caberfeidh, with a 6-1 home win over Strathglass, went top of the National Division, where Inveraray thumped Inverness 10-0.
Greg Matheson struck the only goal at Balgate to send Lovat third in the Premiership.
At Spean Bridge, Paul MacRae scored first on the half-hour for Kinlochshiel, a week after their first loss of points. However, Shiel were denied a return to the winning habit when Stuart Callison, early in the second half, got an equaliser which now leaves Lochaber in the relegation zone only on goal difference.
Despite their absence on cup business, undefeated Kyles were also major league beneficiaries and remain three points clear of Kingussie at the top. Kyles have two games in hand and are six points clear of Newtonmore, who are level with Kyles on matches.
A goal in each half from Dunky Kerr ensured Kyles' MacAulay Cup progress. Meanwhile, their future opponents Camanachd relied on a first-half goal apiece from Aiden MacIntyre and Daniel MacVicar and a second-half double from Matt Rippon for their Oban derby success.
Scotland striker Kevin Bartlett has proved a huge asset to Caberfeidh since his return to the club and got four in the second half in their defeat of Strathglass. Craig Morrison and Colin MacLennan set the ball rolling for Cabers and Mike Stokes got the consolation for Strathglass at 3-0.
Inveraray ran riot at Inverness to go third in the National Division. An Alan MacDonald first-half hat-trick was supported by six other scorers, including Fraser Watt who completed a double in a minute to take the final score into double figures.
Bryan Simpson got the only goal of the game as Fort William progressed in the Balliemore Cup on Skye.
With both sides fighting for their lives, the first half was a tense affair with few chances, but Aldershot seized control with two goals in four minutes after the break.
Will Evans broke the deadlock with a bullet header from Nick Arnold's corner after 55 minutes, before Bernard Mensah made it four goals in as many games soon after to put the result beyond doubt.
Aldershot finish the season in fifth place and will face Tranmere in the play-offs, while Braintree go down in 22nd place having needed to win and hope other results went their way on the final day.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Aldershot Town 2, Braintree Town 0.
Second Half ends, Aldershot Town 2, Braintree Town 0.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Matt McClure replaces Kundai Benyu.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Anthony Straker replaces Bernard Mensah.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Craig Braham-Barrett replaces Sean Clohessy.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Lee Barnard replaces Harry Lee.
Substitution, Aldershot Town. Jake Gallagher replaces Idris Kanu.
Substitution, Braintree Town. Sam Corne replaces Kyron Farrell.
Goal! Aldershot Town 2, Braintree Town 0. Bernard Mensah (Aldershot Town).
Goal! Aldershot Town 1, Braintree Town 0. Will Evans (Aldershot Town).
Second Half begins Aldershot Town 0, Braintree Town 0.
First Half ends, Aldershot Town 0, Braintree Town 0.
Nick Arnold (Aldershot Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jack Midson (Braintree Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
We return, initially, to Clermont, where he was Cotter's second-row enforcer and one of the bruisers who finally got the club over the winning line in the French championship for the first time in their history, in 2010, after losing in the finals of 2009, 2008 and 2007.
Cudmore talks about Cotter's vast influence and, in turn, the influence of his assistant in France - Joe Schmidt.
If we're looking for somebody to chat about the rival coaches in Dublin on Saturday when Ireland meet Scotland then Cudmore is as good a man as any - and better than most.
"I was at the club from 2005, a year before Vern came and then a year and a bit after that Joe arrived. And that was the start of something very special for all of us."
Cudmore is a Canadian monster with a penchant, in the past, for on-field thunder and occasional bouts of violence. He's a strange contradiction; a beast on the rugby pitch and yet a gentleman off it.
That line about Cotter making him a better man? Well, to understand it we have to go back a little further, to Cudmore's early life in Squamish in British Columbia where in his late teens he got involved in the drug scene, collecting money for dealers and then getting done for assault, an offence that saw him spend his 18th birthday in a juvenile detention centre.
Things got worse in the years after. When a neighbour came round to investigate the noise coming from a house party Cudmore held, he was beaten to death by two young men hanging around the scene.
Cudmore needed to leave this life behind - and he did. He moved to West Vancouver to play rugby, then to New Zealand and onwards to France. He spent two years at Grenoble then surfaced at Montferrand - or Clermont as they are now known.
"We became very close, Vern and me," says Cudmore. "He's a great family man. A country boy like myself. He comes from a small farm in New Zealand, likes to go out for a hunt, enjoys a good chunk of meat and a nice bottle of red wine. He's a simple man and extremely passionate about rugby.
"After working together for nine years we developed a great relationship. He helped make me a better man. He helped me when I needed help, supported me when I got into a bit of trouble, developed me in lots of ways. I have such huge respect for that man I couldn't tell you."
The pre-Cotter Clermont were doing okay and nothing more. They had many internationals in their ranks, many marquee names, but they were inconsistent. They could be sensational and they could be rank; you never knew what was coming next.
"We had an amazing amount of talent but there wasn't much direction in the group," adds Cudmore.
"It was known as a team that had enormous potential, and money, but didn't have anybody at the helm who was guiding the ship properly and making sure everybody was on the same course.
"We had a fine collection of individuals but we weren't a team. Before Vern arrived there was a lot of frustration at the club because some of the guys were just floating along. If things were going well, they'd perform well, but if things weren't going well then some would just roll over and die.
"I knew nothing about Vern before he came. I didn't know about Joe either. They knew each other from coaching together at Bay of Plenty in New Zealand but I didn't know any of that back then."
He was to learn soon enough.
It was instructive to hear both coaches on Thursday as they named their teams. Cotter was asked about Schmidt and Schmidt was asked about Cotter and the differences in their personalities was hilariously evident.
Cotter kept it brief and almost inaudible. That's just the way he's made. Schmidt, meanwhile, spoke at length, almost eulogising the man who brought him to Clermont. It was barnstorming stuff.
"I just found that he was a fantastic foil for me and that we actually enjoyed each other's company and that we offered different things to the team as far as coaching was concerned," said Schmidt.
"I learned so many things from him, just about being decisive, just about trying to grow the key leaders in a team if you're going to have a strong decision-making group on the pitch.
"I just found that he had a real ability to crystallise messages and deliver them. He drives an environment. 'Les yeux de glaces' was his nickname in France - the eyes of ice.
"He didn't have to say too much for you to know he was unhappy. I think that his presence is such that he does certainly drive a group incredibly well.
"You spend a fair bit of time coaching together, you pick things up and you probably don't specifically say, 'Oh, I learned that today'. They just merge as part of your coaching character because you've absorbed lessons from other people. I absorbed a lot from VC."
Cudmore laughs at the mention of 'les yeux de glaces', saying: "Yeah, and you guys call him Stern Vern, right? It's kinda the same thing, really. Vern created that atmosphere where we wanted to out-work the other teams and be difficult to play against while also playing good rugby.
"When Joe came in you could tell that they were different personalities but they were driven in exactly the same way. Joe was a classic teacher and knew how to dissect rugby and pick plays apart and make sure everybody was focused and precise about their role.
"Joe was the good cop to Vern's bad cop. Vern was the sledgehammer and Joe the surgeon's scalpel. Together they were a great combination.
"Some of the sessions were horrific. We went on a training camp to Corsica once. On the second night we went out for dinner and there was a bottle of wine between four people at each table. I don't know if it was a test or not. I'm not sure whether we were supposed to leave it unopened, but we drank it. Couple of glasses each. Nothing major.
"Vern and Joe killed us the next day. The fitness session was brutal. The boys were hanging on for dear life. You'd have thought that we'd lost by 50 points and then gone on a bender. The message was, ' Yeah, fine, let your hair down a little, but don't forget why you're here'. It bred mental strength and it forged a fantastic spirit.
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"It was difficult at times. A lot of guys fell by the wayside because they couldn't cut it. With Joe, the devil's in the detail. His attention to detail was unbelievable and it made the difference in 2010 when we won the league.
"We'd come so close so many times before (the previous three finals were lost by nine points, six points and five points) but we kept coming. Those two really strong leaders saw the problems and found the solutions and pulled us forward."
Cudmore is still in France, still at Clermont and still playing, when not injured, despite his 37 years. He is taking some first steps into coaching with his native Canada and says in Cotter and Schmidt he has years of learning at the hands of two masters.
Who's he rooting for at the weekend? "I'm staying out of that one," he laughs.
"All I'll say is that those guys created Clermont as we know it and I'm not surprised in the slightest at Joe's success at Leinster and Ireland and I'm not surprised either that Vern looks to have turned things around with Scotland. You've got two majorly impressive men there."
A reunion, of sorts, is almost upon them.
Anupam Kher wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter that he was not going to play the German dictator in Dear Friend Hitler.
"Sometimes human emotions are more important than cinema," Mr Kher wrote explaining his decision to withdraw.
The project drew protests from Jewish groups in India and outside and was condemned by historians.
Mr Kher withdrew from the project after criticism
Hitler memorabilia 'attracts young Indians'
"Thanks for your varied reactions to my opting out of Hitler. After 400 films in 26 years I have the right to be wrong and still be happy," the actor wrote on Twitter.
In a statement to news agency Reuters, Mr Kher said: "Considering the ill-will that the project is generating among my fans, I wish to withdraw from it as I respect their sentiments."
The project was criticised after director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar said the film would show Hitler's "love" for India.
Mr Kher said he chose Dear Friend Hitler as the film's title because that is how Mahatma Gandhi had referred to Hitler in his letters.
But several historians questioned the claim saying that the German dictator had no respect for Indians and that he regarded them as racially inferior.
Thompson joined Widnes from Canterbury Bulldogs in 2016 and was their leading try scorer in his debut season.
He has not confirmed a deal with a National Rugby League club but will stay at Widnes for the rest of 2017.
The 26-year-old said he had "loved" his time at Widnes but wanted "to be closer to family and friends."
"The Vikings supporters have been brilliant with me during my stay, and I cannot thank them enough for their support," Thompson said.
"To score 27 tries in my debut season here was absolutely fantastic. It is an achievement that I am proud of, and to do it in a Vikings team that recorded the club's best ever position in the Super League made it even better.
"I will continue to give my all for the club for the remainder of 2017 before heading back to Australia for the next stage in my career."
The Brisbane-born winger has scored three tries this season for Widnes who are bottom of Super League after 12 games.
Widnes head coach Denis Betts said: "I would like to wish Corey and his family the best of luck for the future and thank him for his service to the Vikings.
"This is a decision that the club was not expecting. However, this now frees up a quota space for us to utilise and strengthen the squad in 2018.
"I have no doubt that Corey will continue to work hard for this club for the rest of this season."
The average petrol price is currently £1.07 per litre, but some supermarkets are already selling petrol at £1.03 per litre.
A recent 2p drop in wholesale fuel prices could be passed on to consumers within a few weeks, the RAC said.
According to RAC figures, the last time petrol fell below £1 was in the summer of 2009.
A sharp fall in crude oil prices since last summer is behind falling prices at the pump. Brent Crude is now trading at around $44 per barrel.
"We've seen the wholesale price of petrol and diesel drop by a couple of pence recently," RAC chief engineer David Bizley told the BBC.
"There's typically about two weeks lag in the system. So there's a very good chance that within a few weeks people will be selling fuel at £1.01, and then the temptation to move that extra penny or so will be unavoidable," he said.
Supermarkets use competitive petrol prices to bring people into their stores, he added.
Since June 2014, oil prices have more than halved, falling from more than $100 per barrel.
In the UK petrol prices are also affected by how the pound is trading against the dollar, and taxation. UK fuel duty has been frozen since 2011.
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Paul Hepplestall, 39, of Cornwallis Street, Liverpool is due to appear later at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.
A video circulated on Twitter and Facebook showed a machete-brandishing man threatening to dismember Muslims.
The man featured said he also wanted to blow up mosques with hand grenades.
It is alleged the video was posted after the Manchester Arena bombing and London attack.
The video has now been taken down.
An online petition has been set up and a pan-African women's organisation is mobilising to get the president to apologise and reverse his comments.
Mr Magufuli warned schoolgirls at a rally on Monday that: "After getting pregnant, you are done."
A law passed in 2002 allows for the expulsion of pregnant schoolgirls.
The law says the girls can be expelled and excluded from school for "offences against morality" and "wedlock".
Women's rights groups have recently been urging the government to change the law.
Mr Magufuli, who was speaking at a public rally in Chalinze town, about 100km west of the main city Dar es Salaam, said that young mothers would be distracted if they were allowed back in school:
"After calculating some few mathematics, she'd be asking the teacher in the classroom: 'Let me go out and breastfeed my crying baby.'"
He said that men who impregnate the schoolgirls should be imprisoned for 30 years and "put the energy they used to impregnate the girl into farming while in jail".
I had just finished my primary education; I was supposed to go to secondary education but could not afford the fees.
I met this smart boy, who promised that he would ask his parents to help me go to secondary school if I agreed to be with him.
I didn't date him, like girlfriend and boyfriend.
The first time I met him was the first time I got pregnant and that was the last time I saw him.
Because I was kicked out of school, my grandfather chased me out of home.
I eventually found work as a maid. When the family left, they asked me what I would like as a goodbye gift.
I said I wanted to go to school. It was a shock but they eventually agreed.
It is a big disappointment to hear such a statement from our president. It is only education which can help any country in this world overcome poverty.
'I was a teenage mother'
President Magufuli also criticised rights organisations who have been pushing the government to reverse the law:
"These NGOs should go out and open schools for parents. But they should not force the government [to take back the pupils].
"I'm giving out free education for students who have really decided to go and study, and now you want me to educate the parents?"
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Tanzania reports that the crowd at the rally applauded the president's comments.
At least 8,000 Tanzanian girls drop out of school every year due to pregnancy, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
The online petition says that the president's support for the expulsion law would end the education of many girls and "propagate more discrimination".
It instead calls for the girls to be protected from early pregnancies while in school.
The African Women's Development and Communication Network, Femnet has also expressed its outrage.
"With all the work we have done to emancipate Africa's girl-child from the shackles of discrimination and violation, a sitting president turns around to "re-victimze" and treat their situation like a terrible infectious disease which other girls must be protected from," said its head Dinah Musindarwezo.
Lawyer Kavinya Makau called Mr Magafuli's sentiments a" betrayal of the highest order."
Two weeks ago, Tanzania's Vice-President Samia Suluhu called for young mothers to be readmitted to school, saying they should not be denied a right to education.
Majid Akhtar, 28, from Nottingham, was on an activity day from Springwood Day Centre in Mapperley.
Nottingham Coroners' Court heard Mr Akhtar had gone for a walk around the perimeter path of Kings Mill Reservoir in Nottinghamshire.
He was found later by passers-by and attempts were made to resuscitate him.
Opening the inquest, assistant coroner Andrew McNamara said the family had been waiting an "awfully long time" to find out the circumstances of Mr Akhtar's death.
A jury of eight men and three women were told Mr Akhtar was taking part in water sports with other people at the centre when he died in September 2012.
He had joined in with the activities in the morning, but it was suggested he did not want to go back on the water in the afternoon as he had taken his buoyancy aid off.
Mr McNamara said: "He set off with a care worker... around the perimeter path of the reservoir.
"He travelled about three-quarters of the way around... and at some point, unfortunately, he fell out of view and he was then subsequently found by two people who were walking their dog at the reservoir."
Paramedics were called to the scene and attempts were made to revive him but Mr Akhtar was pronounced dead at King's Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield.
Earlier on Thursday jurors were taken on a visit to the reservoir.
Majid Akhtar's father Aktar Hussain later told the inquest how his son needed basic care and help with things such as getting dressed and cooking.
However, speaking through a translator, he said: "He loved going out and he loved swimming. He could swim without an aid."
The inquest is expected to last two weeks.
RTÉ said the report also found that no one single event or decision led to the failure of the banks in the lead-up to the crisis.
It found that the introduction by the banks of tracker mortgages to the Irish market was based on a "false presumption by banks of the stability of available funding at or near the European Central Bank rate".
The report also concluded that the banks became over reliant on the wholesale markets in borrowing short term to lend long term.
It stated that this made banks more vulnerable to a liquidity risk which was not recognised.
The report found there was a culture of "excessive executive remuneration in the banks".
It also recommends that all members of bank boards should have requisite financial skill sets and experience.
The report said they should "undergo ongoing compulsory continuing professional development appropriate to banking, to include risk and governance".
The report has recommended that risk appetite in banks should be clearly defined at board level and should be the key driver for defining overall strategy.
It has asked for a full risk assessment of new bank products on both the lending and deposit side and approved by the full board, prior to being introduced to the market.
The Republic of Ireland experienced a catastrophic financial crisis in 2008 from which it still has not fully recovered.
The country's banking sector had to be almost entirely nationalised when the bursting of a property price bubble coincided with a global downturn.
The inquiry, which began hearing from witnesses in December 2014, has been looking at the political, economic, social, cultural, financial and behavioural factors that contributed to the crisis, as well as the preventative reforms which followed.
A court ruled that he had undermined the "prestige" of the kingdom, the state news agency reports.
Rights groups have condemned the decision as an assault on free speech.
Nabeel Rajab, who is president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, also risks further jail time for political tweets.
The sentence is related to interviews he did with television journalists in 2015.
"Imprisoning Nabeel Rajab simply for sharing his opinion is a flagrant violation of human rights, and an alarming sign that the Bahraini authorities will go to any length to silence criticism," said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International's secretary general.
According to the Bahrain News Agency, the head of the prosecution said the charges were "not related to human rights activities and did not affect the right to free opinion and expression".
Nabeel Rajab, 52, has spent the last year in pre-trial detention.
He was sentenced in absentia, having been in hospital since April after complications following back surgery.
Free speech organisation Index On Censorship, which awarded him a Freedom of Expression Award in 2012, said he had been kept "largely in solitary confinement".
He has been in and out of jail since he helped lead a pro-democracy uprising in 2011.
In June 2016, he was arrested and jailed over his tweets about alleged torture in Bahrain's prison system and the Saudi coalition's war in Yemen.
Charges include "spreading false rumours in time of war", "insulting public authorities" (the interior ministry) and "insulting a foreign country".
Although a court ordered his release in December, he was rearrested almost immediately.
He has also faced other "fake news" accusations since writing an opinion piece in the New York Times about Bahraini political prisoners last December.
The hearing for the Twitter case has been postponed multiple times and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy says he faces 15 years if convicted.
The next court date is 7 August.
She's wary, because her brother was Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the man flying MH370 on the night it vanished more than two years ago.
"I've got to lend him a voice. He's gone. If I don't talk on his behalf, if I don't portray him as the real person that he was, nobody will be any the wiser."
Captain Shah was an experienced pilot with an unblemished record, yet after the Malaysian government said that the plane's disappearance was deliberate, some fingers began pointing at the skipper in the cockpit.
Who were the pilots of flight MH370?
I met Sakinab at her home in Kuala Lumpur, where her brother was a regular visitor. He lived nearby. She told me about the moment he fell under suspicion.
"It was very hurtful," she said. "It added to the stress of the loss. A very close brother of mine is missing, and on top of that I have to contend with all the accusations. It's a very difficult situation. We cry often, my siblings and I, and my nieces are all so affected because they were so close to their uncle."
Investigators have dug deep, looking for any kind of motive. They've found nothing.
Zaharie had no money problems, no mental health problems, no marriage problems, no drug or alcohol problems, no history of odd behaviour. They even checked if he'd recently taken out life insurance and analysed his body language going through security that day (he's on CCTV). Zilch.
Could it have been suicide?
Sakinab and Zaharie come from a big, close family, nine children in all. She told me something she's not shared with the world before. All the brothers and sisters got together soon after MH370 disappeared.
"We had brainstorming sessions. About a week after, all of us gathered in Penang. There was not a moment when we doubted our brother. Nothing to make us think he was turning rogue."
Sakinab showed me a picture of Zaharie sitting in the chair we're standing next to.
He was always around her house, teasing the nieces and nephews, helping out with DIY.
They'd had lunch just two weeks before MH370 disappeared.
"We went to a local restaurant. He was his normal self, making jokes, which is why it's just incredible with all the accusations coming his way. I find it hard to accept."
Not only has Sakinab lost a brother, she's also dealing with rumours that he may have killed hundreds of people.
"We were brought up in a very decent family. A simple village boy, from poor beginnings and he became a commercial pilot. It was a dream come true. He stayed with Malaysia Airlines for 30 years, recorded over 18,000 hours of flying time. No bad record, nothing untoward. He was just a few years from retirement. Do you think he would want to throw this all away?"
I've spoken to several families of those on board MH370 and they all describe being in an agonising limbo. It's the not knowing.
But at least they are able to talk to each other, to share the experience.
Little comfort I know, but it's not something Sakinab can do. She's been told that she is welcome to come to events, but she's wary of upsetting anyone by turning up.
"We didn't want to attend for fear of reprisals. It is very deeply rooted in us, the fear of reprisals from families. Despite the fact that we were given assurances and told that we would be welcome at commemorative events. None of them are blaming it on him."
Captain Shah had a wife and children. They've never spoken to the media and Sakinab told us they've not really been in touch with the rest of the family either.
To date, there is absolutely no concrete proof that can tell us whether MH370 disappeared because of an accident or a deliberate act by somebody on the flight.
The whole thing just doesn't add up. A routine flight just dropping off the radar and apparently ending up 5,000 miles off course, in one of the most desolate corners of the globe, with no distress call.
It's a riddle that splits the flying world.
What do we know about flight MH370?
Small parts of the aircraft are now washing up on beaches in the Indian Ocean but none has yet revealed the fate of the plane.
The best hope of an answer still lies in the huge underwater sea search currently taking place six days sail from the Australian coast. But that will be wound up in a matter of months.
So we'll probably never understand the fate of flight MH370.
"It's very sad. I hope very much that the authorities will not call off this search," says Sakinab.
"They have to find remnants. They have to find the voice recorders. The relatives of the passengers and the crew need closure. So the story of MH370 must not be allowed to go into oblivion."
1. A section of wing called a flaperon, found on Reunion Island in July 2015 - confirmed as debris in September 2015
2. Horizontal stabiliser from tail section, found in Mozambique in December 2015
3. Stabiliser panel with "No Step" stencil, found in Mozambique in February 2016
4. Engine cowling bearing Rolls-Royce logo, found in March 2016 in Mossel Bay, South Africa
5. Fragment of interior door panel found in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius in March 2016
"Just watching @starwars. In space. No big deal," Nasa tweeted from one of its official accounts, adding the hashtag #Maythe4thBeWithYou.
It is not the only recent tie-in. Members of a forthcoming expedition to the ISS posed as Jedi knights for their official photo earlier this year.
The choice of film surprised some.
"You picked the wrong one!" tweeted Angel Dominguez, referring to the fact that a photo sent from the satellite shows Mace Windu's battle with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the prequel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, rather a scene from the original trilogy.
The ISS was recently fitted with a high-definition projector, which the astronauts also use for video conferences and displaying computer software.
Commander Scott Kelly revealed last month that the team on board had also used it to watch the space disaster movie.
The latest movie showing was timed to coincide with the date, which references the series' most quoted line: "May the force be with you."
"We can't say for sure if this was the first time a Star Wars film has been screened in space as crew members throughout the history of the International Space Station have had access to movies and TV shows of their choosing to watch during their off-duty time," Daniel Huot, a spokesman for Nasa, told the BBC.
The ISS was previously linked to the space opera in 2007, when character Luke Skywalker's lightsaber prop was flown to the orbiting structure and back to mark 30 years of the franchise.
Such stunts only add to the series' value by keeping it in the public eye. Disney is set to be the beneficiary of the latest publicity, having bought the rights to Star Wars from its creator George Lucas in 2012, along with other movie rights, for $4bn (£2.6bn).
Analysts are expecting that the first in a new series of films, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, will set a new box office record when it is released in December.
One expert quoted by The Hollywood Reporter has forecast it could make more than $500m in its first three days in cinemas.
However, efforts to further extend the franchise have faced a setback with news that the director of a planned spin-off is no longer involved.
"I've put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities," Josh Tank said in a statement published on the official Star Wars site last week.
The event will become biennial as part of a number of structural changes while rules have been put in place to reduce the cost of fielding a team.
The new agreement covers the next two editions of the Cup, which will take place in 2019 and 2021 respectively.
"This is a hugely significant moment," said America's Cup Event Authority CEO Sir Russell Coutts.
"For the first time in more than 165 years, the teams have got together for the benefit of not only themselves but for the America's Cup."
Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Team USA said: "People who want to enter this race now know how much it will cost, what kind of boat they need to build and that the rules can't change on them.
"They are now able to plan ahead, build a boat, build a team and come out and compete for their country."
The target cost to field a competitive new team would now be $30m (£24m) to $40m (£32m).
Land Rover BAR, which was set up by Britain's Ben Ainslie, have spent more than $101m (£80m), setting up a team and base in Portsmouth.
Emirates Team New Zealand were the only team not to sign the new agreement.
For full details of the new America's Cup framework, click here.
Mr Corbyn won a landslide victory to become leader, despite not being backed by the majority of Labour MPs.
Labour made a "catastrophic choice" and was now stuck with a leader "totally out of touch" with its base, the former Lib Dem MP and business secretary said.
It offered the Lib Dems "a way back" after election losses, he added.
Speaking to Radio 4's Week In Westminster, Sir Vince said Mr Corbyn's victory and Labour's shift to the left was "certainly an opportunity" and "certainly a way back" for the Lib Dems.
The Lib Dems ended up with just eight MPs following this year's general election - down from 57 in 2010.
A host of senior Lib Dem ministers and MPs lost their seats at the election, including Sir Vince, former energy secretary Ed Davey, and ex-treasury secretary Danny Alexander.
Speaking ahead of the party's conference in Bournemouth, Sir Vince said "moderate, middle of the road" Labour politicians were now in "a terrible position" following Mr Corbyn's victory.
His victory would do the Labour party "no end of harm", he warned, adding: "They're completely stuck with a leader who is just totally out of touch with their own electoral base."
Sir Vince predicted there would be at least some defections to his party - but said he believed it could be more realistic for many disgruntled Labour MP to work with the Lib Dems on individual issues.
"I think that kind of cross-party working is probably more promising for most Labour people than defection, though some will go and we will see.
"It may become an avalanche," he added.
New Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, has said "distressed" Labour figures have already contacted him following Mr Corbyn's election win.
At the conference's opening rally, he said: "Britain is teeming with liberals, some of them are not yet in the Liberal Democrats. Some of them are in other parties. But we are their home."
Sounds out of this world, right?
A black hole is a dying star that has collapsed inward from its own weight.
The pull of gravity from its centre becomes so strong that even light can't escape, which is why it looks black.
Our local supermassive black hole is called Sagittarius A* and lies more than 26,000 light years away.
Well, there was a LOT of teamwork involved.
Eight observatories from all over the world were linked together electronically to form one giant virtual telescope called the Event Horizon Telescope (or EHT for short).
Michael Bremer, an astronomer and project manager for the EHT, said the telescope is powerful enough to spot a golf ball on the Moon!
For the best chance of zooming in and focusing on the black hole, the astronomers waited for good weather.
Then they spent five nights recording data.
All of the data is being collected and flown to the MIT Haystack Observatory in Massachusetts, America.
They have supercomputers that can process the information, which could be as much as 10,000 laptops worth!
But even supercomputers need time to process that much information, and the data from the South Pole telescope can't be collected until October when it starts to get a bit warmer.
So it's going to take a few months to find out if the astronomers really have managed to take a photo of a black hole.
The Queen's Swan Marker, David Barber, said there had been an increase in air gun shootings, particularly in Windsor, Berkshire, during the winter.
"We've lost at least two of the breeding pairs this year because of the shootings," he said.
The Swan Upping ceremony commenced at 09:00 BST in Sunbury, Surrey.
The five-day survey also passes through Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Last year, when Mr Barber also raised concerns over shootings, the census recorded 2,014 swans, including 120 cygnets and 34 breeding pairs.
He said numbers did fluctuate but added: "Our expectations are that numbers should be better than last year."
Mr Barber said the protected birds were "very easy targets".
"When they're shot, some don't get killed straight away - they go off and sometimes take a week to die and that's the awful part," he added.
The census dates back to the 12th Century and sees the mute swans on the river rounded up, marked, weighed, health-checked and then released.
Mr Barber said it also served as a "very important conservation and educational exercise", with many local schools taking part in the event.
Some of the lowest numbers recorded in recent years were in the 1980s due to lead poisoning, Mr Barber said.
Flooding on the Thames cancelled a section of the ceremony in 2012.
The Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water.
Killing or injuring them is punishable by a six-month prison term and, in some cases, a fine up to £5,000.
Orion is Nasa's next-generation astronaut vehicle, which will take humans to Mars and other destinations.
The American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is developing the front section, which includes the crew capsule.
The structural test article, despatched by Airbus, will be used to check the overall design is on track.
It is the first time the US has gone outside its territory for a key component of an astronaut transportation system.
Engineers are working towards an unmanned demonstration flight in 2018, and a first crewed outing no later than April 2023.
The European Space Agency's contribution - being primed industrially by Airbus - is what is called the "service module".
This is the element that pushes Orion through space after coming off the top of the launch rocket.
It also provides the electrical power, and holds the air and water needed by the crew in their protective capsule.
The structural test article is an exact replica of the eventual module - but without the final functionality.
It has gone from Airbus's subcontractor on the project, Thales Alenia Apace in Italy, to Nasa's Plum Brook Station in Ohio where it will be evaluated.
The module's mass and interfaces with the American element will need to be checked.
The article will also be loaded and stressed to ensure it can handle the intense vibrations of launch.
Any lessons learned will then be fed back into the fully functional flight hardware being made ready for 2018.
That mission will see the debut of Nasa's new "monster rocket" - the Space Launch System.
It will send the complete Orion system on a trip around the Moon.
The capsule itself has already had one demonstration trip into space - in December 2014, again with no-one onboard.
On that occasion, the service module was a dummy used just to replicate the size and shape of the real element.
Europe's design for the future service module borrows heavily from the unmanned cargo truck it used to re-supply the space station.
At one time, Europe thought of adapting this vessel into a human transportation system of its own, but baulked at the costs.
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The move is an attempt by the world football's governing body to ease fears of human rights abuses in the state.
Amnesty International - who last month accused Qatar of using forced labour - welcomed "steps in the right direction".
Qatar said it was continuing "to make progress" on the issue.
Speaking during his first visit to Qatar since becoming Fifa boss, Mr Infantino said: "We will not just sit and wait."
"Fifa will step up its efforts in overseeing... in order to ensure the protection of the workers' rights in the construction of the Fifa World Cup sites".
Mr Infantino said he wanted the committee to be "put in place very, very soon", adding that the plan had been welcomed by the "highest Qatari authorities".
He said he had personally told Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser al-Thani that more needed to be done to safeguard labourers.
"I made it very clear that it is essential for the Qatari authorities to ensure that the country complies to international standards on the treatment of workforce and to continue at full pace with the implementation of the promised measures," he added.
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Responding to the Fifa chief's comments, Amnesty International's Gulf Migrants Rights Researcher Mustafa Qadri said: "Finally it appears Fifa is waking up to the fact that unless it takes concrete action, the Qatar 2022 World Cup will be built on the blood, sweat and tears of migrant workers."
In March, Amnesty reported on alleged abuses in Qatar's preparations for the World Cup in a wide-ranging document.
Based on the accounts of 132 workers at various sites, the report claimed workers from Nepal and India had been charged recruitment fees and housed in squalid conditions.
It also said the labourers had had their wages withheld and passports confiscated.
The head of Qatar's organising committee, Hassan al-Thawadi, promised that the 2022 World Cup - the first in the Middle East - would meet all Fifa requirements.
"Crucially, we are also firmly committed to leaving a lasting social legacy after the tournament - including in the area of workers' welfare, where we continue to make progress,'' he said.
A third (34%) felt their child's diagnosis was delayed and half of those felt this had an impact on prognosis.
Cancer charity CLIC Sargent is calling for the government to ensure better training and guidance for professionals who care for children before diagnosis.
NHS England said new guidance had lowered the referral threshold for GPS.
The research by CLIC Sargent, released to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, is based on a survey of 333 people - 147 young people aged 16-24 and 186 parents.
The charity says each year about 3,800 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK.
About 44% of the young people surveyed said they felt they were not taken seriously enough, making multiple trips to the GP or hospital before they were eventually diagnosed.
Over half - 53% - of the young people felt they had received a delayed diagnosis. Of these, 93% believed the perceived delay added to their emotional stress.
In 2010, I felt some lymph node lumps in my neck and became obsessive about it, I knew something was wrong.
I kept going back to the same doctor for six or seven months and he kept telling me that I was fine and there was nothing wrong, I didn't have cancer.
My family and friends kept teasing me, they thought I was being a hypochondriac.
In January 2011 I saw another GP, who told me to come back in two weeks if things hadn't changed. When they didn't, I was referred to hospital.
My diagnosis was sort of a relief more than anything - obviously I knew something was wrong and now it was getting dealt with.
Looking back at it now, doctors can't be expected to know everything. Maybe this doctor had not dealt with any young people with cancer, so maybe he just thought it was something innocent.
CLIC Sargent wants the NHS to conduct more research into the impact a delayed diagnosis has on a child or young person's health outcome, treatment and survival rate.
63% of parents said the delay had a negative effect on the emotional wellbeing of their child.
CLIC Sargent chief executive Kate Lee said: "It is simply not acceptable that so many of the parents and young people we spoke to felt their GP didn't take their concerns seriously or that their knowledge of their child's health wasn't recognised.
"It is absolutely vital that medical professionals including GPs are confident and skilled in listening and talking to children, young people and parents - and responding to their concerns. That's why we're calling for health education bodies to make this a core element of professional training."
As part of its research, the charity also commissioned a survey of 1,000 GPs. It found 46% felt more training was needed to help them identify cancer in children and young people, while 50% said more consultation time would be beneficial.
Ms Lee added: "It is striking that so many GPs feel more can be done to help them identify suspected cancer. Cancer in children and young people is thankfully rare so a GP may only have one or two cases in their whole career."
Sean Duffy, national clinical director for cancer at NHS England, said: "Early diagnosis must be of the highest priority for cancer patients of all ages. This report highlights the challenges of identifying cancer in children, and shows the vital need for everyone, including GPs, to be more aware of the early signs.
"NICE guidance has been recently updated to lower the referral threshold for GPs, and we have begun a major programme of work to test innovative ways to diagnose cancer more quickly in all patients."
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Jones, 29, collapsed during a League One game at London Skolars on Sunday and was later pronounced dead in hospital.
The Rugby Football League said the problem was not revealed when Jones underwent an ECG scan in late 2014.
His wife Lizzie will attend the Cougars' home match on Sunday.
Jones won 12 Wales caps and scored over 1,000 points in 150 games over two spells with the West Yorkshire club.
"Whilst the findings of the post-mortem do provide an explanation for why he died, they allow for little comfort for Danny's family or all those who knew him," said Gary Fawcett, Keighley Cougars chief executive.
Jones was father to five-month-old twins Bobby and Phoebe, and a fund set up for Jones' family has already raised £77,000.
"His tragically premature death is still very painful for everyone, not least because his heart condition could not even be detected by the ECG," Fawcett added.
"All we can do now is mourn his passing, celebrate his life and do everything we can for Lizzie, their children and their wider family."
The girls, from a Berlin school, spoke on Deutschlandfunk radio about their experience. Four were wearing Muslim headscarves - and say they were abused.
One girl said a man had spat on her in the street in Lublin, as police stood by grinning and did nothing.
Another girl said she was expelled from a shop for speaking Persian.
She had been speaking to her brother on the phone.
"They came up to me and said 'can you leave, you're disturbing the people here'. And I thought: Why? Just because I'm speaking Persian and I'm a foreigner? Yes," she told the radio station.
A Lublin police statement on Tuesday said "the trip participants did not report any complaints to Lublin police officers".
Group members had addressed two policemen in English, who "heard from the people translating that there was no problem", the statement said, adding: "the people exchanged polite smiles".
It also said police had examined CCTV footage, but it did "not show any incident involving foreigners".
In Lublin, the girls said, a market stallholder had refused to sell them water because they were foreigners. On another occasion, one girl was reportedly threatened with a knife.
And one girl said that in Lodz "a woman just came up to me and shouted 'get out!' and threw her drink over me and my camera - she said 'get lost!'"
They were among a group of 20 children - mostly Muslims - from the Theodor Heuss Community School in Berlin-Moabit.
The Holocaust is a sensitive topic for many Muslims because Jewish survivors settled in British-mandate Palestine, on land which later became the state of Israel.
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The Poland trip was arranged by a German Holocaust memorial body, the House of the Wannsee Conference.
Its director Hans-Christian Jasch said: "I'm especially shocked that this happened to youngsters in our care on this trip - indeed, on a trip dedicated to studying this very topic [racism]. Of course that's particularly sad." He plans to complain to the Polish embassy in Berlin.
The Berlin group visited Majdanek, a camp on the outskirts of Lublin where the Nazi German SS murdered Jews during World War Two.
They also visited Treblinka, site of another Nazi death camp, and the cities of Warsaw and Lodz, whose Jewish communities were slaughtered by the Nazis.
The purpose of the trip was also to find out about the suffering of Polish civilians in general under Nazi occupation.
The Polish National Prosecutor's Office says that in 2016 anti-Muslim hate attacks almost doubled in Poland, compared with 2015.
"Foreigners residing in Poland, especially individuals from Arab countries, more and more often experience various types of attacks," said Sylwia Spurek, Polish Deputy Ombudsperson for Human Rights.
She told the BBC that the authorities - especially the police - must act against the "growing aversion or even hostility" towards foreigners.
Poland's nationalist government refuses to take in Muslim refugees, arguing that they would struggle to integrate in Poland's Catholic-majority society.
The EU is in dispute with Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary on the issue. The four countries reject an EU decision to relocate 160,000 refugees - many of them Muslim Syrians - currently stuck at reception centres in Italy and Greece.
The leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said in October 2015 that the refugees posed a health hazard. He was speaking shortly before PiS triumphed in a general election.
"Also there are some differences related to geography, various parasites, protozoa that are common and are not dangerous in the bodies of these people, (but) may be dangerous here," he said.
Defending Poland's policy, Science and Higher Education Minister Jaroslaw Gowin said "every nation and people has a right to protect itself from extinction".
The car became wedged between the jetty and a pontoon on the seafront at Ramsgate, Kent, leaving the driver trapped inside, the fire service said.
She was rescued by fire crews, who used a winch to secure the car while they helped the woman to safety.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service said they would use a crane to lift the vehicle back on to the jetty.
The move, expected since December, also sees Brazilian Felipe Massa come out of retirement to replace the 27-year-old Finn at Williams.
It's going to take a while to understand that this is really happening
Bottas has signed a one-year deal with the option for more, while Rosberg moves into an ambassadorial role.
Mercedes' young driver Pascal Wehrlein, passed over in favour of Bottas, joins the Swiss Sauber team.
Rosberg's shock retirement, announced just five days after he wrapped up his maiden world title, was a "challenging situation for the team to handle", according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff.
"Sometimes in life, unexpected circumstances provide interesting opportunities," he added. "Nico's decision in December was a big surprise.
"But weathering the storm makes you more resilient and we see this as another opportunity for the team to grow.
"I think Valtteri fits very well in our team, as a driver he's very fast, and he has also the heart in the right place.
"He shares our values and passion, and he's modest and humble and he's hard working."
For Bottas, the move is the opportunity of a lifetime. He has been in F1 for four seasons and has shown well at Williams alongside first Pastor Maldonado and then Massa.
"It's very exciting times for me," said Bottas, whose best F1 results so far are two second places, at the British and German grands prix in 2014.
"I think it's going to take a while to understand that this is really happening.
"It's definitely another dream come true, to race in another team with such great history - especially in the recent years, which have been so impressive.
"I think with Lewis we are going to be a strong pair together. I really respect him as a driver and a person.
"I'm sure we are going to be close, and we're going to be both pushing each forward. I'm sure we can work as a team."
Wolff has said he will end his ties with the personal management of Bottas' career now the driver is under his employment.
Massa, 35, announced his retirement at the end of last season but quit F1 only because he knew he was not wanted at Williams and there was no other good seat available to him.
A winner of 11 grands prix, he said: "Given the turn of events over the winter, I wish Valtteri all the best at Mercedes.
"In turn, when I was offered the chance to help Williams with their 2017 F1 campaign, it felt like the right thing to do."
Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams said: "With Valtteri having a unique opportunity to join the constructors' champions, we have been working hard to ensure that an agreement could be made with Mercedes.
"Felipe has always been a much-loved member of the Williams family, and having the opportunity to work with him again is something we all look forward to.
"He was always going to race somewhere in 2017, as he has not lost that competitive spirit, and it was important that we had a strong replacement in order for us to let Valtteri go.
"Felipe rejoining us provides stability, experience and talent to help lead us forward. He is a great asset for us."
Massa, who has signed a one-year deal, is an experienced and known quantity for Williams, who needed a driver over 25 to partner the 18-year-old Canadian rookie Lance Stroll as a result of their title sponsor, drinks giant Martini.
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Wolff negotiated a deal to release Bottas from Williams because he believed Wehrlein was not yet ready for promotion.
He turned to Sauber, who use engines from Mercedes' rivals Ferrari, to find a seat for the German to continue his development in F1.
Wehrlein will partner Swede Marcus Ericsson in what will be his second season in the sport.
The 22-year-old drove for Manor in his debut season last year but the British team are in administration and their participation in F1 in 2017 is in serious doubt.
Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn said Wehrlein had shown "talent throughout his career".
She added: "Last year, in his rookie Formula 1 season, he proved his potential by scoring one point in the Austrian Grand Prix.
"There is surely more to come from Pascal, and we want to give him the chance to further grow and learn at the pinnacle of motorsport."
Wehrlein, whose move is likely to have been facilitated by financial support from Mercedes for Sauber, added: "It is a new challenge in a new team, and I am really excited and looking forward to this new adventure.
"Our objective is to establish ourselves in the midfield and to score points on a regular basis."
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Members were balloted over job security at the university's medical school.
UCU Scotland said three-quarters of those who took part in a ballot voted for strike action. A petition will also be handed in on Tuesday.
The university expressed disappointment at the announcement.
UCU Scotland said all four members of staff now at the centre of the dispute were of Asian ethnic origin, which the union said raised the question of whether the process had been discriminatory.
A University of Aberdeen spokesman said: "We are disappointed that the UCU has decided to take strike action, and that they have chosen a date for the strikes which occurs during the student exam period.
"We will not allow our students' exams to be disrupted and have made arrangements to make sure this does not occur.
"Of the staff that were placed at risk of redundancy as a result of restructuring in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, the remaining four have been offered alternative employment on their current salary and grade. As a result, we no longer believe there will be a need for any compulsory redundancies.
"Regarding the concerns of UCU over the process that was followed, it is important to point out that the University of Aberdeen is an equal opportunities employer and takes this responsibility very seriously."
The 48-year-old sent abusive tweets and texts to Amanda Thomas, Bournemouth Magistrates' Court heard.
He also admitted assaulting photographer Steven Shepherd and damaging his £200 glasses.
Gascoigne, who now lives in Poole, Dorset, won 57 caps for England during a 19-year playing career.
District Judge Stephen Nicholls sentenced him to a community order for 12 months and issued a restraining order for two years prohibiting him from contacting Miss Thomas or posting about her on social media.
The court heard the relationship between Gascoigne and Miss Thomas ended at the end of last year and she started seeing another man, Andrew Stone, who works with Mr Shepherd.
On 16 March, it was heard the former footballer telephoned Miss Thomas at a Post Office shop where she works in Bournemouth, but she told him not to contact her again.
He went on to send her text messages and a "series of abusive tweets" in the following days, the prosecution said.
Prosecuting, Lee Turner said: "As a result of those tweets, it encouraged other persons using Twitter - which led to further harassment of Miss Thomas.
"She was alarmed and distressed at their content. Mr Stone telephoned Mr Gascoigne asking him to stop, however the abusive tweets continued."
The next day Gascoigne called his former girlfriend and told her: "I am going to destroy you, I am going to hammer you, I am going to come into the post office tomorrow."
The court heard he turned up at her place of work "causing a scene" and started shouting her name.
He then sent a further tweet saying: "If they do not sack the cow I am going to sue the Post Office."
Miss Thomas made a complaint to police and officers arrested the 48-year-old.
Gascoigne also admitted assaulting Mr Shepherd and a charge of criminal damage.
The court heard the photographer was taking pictures of the former footballer as he signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans at a cafe in Bournemouth on 16 June.
Gascoigne confronted Mr Shepherd and demanded he hand over his camera's memory card.
The altercation resulted in a one-inch graze to Mr Shepherd's head and damage to his prescription glasses, it was heard.
In defence, Gavin Harris told the court his client had been in a relationship with Miss Thomas dating back five years, but it started to go downhill when paparazzi photographers Mr Stone and Mr Shepherd came into contact with them.
Mr Harris accused Mr Shepherd of a "brazen attempt" to provoke Gascoigne so valuable photographs could be taken by Mr Stone, who was by "no coincidence" also at the scene of the attack.
Gascoigne, who has faced a high-profile battle with alcohol addiction in recent years and has spent a number of spells in rehab, played for the likes of Newcastle United, Tottenham, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough and Everton.
He was also fined £100 for the harassment and ordered to pay £1,535 in compensation and court costs, as well as a £60 victims' surcharge.
It has been reported he is being lined-up to appear on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, due to start in November.
Sophie Taylor, 22, died when her car hit a block of flats in Adamsdown, Cardiff, in August 2016.
Cardiff Crown Court heard her BMW crashed while being followed by Melissa Pesticcio, 23, and her ex-boyfriend in separate cars.
Miss Pesticcio, of Llanrumney, denies causing death by dangerous driving.
She also denies causing serious injury by dangerous driving and two charges of dangerous driving.
Miss Taylor was allegedly being pursued by ex-boyfriend Michael Wheeler, 22, and Miss Presticcio, who was driving her own BMW, when she crashed into a wall.
Joshua Deguara, a passenger in Miss Taylor's car at the time, made a 999 call shortly before the crash which was played in court.
In the recording Mr Deguara, who spent a number of months in hospital after the crash, is heard saying: "We're being chased as we speak by a BMW One Series.
"Melissa Pesticcio is driving. Sophie is quite scared."
Mr Deguara claimed Miss Pesticcio had chased them from outside the home of Wheeler. He said she was "trying to cut us up" and "trying to make us stop".
Moments later Miss Taylor crashed into the wall after colliding at high speed with Wheeler's Vauxhall Corsa.
Wheeler has already admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury.
The trial continues.
The Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee is investigating claims by a Sport NI safety expert about emergency evacuation procedures being ignored.
Paul Scott also claimed he was bullied into dropping his objections to the plans.
However, Sports Minister Carál Nà ChuilÃn has refuted those claims.
She said she first heard of his allegations when he appeared before the committee.
The inquiry is being briefed by the permanent secretary of the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Dr Denis McMahon, and DCAL official Cynthia Smith.
The Coventry Dog Group, which was set up to represent dog owners' interests, said it was pleased the council had changed its original proposals to restrict dog-walking in the city.
But it said it would be "keeping an eye" on how the new legislation worked.
The council said it believed dog owners were happy with the new rules which were introduced due to public demand.
The controls consist of five provisions, which will apply in parks and public places across Coventry.
They place a maximum on the number of dogs that can be walked by one owner, ban dogs from children's play areas and say dogs need to be kept on leads next to roads, in graveyards, when sports matches are in progress and in areas signposted by the council.
They also allow wardens to order owners to put problem dogs on leads.
Any breach of the new rules during the first three months will result in an advisory notice.
After the "bedding in" period, the council will issue fixed penalties of up to £100.
Mike Konrad from Coventry Dog Group said the council had initially considered restricting dogs around sports pitches - something which more than 4,500 people had petitioned against.
"The council did take away that particular proposal and what is being introduced is more reasonable," he said. "But we are going to keep an eye on things."
Craig Hickin, head of the council's environmental services, said the rules were brought in "largely because people wanted them".
"We have fantastic green spaces in Coventry and it's about making sure we share them responsibly," he said.
"Elected members initially wanted to keep dogs on leads around sports pitches, but local people didn't like that. We believe dog organisations are now much happier."
The 35-year-old Swiss has met Nadal, 30, in eight Grand Slam finals, most recently at the French Open in 2011.
Federer, attempting to secure his 18th Grand Slam title, has not beaten 14-time major winner Nadal in the final of a Slam since Wimbledon in 2007.
"I've got to have a sort of a nothing-to-lose mentality," said Federer.
"I know this court allows me to play a certain game against Rafa that I cannot do on centre court at the French Open."
Spain's Nadal has won six of the duo's Grand Slam final meetings, including beating Federer in five sets to win the Australian Open in 2009.
The two will meet on court for the 35th time in Melbourne from 08:30 GMT.
"He's an incredible tennis player," said Federer, who described himself as Nadal's number one. "He's got shots that no other one has. When you have that, you are unique and special."
Should Nadal win on Sunday, he will be the first man in the Open era - and third overall - to win all four Grand Slam titles twice. Federer, meanwhile, is trying to become the first man to win three of the major titles five times.
"It's exciting for both of us that we are still there and fighting for important events," said Nadal. "It's very special."
The rivalry began at the Miami Masters in 2004, when a 17-year-old Nadal beat Federer, then the world number one, 6-3 6-3.
Nadal has won 23 of their 34 meetings, but Federer triumphed in their last - in Basel in 2015.
Three of their Grand Slam finals have gone to five sets, as did both of their semi-finals earlier this week.
Nadal took four hours 56 minutes to beat Grigor Dimitrov on Friday, a day after Federer was taken to five sets by compatriot Stan Wawrinka.
Both players had injury-affected seasons in 2016, with Federer sidelined for six months with a knee problem, and a wrist injury forcing Nadal to withdraw from the French Open.
"When you have to go from Roland Garros without going on court, I remember myself crying in the car. That was a tough moment," Nadal said.
"I didn't think about being where I am today. It is special to play with Roger again in a final of a Grand Slam."
Sunday's match will be Federer's 100th at the Australian Open.
He is the oldest man to reach a Grand Slam final since Ken Rosewall, a US Open finalist in 1974 aged 39 years and 310 days.
And victory would make him the second oldest man to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era - Rosewall having won three major titles after his 35th birthday.
"Rosewall wrote me a letter this week to wish me well again," said Federer. "He does it every year at the Australian Open.
"To be in the same breath like these guys, it's a great feeling. I love these guys. It means a lot to me to have equalled something like this."
2006: French Open - Nadal won 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
2006: Wimbledon - Federer won 6-0 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (2-7) 6-3
2007: French Open - Nadal won 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
2007: Wimbledon - Federer won 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 2-6 6-2
2008: French Open - Nadal won 6-1 6-3 6-0
2008: Wimbledon - Nadal won 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (8-10) 9-7
2009: Australian Open - Nadal won 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2
2011: French Open - Nadal won 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 6-1
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent:
"When Federer flew to Mallorca to help launch Nadal's academy in the autumn, knee and wrist injuries meant an exhibition match was out of the question. Little did they imagine their next on court meeting would be so near, and on such an important stage.
"The history of their matches points to a Nadal victory. But the Spaniard spent nearly two hours longer on court in winning his semi-final, which was played a day later than Federer's. The Swiss is managing an abductor injury, but then again he is loving the quicker courts which should play into his hands.
"What is clear is that there is an enormous amount at stake. If Nadal wins he will close to within two Grand Slam titles of Federer's record of 17 and become the first man in the Open Era to win each of the sport's major prizes at least twice."
John Lloyd, 1977 Australian Open finalist and BBC Sport analyst:
"If Rafa had played a five-hour match a day after Roger when Rafa was at his peak - when he was winning majors all the time - I would not have been worried. We saw many times how he could recover from long matches.
"The difference now is he hasn't been in this position for a while - that does concern me. The semi-final against Dimitrov was exhausting, not just physically but mentally. I think that does give a little advantage to Federer.
"However, Rafa is such a warrior I still think he will be alright - and I pick him to win."
Changes to the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, mean authorities must take "all reasonable steps" to prevent someone from losing their home within 56 days.
The Welsh government said it is "the most fundamental reform to homelessness legislation in over 30 years".
Housing charity Shelter Cymru welcomed the move. Director John Puzey said homelessness "can happen to anyone".
Launching the changes on Monday, Communities and Tackling Poverty Minister Lesley Griffiths said it is a "major major milestone".
Councils now have to use privately rented accommodation where necessary and work more closely with government and housing associations.
Local authorities have been provided with additional funding and training programmes from the Welsh government to introduce the changes.
Even those with no local connection and who do not fit any of the 'priority need' categories are entitled to help.
The most recent figures from the Welsh government showed there were 1,210 households accepted as homeless in Wales.
There are plenty of successful sporting sides. More than a few have established dynasties. Only the rarest both triumph repeatedly and do so with the sort of style and swagger that lights up future generations as well as their own.
This All Blacks team, like the Brazil side that won football's World Cup in 1970, are now at that sanctified level: drawn from a rich heritage unlike any other, taking their sport to heights that none before have touched.
It is not simply that with Saturday night's 34-17 win over Australia they have become the first team in history to retain the Webb Ellis trophy.
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In winning their World Cup for a third time, just as Brazil did with Pele, Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho and the rest almost half a century before, they have both a cluster of superstars who will still be cherished another 50 years on and a blend that no-one who has seen will ever forget.
Twickenham witnessed both. The opening try from Nehe Milner-Skudder was a collective sleight of hand and sorcery that no other team could have conjured up: Conrad Smith's step into space only he had seen, Aaron Smith on his inside by instinct, captain Richie McCaw with black-shirted magic to find his young winger outside.
The second, garlanding the start of the second half just as the opener had illuminated the end of the first, exemplified the same unholy skills in a contrasting style: Sonny Bill Williams sucking in three defenders with brute power before off-loading with delicate dexterity, Ma'a Nonu curving away on a wrecking-ball's path through the splintering defensive wall.
Then, because Australia's remarkable fightback meant they had to win it a second time, the kingpin could stand out once again.
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Dan Carter may have a World Cup winner's medal from 2011 but it was a consolation rather than coronation, his injury in the pool stages turning poster-boy into water-carrier come the knock-out stages.
His first final, in the last of his 112 Tests for his country, began with violence: Wallaby loose-head prop Scott Sio smashing him back with a late hit to the ribs, Wallaby tight-head Sekope Kepu tickling that pretty jaw with a strong-arm up top. No spoilers, but the original Get Carter does not end well for the script's eponymous hero.
This time the main man would not be denied. His peerless place kicking had helped establish the 21-3 lead which seemed to have secured the world title once again. When the Wallabies turned that around in 11 second-half minutes through David Pocock and Tevita Kuridrani, his boot then took it back.
First there was the control when all around was chaos: the right options with hands and voice in his own half, a huge clearing kick into opposition territory to still the Aussie advance.
Then the critical kicks. In his first 110 Tests Carter landed a total of just six drop-goals. In the last week he has added two more, the first to put away South Africa in the semi-finals, the second to drive a knife into the twitching Wallaby corpse.
Forty metres out, struck with a same sweet precision as if he were back in the field at his parents' house in sleepy Southbridge, taking aim at the homemade posts his father stuck up to save any more windows in the house from being smashed.
Then, five minutes later, a penalty from further out still. That he converted Beauden Barrett's breakaway try at the death with his less favoured right foot was remarkable less for the skill of it and more for the fact that it may have been the first self-indulgent act of his 12 and a half years in an All Blacks jersey.
Because this is Carter, surely the finest fly-half the world has seen, he also made more tackles than any other player from either side. Because of all he has given the game, because of the heartbreak of missing out on his home patch four years ago, this was a redemption both sweet and impossible to resist.
It was a conclusion in fitting with what had come before. The last seven World Cup finals have brought 11 tries, the last three just four.
In 40 minutes on Saturday we had five, the pace unrelenting and the patterns exhilarating. Between them the two sides made a unprecedented 916m with ball in hand, beating 42 defenders and making 18 clean breaks.
That Australia came up short in a contest so significant will leave them nursing spiritual hangovers long after the physical ones have passed, but without their inspiring second-half renaissance this would not have been the unforgettable final it was, just as without their buccaneering displays on consecutive weekends on this ground this tournament would have been so much poorer.
A year ago, coach Michael Cheika installed two days before a northern hemisphere tour on which they would lose three of four matches, one of them to a Scotland side shortly to finish bottom of the Six Nations, the Wallabies being four points from parity with 16 minutes left in a World Cup final seemed as likely as the Southern Cross appearing in a northern sky.
They came close. But this was a night for those in black to shine, just as it has been so often over the past six years, even if Steve Hansen, the coach who has masterminded it all, is so self-effacing that he was the last man onto the victory podium and hidden away behind all his players when the old gold pot was hoisted.
Thirty nine tries in six and bit weeks and seven victories. 1,339 caps in the starting XV. Two World Cups in two attempts, after 24 long years of waiting and missing and falling short.
In the international retirements of so many greats - Carter, presumably McCaw, Nonu, his foil at centre Smith, the grizzled warriors Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock - there should be sadness.
Instead, as the fireworks exploded into the dark south-west London night and the golden ticker-tape fell from the skies, there could be only celebration - of a team like no other, of a group of players who have made excellence seem easy.
It happened at Finaghy rail halt on Saturday at about 23:20 GMT.
A spokesperson from Translink said emergency services were called to the scene after an incident involving a "trespasser".
The ambulance service confirmed that the man suffered a serious arm injury and was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
His condition is stable.
Crystalla Dean, 52, was last seen by her daughter at her home in Longsdale Crescent, Oban, at about 20:00 on Thursday.
She was reported missing the next day after failing to return.
Ms Dean is described as being about 5ft 1in tall, of slim build and has curly dyed-blue hair.
Police said she may have been wearing a red top, jeans and boots.
She has pet dogs and normally walks them in a wooded area known locally as The Witches.
Extensive inquiries involving officers and specialist police resources have already been carried out.
The search was taking place on Saturday and involved Police Scotland's mountain rescue team, the coastguard and the local mountain rescue team.
Police Scotland said the missing woman "has recently been dealing with some personal issues and her family just want to know she is safe and well".
Anyone with information should contact the Oban police office.
The move in Chorley means supplies in all areas south of the River Ribble are back to normal, while 100,000 homes are still affected, United Utilities said.
Up to 300,000 homeowners had to boil drinking water for more than three weeks after cryptosporidium, a microbial parasite, was discovered.
The bug was found at a treatment works near Preston on 6 August.
Water has been treated with ultraviolet (UV) light to kill the bug, which can cause diarrhoea and cramps.
United Utilities said it expected to be able to lift the restrictions for the "vast majority of remaining customers" by the end of Sunday.
The remaining UV-dosing rigs will soon be up and running to remove the last traces of the bug from the water network, the firm added.
The warning had affected residents in Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, Preston, South Ribble and Wyre.
Customers can check which areas have had restrictions lifted by visiting the United Utilities website or calling 0800 912 7241.
Those who have been affected are to be given up to £60 in compensation.
United Utilities said payments would range from £50 to £60 depending on when the advice was lifted. The move will cost the company more than £15m.
However, Conservative MP for Fylde Mark Menzies said the size of the payment was a "disgrace" and "woefully inadequate".
Car drivers currently pay £6.50 to use the M48 Severn Bridge and M4 Second Severn Crossing.
The chancellor George Osborne has said tolls for cars and vans will be cut to £5.40 in 2018, when they return to public ownership.
But Monmouth MP David Davies said there was scope for a bigger cut.
Fees are currently collected by a firm to pay for the construction and running costs due to be repaid by 2018.
Mr Davies, who also chairs the Welsh Affairs Committee at Westminster, said it was possible to maintain the bridges "on a fraction" of the cost when they revert to public ownership.
He has obtained figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) which he said showed a net revenue of £91.4m in 2014, of which £13.16m was operational expenditure, including maintenance, with £17m paid in Vat and which will be waived when they move into public ownership.
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"While we need to be careful in our interpretation of these figures, they conclusively demonstrate there is huge scope for a dramatic cut in the price of the tolls when the crossings revert to public ownership," said Mr Davies.
In a letter to Mr Davies, the DfT said a financial forecast showed a deficit of £63m would still be outstanding by 2018, revised down from £88m, and which "could be recovered through tolling".
The Welsh government has called for control of the bridges to be devolved.
Children as young as eight can have a criminal record in Scotland, albeit via the decisions of children's hearings rather than the courts.
The government held a consultation earlier in the year after an advisory panel backed raising the limit to 12.
Early Years Minister Mark McDonald told MSPs the case for change was "clear and compelling".
He said it had been backed by the United Nations, police, prosecutors, victims' groups and young people, adding: "This is emphatically the right time and the right approach to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility."
The current age of criminal responsibility, when a child is considered capable of committing a crime and old enough to stand trial and be convicted of an offence, is currently set at 10 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In Scotland, while children cannot formally be prosecuted in a court until they are 12, from the age of eight they can go before a children's hearing and have these judgements added to their criminal record.
In 2015, Lib Dem MSP Alison McInnes put forward amendments aimed at making the same change to a criminal justice bill in the previous Holyrood session, but saw them voted down at committee level.
Mr McDonald said he wanted to put on the record his thanks to Ms McInnes for pressing the issue.
The Scottish government set up an advisory group on the subject that same year, which came back with a report recommending the age of responsibility be raised to 12.
A consultation was subsequently held between March and June 2016, with the Scottish government saying it would "inform a decision by ministers".
Leading QC Derek Ogg told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that it was important to take into account the background of a child when considering prosecution.
He said: "The thing that we've got to remember in all of this is that a child who offends is himself a victim.
"That's a child that we're talking about who's been let down. It may be parenting, it may be mental health services, it may be social services.
"The vast majority of children - and I'm talking about children until 16 - the vast majority of children who come into contact with criminal authorities and criminal courts are from profoundly abusive backgrounds, whether it's sexual abuse, criminal abuse or poverty.
"So we have to bear in mind that we are dealing with very vulnerable children when they come into contact with the criminal justice system."
Tory MSP Douglas Ross said the change was backed by "the vast majority of experts", although he questioned how the Scottish government would build and sustain public confidence in the change. Mr McDonald replied that there would be engagement through the course of stand-alone legislation being passed.
Scottish Labour backed the change, with Claire Baker saying a "strong and persuasive argument" had been made by a range of groups.
The Scottish Greens also supported the move, with John Finnie saying bringing Scottish policy into line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child was "very welcome".
And Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur called it a "national embarrassment" that eight-year-olds are currently treated as criminals rather than children.
The Scottish Youth Parliament said the change was an "important step" that would "help ensure that Scotland is a fair place for children, and shift focus to supporting children instead of criminalising them".
Banks, government offices and factories are shut, while public transport is also disrupted in parts of the country.
The government says the reforms are needed to bolster the economy.
But trade unions say the government has not addressed the demands of the workers in banking, telecommunication and manufacturing industries.
They also oppose a government directive to state-run pension funds to put more money into stock markets.
Tapan Sen, general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, told the BBC that more than 150 million workers in different industries were on strike.
But there has been no independent corroboration of the numbers given by the unions.
Mr Sen's union has accused the government of a "vile conspiracy... to privatise the public sector and invite foreign capital in some parts of industry".
Banks, shops and schools shut down in parts of the country, including in the southern Karnataka and Kerala states, where public transport was also disrupted, according to reports.
News channels showed flag-waving protesters squatting on railway tracks in the states of Orissa and West Bengal.
More than 20 protesters were arrested after they damaged two government buses in West Bengal, senior police official Anuj Sharma told AFP.
Ten major unions called the strike after talks with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley broke down, with leaders rejecting his offer to raise the minimum wage for unskilled workers, reports said.
"This strike is against the central government, this strike is for the cause of the working people," Ramen Pandey of the Indian National Trade Union Congress told the AFP news agency.
"Our strike will be 100% successful... we will prove that this strike is the world's largest ever."
Since taking charge in May 2014, PM Narendra Modi's BJP government has initiated economic reforms and is trying to ease labour laws to attract foreign investment and make it easier to do business in the country.
The government also plans to sell its stake in state-owned companies, which are incurring heavy loses.
His publicist said the Emmy award-winner died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Boothe, who played Gideon Malick in S.H.I.E.L.D after appearing in The Avengers on the big screen, also appeared in TV shows Nashville and 24.
He won an Emmy in 1980 for his role in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.
Actor friend Beau Bridges paid tribute to Boothe on Twitter, calling him a "great actor, devoted father & husband".
The star gained a reputation for playing villains after a string of roles in the 1980s and '90s including Tombstone and Sudden Death.
He went on to play a ruthless saloon owner Cy Tolliver in the TV western series Deadwood, which ran for three seasons.
His co-star Garret Dillahunt said on Facebook Boothe was "a formidable adversary, baseball lover and poser hater".
The son of a ranch owner in Snyder, Texas, Boothe was the first in his family to go to university and began acting in the 1970s.
He made his film debut in 1977 Richard Dreyfuss film The Goodbye Girl and had a number of other small roles, but his big break came in 1980 when he bagged the title role as cult leader Jim Jones in the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones.
The part was followed by another leading role, in 1983 TV series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye.
The following year he starred in Red Dawn, which imagines a US conflict with the Soviet Union. Actress Lea Thompson, who also appeared in the film, tweeted her sadness at Boothe's death.
"I loved acting with you, you were a gentlemen and a great actor," she said.
His funeral will be a private service held in Texas and his family are considering a public memorial later in the year, his agent said.
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Martial turned in Tim Fosu-Mensah's cross from close range early in the second half to send Everton to a third straight Premier League defeat.
Phil Jagielka headed against the bar for the visitors, and later had a snapshot saved by David De Gea.
Victory leaves United one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
Manchester United's modern-day young players combined to set up victory on a day when the club honoured as great a home-grown talent as they have ever had.
Before kick-off, the South Stand was renamed after Sir Bobby Charlton, the Busby Babe who won the 1966 World Cup with England, and who remains United's record goalscorer.
Accompanied by his wife Norma, a visibly emotional Charlton watched from the pitch before kick-off as fans held up sheets to spell out his name.
The United team of 2016 follows strongly in the club's tradition of blooding young players - three of which were involved in the goal that provided a breakthrough after a turgid first half.
Marcus Rashford has been a revelation since breaking into the United team in February; scoring four times in his first two appearances and hitting the winner at Manchester City two weeks ago.
This time, his backheel freed fellow academy graduate Fosu-Mensah to play a low ball across goal, which 20-year-old Martial - signed from Monaco for an initial fee of £36m in September - touched in at the far post.
From his seat in the stand, Charlton applauded warmly, a smile breaking across his face.
The result will have been pleasing for Charlton, but this was a far from fluent United performance in a largely forgettable match.
For the 10th time in the Premier League this season, a first half at Old Trafford ended goalless, and there was not a single shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.
Everton just shaded that first half, with Marcos Rojo struggling at left-back against the pace of Everton winger Gerard Deulofeu.
United improved after taking the lead, but were never entirely comfortable and - in addition to Jagielka's two near-misses - escaped when the classy Fosu-Mensah made a brilliant clearance almost underneath his own bar to clear Seamus Coleman's low cross.
However, it was a second successive 1-0 victory for manager Louis van Gaal, which keeps his team firmly in contention to qualify for next season's Champions League.
It was a mixed afternoon for Everton defender John Stones, making only his second club start since late January as he attempts to ride through the trickiest spell of his young career to date.
A target for Chelsea last summer, Stones has had to watch on for much of the last two months as Ramiro Funes Mori has partnered Jagielka at centre-back.
Stones has been criticised for errors made when trying to play out from the back; the latest of which came with England on Tuesday, as a slip allowed the Netherlands to begin the move from which they earned a penalty in a 2-1 win.
The 21-year-old showed he still has plenty of confidence on the ball, and made a superbly-timed challenge to deny Martial in the first half.
However, he was at fault for United's winner, as both he and Coleman switched off to allow Martial space at the far post, and Everton fell to only their second away league defeat of the season.
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "There were two games within a game. Up until the goal, we were the team with a better tempo and we always looked a threat.
"The goal was a very soft action, it's not up to our standards. The performances were very, very level and we shouldn't have lost the game. It's that sort of game that came down to small margins - the ball hitting the crossbar is the difference between us getting something out of the game.
"We are a young group with great potential, but our home form hasn't been anywhere near good enough."
Manchester United travel to second-placed Tottenham in the Premier League next Sunday before an FA Cup quarter-final replay at West Ham three days later. Everton face a league trip to Watford next Saturday, and then to Crystal Palace the following Wednesday.
Match ends, Manchester United 1, Everton 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Everton 0.
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oumar Niasse (Everton).
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
John Stones (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Valencia.
Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Substitution, Everton. Oumar Niasse replaces Ross Barkley.
Hand ball by Romelu Lukaku (Everton).
Attempt blocked. Tom Cleverley (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
Foul by Anthony Martial (Manchester United).
Aaron Lennon (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Phil Jagielka (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Antonio Valencia.
Substitution, Manchester United. Antonio Valencia replaces Daley Blind because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Daley Blind (Manchester United) because of an injury.
Offside, Manchester United. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.
Offside, Everton. Kevin Mirallas tries a through ball, but Seamus Coleman is caught offside.
Offside, Manchester United. David de Gea tries a through ball, but Jesse Lingard is caught offside.
Foul by Matteo Darmian (Manchester United).
Aaron Lennon (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Everton. Leighton Baines tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
Matteo Darmian (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Everton).
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
James McCarthy (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Gerard Deulofeu because of an injury.
Foul by Anthony Martial (Manchester United).
James McCarthy (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
John Stones (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by John Stones.
Substitution, Manchester United. Ander Herrera replaces Michael Carrick.
Foul by Juan Mata (Manchester United).
Leighton Baines (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The visitors' total of 338-3 always looked enough for a fourth win, with Kiran Carlson's 63 providing the main resistance in Glamorgan's 168 all out.
Somerset's massive total was built on a fine 187-run third-wicket stand between Allenby and Dean Elgar (96).
With James Hildreth clubbing 58, a further 109 came in the last 7.2 overs.
Somerset always looked set for a fourth straight win as Allenby and Elgar timed their partnership beautifully after coming together in the tenth over, with Elgar continuing his rich vein of early-season form.
His innings came off 100 balls, but his dismissal saw the scoring-rate rise even further as Allenby hit six sixes while Hildreth scored at more than two runs a ball.
Michael Hogan's early parsimony, conceding six runs off six overs, was long forgotten as Somerset ran riot in the closing stages.
Somerset continued their momentum as Glamorgan lost three wickets for 27 inside 12 overs, but teenager Carlson provided some consolation for the home supporters with a fluent 59-ball knock amid the wreckage.
Somerset's bowlers were all in the wickets, while spinner Roelof van der Merwe took 3-21 to finish off the tail.
Somerset are now strong favourites for a home quarter-final, while Glamorgan need to win all four remaining matches to stand a realistic chance of qualification.
Somerset captain Jim Allenby told BBC Somerset:
"It's been a while coming for the hundred in 50 or 40-over cricket, really pleased to get it although it's something that really hasn't been on my mind.
"It's one of my favourite grounds, I love playing here and I loved it when it was my home ground, coming here as an away player is a bit different but it's quite a comfortable place for me to play cricket, and it's nice to do it in front of the Cardiff locals.
"Luckily Dean (Elgar) is in the sort of form he is, he was going a run a ball at the start of the innings and I could just take my time and build up, then managed to hit a couple of good ones at the end.
"It wasn't as tight as a few of the other games, good for the net run-rate but I'm enjoying the way we're playing the game and the attitude."
Glamorgan batsman Kiran Carlson told BBC Wales Sport:
"It was nice to get a few runs personally, it was good to get an opportunity to bat for a long period of time there but unfortunately I couldn't go on and take the game a bit deeper.
"I'm definitely learning a lot from the senior players in the team, the likes of Colin Ingram, Jacques Rudolph, I think I'm learning every day and trying to improve every day- hopefully I'm showing I'm worth playing.
"I'll still be going to Cardiff University end of September, it's my last summer of full cricket.
"It'll be tough to combine cricket with studies, there'll be not much down-time because I'll be wanting to train as much as I can, then studies as well are going to be pretty important, but I'm sure I'll be able to manage it."
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It's quite common for children to feel uncomfortable around our canine companions so now the charity the Dog's Trust is running a campaign to try to help children feel more confident around dogs.
There are almost nine million dogs in the UK and the Dogs Trust want to make sure all children know the best ways to stay safe.
Ayshah took a group of kids to meet some dogs and get some top tips.
The Games, which run from 7-18 September, will see around 4,350 athletes from more than 160 countries travel to Rio to compete in 526 medal events in 22 different sports.
Britain enjoyed a hugely successful London Paralympics in 2012, winning 120 medals, including 34 golds, to finish second on the medal table behind China and Russia.
GB athletes have already secured more than 120 unnamed slots, across 15 sports, with a team of more than 200 expected to be named for the Games.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the competitors who will be hoping to make an impact in their respective sports in 2016 on the biggest stage of all.
Despite being only 17, Moore has been playing wheelchair basketball for eight years and is now a key part of the GB women's squad who will be playing at next year's Rio Paralympics.
The Counden Court student has a hectic life, combining her first year of A Level study in Biology, Chemistry and PE with training alongside the rest of the GB players who are based at the University of Worcester.
In 2012 Moore, who is also a talented wheelchair racer, was part of the Paralympic Inspiration programme and after London made getting to Rio her goal - and she is well placed to achieve it.
The teenager, who was left paraplegic by a form of cancer when she was just three months old, enjoyed double medal success in 2015, first helping the GB Under-25 Women to the world title before securing bronze at the European Championships, losing by one point to eventual champions Germany in the semi-final before recovering to beat France for third place. She also had the honour of being named in the tournament's All Star team.
"Having so many others on the team around the same age as me has been really good," she said.
"I never expected to play so many minutes at the Europeans and to make the All Star team was amazing and a real honour.
"To lose so narrowly in the semi-final was horrible but it is something that will spur me on for 2016. I would love to be selected to Rio and try and put in the same sort of performance that I did at the Europeans but under that bit more pressure."
Did you know: Moore used to play the violin, reaching Grade 5
In January 2013 the then 27-year-old Giglia was working as fitness coach when she suffered a brain haemorrhage/stroke which left her with restricted movement down her right side.
Keen to get back into sport, cycling formed part of her rehabilitation and after being spotted by British Cycling, she joined their development programme in 2014 and has gone from strength to strength.
She made her major international debut in 2015, racing in both the World Track and World Road Championships, and finished the year on a high at the Manchester Para-Cycling event, winning gold in the C3 pursuit, beating the reigning world champion.
"I knew it was a hard ride but when I looked at the scoreboard and saw it was a nine-second personal best where the week before I was way off the pace, I was so shocked but it gives me real confidence for 2016," said Giglia, who is now based with the rest of the GB squad at the Manchester Velodrome.
"At the moment, I don't allow myself to think too much about Rio because you never know what is going to happen.
"My next big competition is the World Track Championships in Italy in March and I just want to focus on each race as it comes until I know I have made selection and only after that will I focus on the Paralympics.
"I never dreamed I would get to this level but it has allowed me to turn what was a bad situation into a good one. It gives me something to live for and I hope what I am doing can give other people hope that that can do something with their lives."
Did you know: Giglia is an animal lover and her and her partner have three dogs, four guinea pigs, two rabbits, two chinchillas and some fish.
The Norwich teenager is Britain's top ranked junior and is hoping to make his Paralympic debut in Rio at the age of 18.
Hewett was born with a heart defect, which required open heart surgery when he was six months old, and then aged seven he was diagnosed with a condition called Perthes Disease, which affects his hip joint.
But after picking up a racquet and ball aged eight, he found his sporting niche and as well as being the world number one junior, he is also British number two behind Gordon Reid and will be hoping to earn the chance to play with Reid in the men's doubles at the Paralympics as well as taking part in the singles.
Hewett's 2015 saw him play a key role in helping the GB men win gold at the World Team Cup (the equivalent of the Davis Cup) in May and make his debut in the Wimbledon wheelchair doubles event in July and also win singles titles in Berlin and Italy and the British Open doubles title with Reid.
"It has definitely been a roller-coaster year," he said. "I had some good wins over top 10 players but also some sloppy performances so there is a lot to take out of it for next year.
"Wimbledon was huge for me and it proved that I could cope when the pressure was on. Playing there gave me confidence for the future.
"Getting to Rio would mean a lot. I've had to overcome a lot but this has been my goal and it would prove that all the hard work and the sacrifices my family and I have made were worth it and a medal would be a dream come true."
Did you know: Hewett says he would like to play a match against John Isner to see if he could return the 6ft 10in American's serve, which regularly reaches speeds of 140mph.
Having won team bronze at London 2012, Kent's Wilson wants to add an individual medal to that if he is selected for Rio.
The 20-year-old was the youngest member of the GB table tennis squad in London, missing out on a medal in the singles before linking up with Will Bayley and Aaron McKibbin for the team event.
But Wilson has struggled with a series of injuries since London and this year's European Championships, where he won team bronze, was his first major and only his fourth competition since London.
"At London 2012, there were about 5,000 spectators watching. It was incredible, an amazing experience," he said. "The main goal was Rio straight after London. The experience of London is a tiny advantage and all the advantages add up."
Wilson, who in 2011 was diagnosed with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, which affects the growing ends of the bones, is expecting to find out whether he has been selected for Rio early in 2016.
He said: "After London, I suffered with a shoulder injury, and that meant a lot of rehabilitation. I also had knee and shoulder operations, so it has required a lot of patience and a lot of waiting around.
"That has helped me improve in the gym and improve psychologically and everything is coming together now."
Did you know: Wilson's sporting hero is Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
Watching Hannah Cockcroft and David Weir win gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics proved a key moment in the life of Coventry teenager Kare Adenegan.
Having been excluded from participating in sports at school for health and safety reasons, the Games made her realise that she could take part in sport, despite her cerebral palsy, and she quickly discovered that there was an athletics club in her city.
She joined up and under the guidance of coach Job King, the Bablake School student is now a force to be reckoned with and in September became the first athlete in seven years to beat Cockroft when she triumphed in a 400m race in London.
In October, aged 14, she was the youngest member of the GB team at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, winning two bronze medals including being part of a British clean sweep in the T34 800m where she was third behind Cockroft and fellow Briton Mel Nicholls.
"Sharing the podium with other GB athletes was great," says Adenegan, who turns 15 on 29 December. "We had all thought of the possibility of securing a 1-2-3 in the 800m and to share that moment together as a team and with the nation was special.
"The World Championships were a stepping stone and I learned a lot about technique and tactics which should be beneficial for future competitions. The thought that I might be competing at Rio Paralympics is extremely exciting."
Did you know: Music plays a key part in Kare's training regime and she is inspired by lyrics from the likes of Nick Brewer and Guvna B.
He may only have made his England debut a few months ago, but Crossen is already targeting gold with Great Britain at the Rio Paralympics.
The 25-year-old defender, from Stockton-on-Tees, impressed in June as England finished fifth at the Cerebral Palsy World Championships, their best ever, to secure a place for GB in Brazil, and he also was selected as a substitute on the team of the tournament.
He admits he almost gave up football "10 times" after a stroke at the age of 22 left him with restricted movement on his left side.
Crossen also plays for Marske United in the Northern League First Division and works as a supermarket delivery driver.
He said: "I am going for gold. Definitely a medal is the aim going into it. I am not going there to be a tourist, I am going for a medal.
"I would say we have got the third-best team in the world. I know the rankings don't say that but I think we could beat anyone on our day.
"The World Championships were the most inspirational moment for me, it was breathtaking."
Did you know: Crossen is a big fan of boxing and his sporting hero is former world champion Mike Tyson.
Levels of the male hormone gradually decrease naturally as men get older.
Doctors agree men of any age with very low levels and symptoms such as low libido and erectile dysfunction should be considered for testosterone therapy.
But the debate rages about where the treatment cut-off level should sit.
In the US, selling testosterone direct to consumers has become big business.
In the UK, men have to see a doctor to get a prescription, although some buy it on the internet.
All of the men in the US trials were 65 or older and had moderately low testosterone levels, but with no obvious medical cause.
Half were given testosterone gel, applied to the skin, while the other half were given a placebo gel containing no testosterone.
The 700 men, treated at different research centres, were monitored for a year and the findings are published in the JAMA and JAMA Internal Medicine.
At 12 months, testosterone treatment was linked to:
But also:
The researchers say more studies are needed to check if this means that men who take testosterone are then at increased risk of heart problems.
Another study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that tracked heart health over a period of about three years suggests possibly not, but experts say it is too soon to be sure.
Other research has suggested testosterone might help protect the heart, but experts say it is too soon to be sure.
There is also a concern that testosterone treatment might make prostate cancer more likely, by fuelling tumour growth.
Dr Channa Jayasena, an expert at Imperial College London and a spokesman for the UK Society for Endocrinology, said: "The message here is to select the correct patients who will benefit from testosterone therapy, but not treat it as a wonder-drug."
The European association of Urology recommends other possible causes of low testosterone, such as obesity, should be treated before testosterone therapy is considered.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said that it had negotiated new contracts with the test providers, and would pass on the savings to drivers.
Some tests for lorry and bus drivers, and driving instructors will also fall.
The practical car test still costs £62 on a weekday, and £75 in the evening after 16:30 and during weekends.
Motorcycle practical tests cost £75 for the on-road test, and £88.50 during evenings, weekends and bank holidays. The off-road element costs £15.50.
The government said that there would not be any change to the content of the cheaper theory test.
"This has been achieved without compromising on the vital role the theory test plays in making sure that new drivers know The Highway Code and the rules of the road," said Transport Minister Stephen Hammond.
"I am delighted that theory tests will now offer better value for money while continuing to meet these rigorous standards."
The theory test is only one of number of costs faced by learner drivers. The saving is the equivalent of about a quarter of a typical lesson.
Bishop Peter Ball, who was jailed last year for abusing young men between the 1970s and 1980s, was investigated by police in 1993 and given a caution.
He admitted to his defence team, which included a priest, that he had committed sexual offences.
Gloucestershire Police said a thorough investigation took place.
Documents seen by the BBC suggest Ball's defence team sought to do a deal with the police to avoid the "scandal of a trial".
Ball, who was previously Bishop of Lewes, promised to resign as Bishop of Gloucester and "immediately leave the country", but instead continued to officiate as a priest in the Church of England until 2010.
The Reverend Graham Sawyer, one of the men abused by Ball said: "It looks like there was a deeply sinister, coordinated, but probably in the end rather inept attempt at a cover-up."
The documents, described as being for the information solely of the Bishop of Chichester and the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, say Ball had been "abusing not only his office but very many young men".
These documents are significant because they appear to show the Bishop of Chichester, the late Eric Kemp, was made aware that Peter Ball had abused many young men in 1993.
Despite this, in later years Bishop Kemp described Peter Ball's victims as "mischief makers". This is something that caused Peter Ball's survivors further pain, anguish and upset.
The question is which other senior members of the Church of England clergy knew Ball was an offender?
And how was Peter Ball allowed to continue working in churches up until 2010 when clergy knew he had confessed and were informed he was responsible for a string of sex attacks?
Lord Carey has declined to comment on the documents.
He said he would answer questions put to him by both the Goddard Inquiry into child sex abuse and the Church's own review into Ball's abuse.
He told the BBC last year he knew nothing of the investigation, nor anything of its author.
The current Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has appointed Dame Moira Gibb as chair of the independent review into the case.
In the documents, retired detective Wayne Murdock is said to have discussed with Ball's legal team "the need to prevent a scandal in the press, especially as Peter was a frequent visitor to Sandringham and is friendly with Prince Charles".
Cliff James, another of Ball's victims, said: "I think it is shocking. It's really disturbing how it appears senior establishment figures clustered together to shield Bishop Peter."
Mr Murdock was described as "sympathetic" in the documents, adding that he confided in Ball's defence team that he was educated by a clergyman who attended a religious group founded by Peter Ball and his twin brother.
In a statement, he said his "investigation was conducted with the highest standards of integrity, transparency and impartiality."
He denies any deal was done, stating the "decision as to how the case was disposed of in 1993 was ultimately taken by the DPP [Director of Public Prosecutions]."
Gloucestershire Constabulary said they reviewed their original handling of the case in 2012.
"The original investigation was of a thorough standard and there is no reason to believe that anything was overlooked," a spokesman said.
The CPS said last year the decision not to prosecute Ball in 1993 was "wrong".
"There was sufficient evidence and it was in the public interest to prosecute at the time," a spokesman said.
"Furthermore, in order for a caution to be given, a suspect must first make full and frank admissions to the alleged offence. It is clear from our records that such admissions were not made in the appropriate way.
"Our approach to sexual abuse has changed fundamentally since 1993 and we are confident that such a decision would not be made by prosecutors today."
Gatecrasher, on Broad Street, had its licence suspended after a knife attack in the club and an alleged fight with doormen on 31 October.
West Midlands Police called for the licence to be revoked, citing previous violent incidents.
The police case was not contested by the club's owner. Birmingham City Council's licensing sub-committee unanimously agreed to the revocation.
The future of the venue, which can hold 2,400 people, has not been confirmed by its owner.
A council statement said police officers had "absolutely no confidence" in the ability of current premises licence holder Simon Raine to operate the club.
"It was explained that Mr Raine had conceded that he must dispose himself on any interest in the premises, and that what was required was an entirely independent third party operator that had no connection with him," it said.
"In the event of any successful sale, it was acknowledged that the third party could apply to transfer the licence and seek to reach agreement for the continued operation of the premises licence."
Mr Raine said "a lack of trust on both sides" between Gatecrasher and West Midlands Police made the continued operation of the club unworkable, adding he hoped police investigations into the disorder would lead to further action.
"I have no intention of fighting with West Midlands Police or the city council," he said.
"A harmonious working relationship is required in order to operate successfully in the late-night economy, especially working with a venue of this size and stature in a multicultural city that Birmingham is."
One was killed at the base and two others died later in hospital.
They were in vehicles approaching the gate of a military training centre at al-Jafr air base when they came under small-arms fire, the official added.
An earlier statement from the Jordanian military said the car they were in failed to stop at the gate and was fired upon by security forces.
"A total of three US service members died today in the incident in Jordan," the official said.
"Initial reports were that one was killed, two injured. The two injured service members were transported to a hospital in Amman, where they died."
The Pentagon and the White House said they would work with Jordan to determine exactly what had happened.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the US personnel were part of an "ongoing" training mission.
"The United States is interested in getting to the bottom of what occurred," he said.
AFP news agency quoted a US defence official as saying it was a "green on blue" incident, a military term for when friendly forces attack US personnel.
"But we can't say for the moment if it was a deliberate" act to kill US personnel or "some kind of misunderstanding," the official told the news agency.
The incident happened around midday local time (10:00 GMT).
Jordan is a close ally of the US and a member of the US-led coalition fighting the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq.
US forces have trained a small group of Syrian rebels in Jordan as well as Iraqi and Palestinian security forces.
Last November, a Jordanian police captain opened fire at a police training centre near the capital Amman, killing two Americans, a South African and two Jordanians.
The Jordanian government subsequently said the police captain had been a troubled individual but security sources said he was an IS supporter.
Kwiatkowski, the 2014 world champion, sprinted away from reigning rainbow jersey wearer Sagan in the final 300m to win the 206km race by three seconds.
Stannard led the bunch over the line 11 seconds adrift of his Polish team-mate.
It was a second successive victory in the Belgian race for Team Sky after Britain's Geraint Thomas won last year.
The riders observed a minute's silence at the start of the race in memory of victims of the Brussels bombings.
Result:
1. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol/Team Sky) 4hrs 55mins 18secs
2. Peter Sagan (Svk/Tinkoff) +3secs
3. Ian Stannard (GB/Team Sky) +11secs
4. Fabian Cancellara (Swi/Trek) Same time
5. Jasper Stuyven (Bel/Trek)
Energy Minister Michael Fallon said any project not granted planning permission before the election would not get funds as the UK would already have enough wind power to meet 2020 EU targets.
He also said councils in England and Wales would be given the "decisive say" on new onshore wind farms from 2015.
The Lib Dems said they had blocked such changes being made by the coalition.
Mr Fallon said a "good mixture of reliable energy" was needed and the government was "committed" to cutting carbon emissions.
"Renewable energy, including onshore wind, has a key role in our future energy supply," he said.
"But we now have enough bill payer-funded onshore wind in the pipeline to meet our renewable energy commitments and there's no requirement for any more."
He also said his party would change the law within six months of winning the 2015 election so all onshore wind farm applications would be handled by local planning authorities.
At present large projects in England and Wales are dealt with under the "nationally significant infrastructure" planning regime.
The government says there is currently enough wind power to provide energy to four million homes, forecast to rise to seven million by 2020.
Department for Energy and Climate Change figures suggest 13.8GW of UK onshore wind power capacity is already built, under construction or has been granted planning permission.
It says that will be enough to meet targets of 11-13GW even if some projects fall through.
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had been "at pains to point out how much they disagree about onshore wind farms", with David Cameron "repeatedly saying" subsidies must eventually be brought to an end.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey said his party, junior coalition partners the Lib Dems, had "fought and won" Conservative plans to cap onshore windfarms.
He said: "This government is green because the Liberal Democrats have fought every step of the way to protect our environment and lead the fight against climate change.
"Putting the brakes on onshore wind would be disastrous for business and jobs in our growing green economy.
"You can't trust the Conservatives on their own to build a fairer society. Only with Liberal Democrats in Government can we build a stronger economy and a fairer society."
On Wednesday the government announced approval of eight new renewable energy projects, including offshore wind farms and conversions of coal-powered plants to run on biomass.
Ben Condon died after developing a respiratory illness likely to have been caused by human metapneumovirus (HMPV).
His parents Allyn and Jenny believe he should have been given antibiotics in the days before his death, at Bristol Children's Hospital in April 2015.
But the inquest at Avon Coroner's Court heard this would not have prevented it.
Ben was born at 29 weeks at Southmead Hospital in Bristol on 17 February last year and spent seven weeks in intensive care.
He returned home to Weston-super-Mare with his parents on 7 April, but began coughing and sneezing two days later.
On 10 April, he was taken to Weston General Hospital and transferred to Bristol Children's Hospital after becoming lifeless and struggling to breathe.
Ben was not prescribed antibiotics until 17 April, just over an hour before he died at 21:07 GMT, after suffering two cardiac arrests.
Following the inquest conclusion Mr Condon, an Olympic sprinter, said: "We still have many unanswered questions and continue to seek for the truth.
"The picture that has emerged from the inquest is still a very confusing one. There are clear inconsistencies that need to be resolved."
Mrs Condon said: "It destroyed me losing Ben but this has destroyed me even more."
Two consultants who gave evidence both said they would have administered antibiotics earlier, but did not believe it would have made any difference to his condition.
Recording the narrative conclusion, Coroner Maria Voisin said Ben's death was caused by acute respiratory distress syndrome, HMPV and the fact he had been born prematurely.
He was taken off injured during Friday's 2-1 win over Dundee United and remains in a Glasgow hospital.
Pearson, 33, told Motherwell's website: "I'm gutted to miss our upcoming games, but there's very little I can do for this other than rest up.
"I'll hopefully be back as soon as possible to help the lads."
The former Scotland international had to be substituted after 34 minutes of a game in which skipper Keith Lasley and Josh Law were also forced off through injury.
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The 26-year-old has been the subject of three bids from Italian club Roma since expressing his desire to leave the 2015-16 Premier League champions.
The FAF said he had been given permission to miss training to agree a deal before the transfer deadline.
Barcelona, Manchester United and Chelsea are also said to be interested.
But Arsenal are not in contention to sign the winger.
Roma's third bid was reported to be £32m and the club have said they are now looking at other options.
A statement from the FAF said Mahrez "was authorised by the national coach Lucas Alcaraz and the Algerian Football Federation to make an express trip to Europe to formalise on Thursday his transfer to his new club. The national team will fly without him on Thursday morning to Lusaka to face Zambia on Saturday."
Mahrez was named the PFA Player of the Year after playing a key part in Leicester's title-winning season.
He has featured in all three of the Foxes' Premier League fixtures so far this term.
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In 1995, construction workers in Puerto Madryn unearthed human remains.
Physiological evidence as well as artefacts found nearby suggested they were those of Catherine Roberts, who arrived in Argentina aboard the Mimosa on 28 July 1865 along with 152 other Welsh people looking for a new life.
But a positive DNA identification only became possible this year after researchers traced her descendants to Nia Olwen Ritchie in Cerrigydrudion.
Now, firefighter Nia's 12,000-mile (19,300km) journey to discover her ancestor is to be shown in a documentary for Argentinian television.
Ricardo Preve, producer of The Patagonian Bones, said: "The mystery of Catherine Roberts's bones was a detective story that needed solving and it has captivated me for some time now.
"Finding Nia was essential to confirming the DNA connection but we did not bank on the help she was able to give us on the ground in Wales and her wonderful enthusiasm in helping to tell this intriguing story."
Catherine Roberts was 36 in 1865 when she paid the princely sum of £12 for her journey from Liverpool to Patagonia.
The ageing clipper Mimosa had not been designed to carry passengers and the voyage took two months.
Conditions upon arrival were little better and apart from a small advance party, the region of the Chubut Valley where they landed was completely uncolonised.
Chronicles of the earliest Welsh settlers detail how Catherine was the first of the newcomers to die on Patagonian soil, although they do not mention exactly where she was buried.
Suspicions were first raised that the skeleton discovered in 1995 may have been hers when a ring and button discovered in the grave were found to have been of Welsh origin.
The chronicles also describe how the earliest Welsh coffins were constructed from pine salvaged from a shipwreck - fragments of the same Scotch Pine were found in Catherine's grave.
Examinations of the bones found they were of the correct age and size, and also revealed a distinctive abnormality of the jaw bone which can be seen in the only known photograph of Catherine, taken shortly before she set sail.
Despite world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dr Carlos Vullo managing to sequence female DNA from the skeleton, the trail went cold because none of Catherine's female descendants could be traced.
Eventually a 10-year "woman hunt" led Ricardo Preve and Dr Vullo to Nia.
"I was amazed to be contacted in this way but fascinated by the story of my ancestor and really wanted to help where I could," Nia said.
"Before I flew to Argentina in April for the DNA testing I welcomed Ricardo Preve to north Wales and during March I showed him various locations for his documentary, including the ruins of Catherine's home in Llandrillo and the chapel where her mother is buried.
"At that stage we did not know if the bones belonged to Catherine but all the early signs looked positive.
"I was absolutely thrilled when they were confirmed.
"It is a fitting end to her story and wonderful to know that she can be properly laid to rest now and not end her days in a research lab."
From those first 153 settlers, today it is thought there are about 50,000 people with Welsh heritage in Patagonia - about 5,000 of those are Welsh-speakers.
Mr Preve is now hoping to sign an agreement with UK broadcasters so English and Welsh versions of the documentary can be shown in time for the 150th anniversary of the migration in July.
Mathew Davies, of Blackwood, Caerphilly county, has been held at the high-security Cipinang Penitentiary Institution in Jakarta since August.
He had a visa to work at a computer firm but did not return home when that ended.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was providing consular assistance.
"We can confirm that a British national has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment in Indonesia," a spokesman added.
Englishman Trump, 27, won five frames in a row to beat Thailand's James Wattana 6-2 in the first round at the York Barbican on Tuesday.
Trump, the 2011 champion, told BBC Sport: "There is no real atmosphere so it's very hard.
"It's not really enjoyable out there, but you just have to get through."
Bristolian Trump plays Oliver Lines or Martin O'Donnell in the last 64, the stage when the BBC TV cameras arrive.
"Until the TV kicks in, it doesn't really feel like a tournament, so everyone is just battling to get through. It's the same for everyone," said Trump.
"Getting James was a tough draw. I didn't play great but it is probably a good thing that I didn't because it will make me go away and practise harder."
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The England leg-spinner took 0-163 in the first innings of the opening Test against Pakistan - the worst figures by a debutant - but claimed 5-64 in the second innings as his side almost pulled off a remarkable victory.
Defeat in the second Test was notable for Rashid's heroics with the bat, although he managed only 1-84 and 1-107 with his strongest suit.
Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan has said: "Now we have a bit of mystery in the side, someone who can bring our attack to life."
With his final-day display in Abu Dhabi, Rashid became the first England leg-spinner to take five wickets in a Test since 1959.
Why have successful leg-spinners been so rare? And why do so few English players even bother with the skill?
Leg-spin involves spinning the ball away from a right-handed batsman using a full flick of the wrist and fingers. It allows a lot of spin to be put on the ball, but it is difficult to do with any accuracy.
"Leg-spin is by far the hardest thing to do in cricket," says former England bowler Graeme Swann. "The skill level is above and beyond anything else. It is just too hard to be consistent."
The technical demands do not end there. There are several variations, including the googly - which Rashid is good at bowling - involving turning the wrist so the ball comes out of the back of the hand and spins towards the right-hander rather than away.
Then there is the bouncier top-spinner and also the flipper, which skids on to the batsman.
The bowler's aim is to make all those deliveries look as similar as possible when leaving the hand, so the batsman does not know which way the ball will turn.
Australia's Shane Warne was a master of these skills and arguably the greatest bowler - not simply leg-spinner - of all time.
He was responsible for the 'Ball of the Century' to England's Mike Gatting in the 1993 Ashes, when the ball swerved towards the leg side, pitched outside leg stump and spun sharply to hit off stump. Leg-spin has never looked quite the same since.
Warne is the most prolific leg-spinner in Test history, taking 708 Test wickets at an average of 25.41 during a glittering career that ended in 2007.
Doug Wright, England's most prolific exponent, managed 108 - but his last Test was in 1951.
In recent times, Ian Salisbury took 20 wickets in 15 Tests at 76.95 apiece from 1992-2000. Chris Schofield was discarded after two games without a wicket in 2000. Scott Borthwick was jettisoned after playing the final match of England's 5-0 Ashes whitewash in 2014-15, having taken four wickets at 20.50.
Borthwick was the first England leg-spinner to claim an Ashes wicket since Bob Barber in 1968.
And before Rashid, the last England leg-spinner to take five wickets in an innings was Lancashire's Tommy Greenhough - 56 years ago.
No. English cricket invented leg-spin and Lancashire's AG Steel is regarded as the first bowler to take a Test wicket using an overarm leg-break.
Middlesex's Bernard Bosanquet popularised the googly in the 1903-04 Ashes and leg-spinners were common in county cricket after World War One.
Kent's Alf 'Tich' Freeman took at least 200 wickets eight seasons in a row, while Warwickshire's Eric Hollies - who dismissed Sir Donald Bradman in his final Test innings - Derbyshire's Tommy Mitchell, Lancashire's Richard Tyldesley and Surrey's Percy Fender were prolific.
In 1930, Middlesex fielded five England leg-spinners in the same side - Greville Stevens, Ian Peebles, Jim Sims, Jack Hearne and Walter Robins - but at Test level leg-spinners got few chances.
Freeman, who finished his career with 3,776 wickets, played only 12 Tests.
Australian leg-spinner Bill O'Reilly said English batsmen were so poor at playing leg-spin that the authorities "decided to destroy it".
In 1946 a rule was brought in allowing the new ball to be taken after fewer overs, and in the 1950s counties were asked to prepare green, seaming 'result' pitches. Both moves favoured quicker bowlers.
The introduction of one-day cricket in the 1960s, when bowlers' priorities shifted from taking wickets to not conceding runs, is seen as another reason behind leg-spinners' demise.
By the early 1980s there were no full-time practitioners in first-class cricket; the last English leg-spinner to take 1,000 first-class wickets, Robin Hobbs, retired in 1981.
"Hobbs would have been a typical county spinner if he had been born 60 years earlier," wrote Christopher Martin-Jenkins. "As it happened, he was for much of his career unique."
Salisbury made his Test debut in 1992, becoming the first leg-spinner to represent England since Hobbs.
Although he took five wickets in the match, there was much ignorance about what he was doing.
When Salisbury joined the England set-up, wicketkeeper Jack Russell was worried about how to pick his googly, having hardly seen it in county cricket.
To help Russell, Salisbury was instructed to turn in one direction at the start of his run-up before he bowled the leg-break and the other before he bowled a googly. "That messed me up," Salisbury said.
Hobbs said Salisbury's arrival on the scene was "like something had dropped from the moon".
England picked and dropped Salisbury, who had the misfortune to play at the same time as Warne, several times over the next eight years.
"I didn't have the same raw talent to be as good as Shane Warne but I could have been 50% better than I was," said Salisbury.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) set up a recruitment and training programme for leg-spinners in 1999, with the aim to have one in the Test team by 2007.
Those picked to take part in the scheme went to live with Warne's coach, the ex-Australia bowler Terry Jenner, in Adelaide. Rashid was among them.
Borthwick, Yorkshire's Mark Lawson and Somerset's Michael Munday broke through, but only Borthwick remains a county player - and he operates more as a batsman than a frontline spinner.
Munday, who took 86 wickets at 29.46 in first-class games, was released by Somerset in 2010, aged 25. Lawson, who took 52 wickets at 43.82, last played a County Championship match in 2009; he was 23.
English pitches, which do not offer as much bounce as Australian surfaces or as much turn as those in India, have been blamed.
But overseas leg-spinners, including Warne, Kumble and Mushtaq Ahmed, have taken hundreds of wickets in county cricket.
"The main problem is nothing to do with pitches or conditions," Lawson said. "It's that we want immediate success.
"As a leg-spin bowler, even up to the age of 28 or 29 you're still going to have good years and bad years."
Even Rashid had to wait seven years to make his Test debut after first being called up to the squad in 2008.
In 2005, an out-of-sorts club leg-spinner approached Jamie Barker and Marc Jones, psychologists at the University of Staffordshire, for help.
They prescribed a course of hypnosis. This involved the bowler taking 100 deep breaths and imagining walking down a staircase and into a room containing cards with slogans such as "Express yourself" and "Be decisive".
The bowler carried out this self-hypnosis, even locking himself in a toilet cubicle before the start of play.
Although he recorded better figures over the next couple of years, the experiment was not continued. Yet Barker is convinced leg-spinners in particular require extra help to deal with the demands of their role, such is their rarity.
In 2015, spinners of all types bowled only 21.5% of overs in English county cricket. The ECB's spin coach, Peter Such, is overseeing a development programme designed to create a larger pool of players who could go on to play for England.
Warne has offered to work with Rashid, describing him as a "pretty impressive kid". But he says captains must learn how to set fields for young spinners and cope with the inconsistencies of a potential match-winner.
Trevor Bayliss, the Australia-born England coach, was asked after the first Test why England had been lacking a leg-spinner for so long.
"Usually they are a little more expensive and maybe not quite as accurate," he said. "Maybe English cricket over the last few years has had a bit too much of an emphasis on not going for runs. My belief is that the best way to stop the runs is by taking wickets."
There are some signs of a new generation coming through. Eighteen-year-old Mason Crane - described by Such as "very talented" - took five wickets on his championship debut for Hampshire this summer.
Josh Poysden, now 24, made his Warwickshire debut this year, impressing Warne and former England captain Michael Atherton with his action.
Poysden took a catch as a substitute fielder in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Whether he and Crane will follow Rashid into the full England team remains to be seen.
Justin Parkinson is the author of The Strange Death of English Leg Spin: How Cricket's Finest Art Was Given Away.
Ince, 23, scored 11 goals in 18 games on loan at the Rams last season and has a year to run on his Hull contract.
But the loan agreement is understood to have included an option to buy.
The Rams' record signing, Wales striker Robert Earnshaw, cost £3.5m from Norwich City in 2007, but Ince is expected to cost less than the £6m which has been reported.
Former Derby head coach Steve McClaren confirmed the club wanted the ex-England U-21 international to return to the iPro Stadium in May.
And the appointment of new manager Paul Clement has not changed their stance, with new signings Darren Bent and Alex Pearce also having been identified before Clement took over.
The Hungarian capital joins Rome, Boston, Hamburg and Paris as cities expected to submit bids to host the Games.
Hungary is the only one of the 10 most successful medal-winning countries at the Summer Olympics never to have hosted the event.
The deadline for cities to apply to host the Games is 15 September.
The IOC will then choose, in April or May 2016, which cities are eligible for the final vote, set to take place on 15 September 2017.
Budapest will also host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships after Guadalajara in Mexico pulled out, citing financial problems.
Millions of Orchard Ermine moth larvae have stripped long sections of the plant along a country road near Kilkeel, County Down.
The foliage has been consumed and the larvae have spun a long web over the bushes.
Local man Stephen Rooney discovered the phenomenon along the Slatemill Road.
"It's the strangest sight. I've never seen the likes before," he said.
Moth expert Andrew Crory of Ulster Wildlife said the Orchard Ermine moth larvae was a well-known pest of the hawthorn and blackthorn plants which make up much of Northern Ireland's hedgerows.
He said the millions of larvae had the capacity to destroy large sections of a roadside ditch.
He blamed the mild winter but said the pest is a long standing problem.
"We've had them as long as we've had hawthorn," he said.
Earlier this week, BBC News NI reported that tens of thousands of larvae had stripped a number of trees almost bare in the Belvoir Estate in Belfast.
Deputies voted 249-97 in favour of redefining marriage as being an agreement between two people - not just between a man and a woman.
President Francois Hollande's Socialists and their left-wing supporters backed it, opposed by many opposition UMP and centrist MPs.
The proposals have generated protests and counter-protests for months.
Opinion polls suggest that around 55-60% of French people support gay marriage, though only about 50% approve of gay adoption.
Correspondents say the ease with which the article passed suggests the bill as a whole will pass.
Debates are expected to go on for more than a week, as MPs discuss hundreds of amendments, most of them filed by the centre-right opposition.
On the way they are expected to approve the other key measure in the bill, which would allow gay couples to adopt children.
The bill marks one of France's biggest social reforms since the abolition of the death penalty in 1981.
"We are happy and proud to have taken this first step," Justice Minister Christiane Taubira said.
"We are going to establish the freedom for everyone to choose his or her partner for a future together."
UMP MP Philippe Gosselin said the legislation was only the beginning of a trend that the French people did not want.
"Today it is marriage and adoption. Tomorrow it will be medically assisted conception and surrogate mothers."
It is expected that the legislation will reach the statute books by the middle of the year, AFP reports.
In September last year, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon, argued that plans to redefine the concept of marriage would open the door to incest and polygamy.
The debate in the National Assembly is due to last throughout the weekend.
The new system will come into effect on 20 June and is expected to lead to a significant devaluation of the naira.
Being a major oil exporter, Africa's biggest economy has taken a hit from the fall in commodity prices.
The fixed currency rate had created a vast black market for US dollars and squeezed the country's economy.
Nigeria's central bank had long been expected to to allow the naira to be more flexible and trade at a market-driven rate.
The naira is fixed at 197 to the US dollar, but the black market rate has soared to 370 in recent months.
The currency fix was introduced in February 2015 to stop the naira from falling when lower oil prices sparked trouble for Nigeria's economy.
But a prolonged period of holding a currency at an artificial level often has a disruptive effect as foreign companies become reluctant to import goods when they are paid at distorted levels.
For months, Nigeria has been in the grips of a severe foreign currency shortage. As oil prices plummeted, so did the country's foreign currency earnings, meaning there was less cash to pay for imports.
Unlike other major petroleum producers, such as Russia, Nigeria refused to devalue its currency. The country's president wanted Nigerian businesses to make what they could not import and to diversify the economy away from the oil industry.
But that policy led to widespread shortages of raw materials, machine parts and supermarket products.
The new exchange rate will be welcomed by businesses that were forced onto the black market to pay for their imports. On occasions they were paying almost double the official rate for dollars.
Foreign investors may also be tempted back as they will get more value for their money.
But the new exchange rate is likely to push up already high inflation. And that will hurt tens of millions of Nigerians who live in abject poverty.
In May, Nigeria's central bank governor had warned a recession was "imminent".
A lower value of the naira will make domestic products cheaper and competing imports more expensive, which is hoped to help the struggling economy.
Companies have suffered from the crisis, being forced onto the black market to pay for imports of goods and equipment.
The expected devaluation is thought to also bring back investor confidence as foreign companies had found it increasingly difficult to do business in Nigeria.
A number of foreign airlines recently stopped flying to Nigeria after they were unable to repatriate up to $600m (£417m) in ticket sales, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Club captain Fonte, 31, joined Saints from Crystal Palace in January 2010 when the club were in League One.
The Portugal international has made almost 250 appearances for them since and his new deal will take him through until the summer of 2018.
"This is where I feel happy and where I've been very successful, so this is where I want to be," he said.
"The contract was something that we had in our minds for a long time," Fonte added. "I'm delighted that we've signed it."
Fonte has only missed one league game under Ronald Koeman since the Dutchman joined the club last summer.
The manager praised the centre-back for his contribution to the team and the club.
"It's a statement about respect for the player and for how important he is for the team," Koeman said.
"His discipline and his performances are very good. You'd like to have captains like that and we have it."
About two-thirds of England's councils responded to a BBC information request on bird control.
Their responses reveal the amount spent rose from £452,000 in 2013-2014 to £830,000 in 2015-2016.
The British Pest Control Association said the increase in spending might reflect a growing awareness of public health risks posed by some birds.
The figures come about two years after then Prime Minister David Cameron called for a "big conversation" about gulls in the wake of attacks on a dog and a tortoise in Cornwall.
Of the 103 authorities that specified the types of control methods used, 12 said they employed marksmen to shoot pigeons, 12 used hawks and 46 used spikes to discourage pigeons landing.
Scottish councils spent £950,000 ober the past three years compared with £43,000 in Wales and £9,519 in Northern Ireland.
The biggest spender on bird control is the London Borough of Southwark, which has shelled out £393,000 since 2013.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council had the biggest spend outside of London, with £75,000 since 2013, followed by West Sussex County Council which spent £65,000 and Portsmouth, which spent £63,000.
Money spent by councils on bird control ranges from approaches such as pigeon-proofing buildings to clearing up pigeon guano and removing dead pigeons.
But some types of bird control - such as pigeon-proofing - simply move "problems on" to another building or area, said Dee Ward-Thompson, technical manager at the British Pest Control Association.
"If you totally exclude them rather than control the population, they sometimes just move to an adjacent building.
"What we are seeing more often now is landowners coming together to deal with issues collectively.
"In London, they are trying to exclude gulls from all of the buildings because otherwise they will just be moving the issue on."
Pigeon control was usually carried out on public health grounds, she said, while gulls were targeted by some authorities because they can be aggressive.
Ms Ward-Thompson, who said bird control activities must be carried out by professionals because of the various laws involved in protecting animals, said she was unaware of a growing issue with birds that could explain the doubling in spending over three years.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said it "would always advocate non-lethal measures in the first instance".
The RSPCA said: "The most humane way of deterring birds is to remove what attracts them to urban areas - mainly food or shelter.
"Means of doing this can include reducing food availability, or preventing them from accessing roofs or other areas where they could cause disturbance.
"If deterrence methods and all alternatives fail, and there is a proven case for control methods, we urge people to use only humane methods and trained, experienced professionals."
From a gathering of less than 300 people in 1970, the event has morphed into an annual, multi-day media bonanza that draws major corporate sponsors, movie studios and more than 150,000 people.
The event made more than $17m in revenue in 2015, according to the most recent tax filing available online, and it has spawned similar festivals in cities around the world.
"San Diego's growth has been mind-boggling," says author John Jackson Miller, who also owns Comichron, which tracks sales of comic books.
Mr Miller went to San Diego for the first time in the early 1990s, when it still drew less than 40,000 people.
Now thousands of people flock to San Diego for the event even without tickets and the skyrocketing demand has led some to call for San Diego to expand its convention centre.
Eventbrite, a ticketing website, estimated that fandom conventions in North America grossed $600m in 2013. It said the wider economic impact could be as high as $5bn.
The San Diego convention centre estimates the annual July event generates some $140m in economic impact for the region.
Experts say the growth has been fuelled in part by a Hollywood that has mined comic books and science fiction for blockbusters, broadening the fan base.
Advances in special effects since 2000, when X-Men was released, have increased the success of movie adaptations, says Mr Miller. (Warner Bros. and Disney own the two major comic publishing outfits.)
The popularity of the events also coincides with a rise in spending on live entertainment, particularly among younger customers.
Some of the shift reflects a wealthier society with money to burn beyond basic needs, says Stephanie Tully, a marketing professor at University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, who has researched consumer spending.
But she says there's an additional factor at play: Fear Of Missing Out - a phenomenon popularly dubbed FOMO - which has been exacerbated by social media.
"It's really difficult to substitute this year's comic con with next year's comic con," says Eesha Sharma, a professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business who worked with Ms Tully on a new study that shows people are more likely to go into debt to pay for experiences than material goods.
Companies have taken note of the phenomenon.
Disney is investing heavily in its theme parks and big investors such as TPG Capital, a private equity giant, have plunged money into troupes such as Cirque du Soleil.
"What I hear and what I see is that companies ... have a huge interest in live entertainment at the moment," says John Maatta, a former television executive who is now chief at Wizard World, which ran comic conventions in more than a dozen US cities last year.
Mr Maatta says he thinks people put more value on real-world interaction as more of our lives play out online.
"There's no substitute for human connection," he says.
The growing circus at the San Diego festival, which unlike many others is run by a not-for-profit operation, has turned off some industry stalwarts.
Earlier this month, Mile High Comics, a major comics retailer, said it would not attend for the first time in more than 40 years. Other long time participants have started their own events.
David Glanzer, a spokesman for Comic-Con International: San Diego, did not respond to questions about its approach.
The group in 2014 filed a lawsuit against a smaller Salt Lake City event, alleging that the group had violated its trademark.
But for the most part, organizers have appeared content to let the fandom multiply.
ReedPOP, part of a London-based company, started the New York Comic Con in 2006 - it's expected to draw some 200,000 people this year - and now runs about 30 events globally in cities that include Shanghai, Mumbai and Sydney.
Event director Mike Armstrong says there's some room to grow in the US, and even more opportunity overseas.
"I'm very much of the mindset that rising waters will lift all ships," says Mr Armstrong. "I view smaller shows as feeder opportunities to get people excited and interested so they might one day want to attend New York Comic Con."
Earlier this year, Wizard World, which has scaled back the number of shows since 2015, warned investors it may not be able to continue in business. But Mr Maatta said the problem was temporary and didn't reflect the bigger market.
The firm has righted itself with new financing and announcements of additional conventions are coming, he says.
"The plan is just to intensify what we're doing," he says.
Are there clouds on the horizon?
Robert Salkowitz, the author of Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, has followed the comic industry's rise since the 1990s.
"I always have my eye on how it could fall apart," he says.
Sales at comic book shops were flat in 2016 and have slipped this year, according to Comichron.
But Mr Marshall said that compares to banner performance in prior years. Comic sales at general audience book stores continue to grow and movies, such as Wonder Woman, still rake in millions at the box office.
A few flops might scare off the industry, but for now Mr Salkowitz says he thinks the market is healthy.
"Fandom has grown big enough," he says.
Mr Maatta agrees: "I don't think it's a fad," he says. "I'd almost say it's a lifestyle."
Police were called to Blaeloch Drive at about 02:45 on Saturday.
The victim was taken to Hairmyres Hospital where he was treated for a serious injury to his face but was later released.
Officers said it was a particularly violent attack and have asked anyone who was there and saw what happened to contact them.
The Yorkshire fighter came back from a 10-month absence to beat Canada's Kevin Bizier with a second-round stoppage.
He has now set his sights on fellow world champions Danny Garcia and Jessie Vargas, as well as former two-weight world champion Tim Bradley.
"I'll fight any fighter out there. I want to unify the division," he said.
"There's no-one who can touch me at 147lb, I'll clean up. I just need those fights and I'll show everyone I can do that.
"I just want those big fights that bring the best out in me. In this sport I want to challenge myself to the best fights and see how many gears I can go up."
Brook, 29, who extended his record to 36-0 with 25 wins inside the distance, admits he may have to contemplate a move up to the light-middleweight division in the next couple of years, so is keen to make his remaining time at welterweight count.
"Maybe three or four fights," he added. "It depends what names get presented to me.
"It is hard making the weight but there's still unfinished business at 147lb before we move up and stay up. I want to get some good scalps."
Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn claimed it is proving ever more difficult to match his charge against marketable fighters.
"No-one fancies fighting Kell Brook," he said. "I'd love him to fight Danny Garcia - he'd smash Danny Garcia - but we'd have to do that in America. Fine."
Devon and Cornwall Police were alerted to the rider on the M5 after they received reports that someone was cycling the wrong way on the northbound lane at about 07:00 GMT.
The cyclist was found near Junction 28 at Cullompton, BBC Travel said.
Bicycles are prohibited on motorways under Rule 253 of the Highway Code.
Organisers said around 75,000 people came to the parade in Digbeth and maintained their event is the third biggest in the world.
It is the first time the city council has not contributed to the event due to cuts.
The new leader of the council said funding may be reinstated in future.
Parade organiser Annie Tighe said funding from the local authority has never been enough to cover costs.
"They paid £20,000 towards the infrastructure of the parade, which actually costs around £45,000.
"So we always had to find money but this year we have just had to find another £20,000."
Birmingham City Council leader John Clancy said: "We may be able to look at these things [funding] in future.
"But at a time of such massive cuts that we are having to make, we've had to make some tough choices."
Van der Sar answered an SOS after VV Noordwijk - his first senior club - were left without cover when their keeper picked up an injury.
The fourth-tier match against Jodan Boys ended 1-1 after Van der Sar saved an early penalty.
He is not expected to play for the club again.
"We are thrilled that Edwin wants to help," Noordwijk director Peter Vink told Voetbal in de Bollenstreek before the game.
Van der Sar spent five years at VV Noordwijk before joining Ajax, aged 20. He won four Dutch league titles and a Champions League title with the Amsterdam club.
After Ajax he signed for Juventus, before arriving in English football with Fulham, who sold him to United.
He earned a record 130 caps for the Netherlands and collected four Premier League crowns and another Champions League title at United, before retiring in 2011.
The winger, from Cardiff, announced news of her arrival on Twitter on Tuesday.
Last week it was reported he could miss Wales' Euro 2016 warm-up game in Ukraine to be with partner Emma Rhys-Jones for the birth.
Bale said he was "delighted to welcome another beautiful baby daughter".
The Northern Ireland Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse group (Savia) met Catholic primate Cardinal Sean Brady on Monday.
Representatives of the religious orders were also at the Armagh meeting.
Savia are seeking co-operation with the forthcoming abuse inquiry in NI.
The survivors said they would also be looking for safeguards through the legal process to ensure sight of all relevant records.
The meeting was told three of the orders already had archivists working to collate material. The other order represented had given a commitment to start that process.
Savia want to ensure, via Cardinal Brady, "the unconditional co-operation from the orders who ran institutions where children were placed".
The inquiry will consider allegations dating back to 1945.
Among the delegation was Londonderry man John Heaney who was at Termonbacca home for boys between 1960 and 1967, which was run by the Sisters of Nazareth.
He said those present at the meeting were apologetic and promised to do as much as they could.
"Throughout the rest of my life, there will always be a child within me that is damaged," he said.
"That child has never grown up. That child will always cower down, with certain situations, certain smells, certain things happen in my life, that remind me of where I was and what happened when I was there."
Savia campaigned for the Northern Ireland Executive to hold an inquiry into historical institutional abuse. Final preparations for this are being made by the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister.
It is understood that one part of that process will begin in the next few months.
This is where people are given the opportunity to describe what happened to them in private.
However, the second part of the inquiry, the statutory process, involves a change in Northern Ireland's law which will have to pass through the assembly. This will require more time.
The executive inquiry will include Catholic religious orders, state and voluntary groups.
It follows lengthy judicial examinations of horrifying tales of abuse in the Irish Republic.
The Buddies are bottom of the Scottish Championship without a league win this season - level on points with Dunfermline and two off Dumbarton.
Rae, 46, replaced Ian Murray in December and led the Paisley club to sixth place last season.
The head of the club's academy, Allan McManus, has been appointed interim boss.
St Mirren claimed their third league draw of the season away to Dumbarton on Saturday, the game ending 1-1.
Former Millwall, Sunderland and Rangers midfielder Rae was player-manager of Dundee between 2006 and 2008.
"The board would like to thank both Alex and David for all of their efforts on behalf of the club and wish them all the best for the future," the club said.
A fight broke out after the County Antrim Junior Shield final between Belfast teams Suffolk FC and Woodvale FC.
It happened as Suffolk celebrated their 3-1 victory at Seaview. Some players from both teams became involved in the fight.
A number of spectators also appear to have come onto the pitch.
Three people suffered minor injuries, police said.
"Police in north Belfast have received a report of an altercation after an amateur football match ended at grounds on the Shore Road on the evening of Wednesday 26 April," a PSNI spokesperson said.
"Anyone who attended the match and witnessed the incident is asked to contact police at Tennent Street."
The County Antrim and District Football Association said it had "launched an investigation into the incidents that occurred after the Toals Junior Shield Final between Suffolk FC and Woodvale FC at Seaview Stadium last night.
"The association will also be assisting the PSNI with their enquires and investigations."
The popular smartphone game, released in the UK on Thursday, involves catching digital characters at real-life locations.
"We too are loving trying to catch 'em all, but please folks - be careful!" Police from Craigavon, County Armagh, said.
They have warned that people playing the game could find themselves breaking the law - whether intentionally or not.
One officer posted on Facebook: "I've come across groups of kids out in the dark, cars parked up in weird and wonderful places and, the most frightening, someone cruising slowly about in the car because her sister wanted to catch some Pokemon."
They said the game is not designed to be played from a moving vehicle and reminded players that cruising around at 15mph is dangerous for themselves and other drivers.
They also warned people to watch where they're going, especially near roads, and not to put phones down or leave them unattended.
"Finally, 'But there's a Zubat in there' is NOT an excuse for breaking into someone's house, or even wandering round their property", they said.
"Make sure you have permission from any property owner before you go hunting.
"Have fun, catch as many as you can, and get out and enjoy the good weather while it lasts.
".... And if anyone can tell me where there's a Pikachu.... It'd be much appreciated."
The 31-year-old opener reached his 52nd first-class hundred off 182 balls.
Cook shared a second-wicket stand of 222 with Tom Westley, who was caught behind for 121, before being trapped lbw by off-spinner Jack Taylor for 105.
Josh Shaw took his first Championship wickets, removing Dan Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate as Essex closed on 287-6.
England's first Test match of the summer is against Sri Lanka at Headingley, starting on 19 May.
And Cook, England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket, requires just 36 more to become the first England player to reach the milestone of 10,000 Test runs.
He is one of several England players appearing for their county during the opening rounds of Championship fixtures.
Essex stuttered following the dismissal of the two centurions. Liam Norwell bowled Ravi Borapa cheaply before Shaw had Lawrence caught at mid-off attempting a pull, and then trapped Ten Doeschate lbw in consecutive overs.
Rain brought play to an early close, with the home side holding a slender first-innings lead of just 25 runs despite the batting masterclass from Cook and Westley.
England captain Alastair Cook told BBC Radio Essex:
"It was nice to get a few and it has helped put us in a good position, although it was disappointing that we lost four wickets towards the end and let Gloucestershire back into the game.
"I've been happy with the way I've been playing pre-season, so it was nice to get a hundred. If you put the ball in the right areas, there's a bit of help for the bowlers but, if you don't, then you get punished.
"But it's a good cricket wicket. The conditions changed with the new ball because it became overcast and then started to rain. But that's the beauty of four-day cricket. Conditions can change."
The 23-year-old was named Young Player of the Year in the Welsh Premier League in 2016-17, after netting 14 goals in 32 games and providing 10 assists.
The former Wales Under-21 international and Swansea City trainee joined Europa League qualifiers Bangor in 2016.
He is Fylde's fourth signing, prior to their first season in the fifth tier.
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The broadcaster and artist received multiple standing ovations from the audience at the Rolf Harris Live show in Bristol on Saturday.
The 83-year-old entertainer thanked fans for their support.
"You've no idea what this means - for you all to turn up with such support and such enthusiasm," he told the audience.
Harris was first interviewed under caution in November 2012 over historical allegations of sexual offences. He was then arrested and bailed in March 2013. He has not been charged with any offence.
He also told the crowd about a letter of support he had received.
"A couple called Helen and Matthew sent me a card of support which said: 'It's not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain'."
It was billed as a "rare stage appearance" and "an opportunity to hear his classic songs including Stairway to Heaven, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, Sun Arise and Two Little Boys."
Harris, known for his passion for art as well as his broadcasting, also painted a picture on stage.
The audience gave him a standing ovation when he walked onto the stage, followed by three more during the show.
A review by Martin Booth from the Bristol Post said "despite the current allegations surrounding him, he proved why he has been a consummate entertainer for the last five decades.
"Harris deserved every single one of his standing ovations," it added.
Saman Naseem, 22, is set to be executed on Thursday in West Azerbaijan province for his alleged involvement in armed activities by a banned Kurdish party.
He was sentenced to death in 2013 after allegedly confessing under torture.
The UN experts said the execution of juvenile offenders was clearly prohibited by international law.
They also recalled repeated assertions by the Iranian authorities that confessions obtained under torture were inadmissible under Iranian law.
Mr Naseem was arrested in July 2011 following a gun battle in the city of Sardasht between members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) and the Revolutionary Guards.
He alleges that he was held in a ministry of intelligence detention centre without access to his family or a lawyer, and tortured for 97 days before being forced, while blindfolded, to put his fingerprints on a false confession.
"During the first days, the level of torture was so severe that it left me unable to walk. All my body was black and blue. They hung me from my hands and feet for hours," he wrote in a letter seen by Amnesty International.
He added: "When I wanted to sleep during nights, they would not let me rest by making noises using different devices, including by constantly banging on the door. I was in a state between madness and consciousness."
Although he retracted the confession at trial and told the judge he was tortured, he was sentenced to death by a Revolutionary Court in January 2012 for "enmity against God" and "corruption on earth" for his membership of the PJAK and alleged involvement in its armed activities.
In August 2012, the Supreme Court overturned the death sentence and sent Mr Naseem's case for retrial on the grounds that he had been under 18 at the time of his arrest. However, he was again sentenced to death in April 2013 by a criminal court and the Supreme Court this time upheld his death sentence in December 2013
"Time is running out for Saman Naseem. The fact that Iran is willing to execute a man who was tortured to confess to a crime he is accused of having committed as when he was a child, shows the state of injustice in the country", Amnesty International's Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said.
It was not too late to stop his execution and launch "a thorough judicial review of his case", she added.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) also demanded a halt to the execution and called for the death sentence against him to be overturned.
The UN experts expressed serious concerns over the increasing number of executions in Iran, including of women and political prisoners, and renewed their call on the government to immediately stop them.
More than 700 people, including 14 women and at least 13 juveniles, were believed to have been executed in 2014, they said. At least 60 people, including four women, have reportedly been executed in January alone, and a large number are currently at risk of execution.
Rob Jones worked as an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Cornwall for 20 years and continued to practice despite eight reviews into his work.
Lawyers believe about 1,000 women may be entitled to damages and at least three law firms are working on cases.
The trust said it "apologised unreservedly" to its patients.
In 2010, he delivered Prime Minister David Cameron's youngest child Florence by Caesarean section.
Mr Jones was finally suspended from his role in May 2012, before retiring and voluntarily taking his name off the medical register.
Two years ago lawyers revealed that 130 of his patients had lodged complaints against him.
He declined to comment on the news that hundreds of women were now taking legal action against the trust.
Mike Bird, one of the lawyers involved in the group action, said: "There are people who have been through very difficult issues with their health, a lot of bladder or bowel problems, for example.
"Some women may not want to relive those experiences. They may not even have told their families about the full extent of their problems.
Mr Bird stressed the deadline for former patients of Mr Jones to register their complaints was November.
"It stands to reason that they may be reluctant to come forward and talk to other people about them now," he said.
"If they know it's there and decide not to use it, that's absolutely fine. But because there is a deadline, we don't want people to miss that through not knowing about it."
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In a statement, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust said it "apologised unreservedly to all the women affected and their families for the pain, distress and anxiety caused by the practice" of Mr Jones.
"We have implemented the recommendations from the independent reports published in February 2013 and have supported women through any follow-up review or subsequent care.
"We have also worked openly with the NHS Litigation Authority and solicitors to settle claims as quickly as possible."
The trust has a free information line available for women who want to speak to them about care received from Mr Jones. The number is 0800 180 4514.
Mother-of-three Claire Hill, who was left incontinent for two years after a botched operation by Mr Jones, was awarded an unspecified amount of damages earlier this year for the surgery.
Mrs Hill, 37, from Tywardreath, near Fowey in Cornwall, was found to have a fistula, or hole, near her bladder, which was not diagnosed by Mr Jones during the operation in 2011.
The cause of her incontinence was not discovered until she saw a different surgeon five months later about another matter.
In 1838, Georgetown University sold 272 slaves owned by the Washington-based institution.
The university set up a project to see how it could make restitution for this involvement in the slave trade.
There are also calls to rename college buildings after former slaves and to fund a research institute on slavery.
Georgetown, as other US universities, has been examining how it should respond to its own historical involvement in slavery.
In particular, there have been questions about the sale of a large group of men, women and children, in 1838, with the funds used to clear the university's debt.
This was a well-documented sale and genealogists have been able to track down a number of the descendants of the slaves, who were sold to work in plantations in Louisiana.
The university set up a "working group on slavery, memory, and reconciliation", which has now made recommendations on how to acknowledge and make recompense for these events.
It proposes an official apology, creating a public memorial and naming one of its buildings, Isaac Hall, in recognition of an Isaac whose name is the first mentioned in the sale of slaves.
But the working group also calls for the descendants of the slaves to be given an advantage in the admissions process for this highly-competitive university.
The working group's report also calls for a new institute at the university to study the legacy of slavery.
Earlier this year, Harvard University put up a plaque in commemoration of slaves who had lived and worked at the university.
The university also announced that it would abolish the use of "master" in academic titles, because of connotations of slavery.
Harvard Law School announced that it would change its official seal after student protests that this included the coat of arms of a brutal 18th Century slave dealer.
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McGregor weighed in at 153lbs for Saturday's 154lb fight, with Mayweather 149.5lbs, before a face-off that drew roars from the thousands in attendance.
McGregor screamed in the face of his rival and paraded around the stage as Mayweather cut a reserved figure.
"He looks blown out, full of water," said McGregor, 29.
"That's the worst shape I've ever seen him in. I am going to breeze through him, trust me."
If we get a bad result, which for us is McGregor knocking Floyd out in the first four rounds, we could lose around $20m, by far the worst boxing result in the state's history
Mayweather, who has come out of retirement for a 50th and final bout, said: "I know what it takes when it's a fight of this magnitude.
"Weight doesn't win fights, fighting wins fights. It won't go the distance, mark my words. This will be Conor McGregor's last fight also."
Some in Las Vegas thought McGregor's more conservative performance at Wednesday's final news conference intimated he might be coming to terms with the realities of making his boxing debut against one of the greatest fighters of his generation.
But playing to a crowd filled with Irish colours and songs, he revelled in his reception - and in the boos for Mayweather - beating his chest and screaming repeatedly.
"Look at me, I am in peak physical condition," he said, adding he would weigh close to 170lbs on fight night.
The build-up to the T-Mobile Arena bout has at times resembled a soap opera but finally, at around 04:00 BST on Sunday morning, they will at last fight.
Many from within boxing have rubbished the match, choosing to refer to it as an "event" rather than a fight. But the dissatisfaction of the boxing purist looks unlikely to affect the mass audience, with the bout being screened in more than 220 countries.
That global reach could see the record of 4.6 million pay-per-view buys - set when Mayweather beat Manny Pacquiao in 2015 - beaten.
Watching the fight costs a minimum of £20 in the UK but around £75 in the US. This, added to ticket sales, merchandise and sponsorship, makes for a healthy pot. Tickets are also on sale to watch in bars on the Las Vegas strip, while more than 400 cinemas across the US will broadcast the event.
It all means more than $600m (£466m) could be generated, with Pacquiao-Mayweather's reported haul of around $620m in sight. Mayweather is expected to make around $300m, McGregor $100m. Not bad for 36 minutes of work or less.
There have been reports 'Money Man' has not taken McGregor seriously. This week 5 live boxing analyst Steve Bunce said only a "cocktail of age setting in and underestimation of his opponent" could pose any danger to the favourite.
Mayweather's father, Floyd Sr, this week told media his son had lost "a lot" of his ability since retiring in 2015. But a 50th career win from 50 fights would carry his son past the late Rocky Marciano's perfect 49-fight record, rounding off a dominant professional career that began after he had won bronze at the 1996 Olympics.
Betting markets have bemused those who give McGregor no hope as his price has shortened in recent weeks. At around 10-3, the boxing debutant is actually a shorter price than many of the fighters Mayweather dealt with before retiring in 2015.
Las Vegas is expecting more than 1,300 private jets to land before for the weekend's action and the high rollers who hit the city's famous strip traditionally bet big on Mayweather in his home city.
"If we continue as we are, we will rival the $50m record staked in the state of Nevada, set when Mayweather beat Pacquiao," said Jay Rood, who runs the sportsbook at the MGM Grand.
"If we get a bad result, which for us is McGregor knocking Floyd out in the first four rounds, we could lose around $20m, by far the worst boxing result in the state's history."
Closer to home, one Irish bookmaker claims an individual has placed £650,000 on McGregor in a bid to win £2.8m. And while we are talking betting, Mayweather has said he will tweet a picture of his betting slip when he wagers on himself.
Packie Collins - trainer and brother of former world champion Steve: "I've been around the game for a long time, even based in America with my brother when Marvin Hagler was fighting. I've never seen anyone train or practise as hard as Conor McGregor. I give him a chance in there."
Chris Eubank - former two-weight world champion: "Everyone is underestimating the Irish spirit. They have ghost-like spirit in warfare. I've felt it. I'm still wondering now how I got beat by Steve Collins in 1995. If McGregor pulls it off it is arguably the greatest upset in history. Everything can happen, that's why I've travelled. It is not a farce."
Jeff Mayweather - uncle of Floyd: "Everyone knows what this fight is about. It's about money. Conor McGregor boxed at one point in his life but didn't master it. Floyd is a master at it."
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Rickie Hatton - beaten by Mayweather in 2007: "I don't really give McGregor any chance and I hope I'm wrong. But the only way he could possibly win would be if Floyd Mayweather gets careless or takes a few risks or anything like that - but Floyd never does that, does he? I don't think he'll get lucky; Floyd doesn't let you get lucky."
Amir Khan - former light-welterweight world champion: "It's not only a fight for McGregor and Mayweather, it's a fight between MMA and boxing. At the moment UFC is hitting huge pay-per-view numbers in the US. It's critical for boxing Mayweather wins. I think it could turn some UFC fans back to boxing."
Hall of fame referee Joe Cortez, who has helped McGregor adjust to boxing rules - "He is one of the best learners I have seen. He picked up everything so quick. I've found him to be a gentleman behind the scenes. He's a class act with his girlfriend and baby - a gentleman."
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Fight has met film regularly when it comes to boxing, and a McGregor win might well one day inspire a Hollywood reimagining of Saturday's action.
The contrasting environments in which each man has trained hark back to Rocky IV, where Rocky trains in the Siberian mountains, chopping wood and resorting to old-school training methods, while Ivan Drago works out in a state-of-the art facility.
Mayweather is the traditionalist of this pair, working out from his renowned yet simple Mayweather Boxing Gym. McGregor on the other hand has had access to every gizmo under the sun at the UFC's new Performance Institute - altitude chambers, underwater treadmills, you name it.
He's the Drago figure in this scenario - and things did not work out too well for the Russian.
The case was brought by the country's Green Party after its leader was targeted by a false account.
The court said postings not just in Austria but worldwide must be deleted. Facebook has not yet commented.
The ruling is seen as a victory for campaigners who want to make social media platforms combat online trolling.
The appeals court in Vienna ruled that postings against Greens' leader Eva Glawischnig as any verbatim repostings should be removed.
It added that merely blocking the messages in Austria without removing them for users abroad was not sufficient.
The court said it was easy for Facebook to automate this process.
A Green lawmaker, Dieter Brosz, said Facebook could no longer claim it was just a platform and needed to take responsibility for tackling hate postings.
Internet giants including Facebook, Twitter and Google have all come under fire in many countries for failing to remove hate speech from their platforms promptly.
Last month, German ministers approved plans to fine social media firms up to 50m euros ($53.3m; £42.7m) if they fail to remove hate speech and fake news quickly.
The companies have recently announced measures to address the issue:
The British number two, who reached the Hong Kong Open quarter-finals, lost the first two games to former world number one Ivanovic, 27, ranked 12th.
The 23-year-old, world ranked 54, levelled by breaking back to love but lost the opening set in 28 minutes.
Second seed Ivanovic maintained the pressure and won in 70 minutes in the first meeting between the pair.
Watson won successive games to close to 3-5 in the second set and went 40-0 ahead in the next game, only to lose the next five points, three of them with double faults.
"I was very happy about this victory because I expected a tough match - I know Heather's a great fighter and she can play really well against top players," said Ivanovic, who won the event in 2007.
O'Hare led a remarkable Scottish 1-2-3-4 at the World Championships team trials, qualifying along with Edinburgh AC team-mate Josh Kerr.
The 26-year-old is enthused by younger rivals coming through as he strives to stay ahead.
"Once they do well, that drives me on to work harder and train smarter," he told BBC Scotland.
Jake Wightman, also of Edinburgh AC, and Neil Gourlay from Giffnock North AC came in behind O'Hare and Kerr in Birmingham on Sunday.
And O'Hare, a European bronze medallist in 2014, admits he has has lost sleep over the coming generation of Scottish runners.
"The day after Josh ran his 1500m qualifying time I had a 5K and I woke up a three o'clock in the morning and stupidly looked at the results," said O'Hare. "I couldn't get back to sleep.
"I was excited for him but also excited by the prospect of having to fight even more people for a spot on the team."
Having clinched his spot in London in August, O'Hare believes a mixture of the Scottish psyche and American collegiate system is behind the rise.
"The depth of 1500m running in Britain is incredible at the moment," he said.
"If you compare it to something like football, for the four best players in Britain to be Scottish has never happened and, arguably, never will.
"Scottish people, in general, have a chip on their shoulder. In terms of competing against the rest of Britain, we work extra hard to make sure the small Scots get their piece of the pie.
"In junior championships, the English dominate. In international schools and stuff like that, the English win most of the team prizes. That puts our guard up."
O'Hare, Kerr and Gourlay all left Scotland as teenagers to continue their athletic careers in America.
"It's a fantastic system to develop not just ability but racing prowess," said O'Hare, who will be running in Sunday's London Anniversary Games.
"We saw that at the weekend with first second and fourth all coming through the NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association].
"But we had a platform to succeed and we must thank Scottish Athletics for that."
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The event at the Royal Albert Hall honoured those who fought and died in conflicts past and present.
A ceremony was also held as the hall's South Steps were renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Steps.
On Sunday, there will be remembrance services and on Monday a two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day.
In the Middle East, more than 100 RAF service personnel from the 83 Expeditionary Air Group were among the first to mark the commemoration, with a sunset ceremony at their base.
At noon on Saturday, Afghan war widows marched with widows from World War Two, the Korean War and the Gulf War to the Cenotaph in Whitehall for a 30-minute service.
And football grounds across the country paused shortly before the afternoon fixtures as a minute's silence was observed.
This year's Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance also marked the 70th anniversaries of the Battle of the Atlantic and the Dambuster raids.
A television audience of 5.2 million is expected to watch the event on BBC One which featured performances by singer James Blunt, Katie Melua, the tenor Alfie Boe and new group, the Poppy Girls.
As well as the Queen and Prince Philip, other members of the Royal Family attended, including the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
The event saw tributes from performers interspersed with real-life stories from former and serving forces personnel, including the last Dambuster.
Squadron Leader Johnny Johnson was given a standing ovation and applauded for more than a minute as he stood with the Torch of Remembrance.
There was also a standing ovation for the Chelsea Pensioners, with the Queen and duke rising to their feet as the men marched into the hall.
The Poppy Girls, an all-girl group picked from a search for talent among forces families, performed their new single The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) which is raising money for the Poppy Appeal.
The Queen seemed particularly pleased to witness an emotional reunion for one of the young members of the group.
Megan Adams, 10, from Stirling, was not expecting to see her father, Lieutenant Commander Billy Adams, for another three months as he has been serving with the Royal Navy in the Seychelles as part of an anti-piracy task force.
But after host Huw Edwards announced a special guest, her father walked down the steps towards his daughter, who burst into tears and shouted: "Daddy!" as she ran towards him.
The audience loudly applauded the special moment, with the Queen smiling broadly and looking pleasantly surprised as she exchanged comments with Prince Philip and Princess Anne.
The War Widows' Service is organised by the War Widows' Association (WWA), which has more than 4,000 members.
Alberta McMenemy, 65, of the WWA, said the service was special to many.
"It brings back memories about when our husbands died. It is good that there is an appreciation for those who have lost their lives," said Mrs McMenemy, who has been a widow since her husband died fighting in the Gulf War in 1990.
The Cenotaph in central London will also be the focus of the national service of Remembrance on Sunday, while a two-minute silence will be held at 11:00 on Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of World War One.
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A group of eight Royal Marines and veterans attempted to break a world record for completing a marathon around central London by "speed marching".
From the minute they got going at 4am, they set a very fast pace.
We struggled to keep up, trying to head them off at various junctions in the car, as they made their way around London.
The packs they carried on their backs were the weight of a small child and I was told supporting that load for 26 or so miles, was all in a day's work in the field.
They may have failed to officially set a new record because they were a man down when they finished but later, as they gathered in Downing Street, David Cameron wondered whether the record keepers could be persuaded to let their better time stand.
Ahead of this weekend's events Prince Harry and Prince Philip visited the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey to pay their respects and observe a two-minute silence.
On Saturday morning, Commando 999 raised money for the "Royal Marines Family" by attempting to break the world speed march record.
They tried to carry kit and weapons weighing over 40lbs (18kg) 26.2 miles (42km) through central London in under four hours 19 minutes to commemorate the Royal Marines' 350th birthday.
The Royal Marines were quicker than previous attempts but did not beat the record as one man had to pull out half a mile before the end.
They completed the race around London in four hours, 17 minutes and 21 seconds. They raised more than £20,000 to help Royal Marines who have been affected mentally and physically by war.
It was to be followed by a group of 50 veterans and serving marines speed marching a half-marathon, before a wreath is laid at the Royal Marines' memorial.
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The French National Assembly has approved the most important article of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
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Nigeria will allow the embattled naira to trade freely in a move to control the currency crisis in Africa's most populous nation.
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Southampton defender Jose Fonte has signed a new three-year contract with the Premier League club.
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The amount spent on ridding streets of pigeons and gulls has almost doubled in the past three years, it has emerged.
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San Diego's Comic-Con International, happening this weekend, is an annual fiesta of costumes, comic books and celebrities that sits at the centre of a multi-billion dollar industry.
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A 23- year-old man has been seriously assaulted after a disturbance in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow.
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Kell Brook believes he can take on anyone in the welterweight division after he successfully retained his IBF title on Saturday.
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A cyclist has been stopped by police in Devon after being found riding down the hard shoulder of a motorway in the opposite direction of the carriageway.
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St Patrick's Day celebrations in Birmingham have gone ahead with flying colours despite no funding from the council.
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Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar saved a penalty after coming out of retirement at the age of 45 to play for a Dutch amateur team.
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Wales and Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale has become a father for the second time following the birth of his daughter Nava Valentina.
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A group representing survivors of clerical abuse has been told that a number of religious orders have begun searching their archives for evidence linked to child abuse.
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St Mirren have announced they have terminated the contracts of manager Alex Rae and assistant David Farrell.
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Police are investigating clashes that followed an amateur football final in north Belfast on Wednesday night.
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Police in Northern Ireland have issued a warning to people playing Pokemon Go.
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England Test captain Alastair Cook made a century for Essex at Chelmsford against Gloucestershire in his first County Championship innings of 2016.
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National League newcomers AFC Fylde have signed Bangor City midfielder Henry Jones on a one-year deal, with the option of a further 12 months.
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Entertainer Rolf Harris has performed his first live show since his arrest over historical sexual assault claims.
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UN experts have joined human rights activists in calling on Tehran to halt the planned execution an Iranian-Kurdish man who was 17 when arrested.
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Two hundred women treated by a disgraced surgeon have joined a group taking legal action against the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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A top US university will give extra support in its admissions process to descendants of slaves sold by the university in the 19th Century.
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Conor McGregor claimed he has never seen Floyd Mayweather in worse physical shape as the pair exchanged words at a raucous weigh-in in Las Vegas.
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A court in Austria has ordered that Facebook must remove postings seen as hate speech, in a ruling that is set to have international implications.
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Britain's Heather Watson is out of the Luxembourg Open after losing 6-4 6-3 to Serb Ana Ivanovic in the first round.
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British 1500m champion Chris O'Hare says the success of fellow Scots is a catalyst for his good form.
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The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has announced he to resign- the first major casualty of the Northern Ireland Assembly election.
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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have attended the Festival of Remembrance, as part of a three-day commemoration of Britain's war dead.
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